Tina: Malicious Breeding

The malice of the middle-aged woman wasn't apparent from the beginning, but emerged after Qiao's adoptive father brought out the wine.

Did she realize that Tina's family was wealthy, and had some thoughts?

Xia Yu couldn't be sure, as reality is not like novels, with only one influencing factor; perhaps she felt it was impolite for her not to be addressed from the moment she entered the door.

For the time being, Xia Yu saw Qiao's adoptive father excitedly approach the white-haired old lady, holding her hand and catching up with old times.

It seems that even though they haven't been in contact recently, their previous relationship was quite good.

Xia Yu took a closer look at the old woman who was Qiao's adoptive father's aunt; she was probably in her seventies or eighties, slightly plump, with a kind face, still spirited, at least better than the average young people nowadays.

What surprised Xia Yu even more was the appearance of the old woman. He had initially thought that Qiao's adoptive father's relatives would be white, but instead, she had no traces of white features and was a person of Asian descent.

It was probably due to her mixed heritage, with the strong Asian genes in her body.

Upon first seeing Qiao's adoptive father, the old woman seemed a little stunned, but after Qiao's adoptive father explained his identity, her face broke into a smile, and she began chatting with him.

At this time, two more people descended from upstairs, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl.

Tina was young and could easily be wronged if there were any problems.

"What's wrong?" Qiao's adoptive father thought Tina was just afraid of unfamiliar places, "That granny has watched me grow up, you can rest assured, she will definitely take good care of you."

So she was the one who watched him grow up; no wonder he cared so much about this relative who had lost contact.

It seemed that since she was Qiao's adoptive father's relative, she shouldn't be living too poorly in the second area, but coming to the first area, she could only live in the village within the city... No, the village within the city now was expensive as well.

Once it was demolished, there would be a lot of money, but when it would be demolished and whether it could be demolished within one's lifetime, no one knew.

It seemed there was no male master in that family.

After thinking about other places, Xia Yu answered Qiao's adoptive father's question, "I don't like it there, I just want to stay in the apartment and read or watch TV."

"Tina, I know you like to stay alone, but I'm worried about you. You know, if something happens, it's not safe for you alone." Qiao's adoptive father continued to persuade.

"I don't want to go." Xia Yu's tone was firm. He was certain that Tina would only have trouble, not happiness, if she went.

"Don't be stubborn. Don't worry, you can bring Meow Meow with you," said Qiao's adoptive father again.

"No." Xia Yu expressed his determination with a single, short word.

"You have to go whether or not you like it." Qiao's adoptive father firmly believed that his choice was correct. He didn't know that Tina had Xia Yu inside her, so he couldn't stand her being alone at home every day.

Xia Yu sighed and looked at Qiao's adoptive father helplessly, "In a movie, you would be killed like this."

"What?" Qiao's adoptive father didn't understand Xia Yu's joke.

In horror films, a classic plot involved someone not wanting to go somewhere because of a bad feeling, but another person forcibly dragging them along. Most likely, that person would end up dead.

"It's nothing." Xia Yu didn't explain. He could only visit Tina more often in the upcoming time.

It was also good this way; he could teach Tina Chinese first, build a relationship with her, and finally abduct her to work for himself.

However, it was not feasible to stay at an evil woman's house, and Xia Yu couldn't go to Tina's place all the time either. He had to find a way to move Tina elsewhere.

It would be easy if Tina were older, but she was still young.

Eight hours passed; after returning to his body, Xia Yu continued to ponder the issue.

He initially thought about using An Siyao's connections to find a staff member with a daughter of similar age. They would first get along with Qiao's adoptive father for a while, and then take Tina over to take care of her. However, this method was not feasible since it was the school period, and everyone's daughter had to attend school.

Forget it, let's deal with it later.

For the time being, Xia Yu put this matter aside and glanced at the time, it was now two o'clock in the morning.

He played games till seven, and after washing up and having breakfast, Xia Yu met An Siyao.

Just as he was excited to have some alone time with An Siyao, Xia Yu saw Yu Ningmeng following behind her.

It would have been better to let Hu Lianglu come!

With Yu Ningmeng around, Xia Yu could only watch movies and play the piano with An Siyao like a normal friend.

At noon while having lunch, he received a message from Zhong Yunxin.

As expected, Liangliang came to class today!

But her hair was a bit strange, it didn't explode anymore.

Xia Yu rubbed his head, not knowing how to save Zhong Yunxin's aesthetics.

The above two messages were sent by Zhong Yunxin at more than nine o'clock. Just now, Zhong Yunxin sent another message.

I'm planning to invite Liangliang out to play on Saturday, do you know any fun places?

Glancing at Yu Ningmeng, Xia Yu replied: She's busy on the weekend.

Zhong Yunxin responded immediately: Ah? Busy both days?

Xia Yu confirmed that he would not give Yu Ningmeng any more chances to follow.

Then I'll come to play with you, Zhong Yunxin said again.

Xia Yu touched his chin:

Qiao's foster father would be at home on the weekend, Tina wouldn't have to go to that malicious woman's house, and he wouldn't have to go to Tina's house either, so he would definitely be with An Siyao, and if An Siyao was there, Hu Lianglu would also be there.

That is to say, as long as he agreed, Zhong Yunxin would meet An Siyao and Hu Lianglu.

Xia Yu was looking forward to Zhong Yunxin's expression at that time.

He agreed.

During the day, he was with An Siyao, and in the evening, Xia Yu came to Tina's place again.

Today, they simply went to visit the malicious woman. Qiao's foster father brought another new gift, and the middle-aged woman's surface appearance became even gentler.

On the third day, it was finally time for Qiao's foster father to send Tina to that place.

Xia Yu logged into Tina's body at nine o'clock in the morning. For the first time, Qiao's foster father didn't allow Xia Yu to bring the white cat, so Xia Yu could only put the cat food in a good place and let the white cat stay at home alone.

A driver from the hospital took him to the villa.

By the time they arrived, it was already 9:15, and Qiao Yang and Qiao Ting had gone to school, leaving only the old lady and the middle-aged woman at home.

The middle-aged woman left for work at ten o'clock, she was a part-time worker.

The old lady stayed at home with Tina. She wanted to play something with Tina, but Xia Yu wasn't interested in either rope skipping or hopscotch.

Taking out the economics book from his backpack, Xia Yu read it.

Like this, everything was quiet until noon when the middle-aged woman came back with her daughter. Not long after, her son Qiao Yang also walked back by himself.

The old lady had already prepared the dishes and was carrying them outside.

When all the dishes were brought out and the old lady went to bring the rice, there was a scream from the kitchen, "Step on it!"

What?

Xia Yu curiously looked towards the kitchen and saw a black bug the size of an adult thumb quickly crawling out.

It was a cockroach.

Xia Yu didn't know when was the last time he had seen a cockroach. It must have been at least in his previous life.

Seeing the big black cockroach crawling towards him, his scalp felt numb,

He quickly avoided the cockroach's path, and after seeing the old lady rushing over and subduing the cockroach, he breathed a sigh of relief.

His actions were caught in the eyes of the middle-aged woman on the side, who said to Xia Yu in a mocking tone, "Are you so afraid of such a small bug? You're really timid."

Hearing the provocation in her words, Xia Yu frowned.

He replied, "I haven't seen one because we have a pest control company come to our house every month to exterminate pests."

The middle-aged woman's emphasis on Qiao's adoptive father's gift made Xia Yu realize that she was very concerned about money. Otherwise, she wouldn't have cared so much about the wine that Qiao's adoptive father gave her since she doesn't drink.

As expected, after hearing the reply from Di Yu, the middle-aged woman's smile twisted.

She didn't even know about the pest control company's existence, so what kind of high-end service was it to have pest control every month?

Xia Yu, who had successfully countered her, sat at the dining table and thought of the cockroach he had just seen. He had some doubts about whether the food on the table could actually be eaten.

He didn't dare touch the soup, only trying the dishes where he could see if there were any cockroaches hidden inside.

"Tina, eat some shrimp." The old lady picked up a shrimp for Xia Yu.

Seeing the dense legs of the shrimp, Xia Yu thought of the cockroach and refused the old lady's kindness.

The middle-aged woman interjected sarcastically: "You don't even eat shrimp, you're really picky."

Familiarity breeds contempt, Xia Yu replied: "I've never seen such small shrimp. The ones we eat at home are this big."

He held his hand up as a comparison, making the middle-aged woman's expression freeze again.

She had never seen such a large shrimp before.

The middle-aged woman, who had been stifled twice, stopped talking, and Xia Yu settled down.

He glanced at the middle-aged woman and figured that she was probably the kind of relative who liked to make fun of others and couldn't stand to see others doing well.

After dinner, he sat on the sofa, picked up a book to read, but suddenly thought of the cockroach issue again and got up to inspect the sofa.

He felt that he couldn't stay in this home for long, mainly because of the environmental issues reflected by the presence of cockroaches.

But how could he get Qiao's adoptive father to abandon this idea?

Faking sickness?

As long as he adjusted some medicine, Xia Yu could pretend to be sick, but that isn't a long-term option.

As he was thinking, the middle-aged woman began to speak again.

However, this time it wasn't about Xia Yu, but her two children instead.

"Look, he's reading after dinner, and you guys don't even do your homework!" The middle-aged woman began scolding her children, talking incessantly as if she wanted to vent her previous stifled anger onto the two children.

Qiao Yang looked absent-minded, clearly letting the words in one ear and out the other, but Qiao Ting's expression was a bit twisted, as she hadn't reached Qiao Yang's level of indifference.

Xia Yu felt that hostility was slowly rising within Qiao Ting.

If it weren't for knowing that the middle-aged woman's mouth was just like that, Xia Yu would have thought she was doing it on purpose.

There might be some trouble coming.

Fortunately, it was time for school today. Qiao Ting was first held back to do her homework and read, then went to school, so she didn't have time to cause trouble for Xia Yu.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, Qiao's adoptive father came to pick up Xia Yu.

The first day of living in someone else's home came to an end.

"How do you feel?" Qiao's adoptive father asked.

"Terrible," Xia Yu replied, "The food was awful, and there were cockroaches in the house."

"It's just a cockroach. I've even eaten one when I was young," Qiao's adoptive father said, unconcerned.

"Cockroaches are so cute, why would you eat one?"

Qiao's adoptive father looked at Xia Yu with confusion.

Xia Yu sighed, knowing that he couldn't get Qiao's adoptive father to give up the idea because of environmental issues.

He had to find another way.

"Alright, how about this," Qiao's adoptive father said, "I'll give you money, and you can go out to eat with Tingting and Yangyang every day. How does that sound?"

"Okay," Xia Yu agreed.

At least there was no need to worry about cockroaches in the food anymore.

"Can I bring Miao Miao tomorrow?" he asked, this was for Tina's sake.

"Yes, today is just for you to get familiarized," Tina's foster father agreed, "but you have to keep a close eye on it."

Xia Yu nodded and returned to his own body at five in the afternoon.

The night passed, and Xia Yu came to Tina's place again – the house of cockroaches.

Tina's foster father had already explained, so at noon, Xia Yu, Tina, and their siblings went to a hamburger shop outside the village.

Xia Yu took out money from his bag to buy hamburgers, and the three of them sat together eating.

As they ate, he observed Tina's sister, whose malice was still there. Although it wasn't as deep as the middle-aged woman, it would definitely cause trouble.

It was really headache-inducing.

After finishing the hamburgers and returning to the house, Xia Yu went to the sofa to pick up his economics book to continue reading, only to find that it was gone.