Chapter 68: Pressuring for Marriage?

After the preliminary round, they had to wait until next Saturday for the second round, which was scheduled to take place in Kaiyang City.

After washing up and lying down on the bed, Xia Yu logged into the game.

After a moment of darkness, he saw An Siyao’s desk.

“Good evening,” An Siyao said.

“Why haven’t you slept yet?” Xia Yu asked.

Because he logged in late, An Siyao usually took a nap first.

“My grandfather came over, so I spent a while with him,” the girl said hesitantly. She didn’t know why her grandfather had suddenly shown up.

“Why were you keeping your grandfather company?” Xia Yu asked curiously. He couldn’t imagine what it was like for An Siyao to accompany elders.

Was it like sitting silently in meditation, only answering when asked?

“I was arranging flowers in the greenhouse while my grandfather drank tea,” An Siyao replied.

It sounded similar to meditation.

Xia Yu could imagine the grandfather and granddaughter sitting together, yet completely indifferent to each other.

“Are you going to practice piano today, or play some games? I bought some equipment,” An Siyao asked.

“Equipment?” Curious, Xia Yu followed An Siyao to an empty room. There was a large sofa inside, along with a regular computer and console, as well as several arcade machines of different types.

After playing excitedly for a while, Xia Yu began to feel bored.

Previously, when he played games, someone would whisper strategies and chat with him, but An Siyao didn’t say a word.

The girl was like a decorative flower—pleasing to the eye, but unable to provide direct entertainment.

As for Xu Youxiang, she was like a mischievous little cat—sometimes noisy, but always lively and fun.

Xia Yu preferred quiet.

Losing interest in the games, he went to the piano room.

Meanwhile, in the villa, An Siyao’s grandfather, Yu Liang, heard from a maid that An Siyao was still awake late at night.

After thinking for a moment, he put down his proposal, put on a coat, and walked toward the piano room.

The reason he had come this time was for just one matter.

He had heard from an informant that An Siyao had stayed overnight at Xu Youxiang’s place and even transferred a large sum of money to her afterward.

Money was a small matter, but staying overnight was a big deal.

Concerning the inheritance of the Yu family, he immediately came to talk with An Siyao.

But during the day, An Siyao’s indifferent expression made it hard for Yu Liang to bring up the topic.

Arriving at the piano room, he knocked first before opening the door.

Xia Yu, who had been playing the piano, stopped and looked at the elderly man entering.

The old man had white hair, yet looked energetic.

Was this the chairman of Daliang Capital?

“Can’t sleep at night?” Yu Liang sat on a chair, looking at his granddaughter.

“If it’s usual for me, just saying ‘hmm’ is enough,” An Siyao whispered in Xia Yu’s mind.

“Hmm,” Xia Yu decided to follow An Siyao’s habit.

“Playing piano?” the old man asked again.

Under An Siyao’s guidance, Xia Yu responded with another “Hmm.”

“Isn’t that piano still the one your mother taught you when she was young?”

An Siyao’s instruction remained a simple “Hmm.”

“I heard you also participated in a competition and won first place?”

This time An Siyao finally changed her response to “Yes.”

Even Yu Liang, and even Xia Yu himself, felt that this kind of communication was impossible.

Was this girl, while unilaterally following others’ arrangements, also rejecting communication?

Indeed, nobody liked being a puppet. Once one became one, they had hidden their heart away.

Seeing his granddaughter still acting the same, Yu Liang sighed. He stood up, glanced at the potted plant beside the bed, and said to Xia Yu:

“A female flower cannot bear fruit without pollination from a male one. It’s okay to play around, but don’t take it seriously.”

After saying that, the old man left the piano room.

“???”

Xia Yu was puzzled. What did pollination have to do with this? What did he mean by “playing around”?

Was this a marriage proposal?

Xia Yu asked An Siyao about his confusion, but An Siyao shook her head, saying there was no such thing.

Not dwelling on the matter, Xia Yu changed the topic.

“I saw you in the competition video. The cold yet warm painting world, you played really well.”

An Siyao replied somewhat uneasily, “I didn’t act strangely, did I?”

“No, it was beautiful,” Xia Yu said.

The girl became delighted.

“It’s the second round next week. How are you going to arrange it?” Xia Yu asked again.

Unlike the preliminaries, the second round would last two days, and the organizers had arranged accommodations.

“I still have a house in Kaiyang. Staying there would be convenient,” An Siyao meant convenient for Xia Yu to possess her body.

Hearing that he couldn’t access the girl during the accommodation, Xia Yu felt disappointed.

He would only be able to see her during the competition.

Thinking about how he would make it into the top ten and An Siyao wouldn’t recognize him, Xia Yu couldn’t help feeling proud.

Deceiving An Siyao was also a rare pleasure.

After ending the chat, Xia Yu used an experience card and began practicing piano.

Today, he was going to learn the piece “Gulong Dingduan.”

It was also a sorrowful melody, sounding like a desolate city in one’s ears.

It wasn’t a difficult piece. With the help of the experience card, Xia Yu also learned a simple modern piece called “Bai Jian.”

After eight hours of gameplay, Xia Yu returned to his own body.

It was seven in the morning. He quickly washed up and rested before logging into Xu Youxiang’s body.

Since the previous night’s gaming had been somewhat boring, he wanted to regain some joy from Xu Youxiang.

He arrived at an inopportune moment. Outside the closed bedroom door, there was an unfamiliar sharp voice.

The voice was sharp and forceful.

Interspersed with it was also Xu’s mother’s voice.

Leaning against the bed frame, she listened intently.

“…Youxiang is already twenty-one… Their family owns a factory… What? You’re still complaining about their low educational background? My dear, it’s already lucky they don’t mind your daughter being crippled…”

So it was another marriage proposal.

While he had thought he was being pressured into marriage while in An Siyao’s body, it turned out to be the opposite. Now, in Xu Youxiang’s body, he immediately entered a marriage proposal plot.

However, Xu Youxiang’s parents weren’t particularly eager about the marriage. Who was this loud woman?

He asked Xu Youxiang.

“That’s my father’s older sister,” Xu Youxiang replied.

“She’s causing trouble for you now. Aren’t you going to scold her a bit?” Xia Yu asked again.

“She’s an elder. How can I scold her?” Xu Youxiang said.

“Oh, I see. So you’re just a bully at home.”

“Pfft, who’s a bully like you?”

“???”

Was that really the main point to focus on?

At this moment, Xia Yu heard the sound of the door opening. The aunt, still shouting, walked in.

Xu’s mother and father tried to stop her but failed.