Chapter 205 Pretending

Chapter 205 Pretending

Chapter 205 Pretending
As the holiday was approaching, Tao Shuxin had nothing to do.

After dinner, Xu Mingyuan took her to the new academy to see the small house that the two of them had quietly bought.

Tao Shuxin was nervous and happy, and even more excited about doing something bad secretly. Of course, this couldn't be said to be a bad thing, but it certainly wasn't something that could be put on the table openly.

Tao Shuxin was originally a lively and outgoing girl, but her family of scholars made her much more honest. But after being with Xu Mingyuan, it was like opening Pandora's box, making her feel guilty for being disobedient.

Tao Shuxin couldn't help but tremble in his legs when he thought that his mother might tie him to a tree and whip him with willow branches.

In the Shuyuan New Mansion, which had been open for more than half a year, less than half of the windows had lights on. The same was true for the unit the two bought, which only had five or six households in total.

The overall design of the community is okay. The only drawback is that there is no garage and you can only park in public parking spaces.

The two walked hand in hand through the garden, strolled around the area, and then arrived at the door of the unit.

"Do you have the key?" Xu Mingyuan asked.

"I brought it, didn't you bring it?"

"Did not bring."

"This is your house, why don't you even bring your keys?"

Tao Shuxin complained, opened the small bag she was carrying, and took out the key from the compartment.

"Isn't this you?"

"I'm just keeping it for you, don't think too much..."

"I know. Please open the door quickly. I'm almost freezing to death." Xu Mingyuan urged.

Xu Mingyuan has heard this sentence countless times. This girl always says that she is pretending, but in fact, she is better at pretending than anyone else.

However, Tao Shuxin was guilty and thin-skinned, so Xu Mingyuan would not easily expose her, so as not to embarrass her.

Hearing Xu Mingyuan's impatient urging, Tao Shuxin's cheeks turned slightly red, but she still opened the door of the unit.

Xu Mingyuan seldom climbed more than three flights of stairs. He felt a little unhappy when he thought about having to climb the sixth floor frequently in the future, so he hugged the soft little girl tightly.

However, Tao Shuxin felt very happy in her heart, thinking that Xu Mingyuan was just as happy as she was because he had come to a new house. Even though she was a little tired from carrying him, she still worked hard to go upstairs.

It would be a guilty pleasure to tease a fool, and Xu Mingyuan was too embarrassed to bully this silly girl. He bent down, picked her up, and walked up the last two steps.

Tao Shuxin was suddenly picked up by Xu Mingyuan. She was startled and let out a scream but did not dare to struggle, for fear that Xu Mingyuan would slip and fall.

Only after he stepped back onto the ground did Tao Shuxin punch his chest lightly.

"Oh no! What if I fall down? I'm wearing so many thick clothes in winter, I'll roll over a lot."

"Didn't he fall down?"

"Don't do dangerous things."

"I won't do that next time." Xu Mingyuan nodded in agreement.

"Remind me next time..."

Tao Shuxin muttered softly.

"it is good."

Seeing that she looked so cute with her pouting lips, Xu Mingyuan smiled and pinched her little mouth.

When I opened the door, the decorators had gone home and the room was dark.

With the help of the sensor light in the corridor, Xu Mingyuan saw her groping to turn on the light and quickly pulled her back.

"Hey, what's going on in your head? Be careful."

The light switch was connected to an electrical wire and was hanging in the air. This silly kid was really not afraid of getting electrocuted. After Xu Mingyuan finished speaking, he went to turn on the light himself.

"It's not that there's no electricity..."

Although she was reprimanded, Tao Shuxin noticed the nervousness in Xu Mingyuan's tone and felt a little happy.

"If you get electrocuted, you'll become a roast suckling pig."

"You are the roast suckling pig. No, you are the black and strong wild boar."

It didn't matter if Tao Shuxin suffered a little loss physically, but she never wanted to suffer a loss verbally, so naturally she would resist.

After more than half a month of renovation, the floor was cluttered with tools and sundries, but the rough outline of the house had already been formed, the water and electricity lines had been changed, the partitions had been built, the shoe cabinets and shelves had been completed. The carpentry work was mostly done, and it would be almost finished in another week.

The next step is to lay the tiles in the bathroom and reserve space for appliances. These are all delicate tasks and will take about half a month.

It won’t take much time to paint the walls and install the floor, so we should be able to move the furniture in before the end of the year.

Tao Shuxin carefully dodged the debris under his feet, walked around, pointed at a crack in the window and said, "It's so cold in the room, why is the window not closed tightly?"

"Control the temperature. Decoration is not afraid of cold, but it is afraid of moisture." Xu Mingyuan said casually.

The room wasn't very cold. Xu Mingyuan went to the bathroom and saw that the floor heating was half turned on and it felt quite warm.

He didn't pay the floor heating fee this year. It should be that the workers went to the main hot water pipe to turn on the heating themselves.

"How do you know? We never saw you ask the decorator when we came here normally?" Tao Shuxin asked.

"Is there any need to ask this? Have you ever studied physics? Have you ever heard of thermal expansion and thermal contraction?"

"You are awesome, Brother Xu~"

Tao Shuxin's voice was ups and downs. She saw something blocking the window. It must have been opened by the decorator on purpose. She guessed that Xu Mingyuan saw it in advance.

"Hey, you're so disgusting, stop making such noise."

Xu Mingyuan shuddered.

Tao Shuxin's voice is soft and a little hoarse to begin with, and when she deliberately sounds coquettish, it scratches people's hearts like a cat's scratch.

"Great! You actually said I was disgusting. I asked you to say I was disgusting..."

Tao Shuxin ran over and punched him in the waist and abdomen.

The ladder leading to the attic had been built. Xu Mingyuan saw that there were no water marks on the wall, so he stepped on it and felt it was very solid, so he called Tao Shuxin.

With the help of the light from her cell phone, she turned on the attic light, and Tao Shuxin finally stepped into the small attic she had been dreaming of.

"If you like duplexes, why don't you ask your dad to buy a villa? Houses are cheap now, and your dad has a Mercedes-Benz, so he can afford the money, right?"

Xu Mingyuan saw her looking around and asked casually.

"I want to, too, but my mother doesn't want to move because she thinks Man Ting Fang Hua is too far from her workplace and it's inconvenient for her to go to work."

Tao Shuxin likes a big house, but she can't change her parents' decision, so she just fulfilled her wish a little bit with Xu Mingyuan.

"Manting Fanghua? What's there to live in that shabby neighborhood?"

Xu Mingyuan is very familiar with various places in Nanxi. Manting Fanghua Community is in the suburbs of Nanxi, close to the development area. The surrounding supporting facilities are quite ordinary, and it is not convenient to do anything. "Is it very shabby? Tang Lin's house is over there, and it seems that her grandparents live there. Uncle Tang doesn't like to live there either. It's really strange that he doesn't live there even though there is a villa."

"What's so strange about that? Just like what Teacher He said, it's just inconvenient." Xu Mingyuan said casually.

Xu Mingyuan used to be in real estate and was very familiar with western-style villas. This type of commercial residential property is the industry most likely to be left unfinished, and urban planning does not allow villas to be built in urban areas. No matter how good the location is, it is not as convenient as in the city.

The truly wealthy people build their own houses. In cities other than the third-tier cities, whoever buys a villa in the villa area will basically lose money.

"What kind of house do you like to live in?"

"Me? It doesn't matter. As long as you are by my side, it doesn't matter where I live." Xu Mingyuan raised his eyebrows at her.

"Don't come on, you just try to make people happy, I won't fall for your tricks..."

Tao Shuxin's tone was soft, as if she was acting coquettishly, and she couldn't tell what evil intentions Xu Mingyuan was harboring.

Standing on the outdoor balcony and gazing at the lights in the distance, Tao Shuxin happily turned around, then screamed "Ouch!" and staggered towards Xu Mingyuan.

"Ouch, are you okay? Don't fall."

There was no nervousness in the little girl's shouting, and her slightly exaggerated acting made Xu Mingyuan want to laugh, but he still held himself back.

"I was so scared, it almost happened!"

Tao Shuxin patted his chest, as if to ease the panic in his heart.

"Let's go and take a look. It's the coldest time of the year. It's freezing cold."

"Hiss, I think I sprained my ankle..."

Tao Shuxin frowned slightly and raised her leg to rub it.

"Is it?"

"Yeah." Tao Shuxin nodded and whispered in his ear, "Can you carry me on your back?"

"Can you still walk through the dormitory building when it's so serious?"

"Of course I can walk! I'll climb up even if I have to crawl!"

"alright."

Xu Mingyuan was exhausted and carried her downstairs.

Just like that, there was a lot of noise along the way. Under Tao Shuxin's pretentious performance, Xu Mingyuan cooperated very well and put on a tough attitude. He carried the pretty girl with a blushing face on his back and came to the bar of the hotel.

"Where's your ID card?" Xu Mingyuan said.

"Didn't you say you had already made your decision?"

Tao Shuxin said this quietly, pinched him hard, then frantically took out his ID card and handed it to the front desk, then jumped up and down again.

"Hey? Didn't you just sprain your left ankle?"

Xu Mingyuan glanced down and asked in surprise.

"Huh? You're seeing things. It's clearly the right foot!"

"Oh~" Xu Mingyuan suddenly realized.

"Humph."

Tao Shuxin lifted one leg and let Xu Mingyuan support her as she walked.

As she was jumping, she suddenly realized that Xu Mingyuan was standing on her left and she was lifting her left foot.

Then her breath was choked and her mentality collapsed.

This bastard must have discovered it a long time ago and said that on purpose!

But she was already halfway through pretending, so it was not good to give up halfway. Tao Shuxin suppressed her shame and anger and continued jumping around. Even if there was only a slight chance that she would not be discovered, she would continue pretending.

After opening the door, Xu Mingyuan stopped supporting her and put his arms around her waist, pressing hard against her rosy, soft lips.

Tao Shuxin stepped back step by step until her knees hit the edge of the bed and she fell down.

Then, Tao Shuxin turned over and held Xu Mingyuan's wrist.

"What are you doing?"

"It's windy outside and my lips are a little chapped. I'd like to ask you for some lip balm."

"You know that's not what I'm talking about! Xu Mingyuan! You're really good at pretending! Don't move down or up anymore, just stay here!"

Tao Shuxin grabbed his hand and put it on her waist. This was her safe zone. If he dared to go too far, she would bite him...

Tao Shuxin was much more excessive than Xu Mingyuan. She hugged him shamelessly for a long time before letting go.

"Does your ankle still hurt?"

"It hurts, of course it hurts!"

Tao Shuxin said with a blushing face.

"How about I rub it for you?"

"No, it will be fine tomorrow."

"How can that be? I'm so sad."

"okay……"

Seeing Xu Mingyuan's serious face, Tao Shuxin kicked off her little cotton boots.

"Here?"

"Well, be gentle, it hurts."

"It's not red or swollen. Did you sprain your left ankle? I saw you were lifting your left leg just now."

"Correct!"

Tao Shuxin nodded vigorously.

"But I was rubbing my right foot. Why do you say it hurts? I saw that there was nothing wrong when you kicked off your shoes." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Get up! Get away from me!"

Seeing Xu Mingyuan's half-smile, Tao Shuxin's last glimmer of hope was shattered, and she kept kicking her calves.

After becoming angry and ashamed, he began to abandon himself...

(End of this chapter)