Marriage Proposal?

"They've already gone back to their rooms," An Siyao replied.

"Alright, let's meet tomorrow then." After drying his hair, Xia Yu took a step and returned to the bedroom.

After lying in bed for a while, he stood up again.

He still wasn't used to sleeping with An Siyao's body.

He went to the desk and randomly clicked on a movie to watch, chatting with An Siyao.

"What kind of people are your stepmother and brother?"

"I don't communicate much with my mom, and An Feixiong is a...somewhat annoying person."

An Siyao's answer surprised Xia Yu. It was the first time he had heard An Siyao explicitly say that someone was annoying.

An Feixiong was Luo Yali's son. Was he an extremely unruly child?

No, it might not be because An Feixiong was annoying to an extreme extent, but because An Siyao was now willing to speak out.

To test this, he asked again, "What was the impression Dong Yi gave you before?"

Dong Yi was the name of the head maid. An Siyao had never spoken ill of her before.

Now An Siyao's response was, "It's a bit annoying that she always stares at this part of me."

Indeed, it was because of the change in affection.

Thinking back, it would have been impossible for An Siyao to directly ask Wen Ziying if she was pretty a few days ago.

Now, the young girl had already opened up a bit about her inner thoughts, right?

"So, what's annoying about that brat?" Xia Yu continued to ask.

"He's always dirty, noisy, running around, and likes to use paint to mess up things," An Siyao replied with a hint of grievance.

Xia Yu was relieved. Although it was a bit excessive, it was still within the range of ordinary mischievous children.

"What about Luo Yali? Do you know what her family does?" Xia Yu began to gather information about Luo Yali.

To deal with that brat, he had to get past the obstacle of Luo Yali.

Before, when the two of them were living in Fangzhang City, Xia Yu was too lazy to deal with them. But now that they were in his villa, they had to behave.

"I don't know," An Siyao answered.

After watching a movie, Xia Yu left again and wandered around the corridor.

He came to the flower room.

This was where An Siyao practiced flower arranging. Although the young girl hadn't done it for a long time, there were still some fresh flower branches inside.

These were placed here by the maid. As for why the maid did this, it was probably a historical problem.

Since they had been placing flowers here before, and An Siyao had not asked them to stop, the practice continued.

Picking up a flower branch and looking at it, Xia Yu casually inserted it into a vase on the side.

An Siyao's flower arrangement skill was called "Flower Path." This skill wasn't very useful for him, but regardless of gender, people of the opposite sex with Flower Path would be quite fond of each other.

Flower Path, Tea Path, and Incense Path were also popular cultural elements in Asia, especially in District 1 and District 11.

Since entertainment was somewhat lacking in this world, people were fascinated by traditional cultural craftsmanship, which also fulfilled their need for amusement.

Although Xia Yu liked watching An Siyao arrange flowers, he refused to do it himself.

Practicing this kind of thing was not as enjoyable as playing games with Xu Youxiang.

Speaking of which, practicing a skill can only gain experience in that specific skill, which is somewhat inconvenient. It would be better if, like in some games, the experience dropped from practicing a skill was universal and could be applied to any skill.

However, even if the experience could be applied freely, he wouldn't use it to increase the level of his flower arrangement skill.

At this thought, a row of prompt text suddenly appeared in front of Xia Yu.

Detected Lv3 bonus, you have the ability to upgrade an associated bonus skill to Lv3. Would you like to use it?

"???"

There's even this hidden benefit with the Lv3 bonus?

After recalling the trigger conditions, Xia Yu confirmed that it was practicing the skill while thinking about increasing the level.

Wouldn't he never know if he didn't touch a flower and think about it for a moment?

Damn game, always trying to withhold my rewards!

Although Lv3 isn't much, under the guidance of a high-level teacher, even if the bonus was only Lv1, it would take just over twenty days to reach Lv3. But who wouldn't like freebies?

It occurred to him that, besides flower arrangement, An Siyao also had a painting skill, which was even more practical.

He stood up and was about to leave, but after two steps, he thought of a blind spot.

The Lv3 bonus has an opportunity to increase a skill to Lv3. What about the bonuses for Lv2 and Lv1?

He sat back down and picked up the flowers.

In his mind, he thought: Increase the level.

Detected Lv3 bonus, you have the ability to upgrade an associated bonus skill to Lv3. Would you like to use it?

He thought again: Change to Lv2.

The prompt changed.

Detected Lv2 bonus, you have the ability to upgrade an associated bonus skill to Lv2. Would you like to use it?

Xia Yu agreed.

You have obtained Flower Arrangement Lv2.

Leaning against the table, Xia Yu felt a little disheartened.

It was already difficult enough for him to practice skills all day, and he also had to pit his wits against the system.

He reviewed all the system's functions again to make sure there were no omissions, then stood up and went to the bedroom.

He took out a pen and paper, drew casually a couple of times, but was unsuccessful.

This judgment was somewhat strict.

After drawing a pentagram a little more seriously, Xia Yu raised his painting skill to Lv3.

"Do you want to continue learning to draw?" An Siyao looked at Xia Yu's actions with anticipation.

Over the past month, Xia Yu was no longer passionate about playing the piano. Although he spent more time with her, it made her feel uneasy.

This feeling was like her pet cat losing interest in the cat toys she bought.

"I'm not drawing comics anymore." Xia Yu wanted to give the girl a scare.

He stood up and went to the drawing room.

Upon seeing the canvas and paints, many techniques appeared in his mind.

Thinking that he wanted to learn, An Siyao was about to start explaining when Xia Yu began to draw on his own.

Watching Xia Yu's proficient skills, the girl was astonished. When he first came to her body, she had taught him to draw comics once, but at that time, Xia Yu didn't know anything.

Waving the brush in his hand smoothly, Xia Yu felt very satisfied as he watched the colors appearing on the canvas.

Just like a handsome person looking at themselves in the mirror, the better they look, the happier they feel. A skilled person also becomes increasingly happy when looking at their own work.

He paid attention to An Siyao's reaction, waiting for the girl to be amazed by his rapid progress in skills.

However, An Siyao spoke with grievance, "Did you go looking for other women again?"

"???"

The girl thought that Xia Yu had learned this oil painting technique from another woman because she had never taught him, nor had Xu Youxiang. Looking at Xia Yu's level in the manga before, he didn't seem to have studied it either.

Xia Yu explained that he had acquired this skill from her.

"From me?" An Siyao was puzzled.

"I won't tell you the specific reason, but there's no other woman," Xia Yu said.

"Alright." An Siyao quieted down.

She watched as Xia Yu continued to finish the oil painting, which was of her face.

The girl's heart began to feel sweet.

After spending the night at An Siyao's place, Xia Yu returned to his own body the next morning.

He planned to investigate the situation on his own first, and if it's convenient, he would visit An Siyao in the afternoon, then go to Zhong Yunxin's place to collect the results.

After he finished washing up, Xia Nianhong called him for breakfast. Yuxue was already sitting at the table.

It was rare for her not to have to cook breakfast herself, so Yuxue was a bit excited.

Breakfast included noodles, fried eggs, and ham.

As Xia Yu sat down, Xia Nianhong said, "It's great that you're back. Hanhan is also here, so you can all play together."

"Didn't she move away?" Xia Yu asked in surprise.

Hanhan, full name Kong Han, was Xia Yu's childhood friend who later moved to the city with her family.

"Their grandfather passed away, so their grandmother wanted to come back to their hometown," Xia Nianhong explained, "That girl used to love hanging around you when she was little, you can... give it a try."

Xia Yu hesitated with his chopsticks.

After Xu Youxiang was urged to get married, had he fallen into this situation as well?

"I heard that her family opened a shop in the city," Xia Nianhong hinted at Xia Yu.

"I'm only in my senior year of high school," Xia Yu sighed.

However, he didn't say he wouldn't see Kong Han. Their relationship was very good when they were young, and he wanted to see how the girl was doing now.