The Stepmother's Banquet

[Test content: Participate in the first district's high school instrument competition and enter the finals]

[Test reward: Skill Level Upgrade Card (lvl 5 and below)]

Skill Level Upgrade Card?

Xia Yu immediately thought that he could use this to upgrade his programming level. Learning programming was much more difficult than learning the piano, the higher the level, the more difficult it was. With this card, he could save a lot of time. The finals involved ten people at once. To achieve a ranking in the top ten, level 4 music skills would be sufficient.

That is to say, if he could upgrade his music skill from level 3 to level 4, he could get a reward of upgrading his programming skill from level 4 to level 5? Xia Yu felt like he was making a profit, especially considering the additional recommendation from Hua University and a prize of at least 100,000.

After some hesitation, he made up his mind. He would secure a place in the top ten! However, he needed to devise a tactic so that An Siyao wouldn't recognize him. With this thought, Xia Yu hesitated a bit.

If he were to carry out that plan, he would have to meet that person. Xia Yu looked at his suitcase, which was a gift from that person. He then looked towards Yuxue's room, thinking that if she found out about this, the girl might become emotional.

It didn't matter. None of these issues were significant. After attending classes and working during the day, Xia Yu logged into An Siyao's body at night. Opening his eyes, he saw the familiar piano with a violin beside it.

"You're back," An Siyao said cheerfully.

"Yeah, I ran into some issues yesterday, so I couldn't come," Xia Yu explained, though he had already told her the body swap would be unstable recently.

"Is everything alright?" An Siyao asked with concern.

"It's been resolved."

"You don't dislike me anymore?" the girl asked again.

"No."

With Xia Yu's answer, An Siyao felt relieved.

"What should we learn today?" she asked with anticipation.

"Let's learn the piano, play the hardest piece," Xia Yu checked his game points, a total of 860, enough to exchange for a double experience card.

An Siyao asked if Xia Yu wanted classical or pop, and he chose classical, eventually settling on the piece 'Praising the Sun'. As one of the most challenging classical pieces, it was even more difficult than 'The Boy of The Gallery'. Also, since Xia Yu only had double experience now compared to his previous eight times experience, the learning process was slow.

With the time about to end, he still hadn't learned it. Xia Yu wasn't in a hurry; in the last fifteen minutes, he stopped as usual, returned to the bedroom, and chatted with An Siyao.

An Siyao mentioned something. "I'm going to Fangzhang City tomorrow," the girl said, "it's my mom's birthday, and she's holding a party at her villa there."

Mom? Wasn't her mother gone before? A stepmother perhaps?

"Why in Fangzhang City?" Xia Yu wondered. Though Fangzhang City was also considered a second-tier city, it didn't seem to match the An family's status.

"It seems that it's because my mom's hometown is there," An Siyao was also unclear about the reason. She didn't even think there was anything wrong with holding a party in Fangzhang City.

The stepmother's hometown? In other words, the stepmother wanted to use this banquet to expand her own original family's influence?

Forget it, it's none of my business.

Wait a minute, is there really no problem with the stepmother's birthday banquet?

"Should I go?" Xia Yu asked, "Will anyone bully you at the banquet?"

"No." An Siyao answered, "Besides, tomorrow is just the beginning, the real party is the day after."

Considering the girl's personality, Xia Yu asked in a different way, "Can I use your body tomorrow and the day after?"

"Anytime is fine!"

Xia Yu discerned some excitement in An Siyao's voice.

It seemed the girl wanted him to use her body but was too shy to say directly.

Then, he would go to the banquet tomorrow to see the upper-class gathering, which he had never experienced before.

With that settled, Xia Yu returned to his own body.

Climbing out of bed, Xia Yu was looking forward to the delicious food at the banquet, while making plans.

Tomorrow and the day after would be busy. He would find that person on the third day, hoping she would still be the same after all these years.

He wondered how she felt after hearing that Xia Dongyang had sold the house and run away.

What would she do?

Putting a stop to his thinking, Xia Yu didn't engage in any more meaningless guessing.

At four in the afternoon the next day, he logged into An Siyao's body again.

At this time, An Siyao was in a narrow small space, glancing at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, Xia Yu inferred that they were on a plane.

"Do you want to eat something?" An Siyao's voice sounded in Xia Yu's mind.

"How long until we land?" Xia Yu looked around. The small space was about one meter wide and two meters long, with a TV at his feet.

As expected of the upper-class, they had their own room even on a plane, even if the room wasn't large.

"There are about two hours left, but you can order food now." An Siyao promoted the airplane meals again.

Xia Yu hesitated, picked up the menu and ordered a cheese and caviar dish.

He was not accustomed to the taste of cheese, but the caviar was good.

Two hours later, the plane landed, and a flight attendant came and guided Xia Yu off the plane. Along the way, the staff members stood aside and politely greeted Xia Yu.

This made Xia Yu feel the happiness of the upper-class society.

Under An Siyao's guidance, Xia Yu found the driver who came to pick him up and arrived at the destination, which was An Siyao's stepmother's villa.

It was more appropriate to call it an estate rather than a villa, as it was about half the size of An Siyao's villa.

However, this villa was located in the suburbs of Fangzhang City, while An Siyao's villa was in the downtown area of Yaoguang City. In terms of value, An Siyao's villa was worth more.

A maid led Xia Yu to his room.

Having put the suitcase aside, Xia Yu looked at the room's layout, which was not much different from An Siyao's room.

"What's next?" Xia Yu asked An Siyao.

"Take a bath," the girl answered.

"???" Xia Yu looked confused, "Are you sure?"

"I feel sticky," An Siyao explained for herself, having mixed feelings, "Do you hate seeing my body?"

"It's not that reason." Xia Yu recalled, after using An Siyao's body so many times, he had even become proficient in using sanitary pads, so there was indeed nothing to be concerned about.

Picking up his clothes, he went into the bathroom.

After taking a bath and changing into new clothes, Xia Yu had just sat down at his desk for a while when there was a knock on his door.

Opening the door, there were five teenagers outside who were about the same age as An Siyao.

Among them, there were three boys and two girls.

"Do you want to go out for dinner tonight?" One of the boys invited Xia Yu.

"I've already said it, An Siyao can't go! She's never been there before!" One girl complained.

"Alright." Xia Yu replied.

"See, I told you… Wait, are you sure?" The girl looked at Xia Yu in astonishment.