Chapter 358 I Don’t Want to Be 8 Years Old
Chapter 358 I Don’t Want to Be Eighteen
On Friday afternoon, Tao Shuxin drove Xu Mingyuan's car and they set out to return to Nanxi.
Whenever the two of them went out together, they always drove the same car. This time, Tao Shuxin did not drive her own BMW, mainly because she did not tell her parents that she had returned to Nanxi.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to spend the night at Xu Mingyuan's house. Tao Shuxin still wanted to have a good time for two days.
Xu Mingyuan called Zhang Yan early in the morning and asked for half a day off for Xiao Yangzhi, and she approved the note very easily.
But the teacher agreed, and the procrastinating little Yangzhi insisted on finishing the class. During the afternoon self-study class, she finally walked out of the school gate with slow steps.
Xu Mingyuan hadn't picked up Xiao Yangzhi from school during the day for some time, and suddenly he felt a little uncomfortable.
Not long after, little Yangzhi, wearing the familiar black and white school uniform, matched with a windbreaker jacket of the same color, came jogging over with her schoolbag in both hands.
The school uniform was loose to begin with, and Yangzhi looked even more fragile when she ran, as if she would be blown down by a gust of wind.
"Huh..." Yang Zhi ran to his side, gently took his arm and said, "Brother, have I kept you waiting for a long time?"
"Yeah, I've been waiting for a long time." Xu Mingyuan said.
"Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry..."
Yang Zhi was slightly stunned and leaned on his shoulder somewhat stiffly.
"I'm just kidding. I just got here not long ago. Tsk, Xiao Yangzhi, why is your face so pale? Are you feeling unwell?"
Seeing that she looked a little unwell, Xu Mingyuan reached out and touched her forehead.
"No." Yang Zhi shook his head, hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm just a little tired."
"Well, you just need to study normally. There's no need to make yourself so tired. Since you are going to take the college entrance examination, I will definitely find a way to get you into Jiangcheng University. If your scores in cultural subjects are not high enough, you can apply to be an art student. For majors like painting, dance, and music, the scores can be lowered." Xu Mingyuan said with a sigh.
"Brother, I want to study your major." Yang Zhi raised his head and said very seriously.
"No need. I just picked my major randomly. I don't take as many professional courses as I do public courses. There's nothing scientific about world history. I basically forget what I learned. Once I leave school, I'll have a hard time using it. You might as well find a major you like and treat it as something to do to relieve your boredom."
Xu Mingyuan pinched her cold face, helped her put on the hood of her dress, and tied the knot.
"Oh, is there a major for daydreaming?" Yang Zhi asked with a smile.
"No, but if you want, you can study any major. I asked you to go to college not for anything else, and it's no problem for me to support you for the rest of your life. But if you don't go to school and don't enter the society, you will definitely be out of touch with the society if you stay at home all day."
"Brother, I know you are doing this for my own good. I will try my best."
Yang Zhi held Xu Mingyuan's arm and strolled slowly and aimlessly on the street.
"Ha, do you think I'm preaching to you again? But you've also seen how much Nanxi has changed over the years. The pace of development in this era is faster than you think. It's the same in life. You see, I first used a blue and white screen PHS, and now I use a color screen mobile phone that can play games, take photos and record videos. This is not a change I brought to you, it's the times."
"Brother, after all you've said, do you still think I'm still young?"
Yang Zhi raised her eyes and looked at him without blinking.
"I'm talking about reality. What are you thinking, you poor kid?" Xu Mingyuan said speechlessly.
"He's a child today, but not tomorrow..." Yang Zhi muttered softly.
"A real adult doesn't need to prove himself to others." Xu Mingyuan said calmly.
"Yes, brother is an adult and he always likes to say that others are immature." Yang Zhi said with a pout.
"Hahaha……"
Seeing the look of helplessness in Xiao Yangzhi's eyes, Xu Mingyuan was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing.
After laughing for a long time, Xu Mingyuan said with a sigh: "Not bad, you have grown up and know how to debate."
"I didn't." Yang Zhi said in a low voice.
"Is it because you haven't grown up, or because you don't have time to debate?" Xu Mingyuan asked with a smile.
"nothing……"
"If you don't know, just say you don't know. You're just saying no. That's just how you are, you don't think you're lying if you can't figure out something..."
"I didn't..." Yang Zhi wanted to answer out of habit, but in the end he said dejectedly: "I don't know..."
"Okay, I don't blame you. With your little tricks, you still want to play tricks on me?" Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"Brother is amazing."
Yang Zhi's clear eyes twinkled with starlight, and she seemed to be looking at Xu Mingyuan with admiration.
"That's all you can do, little girl."
Xu Mingyuan pulled her little face, feeling both amused and helpless, and she could no longer maintain her cold expression. Even her eyes changed, and she finally loosened her fingers.
"That's it. I'm sure of it."
Yang Zhi rubbed his face and answered seriously.
"Haha, you're good at talking." Xu Mingyuan's secret joy was already showing on his face, and he was almost laughing with wrinkles on his face.
The temperature in March is basically above zero. It’s not very cold, but it’s windy.
After taking Xiao Yangzhi for a stroll for a while, Xu Mingyuan saw that she didn't look well, so he stopped a taxi.
Hearing the place name, Yang Zhi asked curiously: "Brother, aren't we going home?"
"Let me get the cake for you first. Tao Shuxin is waiting in the store." Xu Mingyuan said.
"I thought she didn't come..." Yang Zhi said a little frustrated.
"Tao Shuxin didn't come to No. 3 Middle School because she was afraid of running into her mother. She went to the cake shop to buy you a cake first."
"She doesn't go home at night?"
"Well, I'm not going back."
"Brother, don't worry, I won't do anything to you, why did you let her stay at home..."
"You unlucky child, I see you're lonely, so why don't I come and spend your birthday with you?"
"Oh, then I have to thank her..." Yang Zhi said in a low voice.
Hearing this hypocritical answer, Xu Mingyuan reached out and flicked her head.
Why doesn't the little girl learn anything else, but she has to learn to be sarcastic.
Yang Zhi was flicked a little, but she didn't say anything. She just shrank into his arms dejectedly.
The cake was made slowly, but it took at least two hours from the time the two of them returned to Nanxi to the time Xu Mingyuan went to pick up Xiao Yangzhi.
Seeing Xu Mingyuan leading little Yangzhi into the store, Tao Shuxin ran over with a smile on her face.
"Finally you're here. I'm so bored. Come on, I picked out a big cake for you! Do you like it?"
"Which one?"
Yang Zhi glanced at the counter but didn't see any cake.
"It's this kind. Yours isn't baked yet. Oh, you can't look at it, or it won't be a surprise."
Tao Shuxin pointed at the cake on the counter, then withdrew her finger somewhat embarrassedly.
"Well...it's too big." Yang Zhi said indifferently.
"It's not big, only twelve inches. Fifteen inches wouldn't be enough for my birthday."
"We can't finish it." Yang Zhi said with a frown.
"Didn't you invite your classmates?" Tao Shuxin asked.
"No."
"It would be great to invite classmates to play together. With more people, we can spread the cake and play together."
“What a waste.”
"It's not a waste, it's just for fun."
“It’s very difficult to clean up.”
"Uh……"
No matter how eloquent Tao Shuxin was, he was choked by Xiao Yangzhi.
As a girl who likes to share happiness, although she is almost twenty-one years old, she still can't understand the introverted Xiao Yangzhi.
But she would not make any foolish suggestions. She simply shut up and turned to look at Xu Mingyuan.
Children celebrate their birthdays just to get together and play, but adults have things to do every day, so even on their birthdays, they can just make do with a meal in a restaurant. Until the day of the big birthday, basically no one cares.
If she hadn't been called back, Xiao Yangzhi would probably have thought that celebrating her birthday was a hassle.
"Have you written the birthday wishes? Xiao Yangzhi, do you have anything you want to write?" Xu Mingyuan asked.
"Me? Whatever..."
Yang Zhi didn't know what to write, so he just shook his head.
"You can write 'Happy birthday, Yangzhi, forever 18', which is what I wrote on my last birthday."
"I don't want to be eighteen forever, I want to be twenty forever."
Yang Zhi glanced at Xu Mingyuan stealthily and said in a low voice.
(End of this chapter)