Xia Yu began to ponder how to allocate one LV2 and one LV1 skill upgrade.
Firstly, the “Acting Cute” skill could be removed.
That left the question of where to assign the LV2 upgrade.
Should it go to Business or Combat?
In modern society, there were few occasions to use Combat, while Business was undoubtedly far more useful. However, considering Tina, who already had the Business skill, in Xia Yu’s life plan, she would play an extremely important role. He was determined to upgrade Tina’s bonus to LV3, thereby earning an opportunity to enhance the Business skill to LV3 as well. Therefore, upgrading Business to LV2 now would be a complete waste.
However, an LV2 skill wouldn’t benefit him much either.
After weighing his options, he upgraded Combat to LV2 and set Business to LV1.
He entered Tina’s house.
As reflected by the bonus level, Tina had become more affectionate toward Xia Yu and no longer mentioned asking him to leave.
However, the girl’s requests for magic, supernatural abilities, or a stand-in left Xia Yu somewhat troubled.
He told Tina that he couldn’t grant her special abilities, and the girl became visibly disappointed.
After all, she was still a little girl immersed in fantasy.
After eight hours had passed, Xia Yu returned to his own body, lying in a hotel bed.
He continued sleeping until dawn, then got up, washed up, packed his belongings, and boarded a plane together with An Siyao and Liu Manman.
Since he had already decided that Tina would become part of his family, Xia Yu wouldn’t take the white cat away and make the girl sad.
He left Tina a secret code, instructing her to post a message on a small forum seeking her cousin Wang Yongchang whenever she encountered problems she couldn’t solve herself. Upon seeing the message, Xia Yu would come to help.
Xia Yu was very satisfied with his trip to District Two. Finding a body with a Business bonus meant he saved an opportunity to search for a new body, completing one of his tasks.
Both the task of making it to the finals of the musical instrument competition and the task of gaining An Siyao’s popularity among students from Dongzhiang had consumed a lot of Xia Yu’s energy. Reducing one task was a significant gain.
Moreover, Tina was so adorable.
After boarding the plane, Xia Yu followed the flight attendant to his seat.
Unlike the previous stingy arrangement for the music competition, this event provided first-class tickets.
Lying on the seat, Xia Yu boredly watched some TV and then took a nap.
In the evening, they landed at Yaoguang Airport.
He stretched and yawned, having had a fairly comfortable sleep.
“My dad invited you two over for dinner,” An Siyao said, looking at Xia Yu and Liu Manman.
“I won’t go,” Liu Manman shook her head.
“Me neither,” Xia Yu declined, thinking about Youxue.
Originally, he had planned to leave Youxue with Liu Ronglan, but Liu Ronglan had gone to District Two as well. In the end, he had to leave Youxue with Kong Hanyue.
He planned to take the evening high-speed train back.
“My younger sister is also at my house,” An Siyao added.
How did my sister end up at your house?
Taking out his powered-off phone, Xia Yu turned it on and checked his messages.
Kong Hanyue had informed Xia Yu that she and Zhong Yunze had come to Yaoguang for business matters early that morning and had just returned to Zilang. Youxue, who had traveled with them, had been kept by An Tianfeng on Xia Yu’s behalf.
Putting his phone away, Xia Yu got into the car with An Siyao.
He had originally wanted to visit Youxue early, but since Youxue was at An’s house, there was no need to rush anymore.
Arriving at An Siyao’s villa, Xia Yu saw his younger sister pushing Xu Youxiang and looking around the courtyard.
He waved at the girl, and Youxue immediately came to him but didn’t jump into his arms.
“Why are you so reserved today?” Xia Yu patted her head.
“I’m already a mature woman and won’t do such childish things,” the girl said proudly, glancing at the outsiders Xu Youxiang and An Siyao.
“But a mature woman should have a figure like that,” Xia Yu said, looking at Youxue and smiling.
“Brother is bullying me!”
Xia Yu gave Youxue a bracelet he had bought in District Two and then patted her head again.
He approached Xu Youxiang, but before he could say anything, a maid came out and urged him to go inside.
Arriving at the villa’s dining room, An Tianfeng was already waiting for him.
Sitting down, Xia Yu ate dinner unremarkably.
Although this was the first time using his own body to eat at the villa, Xia Yu had experienced it countless times before through An Siyao.
His natural demeanor surprised Yu Ningmeng, who was observing him.
Normally, anyone dining in an unfamiliar place surrounded by unfamiliar elders should feel somewhat restrained.
This unusual behavior went unnoticed by both An Tianfeng and An Siyao.
However, Xia Yu’s demeanor pleased An Tianfeng, who gave a slight nod followed by a shake of his head.
The nod expressed approval of Xia Yu’s composure, while the shake expressed regret over something.
Originally, An Tianfeng had brought Xia Yu in to encourage him to get closer to his daughter, but instead, he had become interested in his daughter’s best friend.
Looking at Xu Youxiang, An Tianfeng sighed.
A suitable young man was hard to find.
After dinner, seeing Youxue clinging to Xia Yu and noticing Xu Youxiang’s gaze fixed on Xia Yu, An Tianfeng thought for a moment and said to An Siyao:
“Xiaoxue is curious about your art studio and piano room. Take her to have a look.”
Upon hearing this, Youxue let go of Xia Yu’s hand and turned toward An Siyao in surprise.
An Siyao nodded in agreement.
She took Youxue upstairs.
As An Tianfeng passed Xia Yu, he patted his shoulder, indicating that this was as much help as he could offer.
“…”
He hadn’t noticed it before, but now Xia Yu realized that he and Xu Youxiang had become overly close.
If he had remained rational, he should have noticed this earlier, just as he had timely distanced himself from Yan Wei.
Unconsciously, he had overlooked this issue.
After all, he was old friends with Xu Youxiang and couldn’t treat her the same way he had treated Yan Wei.
Besides, Xu Youxiang was also one of the types of girls he liked.
Pushing Xu Youxiang’s wheelchair, Xia Yu came to the courtyard.
“This is for you,” Xia Yu handed a ladies’ watch to Xu Youxiang.
He had selected this model after consulting Liu Manman.
Taking the watch, Xu Youxiang played with it in her hands and casually asked, “What about An Siyao’s?”
“You know I can’t give her anything right now,” Xia Yu said, patting her head.
“Hmph, just admit you’re a playboy.”
Previously, Xia Yu could have denied it confidently, but now he felt a bit guilty.
Stretching her pale wrist toward Xia Yu, Xu Youxiang said haughtily, “Put it on for me!”
Holding her slim arm, Xia Yu wrapped the watch strap around her wrist.
He tried to keep his movements gentle, but it only made Xu Youxiang feel ticklish.
“It’s so itchy,” Xu Youxiang giggled.
“Don’t move around,” Xia Yu applied a bit more force, fastened the watch on her wrist, and told her some amusing stories.
Finally, he told Xu Youxiang, “I should make some progress tomorrow or the day after.”
Xu Youxiang’s fingers resting on her lap twitched slightly, her smile fading as she softly replied, “Okay.”
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