After hanging up the call from Kong Hanyue, Xia Yu glanced at the time. It was one-thirty in the afternoon. Zhong Yunxin would probably arrive at two-thirty, so he had an hour to prepare.
Xia Yu pondered about the best way to intimidate Zhong Yunxin.
Five minutes later, Xia Yu dialed An Siyao’s phone number and asked the girl to come to his house.
Then, he himself headed to the airport to pick up Zhong Yunxin.
Zhong Yunxin’s flight arrived twenty minutes early. When Xia Yu arrived at the airport, the girl had already been waiting in the terminal for five minutes.
The terminal was crowded, but Xia Yu immediately recognized Zhong Yunxin.
Her outfit was just too eye-catching.
Zhong Yunxin wore a red tight-fitting top, over which was a black leather jacket. She wore ripped jeans on the bottom and a pair of slippers on her feet.
If not for her exceptional looks, she would have looked like a monster.
People nearby were secretly glancing at her.
Xia Yu didn’t rush to approach; he, like other passersby, observed Zhong Yunxin.
He let out a sigh of relief. Although Zhong Yunxin had returned to her bold style of dressing, her hair was still its normal black, not dyed red.
Seeing Zhong Yunxin impatiently scanning the crowd for him, Xia Yu walked forward.
As he approached Zhong Yunxin, he received curious glances from the onlookers.
Though the passersby found Zhong Yunxin’s clothes somewhat mismatched, they all acknowledged her beauty.
Clothes are just external items; only one’s face is irreplaceable and one of the most important parts of one’s appearance.
A few boys had previously tried to chat her up, but were all rejected by Zhong Yunxin.
They were curious about how Xia Yu would be treated.
To their disappointment, when Zhong Yunxin saw Xia Yu, her eyes lit up. She approached him and grabbed his hand.
In an instant, the boys who had been watching Zhong Yunxin felt their hearts break.
At the same time, the girls who had been watching Xia Yu because of his handsome appearance also felt their hearts break.
However, after Zhong Yunxin called Xia Yu “Gege (big brother),” their gazes changed.
Both Xia Yu and Zhong Yunxin felt the ill-intentioned stares. Zhong Yunxin lifted her head and swept a condescending gaze over those who were staring, driving their eyes away.
This girl, when putting on a show of bravado, was still quite formidable.
Zhong Yunxin had a personality that was strong against the weak and weak against the strong. The more others feared her, the more arrogant she became. Conversely, if others weren’t afraid of her and acted aggressively toward her, she would become frightened.
However, in general, most people preferred to avoid conflict, which Zhong Yunxin considered a sign of weakness, making her even more smug.
Right now, she was very pleased because the people she had glared at all averted their eyes.
“Am I amazing or what?” Zhong Yunxin proudly bragged to Xia Yu.
“Amazing, amazing,” Xia Yu said dismissively as he patted Zhong Yunxin’s head.
“What do you think of my clothes?” Zhong Yunxin changed the subject.
“Hmm…” Xia Yu looked her up and down for a couple of seconds while stroking his chin. “Turn around for me and let me see.”
After Zhong Yunxin turned around, Xia Yu pretended to examine her for five or six seconds before finally concluding, “Not bad, not bad.”
In reality, Xia Yu wanted to criticize Zhong Yunxin’s outfit quite a bit.
However, as the saying goes, sincerity often fails to win people over, while cunning strategies do.
Although Zhong Yunxin wasn’t entirely satisfied with Xia Yu’s “not bad,” she sensed that Xia Yu had genuinely evaluated her outfit and was overall very pleased with his feedback.
She patted Xia Yu’s shoulder, feeling that he was her soulmate.
The two got into the car and headed toward Xia Yu’s house.
In the car, Zhong Yunxin continued talking about her clothes while Xia Yu humorously played along.
The car quickly reached outside the residential complex, and Xia Yu led Zhong Yunxin inside.
As they reached the outside of Xia Yu’s house, Zhong Yunxin mentioned Kong Hanyue to Xia Yu: “Kong Hanyue dared to criticize my appearance and wanted me to take it off. You really understand me.”
“How could something so beautiful be taken off?” Xia Yu said earnestly. “Absolutely not, I’d rather die than take it off!”
“Exactly, I’d rather die than take it off,” Zhong Yunxin agreed wholeheartedly. “How could I possibly take it off just because she tells me to?”
“Don’t worry, with me, you can dress however you like!” Xia Yu assured her.
“Great!” Zhong Yunxin felt deeply comforted.
Then, the next moment, she saw An Siyao walk out from behind the opened door.
“…”
Zhong Yunxin turned to look at Xia Yu: “Where is my room?”
Quickly entering her room, Zhong Yunxin opened her suitcase and took out a regular outfit of a T-shirt and casual pants.
Beside her, Xia Yu teased: “Why change? This looks so good. I already told you, you can wear whatever you want.”
“That girl An Siyao is a dangerous person; I still need to give her some face. If she asks me to change, I can’t refuse,” Zhong Yunxin said.
“But she didn’t ask you to change either,” Xia Yu continued.
“…I can feel her thoughts!”
“What about the promise of ‘die rather than change’?” Xia Yu added.
Zhong Yunxin finally became furious and pushed Xia Yu out of the room.
Three minutes later, a normally dressed Zhong Yunxin walked out.
Her expression was reserved, occasionally glancing at An Siyao.
After confirming that An Siyao had no intention of confronting her about her previous outfit, she felt relieved.
Approaching Xia Yu, Zhong Yunxin tugged at his hand: “Why is An Siyao here at your place?”
Xia Yu naturally wouldn’t say that he had invited An Siyao. He simply said: “She came over for dinner.”
“Why would she have dinner here?!”
Zhong Yunxin had originally thought that since An Siyao had already entered university, she would no longer see An Siyao again, finally escaping An Siyao’s control. Yet now, she actually saw An Siyao again at Xia Yu’s house?
“Because she’s your girlfriend,” Youxue, who had come over with a glass of juice, explained.
Zhong Yunxin silently calculated: if An Siyao was Xia Yu’s girlfriend, that meant An Siyao could still control her.
However, now that An Siyao was Xia Yu’s girlfriend and Xia Yu was her ally, that meant she could ask Xia Yu to make An Siyao stop controlling her?
She shared this idea with Xia Yu.
To dispel Zhong Yunxin’s thoughts, Xia Yu sighed and, with a sorrowful expression, told Zhong Yunxin:
“Actually, I’m also being coerced.”
Zhong Yunxin was greatly shocked but also felt that the fierce An Siyao was fully capable of doing such a thing.
She patted Xia Yu’s shoulder, recalling the days when An Siyao had forced her to dress normally.
She earnestly told Xia Yu: “I understand.”
“So, I really can’t help you with the clothing issue,” Xia Yu added.
“I know. I won’t take any of these clothes in this suitcase. When I buy new ones, I’ll hide them and wear them secretly,” Zhong Yunxin comforted Xia Yu.
“Where will you hide them?”
After tricking Zhong Yunxin into revealing where she planned to hide her clothes, Xia Yu thought that in a few days, when Zhong Yunxin started hiding them, he could go look for them.
But for now, he first needed to go into An Siyao’s body and confiscate Zhong Yunxin’s clothes.
Clicking the slot, Xia Yu entered An Siyao’s body.
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