Chapter 179 Visit
Chapter 179 Visit
When Tao Shuxin heard that Xu Mingyuan could come to pick her up, she wanted to jump up with joy.
Since her father didn't have time to pick her up, she had already made an appointment with her classmates who lived in Nanxi to take the bus home. When she learned that Xu Mingyuan would come, she generously invited her classmates to take a car home together.
Tao Shuxin's way of dealing with people was also influenced by Xu Mingyuan. She gave up the idea of becoming good friends with all her roommates to a large extent, but she is still a very enthusiastic girl.
"Xu Mingyuan, thank you for sending us home."
Zhao Yan waved and greeted him.
"Ah."
Xu Mingyuan nodded, but did not get out of the car. He just opened the trunk and let the two of them load their luggage themselves.
He was hanging out with Tao Shuxin all day, and most of her classmates knew him.
Zhao Yan is a student at Nanxi No. 1 Middle School. Similar to Tao Shuxin, she is also a lively girl.
I thought there would be a lot of fun on the road, but I didn't expect to pick up one more person. Xu Mingyuan was no longer in the mood to flirt with her.
The two girls sat in the back seat. Tao Shuxin chatted with them all the way, only occasionally feeding Xu Mingyuan some snacks and not completely using him as a driver.
Feeling her fingers being sucked, Tao Shuxin shrank back with red cheeks, and angrily stopped feeding him.
Tao Shuxin couldn't show it too obviously in front of outsiders, so she had to pretend that nothing had happened. It seemed that she had learned some of Xu Mingyuan's pretentious skills.
Zhao Yan's home was also in the city, so Xu Mingyuan took a detour to send her home first, and then sent Tao Shuxin back.
"Hey, you're such a cheapskate. What's wrong with picking her up from school on Sunday?"
Tao Shuxin felt a little unhappy when she thought of Xu Mingyuan's calm attitude and his polite refusal to take Zhao Yan back to school on Sunday.
"How can I have the time to pick her up? If you hadn't made an appointment with her to go back to Nanxi today, I wouldn't even bother to take her."
"She and I are classmates, how can that be bad?"
Tao Shuxin curled her lips, feeling humiliated.
"What's wrong with this? There are many girls living in Nanxi. If I don't refuse now, after everyone knows that I can drive, believe it or not, every week there will be people asking me to take them to and from school? Save your worries, you little girl." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
Tao Shuxin understood the simple truth, but she was still a little reluctant: "Alas, I can't raise my head to face people."
"It's just a small matter, and I said it. What does it have to do with you? You just entered college, you are shy and don't know how to say no."
"Humph, I'm not as thick-skinned as a city wall as you are."
Xu Mingyuan was too lazy to talk to her about this, so he changed the subject and said, "When will you finish your train ticket test? Ask your dad to buy you a car and you can take whoever you want. Otherwise, just drive this car. I really don't like driving at all."
Xu Mingyuan patted the steering wheel out of boredom.
He had long forgotten the excitement of his first drive, and driving was now a pure burden for him.
It would be great if Tao Shuxin could drive. Xu Mingyuan would definitely feel relaxed and happy watching pretty girls driving him all day long.
"I want to take the exam, but I don't have time. I took the exam for subject one almost after the summer vacation, and I haven't studied for subject two for half a month. I can only wait until the winter vacation to take the exam."
Tao Shuxin sighed for a while, she still wanted to touch the steering wheel.
Seeing Xu Mingyuan so enthusiastic about letting her drive, Tao Shuxin felt excited and sweet.
Little did she know that once she passed the driving test, she would be a driver one day, and she was still sitting here smiling foolishly.
Although he had nothing in his hands and brought no gifts, Xu Mingyuan still visited Teacher He and had a meal with him.
I don’t know whether Xiao Yangzhi had eaten well. This little girl likes noodles. When Xu Mingyuan came home, she went to the restaurant and packed a bowl of wontons.
"Brother, you're back."
Yang Zhi was huddled in Xu Mingyuan's room reading a book. When she heard the door open, she ran over in her cotton slippers and happily hugged him.
"I just came back from outside, my clothes are cold, don't hug me."
"Oh."
Although she was gently pushed away, Yang Zhi felt even happier because she did not smell any lingering fragrance on her brother today.
Yang Zhi had some noodles for dinner. She wasn't hungry, but she still ate half of the wontons.
After writing in the exercise book for half a day, Yang Zhi felt tired and went to boil some hot water to wash her face.
Seeing Xu Mingyuan still in the living room, Yang Zhi thought for a moment, then ran back to the room, wrapped himself in his quilt, and sat quietly beside him.
"Why don't you go back to bed?"
Seeing that it was already past ten o'clock, Xu Mingyuan asked her a question.
"I slept a lot today, so I'm not sleepy." Yang Zhi said with a blink.
"Then turn off the TV later. It's cold in the living room. Remember to go back to the house early."
Xu Mingyuan thought about it and decided to let her stay in the living room.
"Ah? Oh..."
Seeing Xu Mingyuan close the door, Yang Zhi kept pursing her lips, but in the end she didn't have the courage to knock on the door.
She had gotten enough today, and she needed to calm down her chaotic and complicated emotions...
After watching TV for a while in boredom, Yangzhi realized that the commercials had been playing for a long time. Finally, he came to his senses, went back to his room, lay down, closed his eyes gently, and ended the day.
The next morning, Xu Mingyuan went downstairs to buy breakfast as usual.
Yang Zhi was in much better condition today, but she was very obedient and did not go out. After washing up, she stood in front of the window, feeling the residual warmth of the heater, waiting for her brother to come back.
The moment her eyes lit up, they quickly dimmed again.
Xu Mingyuan did not come back alone. There was a girl following him, and they were holding each other's arms in an intimate manner.
Yang Zhi had seen her several times, and there was no one else except Tao Shuxin.
"Your sister is waiting for me!" Tao Shuxin saw Xiao Yangzhi standing by the window from a distance, jumping and waving.
Yang Zhi bit her lips lightly, but still raised her hand to respond.
It's rude to ignore it, and you'll be criticized...
"That's waiting for me." Xu Mingyuan said with a sneer.
"You are so shameless, don't you see she is waving at me?"
Tao Shuxin twisted her body and bumped into him, raising her neck triumphantly.
She originally wanted to sleep in today, but when she heard that Xu Mingyuan's sister was sick, she used this as an excuse to come and play early in the morning.
"Ding-ding-ding, little Zhizhi, look what I brought you."
The door was open. Tao Shuxin snatched the bag from Xu Mingyuan's hand and showed it off in front of Xiao Yangzhi.
"Haha, thank you Sister Taotao."
Yang Zhi forced a smile and reached out to take it.
"Hey, let your brother take it. It's really heavy. He has thick skin and strong muscles, so he's very strong."
Tao Shuxin stuffed the bag back into Xu Mingyuan's hands, patted him on the shoulder and asked him to put it away.
She kicked off her shoes, snatched Xu Mingyuan's slippers and put them on, then pulled Xiao Yangzhi to talk in private.
The fruit was bought from a supermarket near Xu Mingyuan’s community, but she stole a gift box of high-quality brown sugar and a box of bird’s nest from home.
She had eaten bird's nest before, and it had no taste at all, but the name was very impressive, and it was just right for nourishing the sick Xiao Yangzhi.
Tao Shuxin ran out after eating only a few bites of food in the morning. Seeing this, Xu Mingyuan bought her an extra breakfast.
When at Xu Mingyuan's place, Tao Shuxin felt like she was back home. She pulled Xiao Yangzhi to sit with her, and threw him to sit opposite her while she sat herself.
Yang Zhi was not used to people other than her family being intimate with her, and was a little resistant.
But her movements were so subtle that the careless Tao Shuxin didn't notice at all and enthusiastically gave her the buns to eat.
"Xu Mingyuan, how come you don't even have any nutritional supplements at home? You're so nice to buy a box of milk for your sister?"
After dinner, Tao Shuxin walked around the room.
"Well, there are still fruits here. We can supplement some vitamins in winter."
Xu Mingyuan scratched his head and said with a dry laugh.
From his childhood to adulthood, his family has never had a woman for a long time, and they have always lived a casual life. They are not as meticulous as Tao Shuxin's family.
"Look at your brother. He doesn't know how to take care of others. He is so careless."
Tao Shuxin pouted and complained, seemingly speaking to Xiao Yangzhi, but actually she was speaking to Xu Mingyuan.
"My brother is very good and takes care of people."
Yang Zhi frowned and defended her brother.
"How could you understand? We are girls..." Tao Shuxin pulled Xiao Yangzhi to whisper something. Seeing Xu Mingyuan standing beside them, she instructed him, "Go and make some bird's nest. How come you don't have any sense at all?"
"You really have a lot to do." Xu Mingyuan said helplessly.
"So what?"
Tao Shuxin finally got the chance to mock him. She straightened her back and couldn't hide her smug look, but it made her very happy.
Seeing Xu Mingyuan opening the gift box and breaking open the bag of bird's nest, Tao Shuxin hurried over and said, "Why did you only cook so little? Who will eat it?"
"Half is enough for both of you. This thing is similar to vermicelli, and it's soaked a lot more."
"Really? You knew?" Tao Shuxin asked in surprise.
"You've never eaten pork, but you've seen a pig run? This crap is promoted on TV all day long."
"What a piece of junk? This is a swift, it's very expensive, okay?"
Tao Shuxin raised her voice and slapped him angrily.
"Yes Yes Yes."
Xu Mingyuan was too lazy to explain to her.
Health supplements started to develop in the 1990s and were still popular after the millennium. In another ten years, few people would give these things as gifts. They are not nutritious at all and are not as good as giving a bottle of Moutai.
Before Tao Shuxin came, Xu Mingyuan asked her to help teach Xiao Yangzhi some basic knowledge about girls.
He didn't understand these things. There were too many messy things on the Internet, and it was not easy to let Xiao Yangzhi search by himself.
Although Tao Shuxin is silly and cute, she has many sisters and her mother is a teacher. She must know a lot, so it's just right to leave it to her.
Tao Shuxin had more or less learned about Xiao Yangzhi's situation from Xu Mingyuan, so she calmly pulled her back to the room and locked the door.
Xu Mingyuan went to the study and took care of his own business.
After waiting for more than an hour, Tao Shuxin finally opened the door of the study. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yangzhi did not follow.
Xu Mingyuan went out and saw little Yangzhi doing her homework with a red face, not even daring to raise her head.
"Hey, what did you say to her?" Xu Mingyuan asked.
"I didn't say much. I just told her how to take care of her skin, how to wash her face, and how to pay attention to personal hygiene... Oh, go away. What does this have to do with you?"
Tao Shuxin glared at him but couldn't help sighing in her heart, feeling that this little girl was so pitiful.
You are such a smart brother, but how come Xiao Yangzhi doesn't even know some common sense? I really don't understand how she has grown up over the years...
(End of this chapter)