Chapter 359 This Year's College Entrance Examination
Chapter 359 This Year's College Entrance Examination
Tao Shuxin didn't understand why Xiao Yangzhi had to care about the twenty-year-old. Wasn't eighteen years old just fine?
Although she is in her twenties, with a rosy and tender complexion, age is the biggest threat that girls face.
But Tao Shuxin didn't delve into it, because when she celebrated her 18th birthday, she was so happy that she wanted to jump up. But after she turned 20, she began to miss her 18th birthday.
Maybe Xiao Yangzhi also thought so. After all, they were still little girls under the age of 20. Tao Shuxin, who had the advantage of age, made a judgment subconsciously.
They carried the cake back home together.
Xu Mingyuan told Aunt Liang to prepare a few more dishes for dinner and asked her to prepare the side dishes first.
Xiao Yangzhi likes quietness, and probably few of her classmates know that it is her birthday today. Xu Mingyuan is too lazy to bother her, so he just eats a simple meal at home and blows out a candle as a commemoration.
There is only one chance a year to blow out the candles, so there should be some sense of ritual. Xiao Yangzhi doesn't have high requirements, so this is enough for her.
Yang Zhi was very happy that she could go back home to celebrate her birthday. Without the tense atmosphere in the class, she felt more relaxed.
In addition, Xu Mingyuan had just promised her that even if she did not do well in the exam, she could still take the exam to become an art student, which would lower her academic performance by a few dozen points. This suddenly reduced Yang Zhi's stress by half.
However, Yang Zhi, who was completely relaxed, still chose to take out the test paper from her schoolbag and do the homework left for today.
"Xiao Zhizhi, isn't it your birthday today?"
Seeing her flattening the test paper full of ink smell, Tao Shuxin asked in confusion.
"Yes."
Yang Zhi nodded slightly, picked up a fountain pen, and started thinking about the question without even taking off her school uniform.
"Why don't you come and play? You look so tired. Why don't you do your homework later?" Tao Shuxin said.
"I'm just a little sleepy. I'd better go to bed early tonight." Yang Zhi said.
"Why don't you take a nap first if you're tired?"
Tao Shuxin is also very good at wasting time.
"I haven't finished my homework yet."
What Yang Zhi fears least is procrastination.
"Okay, if you encounter any problems you don't know how to solve, you can ask me..."
Seeing that Xu Mingyuan didn't say anything, Tao Shuxin shrugged and followed him to play computer.
Yang Zhi has a good concentration and is generally not affected by external noises.
But when I was with Xu Mingyuan, I was not so keen on writing anymore.
Thinking about the homework that had to be handed in tomorrow, Yang Zhi knew that he definitely couldn't deal with it like he did during the winter vacation. So he simply took the test paper back to the room and stopped being a light bulb here.
There will be plenty of opportunities in the future anyway, so these three or two hours won’t make a difference.
"Alas, little Yangzhi is so pitiful."
While playing games together, the absent-minded Tao Shuxin suddenly sighed.
"Why should she be pitiful? Isn't this pretty good?" Xu Mingyuan said casually.
Life is getting better day by day, which is much happier than a dull life.
Xiao Yangzhi had experienced the most difficult things, and now her life can definitely be called worry-free.
And her mood was also getting better. She was no longer as introverted as before and unwilling to say a word. If this was pitiful, then there were so many pitiful people in the world.
The only difference about Xiao Yangzhi is that her thoughts are quite different from those of ordinary people, which makes a warm and cheerful girl like Tao Shuxin feel a little pitiful when looking at her.
But Xu Mingyuan knew very well that this could no longer be considered pitiful.
Everyone has different ideas. Xiao Yangzhi just wants to pull Xu Mingyuan to her side. It is not a difficult thing to understand. After all, everyone has selfish desires.
"Look, no one is with her on her birthday."
"What are you speculating about? Xiao Yangzhi likes it this way. If she really made a fuss, she would have been annoyed to death." Xu Mingyuan said indifferently.
"But she should have a good rest on her birthday. Look, she has gone back to her room. She looks so miserable."
Tao Shuxin leaned sideways and glanced quietly at Xiao Yangzhi's door.
"What a miserable bullshit! We were just playing games here and disturbed her." Xu Mingyuan said speechlessly.
"I'm just guessing? Wasn't she also doing the test papers here during the winter vacation? Why did she run back to her room now?" Tao Shuxin asked, holding his forehead.
As a girl who grew up happily, I sympathize with some of Xiao Yangzhi's experiences. Other aspects are easy to deal with, but not giving her food is too scary.
"Don't use your own thoughts to speculate about others. Why do you think so much every day?"
Xu Mingyuan was speechless. The main reason why this girl had low emotional intelligence was that she was too subjective.
If you don't know Tao Shuxin very well, this kind of personality is actually quite troublesome. If she didn't have an innocent, cute and naive face, the first impression she would give would definitely not be very good.
"What do you know? We girls have a lot to think about, unlike you boys who can just sleep it off no matter what happens!"
As an emotional little girl, Tao Shuxin strongly disagrees with Xu Mingyuan's approach.
"You're wrong. Little Yangzhi doesn't have that many thoughts."
There was a slight bitter smile on Xu Mingyuan's lips.
Xiao Yangzhi basically uses all her little tricks on herself. She is really not like ordinary girls who would put a lot of thought into everything they see.
Even if someone said bad things about her behind her back, Xiao Yangzhi would ignore it and would not even think about it, no matter what others said.
If this happened to Tao Shuxin, she would have been so upset that she wanted to cry.
"Really?" Tao Shuxin looked confused and a little unconvinced.
"Really, in fact, she hates to spend time thinking about things the most." Xu Mingyuan sighed.
"Okay, eh? Then isn't it a bit bad for us to play games here?"
"What's wrong?"
Xu Mingyuan was speechless. It seemed that she didn't hear a word he said.
"Why don't we go and take a look? She wasn't like this before."
Tao Shuxin made a suggestion. After all, whenever they came to Xu Mingyuan's house, Xiao Yangzhi would follow them around like a ghost. How could she hide in the room and not come out like she is now?
Maybe he is secretly wiping away tears.
At the age of eighteen, Tao Shuxin has gained some insights.
Of course Xu Mingyuan couldn't tell Tao Shuxin the reason, so he could only say to her: "Oh, I don't care, go by yourself."
"You are such a jerk. If you don't go, how can I go?"
"Then play games here."
"Hey! How can you be a brother like this?"
"..."
Xu Mingyuan was suddenly speechless. There was indeed no brother like him. After all, he had never called Xiao Yangzhi "sister".
Little Yangzhi called Xu Mingyuan "brother" probably out of habit.
"Hehe, you have nothing to say, right? Well, how about I take the gift and go take a look? What if she thinks we are not prepared?" Tao Shuxin asked in a low voice.
"Isn't this ready?"
"Just in case."
"Then you go and deliver it."
"But if I give it to you now, it won't be a surprise anymore."
"Then you won't go."
"Isn't this bad? What if she's wiping tears in her room?"
"You are really comparable to Tang Monk."
"whispering sound……"
As a girl with a strong sense of independence, Tao Shuxin stood up and took the bag. She rummaged through it and found the gold bars bought by Xu Mingyuan and the little rabbit made of pure gold that she bought.
Although the little rabbit is hollow, it looks much better than gold bars and not tacky at all.
dong dong dong...
Tao Shuxin knocked on the door, and when there was no sound from inside for a long time, she looked at Xu Mingyuan.
But Xu Mingyuan was too lazy to pay attention to her and pretended not to see it.
Tao Shuxin really wanted to complain, but since she had already knocked on the door, it was not a good idea to just turn around and leave, so she had to turn the doorknob.
Unlike what one might imagine, little Yangzhi did not cry or wipe her tears, but was just doing her homework peacefully. When she heard the door open, she looked at Tao Shuxin in confusion.
"Hey, little Zhizhi, this is my gift to you. The wind is very strong in spring, so it's best to put on some repairing facial cream before going out. Here."
Tao Shuxin put the bag of skin care products in her hand aside.
"Thank you."
"And this is a birthday present your brother bought you. Be careful. Don't underestimate it. It's very heavy. Make sure you don't drop it on your hands."
"I have two identical gold bars. It's okay."
Yang Zhi took the heavy gold bar and put it aside.
"This is a little rabbit I gave you. It's also made of gold. Here you go."
"Thank you, Sister Taotao."
This time Yang Zhi thanked him sincerely.
Unlike the Xu family's father and son, Yang Zhi has lived a poor life since childhood, and so has her mother. Now that they have suddenly become rich, they have a bit of a common people's mentality and are more keen on saving pocket money.
"Huh? This seems to be a gift from me to Xu Mingyuan."
Tao Shuxin suddenly noticed the ceramic deer on the desk. Seeing the words "A Deer Walks Forward" engraved on it, her memory suddenly went back to the time when the college entrance examination was approaching.
"Oh, really?"
Yang Zhi frowned slightly, remembering that her brother liked this little deer very much and asked her to keep it well.
"Yes, actually it can't be considered as a gift from Xu Mingyuan. He was the one who answered the questions and I received the award for him..."
Tao Shuxin recounted what had happened in general, and when he thought about the little thing that had happened, he couldn't help but laugh for a while.
“I am also going to take the college entrance examination this year.”
Looking at her happily telling the little story about her and Xu Mingyuan, Yang Zhi said while biting her lip lightly.
"You don't even know about the college entrance examination. It's so tiring... ah? You're going to take the college entrance examination this year?"
Tao Shuxin's eyes suddenly widened.
How come I didn’t know about this? No one mentioned it…
(End of this chapter)