Meeting with Xiayao - Prelude

When he arrived at school, Xia Yu saw Yan Wei.

Yan Wei was his classmate, so it was not strange to see her.

The girl came to Xia Yu and handed him a small wooden box.

"These are cookies," Yan Wei said.

"Like the ones the day before yesterday?" Xia Yu's face lit up with joy.

Before Yan Wei could answer, their classmates surrounded them, "What do you mean 'like the day before yesterday'? What did you guys do the day before yesterday?"

Shoot, he forgot they were all eavesdroppers.

Xia Yu scolded himself for letting his guard down after seeing the cookies.

Xia Yu had a strong aura, so the classmates didn't dare to press too hard, but Yan Wei was much weaker, and she was continuously questioned by the girls.

School life was very boring, and everyone liked gossip to relieve their boredom.

Seeing Yan Wei stammering and not knowing how to explain, Xia Yu took the initiative to say, "Her sister and my sister are friends. They often came to my house to play during the holidays."

"Sister?" The boys' eyes lit up.

"How old are your sisters?" They asked with concern.

"Get lost!" Xia Yu laughed and cursed.

A group of people also laughed and left.

Holding the wooden box, Xia Yu said to Yan Wei, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Yan Wei smiled and returned to her seat.

Two girls surrounded her again.

"How did you get involved with him when your confession failed before?"

"No, it's just the sisters playing together," Yan Wei explained.

"When the sisters play together for a long time, the brothers and sisters will play together too," the girls giggled.

"It's so nice, I originally wanted to go confess to Xia Yu to have a try," a girl said regretfully.

"Can you compare to our Wei Wei?"

"You want to die!"

The two girls teased each other for a while, and then looked at Yan Wei again, "Since you are close to Xia Yu, ask him to join us for KTV on Saturday!"

"Yeah, you always complain about me bringing my boyfriend. Now that Xia Yu is with you, you won't complain, right?"

Yan Wei was delighted. She indeed wanted to invite Xia Yu out, but she was afraid he would refuse if it was just the two of them. Now with a group of people, the opportunity was perfect.

"I'll give it a try," she said.

On the other side, while eating the cookies, Xia Yu checked his game points.

[5180]

In addition to his daily routine, the extra 480 points were a reward for the Zhong Yunxin incident.

It was time to go to An Siyao's place and spend all the game points.

After deciding, he began thinking about Yan Wei.

He didn't notice it before, but now seeing the reactions of his classmates, Yan Wei and his distance seemed to be getting closer.

The close proximity would make people think about other possibilities.

There was no need to worry about this since Xia Yu himself had already said he didn't want to date during high school.

After a day of boring classes, he finished work, learned the guzheng at Kong Hanyue's place, and logged into An Siyao's body.

Opening his eyes, he found himself in a familiar piano room.

Yesterday, Xia Yu had already told the girl that he would come today.

Exchanging for ten double experience cards, which stacked up to eleven times experience bonus, Xia Yu started learning.

The piece he was learning now was a painting of a cold and gentle world. The difficulty of getting started with this piece was low, but the difficulty of mastering it was extremely high, even harder than Praise the Sun.

Xia Yu could already play this piece, but the way he played it was like playing a game, where he would pass the levels by avoiding the monsters instead of defeating them.

This was undoubtedly not acceptable; he had to eliminate all the monsters and try his best to remain unscathed.

Some connoisseurs considered this piece to be difficult for the sake of being difficult, relying on the accumulation of notes to make one's hands hurt.

However, it was indeed a beautiful piece that could greatly hone one's skills through playing it.

With the help of his "cheat" ability, Xia Yu, under the guidance of An Siyao who was herself using the "cheat" ability, struggled to learn the piece.

After almost eight hours, Xia Yu was finally able to play the piece with only minor flaws.

The cold and gentle world of painting: cold refers to the harsh environment, gentle refers to the warmth of the heart, and painting means a dreamlike scene.

After playing the last note, Xia Yu sighed.

Such a piece was truly vexing.

"Alright, it's impossible to improve the flawed parts for now. Let's start learning a new piece, shall we?" An Siyao said.

"What conditions are needed to play this piece perfectly?" Xia Yu felt that his chance to advance to Lv4 lay in this piece.

"You still need to learn some other pieces; there are so many more that you haven't learned yet!"

There were so many more? Xia Yu felt a headache coming.

"Don't worry, apart from Jiulang's Amulet, Icicle Tears, and Fire Usurpation, there are no other pieces as difficult as this one. These pieces are only on the same level as Praising the Sun." To prevent Xia Yu from giving up, An Siyao consoled him.

Hearing An Siyao's words, Xia Yu was relieved.

He thought that he had only been learning for a month, and he could already see the end of the journey, which usually took others more than a decade to master. He was already making rapid progress.

The preliminaries of the music competition were coming up. It seemed impossible to reach Lv4 before the preliminaries, but such a high level was not needed yet; only the rematch required it.

The rematch was in November; he would definitely reach Lv4 by then.

There were only a few minutes left before the end of the game time, so he closed the piano cover and chatted with An Siyao.

"How is Zhong Yunxin doing now?"

"She's been well-behaved and hasn't caused any trouble." An Siyao answered.

Pausing for a moment, she took the initiative to add, "If she causes trouble again, just have the driver teach her a lesson. I know."

"You can also handle the maids this way. Just go to the head maid with a stern face, and the head maid will take care of them for you."

"Okay." An Siyao sweetly replied.

She asked again, "Is there any news about the disabled girl?"

"Nothing has happened. I've been too busy practicing the piano lately to pay much attention to her."

Too busy practicing the piano? You only practiced after playing for seven or eight days! An Siyao thought to herself.

However, she didn't mind that he wasn't paying attention to that girl. This could mostly be attributed to Xia Yu's focus on practicing the piano.

"Can I go see her?" An Siyao asked cautiously, her heart unsettled.

"If you want to go, then go." Xia Yu had no intention of hiding Xu Youxiang. "Just remember not to tell her that I am a man."

"Alright." An Siyao, who had obtained a small secret, became even happier.

The eight-hour period passed, and Xia Yu returned to his own body.

At breakfast time, Yuxue chewed on her bread while talking to Xia Yu, "Brother, tomorrow is Saturday, want to go out and play at night?"

"Where?" Xia Yu asked.

"KTV!" Yuxue looked at him with anticipation in her eyes.

"Who else is going?" Xia Yu knew that without someone instigating her, Yuxue wouldn't go to such a place.

"Lili and Lili's sister, and three of your classmates, I heard."

"With so many people, how can we all sing?" Although he said this, Xia Yu still agreed.

Yuxue then picked up her phone and sent an OK hand gesture to Lili.

Author's Note:

There is some controversy about the character Kong Hanyue, so let me explain:

This character is not made up by me, but is based on the classic movie Unknown Mother, Hui Zi.

This is a film critic's evaluation of Hui Zi: Her coquettish voice, girlish dress, and golden brown long hair make it hard to see her as a "mother," to see her prepared to bear the heaviness of life given to her.

Kong Hanyue's inner self is not a mother, but a girl. Instead of seeing Xia Yu and the others as children, she sees them as friends.

Seeing her as a mother will feel strange in all aspects, but seeing her as a child in her teens, everything can be explained.

Her relationship with Yuxue: This friend has caused me trouble many times, she's a jinx, I have to stay away from her!

Her relationship with Xinxin: She was fierce to me from the beginning, I never considered her a friend!

Her relationship with Zeze: An obedient little brother, Mom has got your back!

Her relationship with Xia Yu: Brother Yu is awesome!

Unknown Mother is very depressing, based on a real event in Japan, the event itself is even more depressing, not recommended for those who are not into depressing stories.

Translator's Note:

Personally I dislike the character "Kong Hanyue" A LOT. She lowered my rating of this book just by existing.