Xu Youxiang: Double Kill

"Is it? Whose? How far along?" Xu's mother asked anxiously.

"..." Xu Youxiang put down her game controller and picked up her phone, "I got a boyfriend!"

"So that's what you meant." Xu's mother was a bit disappointed, but she soon cheered up, "I won't go back then, you take me to meet him!"

Xia Yu also put down the controller, listening intently.

An Siyao took the opportunity to grab Xia Yu's controller and play his character.

"It's not even close to being official yet, what's there for you to see?" Xu Youxiang's words were filled with resentment, and she glanced at Xia Yu.

"I'll just take a look, no need for a formal meeting. You go on a date with him, and I'll secretly observe from the side." Xu's mother had already started making plans.

"No need, you can go back with peace of mind." Xu Youxiang hung up the phone.

She picked up the game controller and caught up with Xia Yu's character, taking a chainsaw to him.

At this point, An Siyao was controlling Xia Yu's character, who didn't resist at all and was dismembered by Xu Youxiang.

"Okay, let's start the next round." Xu Youxiang was still not satisfied.

The three of them played until evening, had dinner, and Xu Youxiang returned to her room.

They were now living in the top floor duplex that belonged to Yu Liang. Yu Liang had gone back to Nanming to work, leaving Xia Yu, An Siyao, Xu Youxiang, and three maids.

Yuxue, needing to attend school, was sent back to Ahfang. She stayed in An Siyao's villa, accompanied by many maids.

Xia Yu returned to his room and had a half-hour video call with Yuxue before climbing into bed, playing games, and headed to Wen Ziyin's place.

It was now March, and Wen Ziyin had completed her new book, submitted it to the publisher, and it would be on the shelves tomorrow.

When Xia Yu arrived, Wen Ziyin was watching a horror film.

In order to alleviate her fear, the young girl turned on all the lights in the room and played celebratory music on her phone.

"You can feel it like this?" Xia Yu pressed her phone, pausing the festive music, which had completely overshadowed the horror film's background sound.

"Of course, it's scary when you hear the sound of the horror film during the instrumental part!" Wen Ziyin confessed her fear.

Sitting on the bed, Xia Yu accompanied Wen Ziyin in watching the horror film to the end.

It was a horror film that couldn't be considered a story, summed up in one sentence: a group of people went to a haunted town to investigate and then all died.

There were no causes or consequences, no twists and turns, just pure fright for the sake of scaring people.

However, the scary scenes were quite stimulating.

Wen Ziyin couldn't accept the ending and muttered, "What happened to the investigation? What did they find? All they knew was that the ghost came from a room, and that's it?"

Xia Yu took out his laptop, logged onto the rating website, and found it got a 6.2 rating.

"Check the rating website before watching." He told Wen Ziyin.

"Forget it, let's go outside and get some excitement instead." Wen Ziyin said.

Xia Yu could feel Wen Ziyin's agitation, which wasn't caused by the horror film but rather an emotion she already had.

After all, her horror comedy was due to go on sale tomorrow.

Standing up, Xia Yu spun around outside in the dark with Wen Ziying's body, letting Wen Ziying feel a bit stimulated before returning home.

Lying in bed and feeling Wen Ziying's nervousness, Xia Yu comforted her, "If it fails, I'll arrange a job for you."

"Do you think I'm worried about it failing?" Wen Ziying replied.

"???" Xia Yu was puzzled.

"I'm worried about how to handle it if it becomes popular for no apparent reason!" Wen Ziying revealed her concern.

"...If you don't want to continue, just stop writing, won't that be the end of it?" Xia Yu couldn't understand Wen Ziying's train of thought.

"No, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist the urge to write later on." Wen Ziying's tone was firm.

Xia Yu thought about Wen Ziying's mother, who had left the literary world when her work became popular, and only thought of returning later, casting a shadow over Wen Ziying.

"Don't worry, this book will definitely fail," Xia Yu chose the correct way to console her, "I've never seen a horror comedy book become popular."

"I hope so." Wen Ziying sighed, "Let's sleep."

Xia Yu tucked in the blanket and went to sleep.

The next morning, Xia Yu returned to his own body.

After brushing his teeth and taking a bath, he hugged An Siyao and logged into Xu Youxiang's body, starting a day of research.

At four in the afternoon, Xu Youyu left the research institute, stretching lazily.

"Is there any activity today?" Xia Yu asked Xu Youxiang.

"I have to video call my mom." Xu Youxiang rejected Xia Yu's invitation to play games together.

With Xu Youxiang unavailable, Xia Yu looked for An Siyao.

"Sure," An Siyao immediately agreed.

However, half an hour later, Yu Ningmeng stormed up to Xia Yu.

Grabbing Xia Yu's collar, Yu Ningmeng angrily said, "Yao Yao promised to take a bath with me tonight! I haven't been with her for half a year, how can you be so cruel!"

"Well, take me?" Xia Yu responded, not wanting to play games alone.

"Take you to bathe?" Yu Ningmeng hesitated a little, "That's not too good, Yao Yao is still here. Let's find some alone time."

"Sorry, I didn't hear that it was a bath. Take Yao Yao and go, goodbye." Xia Yu pushed Yu Ningmeng out the door and closed it.

He stroked his chin, wondering who he could invite now that both were busy.

Liu Manman was an option, but she was not in Yauga but in Afang.

Maybe he could log into Yuxue's body and then invite Liu Manman to play?

Or better not since Yuxue is busy with her studies and rarely has free time, he shouldn't occupy her time.

Unable to find a companion, Xia Yu played games alone in the living room.

At seven in the evening, his phone rang.

Picking up the phone, he saw a string of unfamiliar numbers.

He hung up the phone. Ten minutes later, the phone rang again, the same number as before.

Pressing the answer button, Xia Yu wondered who the caller was.

"Can I come to your place?" A woman's voice came through.

"How much for one night?" Xia Yu asked.

"Huh?" The woman sounded confused.

Realizing it wasn't that kind of service, Xia Yu thought in his mind and figured out the owner of the voice.

"It's fine, I'm talking to someone else." Xia Yu coughed, "Is it Zhu Mei? What do you need me for?"

"Can I come to your place?" Zhu Mei repeated.

"No," Xia Yu refused. Not to mention that Xu Youxiang was still at home, even if no one was there, he couldn't agree.

"I won't disturb your things," Zhu Mei added.

Without explaining, Xia Yu still refused Zhu Mei.

The girl on the phone fell silent, and after more than ten seconds, sobbing sounds came through.

"What's wrong?" Xia Yu asked in surprise.