Be Serious When Teasing Cats

The secretary opened her mouth to stop Xia Yu from looking at the accounts, but she thought that stopping him at this time would give a guilty feeling. She figured that this Chinese major college student wouldn't be able to understand the accounts anyway. She had already learned from insiders that Xia Yu was the little lover of An Tianfeng's daughter, and someone who relied on a woman couldn't have much ability.

Leaving the office, she discussed the matter with the other managers. The manager in charge of the accounts said, "I have done the accounts very well. It's impossible for non-experts to find anything wrong, and even experts may not be able to see it unless they pay special attention."

"There should be no problem. Our higher-ups have never doubted us before, and he couldn't have come prepared," another manager said. "Even if he pays close attention, it's useless. We already know the situation along the way. He's an ordinary person, and he studies Chinese, so it's impossible for something to go wrong."

"We have never had any problems for so long, it's impossible to mess up all of a sudden," the general manager concluded. "I'll go get the accounts now, there's no need to scare ourselves," the secretary said, and headed to the finance department to get the accounts.

She placed the accounts in front of Xia Yu, one printed copy and one electronic copy. Xia Yu took the electronic copy and looked at it. After five minutes, Xia Yu nodded, "I understand," and got up to leave the company. The secretary wanted to send him off, but he refused.

Back in the company's office, the secretary and several managers talked together. "Seeing him look at it for five minutes really scared me," one of them said. "But he didn't seem to find anything wrong. What could be the problem? I guess he doesn't understand either. He just glanced through all the entries and lied to himself that he had seen the accounts."

"That last sentence is very fitting," the others agreed, and they all laughed. They chatted for a while longer and then went outside the company together, planning to go out and have a good time.

But before they stepped out of the company, a car stopped in front of them. Five people got out of the car and blocked their way. "What are you doing?" the secretary and company staff looked at the five people warily. "We are the personnel invited by Mr. Xia Yu to handle your affairs," the five explained.

"What do you plan to do?" the group asked again, though this time they meant something different. "Just checking the accounts a bit," the five of them said with a smile. But the faces of the secretary and the others turned ashen, as they were not very competent people, and their lies couldn't fool real professionals.

"Did Xia Yu send you?" they couldn't believe that after making money for so long, they had failed because of a freshman literature student. When the five of them nodded in confirmation, the expressions of the secretary and the others became even more vivid.

They looked at each other, and in their hearts, they regretted not taking Xia Yu seriously because of his young age and irrelevant major. There was no chance for a do-over now, as the five professionals quickly found the problems in the accounts, and the secretary and the others were taken away by the police.

After hearing about these things from Yu Ningmeng, Xia Yu nodded his head.

After detecting the problem with the accounts, Xia Yu didn't act on his own but made a phone call to Yu Ningmeng. With her help, he didn't need to take action himself, and would be at a loss if he had to.

These were all senior managers of the company. If they were all gone, the company would not be able to operate.

The right approach should be to deal with these people in secret, quietly recruiting new personnel and preparing a replacement team.

Xia Yu didn't want to compromise, so he directly asked Yu Ningmeng for help.

Yu Ningmeng readily agreed to handle it, seeming that the test from Yu Liang would end here.

After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu recalled her surprised tone when he mentioned that someone in the company was embezzling.

Yu Ningmeng was not surprised because the company's management was corrupt, but because Xia Yu was able to find the problem so quickly. This could be heard from her words.

So, was this company a test that Yu Liang had prepared in advance?

Xia Yu felt that it was not, because An Siyao had suddenly given him the company, and these people had clearly been embezzling money for some time.

Yu Ningmeng knew about the corruption in the company but never interfered. Why was that?

Was it because the company belonged to An Tianfeng and was following the An family's footsteps?

That was the only possibility Xia Yu could think of.

Yu Ningmeng was not a direct descendant of the Yu family and certainly had no authority to condone it. This must have involved Yu Liang's intentions as well.

A company worth nearly tens of millions meant nothing to the Yu family if it went bankrupt, especially since it belonged to the An family.

What was the exact relationship between the Yu and An families?

Yu Ningmeng continued to manage An Siyao's company, indicating that they had not broken off contact entirely, but were still making behind-the-scenes moves against each other.

After pondering for a while, Xia Yu couldn't find an answer. Asking Yu Ningmeng would yield no response, An Siyao knew nothing, and he wasn't close enough with An Tianfeng or Yu Liang to ask them.

Suppressing his curiosity, Xia Yu stopped thinking about things he couldn't know for sure.

He looked at An Siyao in front of him, who was playing with the black cat.

She held a small dried fish in front of the black cat, let it eat it, then stroked its head a couple of times and offered another dried fish to the cat...

This was a very basic way to play with a cat. Xia Yu grabbed An Siyao's hand and taught her the correct posture.

Holding An Siyao's hand with the dried fish in front of the black cat, he pulled her hand away as the cat tried to bite the fish and moved it to the other side.

The cat missed and moved its head to the other side to bite again. Xia Yu once more pulled An Siyao's hand back to its original position.

After repeating this five or six times, Xia Yu finally gave the dried fish to the cat when it was about to lose patience.

"This is the first way to play," Xia Yu told An Siyao as she grabbed another small dried fish, "Now I'll teach you the second way."

With a flick of An Siyao's wrist, Xia Yu tossed the small dried fish into the air.

The black cat instantly leaped up and caught the dried fish in its mouth.

He picked up the second small dried fish and threw it again, and the black cat caught it once more.

However, on the third try, Xia Yu swung An Siyao's hand, and the black cat jumped up, but did not see the small dried fish. It looked around, confused.

It couldn't find it, because this time Xia Yu didn't let An Siyao grab the small dried fish; it was a feint.

After doing this twice, Xia Yu asked An Siyao, "Got it?"

An Siyao didn't answer, and Xia Yu looked down at her, noticing that she was looking at her wrist, specifically, the one he had grabbed.

Her face had a sweet smile.

You're not focusing on the lesson, what are you thinking about while looking at my hand!

Letting go of her hand, Xia Yu rubbed An Siyao's cheek and watched her puzzled expression, not knowing why she was being rubbed. His mood became pleasant.

He stayed with An Siyao until 9 p.m. and sent her home.

Yu Ningmeng was already waiting at the villa's front gate with an unhappy look on her face because it was getting late, but she didn't say anything.

Xia Yu pondered; before, he had to send An Siyao home after dinner, but now he could keep her until nine o'clock. When he waited for a while longer, perhaps he could have An Siyao stay the night.

Dawn was just around the corner.

When he returned home, he played games until the early morning and went to the brown bear's location.

He wanted to see if the new stronghold was safe. Opening his eyes, he found the surroundings somewhat unfamiliar yet familiar.