Summer Mother

Xia Yu's hand was still holding a skewer of meat, as he explained the basic operations while wiping it.

"Just now scared me to death, those idiots actually dared to take action!" A boy exclaimed, patting his chest.

"Yeah, what were those guys thinking?" The girl was still unsettled.

"It's you guys that are crazy, provoking a group of people like that at a food stall! How were they supposed to know who you are?" Xia Yu commented. "You should be grateful that they were middle-aged guys, if they were young men in their twenties, it would be useless even if you scattered diamonds on the ground."

Everyone then looked at Jiao Heyu.

"They provoked me first!" Jiao Heyu weakly defended himself.

"Why did you retaliate with words? Couldn't you use your money to slap their faces?" Xia Yu sighed, feeling that this group was still young.

"That's right, in the novels I've read, this is the moment when you should casually reveal your million-dollar watch, ten million dollar luxury car, or directly find the food stall owner, buy out the stall, and then kick those guys out." A boy excitedly said.

"Buying the food stall is a brilliant idea!"

"Why didn't you say anything earlier?"

The group found a new topic, and they went to a barbecue restaurant, happily chatting.

Xia Yu quietly enjoyed his barbecue, feeling that this outing was quite worthwhile.

An Siyao's body had a little alcohol capacity, so after drinking some, Xia Yu's head started feeling dizzy, and he didn't notice Shen Xiaowen and Jiao Heyu sneaking glances at him.

Shen Xiaowen thought back to the scene where Xia Yu suddenly jumped out, took down the shirtless man, and waved his money to make more than a dozen people kneel and pick it up, feeling her face heat up. She also remembered Xia Yu reaching into her chest to pull out her wallet, which made her body heat up as well. She thought: Compared to the useless ranting of Jiao He Yu, An Siyao is much cooler!

On the other hand, Jiao Heyu also had a similar realization, but unlike Shen Xiaowen's infatuation, Jiao He Yu was a little scared. The muscular shirtless man was easily taken down by An Siyao – if it was him, he would be lying on the ground waiting for an ambulance. If he pursued An Siyao, wouldn't he be living in a nightmare of domestic violence for the rest of his life? His feelings of secret crush were extinguished all at once. From now on, Yao Ge and he would be best buddies!

The two found a new position with An Siyao and began to attentively feed Xia Yu.

At around 10 pm, the group called cabs to return to the villa. They had all drunk a bit, so it was unsafe to drive.

When Xia Yu got inside the car, he felt uneasy. He had overestimated An Siyao's alcohol tolerance; his head was feeling heavy, and he was extremely sleepy. Halfway through the ride, he couldn't help but doze off.

When they arrived, Jiao Heyu tried to hold Xia Yu, but was slapped away by Shen Xiaowen.

"I'll hold him!" Shen Xiaowen said fiercely.

Jiao He Yu touched his slapped wrist, a little wronged.

You can hold him if you want, but why hit me? You've never been this fierce with me before!

He watched as Shen Xiaowen and another girl lifted Xia Yu up and walked towards the villa.

Xia Yu, who was still somewhat conscious, saw that it was two girls who came to help him and felt relieved to go back to sleep.

When he woke up, he had returned to his own body.

Thinking back to the joy of last night's barbecue, Xia Yu felt hungry.

He put on his clothes and went out to continue barbecuing.

On his way back, he remembered to bring a ham sausage for the black cat.

Feeding the ham sausage to the meowing black cat, he yawned and continued to sleep.

When he woke up in the morning and finished washing up, Xia Yu took out his phone and edited a text message.

'Mom, can I come over to your place on Friday night? I have something to discuss with you.'

To successfully deceive An Siyao in the musical competition, he needed his mother's help.

In a short while, a reply came.

'Sure, come for dinner.'

Ten seconds later, another message arrived.

'Don't bring Xia Yuxue.'

Rubbing his head, Xia Yu replied that he would be there around six.

Putting his phone back in his pocket, he wondered how to deceive Yuxue.

In this life, the woman who was his mother was called Kong Hanyue, a reasonably competent mother, but with some psychological flaws.

Kong Hanyue initially fell in love with Xia Dongyang freely, and if it weren't for her psychological flaw, she wouldn't have chosen such an unreliable man.

She was a radical hedonist, and during her love affair with Xia Dongyang, he took her to various places for enjoyment, making her believe that he was her perfect match.

However, after their marriage, Xia Dongyang, who had squandered his parents' property, encountered financial difficulties. As the freshness of their passionate love faded, he became increasingly rude to her, and her life became more and more unbearable.

Nine years ago, Kong Hanyue finally couldn't stand it anymore and divorced Xia Dongyang, leaving with nothing.

She hated Yuxue, partly because of Yuxue's childhood.

Young children were inevitably annoying, and Xia Dongyang wouldn't hurt young Yuxue, so he vented all his anger on her.

She resented Xia Dongyang and held a grudge against Yuxue.

It was also Xia Yu's fault for behaving too well when he was a child. Not only did he never cause trouble for Kong Hanyue, but he also stopped Xia Dongyang from getting violent several times. In comparison, Kong Hanyue believed that Yuxue was ignorant.

When she wanted to divorce Xia Dongyang, he tried to get Xia Yu and Yuxue to stop her. Xia Yu didn't care and supported her, while Yuxue was frightened by Xia Dongyang's words and cried and begged her not to leave, which annoyed Kong Hanyue.

The most serious issue was Kong Hanyue concealing her past marriage and children and marrying another man. After they got married, they ran into Yuxue on the street, who excitedly called her, revealing the truth to her husband and almost leading to a divorce.

After all these incidents, Kong Hanyue held a grudge against Yuxue.

Naturally, Xia Yu was on Yuxue's side. However, Kong Hanyue didn't like Yuxue but was still good to Xia Yu. She would send gifts for his birthday.

Otherwise, Xia Yu wouldn't ask her for help.

Having thought this through, Xia Yu began to think about tonight's events.

It would be An Siyao's stepmother's birthday party tonight, and he wondered what delicious food would be at the party.

…

Fangzhang City, four in the afternoon.

Jiao and Yu were strolling in the garden with their five friends. They had also invited An Siyao, but she, unpossessed by Xia Yu, declined their invitation.

Also with them was a young man.

The young man was the teacher who had previously harbored malicious intentions towards Feng Yumo and was scolded by Xia Yu.

"I remember you're a teacher from Dongzhi Township Academy, right?" Shen Xiaowen asked the young man.

After the young man admitted it, she excitedly asked, "What was An Siyao like at school?"

Not only she, but the other four people also looked at the young man with great interest.

The young man thought about the relationship between the five people in front of him and An Siyao in his mind, and after confirming that they were not intimate, he had a plan in his heart.

These five people were all children of An Family Group's shareholders. Although the shares of each individual were not as much as An Siyao's father, their combined shares could control the An Family Group.

The opportunity to avenge the last restaurant incident had arrived!