Swindled

Zhong Yunze and Xia Yu complained, "Now our company is competing for a project, which was supposed to be given to my family's company. But now, out of nowhere, another company has emerged to compete."

After taking a sip of cola, Zhong Yunze continued, "Generally speaking, when competing for a project, long-term cooperative companies have the advantage. My family's company understands all the ins and outs and knows the preferences of the other party. But now, the company that has emerged is actually on par with mine."

"Is there an insider?" Xia Yu sat down beside Zhong Yunze's bed.

"I don't know, it could also be someone from the project company trying to support another company," Zhong Yunze shook his head.

"Shall we check for insiders first?" Xia Yu asked again.

"We can't. All the veterans in the company are suspects. If we isolate them all, the company won't be able to function." After talking, Zhong Yunze's mood improved slightly.

He finished drinking the cola in his hand, picked up the empty cans on the ground one by one, and threw them into the trash.

"It seems we can only ask for help from someone else," he sighed.

"Who would you ask?" Xia Yu picked up a can of cola, opened it, and took a sip.

"An Tianfeng."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Xia Yu choked and started coughing violently.

Zhong Yunze looked at him puzzled, "It's just cola, not alcohol. Do you have to cough like this?"

Xia Yu was still recovering from the choking. Although he knew that the Zhong family had connections with the An family, he never expected that Zhong Yunze could actually ask for An Tianfeng's help.

"An Tianfeng was a good friend of my father's. My family's company has been working on An's Group projects for a while, and I've told you about it before, right? I even attended An Siyao's birthday party when I was younger," Zhong Yunze began to chat casually with Xia Yu.

"Speaking of An Tianfeng, you have to talk about his rise to wealth. In just twenty years, he developed such a huge group…" Zhong Yunze admired An Tianfeng. He felt that with An Tianfeng's help, the problem could definitely be resolved, so his mood became more cheerful.

"By the way, you said An Siyao is An Tianfeng's daughter, but I could only find information about his son online, not his daughter," Xia Yu asked the question that had been bothering him but because it was sensitive, he had not asked An Siyao about it.

"That's because An Siyao was kidnapped shortly after she was born. Although it was unsuccessful, it scared An Tianfeng so he blocked his daughter and wife's information online," Zhong Yunze explained.

So that was the reason. It seemed that An Tianfeng, although not very competent, was still a good father.

Raising his daughter with that personality, saying he was incompetent was probably an understatement.

After a while of chatting with Zhong Yunze, Xia Yu finally managed to break free and returned to his room. He logged into An Siyao's account.

It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and dinner would be at half-past five.

During the half an hour in between, Xia Yu didn't know what to do, so he went to Xu Youxiang's room, hoping to check on her, only to find the female programmer teaching her coding.

Upon seeing Xia Yu, Xu Youxiang ended her lesson and asked the female programmer to leave.

Sitting beside Xu Youxiang's bed, Xia Yu glanced in the direction of the departing female programmer. Xia Yu supported Xu Youxiang's effort to learn programming, but learning from the same person could lead to some problems. The change in learning efficiency was a minor issue, it could be attributed to the fast learning consumption or some other reasons, but there would be no way to explain if Xu Youxiang were to learn the knowledge that Xia Yu had already mastered.

"When you control my body, I can also remember what you learn," Xu Youxiang noticed Xia Yu's concerns and explained.

There is such an effect? When I use an experience card and use the skill, the owner of the body can also gain experience? It shouldn't be surprising. While Xia Yu controls the body, all the senses of the body are open to the original owner. The knowledge he learned also appeared in the brain of the original body.

In this case, Xu Youxiang would also be progressing while I study? Would I ever catch up with Xu Youxiang? No, Xu Youxiang can only remember the part of the knowledge taught. It's like when I played the piano with An Siyao's body; An Siyao can only gain the experience of the piano, but I actually gained all the music experience.

Xu Youxiang's progress was a good thing, as she would be able to work better for herself in the near future. Xia Yu put his mind at ease, glanced at the time, and picked up Xu Youxiang and placed her in the wheelchair, pushing her to the restaurant for dinner together.

In the evening, Xia Yu played the piano in the piano room for a while, then received a phone call from an unfamiliar number.

Liu Manman's voice came through the phone as he answered. This girl was too quick.

"Is this An Siyao?" Liu Manman asked.

"That's me," Xia Yu replied.

"I'm Liu Manman, the third place in the last competition, do you remember me?" Liu Manman continued.

"Yes, I remember," Xia Yu replied.

"I want to come to your house and discuss the Global Music New Generation Conference with you. Can you tell me where you live?" Liu Manman did not directly state her request; unscientific statistics show that the success rate of face-to-face communication was much lower than that of phone calls.

"Just tell me over the phone," Xia Yu picked up a notepad and pen, wrote down "come to visit you" and showed An Siyao.

"I want to team up with you to participate in the conference, along with Xia Yu, who placed second." Xia Yu hadn't agreed to participate, but Liu Manman didn't mind using his name. If Liu Manman could persuade An Siyao, Xia Yu would indeed go along, so it wasn't considered cheating.

This kind of approach was like getting two benefits with one action.

"Global Music Conference?" An Siyao's voice was excited in Xia Yu's mind.

Xia Yu then relayed An Siyao's confusion, and Liu Manman gave a detailed explanation.

"Can I participate?" An Siyao's tone was delighted, as she had not performed well in the previous music competition and only placed first thanks to Xia Yu. She had been upset about it for a long time. Now, with the opportunity to participate in another music conference, she wanted to redeem herself.

"I agree," Xia Yu replied to Liu Manman and hung up the phone.

"I will definitely perform well this time!" An Siyao's fighting spirit was high.

"I'll be watching you." Xia Yu also showed a smile.

On the other hand, Liu Manman was extremely surprised and delighted, she didn't expect An Siyao to agree so simply.

She happily called Xia Yu: "An Siyao agreed!"

"Mmm hmm."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu wrote down the contents of the conversation in a notebook.

Then, he received another phone call, which was from Zhong Yunze.

"Xia Yu, An Tianfeng said he's coming over to our house!"

"Mmm hmm."

He also recorded the content of this phone call, and Xia Yu lay in bed, going into sleep.