Chapter 330 Request

Chapter 330 Request
Is Xu Mingyuan a gentleman?

In Tao Shuxin's heart, of course it is.

The beautiful girls in Jiangnan University can form a company. Among them are many pretty girls with fair skin, long legs, and surprisingly good figures and looks.

Plus, that bastard Xu Mingyuan said she was short and didn't want her to wear high heels, so Tao Shuxin didn't even have the confidence to stand in front of them.

But even so, Xu Mingyuan has never been seen giving a good look to any pretty girl.

Tao Shuxin even went to Su Muqing to ask whether it was as Xu Mingyuan said, that Qin Man, who wanted to get to know him, was driven away to the side to cool off.

After learning that this was indeed the case, Tao Shuxin believed Xu Mingyuan even more.

Tao Shuxin knew very well that Qin Man was not unattractive to Xu Mingyuan. After all, they had discussed in private who was prettier, Su Muqing or Qin Man. They both agreed that Qin Man was more lively and attractive.

Vulgar people will be tempted by beauty, but Xu Mingyuan is not such a vulgar boy.

Not only that, Dad also told Tao Shuxin that it is a very rare thing for a young man like Xu Mingyuan to not indulge in pleasure and to be self-disciplined and low-key. Many elders cannot do this alone.

Even her mother told Tao Shuxin to learn more from Xu Mingyuan and not to act like a child all day long.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Since her parents said so, Tao Shuxin became more determined in her thoughts.

What about Yang Zhi?
Whether Xu Mingyuan was a gentleman was not something Yang Zhi considered at all. As long as he was her brother, it was enough.

Yang Zhi didn’t think about what kind of person Xu Mingyuan was. He was already very good now, and he wouldn’t become a bad person in the future.

In fact, Xu Mingyuan’s good or bad has nothing to do with her. Yang Zhi only wants to fill her weight in his heart and seize more territory.

Xiao Yangzhi cannot be called an egoist, but she must have thought carefully about her future.

And what about Xu Mingyuan himself?
He just lives day by day. His career takes up half of his time. He doesn't even think about his studies now. He has to save the rest of his time to accompany the little girl.

It was fine before. Little Yangzhi was well-behaved and little Taotao was silly, so we didn't have to worry about them at home or outside.

Now things are difficult. Little Yangzhi has become more thoughtful, and little Taotao has started to use his brain. This makes Xu Mingyuan's head bigger, and he feels that the road ahead seems more and more uncertain.

The only thing that made Xu Mingyuan feel relieved was that Xiao Yangzhi still appeared to be very honest.

"It's very simple to make lean meat porridge. When you see the rice porridge turning white, add some lean meat shreds... Oh, you have dried clams at home, you can add a little of that, and a little less salt. Here, this is enough. Dried clams are salty, and adding more salt will make it salty..."

The greedy Tao Shuxin chewed the dried clams like chewing bubble gum and didn't swallow them for a long time, but his hands kept moving. He added a bunch of messy things into the porridge and then covered the pot.

Yang Zhi, who was watching from the side, frowned as she always felt that Tao Shuxin was unreliable.

Can it taste good if she cooks it this way?
"Hey, eat less. You've already eaten so much. How can you still eat the porridge later?"

Xu Mingyuan snatched the jar of dried clams from Tao Shuxin's hand, grabbed a few and gave them to Xiao Yangzhi as snacks, then threw it into the refrigerator.

"Yes, I can still have half a bowl."

Tao Shuxin patted the residue on his hands and said nonchalantly.

There were no elders at home, so Tao Shuxin felt like she was at home. She looked around and was curious about everything around her.

When the porridge was ready, little Yangzhi took the bowl obediently, hesitated for a moment, and finally gave one bowl to Tao Shuxin.

Tao Shuxin is a good cook. She adds side dishes to the porridge seemingly casually, but she has a good control over the heat and knows exactly when to add meat and when to add green leafy vegetables.

People born in the 1960s are relatively traditional. Influenced by her mother, Tao Shuxin learned to cook at a very young age, but she just didn't like to move and was too lazy to cook.

Yang Zhi ate the porridge in small bites, feeling a little disappointed. She had also learned how to make vegetable and lean meat porridge, but the taste was always unsatisfactory and not as good as making noodles.

It would be strange if Yang Zhi, who lives a life of mediocrity like Xu Mingyuan, could cook delicious food.

Apart from reading and studying and daydreaming to kill time every day, I spend a lot of my remaining energy thinking about how to get my brother back home.

If she could spend half of her time on cooking, she wouldn't be able to only make a bowl of noodles now.

Tao Shuxin rubbed her belly and hummed comfortably. She said she would only eat half a bowl of porridge, but she ended up eating a whole bowl.

Drinking a bowl of steaming porridge in a warm room in winter, in Tao Shuxin's heart, this is the best life.

Especially the slightly bloated belly that seems to be wrapped in a warm feeling of happiness.

After Xu Mingyuan finished his meal, he called the property management and asked someone to come and clear the snow.

Seeing that he didn't have to wash the dishes himself and that someone came to clean the snow for him, Tao Shuxin felt that this was just a life of eating and waiting to die.

I just feel that Xu Mingyuan's home is too lonely and not as comfortable as Jiangcheng's small home. No wonder he doesn't like to go home. "Go, tell the property management to clear all the snow in the yard and the backyard as well."

Xu Mingyuan pushed Tao Shuxin, who was slouching in the chair, and gave her a job.

"Damn it, why don't you go? This is your house."

When Tao Shuxin saw Xu Mingyuan pushing the job to herself, she was unhappy.

"Isn't it good to exercise a little? Won't your family move away in the future? I just want you to get familiar with the life of a single-family house as soon as possible." Xu Mingyuan said.

"Oh, too."

Hearing him say this, Tao Shuxin nodded in agreement.

"Go ahead and tell them to clean up. The property management fee is going to go up this year. How can they not do their job well?"

"Okay, I'll help you check it out."

The silly Tao Shuxin, with his head held high and an arrogant attitude, was tricked into going out to work as a free laborer.

In fact, it was not a big deal. It was just to help the property management open the door. But Xu Mingyuan saw that Xiao Yangzhi was in a bad mood while eating, so he wanted to let her read and do homework first.

"Brother, am I stupid?"

Before Xu Mingyuan could speak, Yang Zhi spoke first.

"No, why are you talking about this?" Xu Mingyuan asked puzzledly.

“I can’t do anything right.”

Yang Zhi looked at him eagerly, as if she would cry if Xu Mingyuan said something wrong next.

"You just keep imagining nonsense all the time. You are used to being suppressed by your mother since you were a child, and you have a low self-esteem. In fact, most people are ordinary people. It's already very good if you can do better than most people. How can anyone be perfect in everything? Like me, I still want to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, but I don't have the level. As a person, you must know yourself, otherwise you will be very tired."

Xu Mingyuan gently pinched her little face and forced a smile.

In fact, Xu Mingyuan knew very well that the little girl was just jealous, but what could he do? Fortunately, he was very good at pretending to be stupid, so he could skip this topic.

"Brother, no one will like me..."

Yang Zhi was in a low mood, and his body felt so limp that he seemed about to fall.

"You're just daydreaming again. You're prettier than a fairy. Who wouldn't like you?"

Xu Mingyuan held Xiao Yangzhi and moved away from the window and sat down on the sofa on the second floor.

"Brother, do you like me because I'm pretty?"

Yang Zhi raised her eyes and looked at him.

"How is that possible?" Xu Mingyuan answered as a matter of course, but when his eyes met Xiao Yangzhi's clear eyes, he pinched her nose helplessly and said, "It's because you're beautiful, but if it's just because of your beauty, would I care about you? Okay, stop imagining."

"That's because you feel sorry for me..."

Yang Zhi was even more discouraged than before, and lowered her head and didn't look at him.

"If you do this again, I will beat you." Xu Mingyuan said in a serious tone.

"Then you beat him."

Yang Zhi seemed to be a little upset and kept snuggling into his arms.

"Forget it. I can't bear to hurt you."

Seeing that she was not moved by any persuasion, Xu Mingyuan was helpless.

Yang Zhi raised her head and looked at him silently for a while. She calmed herself down and touched his lips lightly like a dragonfly touching water. Then she touched him again...

The moist and soft lips were a little cool, and the tingling sensation spread from the skin to the depths of the heart, warm and itchy...

When Xu Mingyuan left, Yang Zhi subconsciously leaned forward. After being stunned for a moment, she blushed and did not dare to look up.

Yang Zhi's heart was pounding as she took the initiative to ask for a kiss for the first time. She finally calmed down...

(End of this chapter)