Chapter 236 Memorial
Chapter 236 Memorial
"It's June 10th."
Tao Shuxin pouted, took out a photo from her wallet, and pointed to the number written on the back to Xu Mingyuan.
"June 10, 2004, evening, 9:21, 14 seconds." Xu Mingyuan also pulled out the photo and read the numbers on it, then couldn't help but complain, "Are you kidding me? You even remember the exact minute and second? I don't believe it, stop framing me."
"Oh! It's probably about that time!"
Tao Shuxin was very dissatisfied that he did not understand the time she had carefully selected.
He told Xu Mingyuan with great resentment that the meaning of this string of numbers was: I will love you forever.
After he understood the words represented by each number, Tao Shuxin hummed softly, carefully put the photos away, and protected them with all his heart.
"Did you remember it?" Tao Shuxin said sweetly.
"I remember, I remember." Xu Mingyuan nodded repeatedly.
"You mustn't forget it." Tao Shuxin reinforced his impression.
"Okay, okay." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
At the beginning of the millennium, when the Internet was booming, people liked to use these slightly related numbers to express what they wanted to say.
For example, 886 means goodbye, 9494 means yes, and similar numbers are commonly used in QQ chatting methods.
At this time, young netizens seemed to be typing Morse code on their keyboards every day without explaining themselves clearly.
This is a way of representing fashion at the moment. Martian language has been developed for two years and suddenly became popular this year.
Tao Shuxin, a girl who is easily led astray by the rhythm, is naturally no exception.
It turns out that her QQ nickname is 'Taotao Little Cute', which was changed for her by Xu Mingyuan.
Later, Tao Shuxin felt that it was tacky, and Xu Mingyuan refused to let her change it, so she changed it to an unrecognizable Martian language.
The trend of the times must be experienced once in a while.
When Tao Shuxin matures in the future, Xu Mingyuan will dig up these old things again and make her very embarrassed, thereby gaining some fun with a bad taste.
Tao Shuxin was still muttering to herself as she helped Xu Mingyuan put his cash, bank cards, and ID card into his new wallet.
"Do you remember what happened on June 10th?" Tao Shuxin said with a rosy face.
"How could you not remember? The day after the college entrance exam, our class had a dinner together."
"Hmph, what else?"
"that's it."
Xu Mingyuan grabbed her collar and pulled her in front of him, then gave her a kiss.
"Go away, you're annoying."
Just now I was thinking of not allowing Xu Mingyuan to kiss me again, but now, less than five minutes have passed, and he kissed me again.
Oh, it’s annoying. In the end, I’m always the one who suffers.
Looking at the aqua blue wallet that was full of girlishness, Xu Mingyuan felt helpless and amused. If he took it out, it would be strange if people didn't look at him strangely.
Tao Shuxin was silly. She just thought it was beautiful and wanted to share it with Xu Mingyuan.
Fortunately, Xu Mingyuan is not a teenager and does not have such a fragile and strong self-esteem. He just keeps the things that the little girl likes.
"Hey."
Tao Shuxin stretched out her delicate fingers and poked him.
"what happened?"
"What did you say happened?"
Tao Shuxin widened his eyes and poked several times in succession.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Why don't you learn better from your dad? Do you have to be secretive and make people guess when you speak? This is not a good habit. Change it immediately." Xu Mingyuan said jokingly with a straight face.
"You're so good!" Tao Shuxin held her breath, took a few deep breaths, and angrily glared at the playful Xu Mingyuan and said, "My gift?"
"Well, haha." Xu Mingyuan laughed dryly. He was busy all day long, so how could he remember any gifts? He could only take out the small wallet Tao Shuxin gave him again and took out some money from it. "Here, this is your New Year's money. With our relationship, you don't have to kowtow..."
"I'm gonna... beat you up!"
Tao Shuxin swears, which is rare, and quickly covers her mouth. Then she stares at him with gritted teeth, even showing her little fangs.
Xu Mingyuan thought she was cute and wanted to pinch her face, but she dodged him. When he tried to pinch her again, she bit his wrist.
Little Yangzhi would just let him pinch her obediently, even if it hurt, even if it made her cry, she would not hide.
Tao Shuxin was like a kitten, usually very docile, but occasionally she would breathe out in a scary way. But her nails were all cut off, so she was just bluffing.
It was a little painful when Tao Shuxin bit me, but it was more of a wet and hot touch.
Xu Mingyuan was afraid that if he suddenly pulled his hand back, her teeth would be pulled out, so he didn't move and let her bite it.
But Tao Shuxin didn't appreciate his kindness and thought he was provoking her, so she used a little more force.
"Stop biting. There are gifts. Room 602 in the new academy has been renovated. Do you want to go take a look?"
"Slurp..." Tao Shuxin opened his mouth, sipped his saliva and said, "Is the decoration ready? I thought it would be after the New Year!"
"We're paying extra to speed up the work. Do you want to go?" Xu Mingyuan said.
The house was delivered before the New Year, and Xu Mingyuan paid the balance. However, Tao Shuxin went to her grandfather's house to prepare for the New Year, so there was no chance for them to go together.
"Of course, let's go! Hurry up!"
Tao Shuxin became interested and kept urging him.
"Wipe your saliva first."
Xu Mingyuan stretched out her wrist in disgust, her saliva almost gathered into drops of water.
"Wipe it off yourself." Tao Shuxin ignored him.
"That's what you said."
"Oh, what's the matter!"
Tao Shuxin tilted her head back and saw a terrifying scene. Xu Mingyuan stuck out his tongue, as if trying to lick away her saliva.
"Hey! Oh my! Are you disgusting?"
Tao Shuxin quickly grabbed his wrist and wiped it off with her sleeve without even having time to get a tissue.
"We've already kissed, what's disgusting about that? I don't dislike you, but you dislike yourself." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"How can it be the same?"
Tao Shuxin felt embarrassed and annoyed, and couldn't tell what was different, but she just felt it was very strange. Just like a pig intestine filled with excrement can be eaten after being washed clean, but a bowl filled with excrement will be thrown away with resentment no matter how clean it is.
If Xu Mingyuan dared to do this, I would be the first to die of disgust...
The little girl was thin-skinned, and she started to sulk once Xu Mingyuan used his rogue tactics.
Fortunately, Tao Shuxin was very tactful and soon forgot about her little emotion. Only when she saw the faint teeth marks on Xu Mingyuan's wrist did she remember Xu Mingyuan's rogue behavior.
...A thin layer of snow fell in Jiangcheng two days ago, which is probably the last snow of the winter.
The property management of Shuyuan New Mansion is pretty good. The stone brick roads in the entire community are swept very clean, and there is only snow in the gardens between the buildings.
Tao Shuxin hadn't been here for a long time and couldn't wait for Xu Mingyuan to go with her. Before the car stopped, she opened the door and jumped out, running towards Building No. 7.
Xu Mingyuan called her twice, but how could the blind and deaf silly girl hear him calling her?
She had already taken the key she had prepared in advance, opened the door to the staircase, and ran upstairs without paying any attention.
Xu Mingyuan had no choice but to take out the key from his bag and follow her footsteps and stroll slowly.
Before Xu Mingyuan reached the second floor, he heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs.
"Don't go up there, we're in the wrong unit, stupid!"
Tao Shuxin ran breathlessly and pulled Xu Mingyuan along and was about to leave.
"You're right, this is Unit 1, Building 7," said Xu Mingyuan.
"No way? Why can't I open the door? Did I use the wrong keychain? That's impossible. All the unit doors can be opened. Oh? Are the unit buildings interconnected?"
Tao Shuxin fiddled with the keys in his hand, looking confused.
"Your IQ is hopeless. I changed the lock, so of course you can't open it." Xu Mingyuan said.
"Why do we need to change the lock?" Tao Shuxin was stunned.
"To prevent you from stealing things." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"Okay! You you you..."
Tao Shuxin's face suddenly fell, and she pouted aggrievedly, "Didn't we agree on this at the beginning? I didn't expect you to regret it now."
"Are you stupid? You have to change the locks after the renovation. Otherwise, what if someone secretly makes a copy of the key?"
Xu Mingyuan tapped her on the head, stuffed the key into her hand, and pulled her upstairs.
The IQ of a young girl who is in love is basically negative. She won’t think whether it is a joke or not, and will just take whatever is said as the truth.
"You are not honest at all. Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
There was no way Tao Shuxin would admit that she was stupid, so she decisively shifted the blame to Xu Mingyuan.
"Should I tell you when I go to pee next time?"
She's being stubborn again, but she'll be quiet if you slap her butt twice. Xu Mingyuan thought to himself and slapped her.
However, the little girl did not behave herself. Instead, she became angry and started jumping up and down.
After chasing Xu Mingyuan to the fifth floor, Tao Shuxin was exhausted and out of breath. She had already run to the sixth floor, and now all her strength was drained.
"I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore, please help me..."
Tao Shuxin held the railing and greeted them while breathing heavily.
She was indeed exhausted and had no mood to play around. She was almost carried by Xu Mingyuan as she walked up the last step.
"Give me the key, I'll open the door."
"no!"
Tao Shuxin put her hands behind her back. The key wasn't even warm in her hands, so how could she hand it over?
The little girl, who wanted to experience the sense of ritual, had to open the door herself to be satisfied.
Tao Shuxin rested for a moment, inserted the key into the lock and turned it, and with a crisp "click", he finally opened the door.
Click.
Then her eyes widened, and the fatigue in her body almost disappeared.
The warm-toned house in milk coffee color is simple and stylish with a touch of freshness. Xu Mingyuan only made a few suggestions on the paint color and layout format, and the rest was designed completely according to Tao Shuxin's aesthetics.
Seeing Xu Mingyuan stepping on the floor and about to enter the house, Tao Shuxin quickly stopped him: "Why don't you take off your shoes? What if the floor is scratched?"
"Aren't you feeling cold? There's no heating this year, so just wear shoes when you come in. It's not easy to see scratches on the brown-yellow floor."
The windows in the house were all opened with a two-centimeter gap for ventilation. It was no different from an ice cellar. You would freeze to death if you didn't take off your shoes.
"That won't work either. Here's a tissue. Wipe the soles of your shoes."
Tao Shuxin took out a tissue from her bag, gave half to Xu Mingyuan, and rubbed the sole of his shoe patiently.
Xu Mingyuan simply kicked off the sand on the soles of his shoes and walked straight in.
A house is like a mobile phone. After a while, the girl will no longer care about it.
We hired someone to clean the house when the renovation was completed, but after the windows had been open for more than half a month, a layer of fine dust had accumulated.
Tao Shuxin couldn't wait to see it either. He looked around and touched everything.
"Why is there no electricity?"
Tao Shuxin kept pressing the switch and looked at Xu Mingyuan in confusion.
"There's no one in the house. The power is off."
Xu Mingyuan went to turn on the power switch.
When Tao Shuxin saw that the electricity was on, he happily played with the chandelier for a while.
"Why is there no water?" Tao Shuxin asked while turning the faucet.
"The windows in the room are still open, so of course we have to turn off the water valve," said Xu Mingyuan.
After asking this and that, seeing that Xu Mingyuan had answered all the questions, Tao Shuxin praised him sincerely, "You are so smart. You know everything. I even wonder if you have worked in renovations before."
"Haha, I have done it." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
The whole house is a simple, fully-decorated house.
The cabinets, wardrobes, bed boards and other wooden furniture against the wall have all been made, and the kitchen and bathroom have been paved with tiles and installed with sinks.
But there are no tables, coffee tables, sofas, etc. Besides the lamps, all other household appliances need to be purchased separately.
"I want to put a pot of jasmine here. It will be so fragrant when it blooms. What do you think?"
Tao Shuxin looked at him expectantly.
"I just want to buy a mattress and lie down for a while."
Xu Mingyuan was exhausted by the energetic Tao Shuxin and said with a sigh.
"You're a bad guy." Tao Shuxin complained in a low voice.
"Hey, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? Why are you scolding me for no reason?"
"Humph, you were kicked by the donkey..."
Tao Shuxin silently moved a little further away from him.
He doesn't study hard all day and just thinks about sleeping. What kind of person is he...
(End of this chapter)