An Siyao's Gift

Looking at the contract and pen An Siyao placed in front of him, Xia Yu was utterly lost.

"Your Mid-Autumn Festival gift," An Siyao said.

"No, I can't accept this," Xia Yu refused.

What An Siyao had taken out was a share contract for a company; as long as Xia Yu signed it, the company would belong to him. Although he didn't know how much the company was worth, how could something brought out by An Siyao be of simple value?

As an ambitious and aspiring young man, Xia Yu could not accept such a sudden gift.

It made him feel like a freeloader.

When he didn't accept it, An Siyao looked wronged. "Did I give too little? But I don't have much money right now. When I get more money from my dad and grandfather, I will give you something better."

"It's not that you gave too little, but that giving in itself is a problem," Xia Yu replied.

"But you said two days ago that we should give Mid-Autumn Festival gifts," An Siyao replied.

What I meant was ordinary gifts, not gifts involving millions of dollars!

Xia Yu tried to make An Siyao understand that a normal girlfriend giving something to her boyfriend wouldn't send a company.

"But I checked online, and gift-giving is usually giving cars and such. I don't have a car, so I'll just give you a company," An Siyao said somewhat nervously.

"That's for kept men," Xia Yu replied.

Upon hearing this, An Siyao's face revealed an incredulous expression. "Am I not keeping you? You don't want me supporting you anymore?"

Towards the end of her sentence, An Siyao's face showed the sadness of betrayal.

Xia Yu used both his palms to hold An Siyao's face and rub it vigorously. "Supporting and caring for someone is not the same thing, and I never asked you to take care of me!"

"But I want to take care of you," An Siyao said sincerely.

Xia Yu had a headache, having a girlfriend who always wanted to support him was a bit troublesome.

"Are you really sure you don't want it?" An Siyao asked again.

"I don't want it," Xia Yu replied.

"You don't want me anymore?" The young girl started to feel sad.

"Not wanting your company and not wanting you are two different concepts," Xia Yu explained.

Under his persuasion, An Siyao temporarily left, but the matter was not over.

In the following days, An Siyao always had a sad expression and looked at Xia Yu with resentful eyes.

Yu Ningmeng took An Siyao to the hospital for a physical examination. After discovering that An Siyao was still a person, she sighed with relief.

Then, Yu Ningmeng approached Xia Yu.

The two met at a cafe.

"Tell me, what's going on? Do you want to abandon them, mother and daughter?" Yu Ningmeng asked.

"Where did you get the idea of mother and daughter?" Refuting Yu Ningmeng's words, Xia Yu told her what happened.

This time it was Yu Ningmeng's turn to be stunned.

Her young mistress wanted to give her boyfriend a company, and the boyfriend firmly refused. How was she going to handle this situation?

"What company was Yao Yao planning to give you?" Yu Ningmeng asked.

Xia Yu mentioned the company's name.

"Oh, it's just a small company under the An family, you should accept it." Seeing that it wasn't one of her own family's companies, Yu Ningmeng said.

"What kind of person do you think I am!"

"But if you don't want it, Yao Yao won't be happy." Yu Ningmeng gave her reasoning, "It's actually pretty good for you to just be an honest little kept man!"

She continued, "Even if you struggle, can you really catch up to the level of the Yu and An conglomerates? It's better to give up on trying early."

"Don't use your money to corrode my dreams!" Xia Yu still refused.

"If you want to work hard, you can change the direction of your efforts. How about aiming to take the Yu conglomerate to new heights?" Yu Ningmeng did not actually believe that Xia Yu could take the Yu conglomerate to new heights; she was just trying to persuade him with this chicken soup for the soul.

But Xia Yu knew that he really could.

His heart wavered for a moment.

However, shortly after, he shook his head.

Perhaps he could in the future, but not now. Currently, the capital of Daliang was still in Yu Liang's hands, and his relationship with An Siyao hadn't been fully confirmed.

If he gave up on trying now, the Yu family wouldn't let him manage things, and he would just become a little kept man supported by An Siyao.

"Aren't you looking for a thrill? Then become a spy for my Yu family and infiltrate the An family's conglomerate. Look for opportunities to help us swallow the An family, how about that?" Yu Ningmeng suggested dangerously.

Yu Liang only had one direct relative, An Siyao, and all the family property belonged to her. However, An Tianfeng had more than one child; he also had a son, An Feixiong, who would likely inherit the An family conglomerate later on.

However, would a normal relative plot to obtain the other's property like this by sending their granddaughter's husband as a spy?

"What exactly is the situation between the Yu and An families?" Xia Yu asked.

Before on the forum, Xia Yu had seen posts about Daliang's capital being harmed by the An family conglomerate. The two sides seemed to have a grudge, but in actual interactions, they just seemed to be a bit distant.

"It's complicated to explain. It mainly has to do with Yao Yao's mother. Has An Siyao told you about it?" Yu Ningmeng asked.

Xia Yu shook his head.

"Then I won't say anything. Let Yao Yao tell you herself."

Yu Ningmeng picked up her purse and said to Xia Yu, "Let's go to the villa. You sign that contract. After all, the property will be yours in the future. It's the same whether it's in your hands or hers, and it will make Yao Yao happy."

"Alright." After thinking for a moment, Xia Yu found Yu Ningmeng's words to be very reasonable and agreed.

The two arrived at the villa together, and Yu Ningmeng knocked on An Siyao's door.

"Come in," An Siyao's voice rang out.

Upon entering, Xia Yu saw An Siyao sitting at her desk.

Seeing Xia Yu, An Siyao first showed delight and then distress. She lowered her head, like a little boy who had offered to escort the girl next door home but was refused.

The girl simply felt that she didn't need the boy's protection, but the boy felt as though his entire being was rejected.

Xia Yu sighed, wondering what kind of situation this was.

He approached An Siyao and reached out his hand, "Where's the contract? I agree."

"Really?" An Siyao was surprised and overjoyed.

"Yes." Xia Yu nodded.

The girl immediately bent down to retrieve the contract from her drawer.

Taking the contract, Xia Yu looked it over carefully and found out that it was an old contract with An Siyao's name signed and stamped on it.

At first, Xia Yu was puzzled, but then he understood that An Siyao didn't know how to transfer the company and had thought that handing over the contract she had initially signed would be enough.

His face lit up with joy, for he could pretend to accept the transfer and deceive An Siyao.

His unusual expression caught the attention of Yu Ningmeng, who came to the side of the desk, took the contract, and glanced at it: "Giving the contract to the other party is useless."

Under Xia Yu's resentful gaze, Yu Ningmeng produced a truly effective contract.

Signing his name on the contract, Xia Yu let out a sigh of relief as this matter was finally settled.

Watching Yu Ningmeng go through the remaining procedures, An Siyao became happy and grabbed Xia Yu's hand, saying, "Wait for National Day, and I'll give you something even better."

There's more?

Xia Yu was astonished.

"No need for National Day; I prefer Mid-Autumn Festival, so you can give it on Mid-Autumn Festival," he said.

"It's okay, I have more," An Siyao said generously.

Xia Yu tried to dissuade her in other ways, but they were all ineffective.

In the evening, when he returned to his own home, Xia Yu fell into deep thought.

One festival gift at a time, in a year, he would have a group of companies under his control.

He didn't know how to manage a company!

These were all managed by Yu Ningmeng originally, but who knew whether or not she would continue to manage them when they were in his hands.

If the company fell into disarray during his time, not to mention the problem of losing capital, his reliable character would be ruined!

After thinking for a minute, Xia Yu opened the game column and found Tina's section.

He needed the girl's help now.

To be precise, he needed the girl's physical business bonus.

The last time he visited Tina was a month ago; he didn't know how she was doing now.