Suddenly Flirting

Facing Xu Youxiang's question, Xia Yu pondered for a moment before deciding to tell her the truth.

Firstly, Xu Youxiang was not in any danger; secondly, in their future actions, the clues he would leave behind would only become more numerous, and being discovered was only a matter of time, unless he abandoned Xu Youxiang and stopped using her.

Lastly, he had a bit of selfishness in his heart.

Xu Youxiang was indeed fond of him, right?

After weighing the pros and cons and making sure there were no risks, Xia Yu made up his mind.

"It's me," he answered.

"So who are you really? Xia Yu? Or that Lace Edge?" Xu Youxiang didn't understand Xia Yu's words.

"Both are me," Xia Yu said again.

"..." On the other side of the phone, Xu Youxiang covered her forehead.

That guy was Xia Yu?

"Why don't you say you're An Siyao?" Xu Youxiang refused to believe it.

"Don't let your emotions affect your rationality, you've already had suspicions, haven't you?"

Xia Yu's words made the last trace of hope in Xu Youxiang's heart disappear.

No wonder she felt a sense of familiarity in Xia Yu; it turned out that both people were the same person.

Why had it turned out like this? The first time she cared about a boy turned out to be the mysterious person who had always stood behind her, and even more importantly, the relationship between the mysterious person and An Siyao was obviously better than her own.

Originally, Xu Youxiang had a good impression of the mysterious person who stopped her suicide and helped her regain happiness, but because he lied to her and said he was a woman, she had been suppressing her feelings.

Then she met Xia Yu, who played the guqin, and felt a sense of intimacy. At this time, the intertwined emotions made her heart chaotic.

"Explain yourself properly tomorrow, you pervert who dresses like a woman!" After saying this, Xu Youxiang hung up the phone.

With the phone tossed aside, Xia Yu lay in bed, as calm as a mountain compared to the confused Xu Youxiang.

He considered the conveniences that Xu Youxiang could provide him now that he had told her the truth.

The result was almost none.

Apart from allowing Xu Youxiang to work under him, there was hardly any convenience.

However, precisely because Xu Youxiang couldn't have a significant impact on him, he told her the truth.

He didn't plan to immediately have Xu Youxiang work under him; she had the potential to become a top-notch cyber technology expert. Only by allowing Xu Youxiang to develop her full potential would she be of the greatest value.

Before that, he needed to fix Xu Youxiang's leg, at least not to let her get amputated, otherwise, Xia Yu might lose both her and her potential.

The next morning, after finishing his musical exercises, Xia Yu, as usual, met Xu Youxiang in the front courtyard.

Coming to Xu Youxiang's side, Xia Yu reached out to push the wheelchair, but Xu Youxiang dodged.

"Aren't you going to explain first?" Xu Youxiang stared at Xia Yu with an unhappy expression.

"I didn't expect you to be able to track me down. As a reward, I've already told you everything," Xia Yu praised as he reached out and rubbed Xu Youxiang's head, "You did a great job. How did you find out?"

Xu Youxiang handed her phone to Xia Yu, who saw the secretly recorded video.

I thought that since everyone appreciated light music, the quality would definitely be higher; I didn't expect there to be such scum secretly taking photos.

In the video, he was playing the Fran Old Wolf at the time, but because he hadn't gained the Intimidation skill yet, it lacked feeling and his skills were worse than in the competition.

However, this wasn't a problem. All he had to do was claim he wasn't in good condition that day, and even briefly fooling Xu Youxiang was no issue. But deep down, Xu Youxiang, who was harboring doubts, would definitely find more evidence later.

Just like An Tianfeng could investigate the secrets of his high-ranking subordinates as long as he wanted to, as long as he was suspicious, exposure of the secret was imminent.

"I just doubted it, and you immediately called me. Do you have surveillance on me?" Xu Youxiang asked again.

"This is a secret," Xia Yu answered.

"Why did you lie to me saying you were a woman?" Xu Youxiang raised another question.

"The greatest art in the world is a man pretending to be a woman." Xia Yu explained seriously, as Xu Youxiang didn't get the joke, "It's because your resistance was a bit strong earlier."

"So you mean it's my fault?" Xu Youxiang raised an eyebrow.

"It's my fault, my fault." Xia Yu stretched out his hand and rubbed Xu Youxiang's head again.

"Let go, you pervert!" Xu Youxiang symbolically drove Xia Yu away twice but said nothing more.

After fixing her messy hair, Xia Yu pushed her and led her around.

"Does An Siyao know about this?" Xu Youxiang looked up at Xia Yu's face, the sky's light making her eyes feel a little prickly.

"She doesn't know. You better not tell her," Xia Yu responded.

With a cold laugh, Xu Youxiang commented, "She trusts you so much, yet you lie to her. What a scumbag."

Upon reaching certain conditions, Xu Youxiang's bonus increased to level 3.

The increase in bonus represented an increase in trust and intimacy. Xu Youxiang had reached level 3, just like An Siyao.

Seeing the prompt in front of him, Xia Yu sighed at the hypocrisy of women.

Even though they were happy deep down, they pretended to be hostile on the surface.

Temporarily putting the issue of rewards aside, Xia Yu explained to Xu Youxiang, "You know what An Siyao's personality is like. I don't want to stir up trouble."

"Don't worry, I'll help you keep it a secret from her." Xu Youxiang smiled as she suddenly felt An Siyao wasn't unbeatable.

She continued, "What's your purpose of getting close to An Siyao this time? Spiritual communication isn't enough; you want physical pleasure too? You're miscalculating. An Siyao is very loyal to 'him' and won't care about you."

"Yeah, yeah, after all, not everyone is as fickle as you."

"Who are you calling fickle, you pervert! I didn't have any feelings for you... thinking you were a girl..." Xu Youxiang stopped abruptly, realizing her explanation was an admission of her feelings for Xia Yu.

She should have explained that she had no feelings whatsoever for Xia Yu.

Yesterday, when Xia Yu was with An Siyao, she also slipped up.

"Ahem, speaking of which, did you play the new game released last month?" She changed the subject.

"Cyberpunk?" Xia Yu picked up on this topic.

This made Xu Youxiang sigh with relief, but also feel a little disappointed.

At a time like this, shouldn't he be taking the opportunity to say some sweet words? How did he really start talking about games!

She became somewhat annoyed: "You can leave, go find your An Siyao. An Siyao even told me she's a bit afraid of you, it's ridiculous."

Her mockery hit right where Xia Yu cared the most. Xia Yu grabbed Xu Youxiang's face: "I came here this time to help you too."

"Come to let me listen to guzheng? Or to let me listen to the flute?" Xu Youxiang gripped Xia Yu's hand, refusing to let him succeed.

"If all goes well, after this conference, we can find a way to cure your leg."

Hearing this, Xu Youxiang was lost in thought for a moment. Xia Yu seized the opportunity to break free from her hand and pinched her face.

"Really?" Xu Youxiang didn't resist anymore.

"There are still twenty days left. If it doesn't go well, I'll think of another way." Although he felt that a world-class competition would make An Siyao famous enough to meet the mission requirements, Xia Yu couldn't guarantee it.

The awkwardness on Xu Youxiang's face disappeared, and she looked up at Xia Yu: "You squat down."

"What for?" Xia Yu looked warily at Xu Youxiang, but still squatted down.

He had a feeling Xu Youxiang might want to get back at him for pinching her face.

He spread his feet apart so that even if Xu Youxiang suddenly pushed him, she couldn't knock him down.

Xu Youxiang put both hands on his shoulders. As Xia Yu pondered whether to take the initiative, she tightened her grip and hugged Xia Yu's head in her arms.

"Thank you."

A faint fragrance filled Xia Yu's nostrils.

Before he could react, Xu Youxiang let go of him and wheeled her chair quickly towards the villa.

"I'm tired, don't talk to me anymore!" Xu Youxiang hadn't expected herself to be so bold. Her face felt as if it was burning, and a great shyness surged in her heart. She hurriedly fled to the villa.

Standing still, Xia Yu touched his forehead with his finger, watching Xu Youxiang's retreating figure.

This girl could actually flirt.

Knowing that talking to Xu Youxiang at this time would make her angry with embarrassment, Xia Yu watched her enter the villa and then turned and left.

The An family's driver took him back to Liu Manman's villa.

In the car, he checked the reward of Xu Youxiang's upgrade to lv3.

He hadn't expected an unexpected surprise this time.