Chapter 134: Pacification

At midnight in Zone One, which corresponds to twelve o’clock in Zone Two, a white cat was sunbathing by the window.

After glancing at Tina, who was making a snowman with her adoptive parents in the yard, Xia Yu used 21 experience cards and fell asleep.

The method to practice the Soothing skill was to make the white cat purr while sleeping.

He only regained consciousness after the game time ended and he returned to his own body.

After opening the skill panel and seeing that Soothing had successfully upgraded to level 3, Xia Yu smiled.

Since he couldn’t test it on others, he decided to try it on himself.

He hummed a lullaby to himself and fell asleep.

He didn’t wake up until evening.

He had slept the entire day, indicating that the duration of the Soothing effect had increased.

Moreover, he seemed to gain control over the length of his sleep time.

In addition, he felt more refreshed after waking up.

After stretching lazily, Xia Yu went downstairs to the dining room for dinner.

At that time, Kong Hanyue and the other three were already seated at the table.

“Our sleeping beauty has finally woken up,” Kong Hanyue didn’t miss the opportunity to tease. “I was even thinking about kissing you if you didn’t wake up soon!”

Zhong Yunze, sitting beside her, raised his head.

“I stayed up late last night,” Xia Yu casually made up an excuse. “Couldn’t you guys have woken me up? At least let me eat lunch before sleeping.”

“Xue asked us not to wake you,” Kong Hanyue patted her daughter’s shoulder.

“By the way, what did you do last night?” Her eyes narrowed.

“Just playing games normally,” Xia Yu replied while picking up his bowl to eat, glancing at Zhong Yunze.

Zhong Yunze seemed odd. Usually, he was quite talkative and would often speak during meals, but today he was unusually quiet, even appearing somewhat troubled.

What’s wrong with him all of a sudden?

Xia Yu didn’t ask. Zhong Yunze was his younger brother, and different from a younger sister, brothers should handle their own problems.

After dinner, Xia Yu was normally dragged by Zhong Yunxin to play fighting and shooting games. The next day, he went to An Siyao’s place.

“You’re back,” An Siyao said inside his mind.

“Yeah,” Xia Yu replied.

He stood up, preparing to test the upgraded level 3 Soothing.

Yu Ningmeng, who walked through the door, became his test subject.

Level 3 Soothing seemed to have some additional changes.

He had Yu Ningmeng lie on his lap and stroked her head.

Initially a bit shy, Yu Ningmeng’s restless heart calmed down the moment she got close to Xia Yu.

The human body naturally contains various sounds, but they are usually inaudible to the human ear. Level 3 Soothing could utilize these inaudible sounds to take effect.

This meant he no longer needed to hum songs or play instruments.

Looking at Yu Ningmeng, who had fallen asleep on his lap, Xia Yu smiled in satisfaction.

He imagined a scenario where, when in danger, he could simply touch someone’s head and put them to sleep.

It was practically like a special ability!

However, level 3 Soothing still had limitations. If someone had hostile or resistant feelings, the effect required a longer time to activate.

This duration was enough for Xia Yu to use level 4 Dexterity to subdue the opponent several times over.

After placing Yu Ningmeng’s head on the pillow, Xia Yu exited the room and went to a special room, calling each maid one by one.

Scenes where he could touch someone and instantly put them to sleep were truly intoxicating.

His actions were noticed by the alert Luo Yali.

At that moment, Luo Yali was in the backyard watching An Feixiong play with ice formed from the pool water. She noticed two gardeners nearby who, after receiving a phone call, excitedly dropped their tools and headed toward the villa.

From their conversation, Luo Yali heard An Siyao’s name.

Curious, she had her maid watch An Feixiong and followed the two maids.

She watched as the two were led by An Siyao into a room.

Standing aside, Luo Yali observed further. She saw more maids entering that room but not coming out again.

What were they doing inside? Why weren’t they coming out? What had happened?

Filled with curiosity, she couldn’t help but want to move closer for a better look.

Then she was caught by Xia Yu.

Xia Yu wanted to know how long it would take to put someone to sleep if they were resistant. Luo Yali was a good test subject.

Luo Yali was pulled into the room. Seeing the rows of beds and the sleeping maids, she felt extremely frightened.

What kind of creepy scene was this? What had they done? Don’t drag me into this—I’m a normal person!

Until Xia Yu pressed her onto his lap.

Ah, that peaceful feeling.

Luo Yali recalled a spring afternoon twenty years ago. She always lay on her grandmother’s recliner in the courtyard, sunbathing while the breeze gently blew past her ears, the sunlight warming her body, and the old opera tunes from her grandfather’s radio.

She fell asleep.

Xia Yu made a comparison. From entering the room to falling asleep, Luo Yali took about a minute, while someone like Yu Ningmeng only needed ten seconds.

After laying Luo Yali down, Xia Yu continued attending to other maids.

Before lunchtime, he had already put all the maids to sleep. Then he encountered a problem.

Who would prepare lunch? Where was his snack? Without any attending maids, would he have to make tea himself? Where was the kitchen?

This Soothing was used at full capacity, so those affected wouldn’t wake up until the afternoon at the earliest. What should he do now?

After pondering in the room for a while, Xia Yu noticed An Feixiong and his maid in the backyard.

This maid was the only one still available.

Xia Yu directly walked toward An Feixiong.

“What do you want?” An Feixiong looked wary and raised his hands, ready to protect his bottom at any moment.

When Xia Yu approached, An Feixiong finally couldn’t help it and turned to run.

Xia Yu grabbed him and activated the Soothing ability.

Ten seconds later, An Feixiong’s resistance weakened. After thirty seconds, he felt drowsy. At one minute, his eyes closed. By two minutes, An Feixiong was asleep.

After placing An Feixiong onto the maid, Xia Yu said, “Take the young master to his room and bring some snacks and tea to my room.”

“Yes.” Although puzzled, the maid complied.

Half an hour later, Xia Yu successfully enjoyed his snacks.

He marveled at his own ingenuity and learned a lesson—next time, he should leave a few maids awake and not put them all to sleep at once.

In the afternoon, Yu Ningmeng was the first to wake up on Xia Yu’s bed.

“That was so comfortable,” Yu Ningmeng stretched lazily.

“You can come again next time,” Xia Yu said.

“How did you do that?” Yu Ningmeng hugged him after getting up.

“Just some psychological therapy techniques, plus some calming incense,” Xia Yu made up an excuse.

“Calming incense? Is that the scent on you?” Yu Ningmeng started sniffing his arm.

It took some effort for Xia Yu to push her away.

“Oh, by the way, I came here today to tell you something,” Yu Ningmeng remembered the main point. “An Tianfeng said he would be back these days.”

“He didn’t come back for the Spring Festival, but now he suddenly decides to come during the Spring Festival. Tsk,” Xia Yu shook his head.

“You actually said ‘tsk,’ Siyao. Show Auntie another one!” Yu Ningmeng excitedly shook Xia Yu.

“Rather than that, you should go check on the other maids. They’re all asleep like you.”

After driving Yu Ningmeng away, Xia Yu started thinking about Xu Youxiang.

He wanted to bring Xu Youxiang to the villa as well, making things more convenient for both sides.

He would wait until after An Tianfeng left.