Chapter 372 Guarding

Chapter 372 Guarding
Little Yangzhi fell asleep peacefully without realizing it.

Even when Xu Mingyuan helped to button up her hoodie, little Yangzhi showed no sign of waking up. She leaned comfortably in his arms with her eyes closed, looking peaceful.

Xu Mingyuan still remembers how skinny she was when he first met Xiao Yangzhi.

Although her face was still delicate and pretty, her complexion was dull and lifeless, and even the ends of her hair were split and dry, showing that she was a little malnourished.

Even his height was less than 1.7 meters, it seemed to be around 1.68 meters. Xu Mingyuan couldn't remember clearly, but it was definitely less than 1.72 meters.

But one thing that is certain is that Xiao Yangzhi was very thin at the time, weighing at most 80 kilograms, and he kept his head down and hunched over every day, which made him look even shorter.

Xu Mingyuan is a businessman who comes from the real estate industry. If he had not been tougher, he would have been wiped out by the market long ago.

So what annoyed Xu Mingyuan the most was not that Xiao Yangzhi looked a lot like the woman who had cheated him, but the useless look that emanated from her.

Every time he saw her acting like a punching bag, allowing herself to be bullied silently, Xu Mingyuan would get so angry that he wanted to kick her a few times to make her lose her temper.

After all, Xu Mingyuan didn't know how to educate children. At that time, he simply thought that if he had such a useless child, he would have to hang him up and beat him. When he dared to go out and fight with his peers, he would be considered promising.

Because his father Xu Jun and Xu Mingyuan himself were educated and raised in this way since childhood.

Later, Xu Mingyuan gradually understood that this was the education that little Yangzhi had received.

You have to be a little pitiful, learn to please others, and make others want to protect you.

It is not clear how Yang Hongyu hooked up with Xu Jun, but thinking back to the one time he met her and how she took all the responsibility on herself in order to seek forgiveness from his father and himself, Xu Mingyuan guessed that it was because one bowl of rice cannot support two kinds of people, and that was probably how his father was hooked.

Even Xu Mingyuan couldn't stand it, let alone his father, a rich second-generation man.

In fact, until now, Xu Mingyuan does not think that he was cheated. It was all his own fault.

It has always been like this when doing Tianju. We will make targeted plans for specific people according to their personality, preferences and other characteristics.

At the beginning, Xu Mingyuan was not only attracted by her beauty, but most importantly, she gave him hope of improving his social class. The temptation of transforming from a businessman to an entrepreneur was difficult for him to refuse.

If Xiao Yangzhi was allowed to return to Yang Hongyu, she would probably learn how to go from pleasing people to deceiving them. This is also the reason why Xu Mingyuan did not agree with Xiao Yangzhi contacting her mother.

But now it’s different. Little Yangzhi has grown up, and her slender and graceful curves make it impossible for her to curl up even if she wants to.

Xiao Yangzhi has her own ideas and is already an adult, so there is no issue of changing custody.

Although Xiao Yangzhi looked more and more like the vague figure in Xu Mingyuan's memory, he felt that no one liked to be bound.

Xiao Yangzhi can now be in a daze with joy every day. It is impossible for her to choose to go to a strange place with her mother and start a new life.

Unless little Yangzhi was severely brainwashed, she would follow Yang Hongyu obediently as soon as she was called.

But if that were the case, Xu Mingyuan would lock her up and brainwash the hard-hearted little Yangzhi first.

Yang Zhi didn't know the sinister thoughts in Xu Mingyuan's mind, but even if she knew, she would still think it was her fault and reflect on what she did wrong...

Yang Zhi took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Taking a short nap occasionally would make her feel more relaxed and increase her sense of happiness a little bit.

Yang Zhi, who was wearing a hooded coat, couldn't see what Xu Mingyuan was doing. Seeing that he was quiet, he thought he was asleep too.

She raised her hand and quietly lifted up her hat to take a look, and happened to meet his eyes.

"Brother, how long have I slept..." Yang Zhi said embarrassedly.

"About twenty minutes." Xu Mingyuan said after looking at his watch.

"It's been so long, brother, are your legs numb from the pressure?"

Yang Zhi, who was sitting sideways on Xu Mingyuan's legs, moved gently a few times, but did not immediately break free from his arms. She wanted to get his accurate answer before making a choice.

"No, you're so light, it's okay to sleep a little longer."

Having said that, Xu Mingyuan still moved Xiao Yangzhi and changed his position to hold her.

"Um……"

Yang Zhi let out a lazy nasal sound, opened her arms to hook them around his neck, and closed her eyes to dispel the slight laziness after a short nap.

After a long while, Yang Zhi, who had had enough of it, finally let go of his hand, peeled a slice of orange, put it to his mouth and said, "Brother, you eat it."

"Do you want to go back now?" Xu Mingyuan asked as he picked up the orange slices.

"Can I...stay a little longer?" Yang Zhi requested in a low voice.

"Sure, if you like, you can stay until night." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Ok!"

Yang Zhi nodded vigorously and continued to lean on his chest to break the orange segments. When there was nothing to do, she would still shave off the white meridians on the orange segments.

She treated it as a boring little game, and also showed Xu Mingyuan how attentive she was.

As the sun rises, the spring sunshine shines gently on my body through the shade of the trees that have not yet grown thick. It is warm and not cold at all. I feel so lazy that I don't want to move.

It's quite comfortable to stay outside. I can hold him all the time. Otherwise, he will play computer games when he gets home.

Xu Mingyuan was idly kneading Xiao Yangzhi's slender white fingers. This was also a little pleasure he found when he and Xiao Yangzhi were in a daze together.

When I first saw little Yang Zhi, I felt the most pitiful thing about her was not her malnutrition, but the roughness on her hands. I don't know what serious illness Yang Hongyu had that made her such a little girl wash clothes all day long. Even if she washed everything, she still had to wash the rag and wipe the floor.

It’s much better now. The skin on my hands is as fair as my face. Even my round nails are glowing with a layer of light, as if they were coated with a layer of nail polish.

When Xu Mingyuan had pinched her left hand enough and wanted to switch to the other one to continue kneading, little Yangzhi suddenly shrank back.

"what happened?"

"nothing……"

Yang Zhi was a little hesitant, but still handed her hand to him.

However, Xu Mingyuan knew the reason after a light pinch.

No wonder she always walked on her right side. It turned out that a layer of fine calluses had grown on the tip of her index finger, which was caused by the rubbing of the pen when doing homework for a long time.

"It will be gone by the end of the year. Why do you keep caring about such a small matter?"

Xu Mingyuan rubbed her fingers gently and said helplessly.

"It doesn't look good..." Yang Zhi said in a low voice.

"You are quite conceited little girl."

Xu Mingyuan smiled and shook her hand aside.

Seeing his eyes fall on her calves, Yang Zhi whispered in his ear: "Brother, should I take off my shoes?"

"Get out of the way." Xu Mingyuan said with a red face.

“Chichichichi…”

Yang Zhi covered her mouth and laughed.

But she would not roll away. She hugged Xu Mingyuan's neck and refused to let go no matter how many times he pushed her.

She is quite happy when she is a little willful occasionally, but she is not always obedient.

"Brother, I want to go to the bathroom..."

Before Xu Mingyuan could push her away, Yang Zhi took the initiative to break away from his arms and said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Go ahead. Are you in a hurry? Or just solve it right here."

Xu Mingyuan looked around and saw that there were not many people around, so he said to her.

"what?"

Yang Zhi felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but clench her fingers.

"Then go home."

"Brother, can you help me keep watch?"

Yang Zhi lowered her head and raised her eyes, with a shy look on her face.

"It's okay." Xu Mingyuan nodded indifferently, then frowned, stared at Xiao Yangzhi suspiciously and said, "Hey! Don't make trouble for me, and ask me to bring you tissues or something."

"Brother..." Yang Zhi's face turned red with embarrassment. After calming down, she said resentfully, "I won't do that. Just don't look back..."

"Get out! You want to be beaten? Is this the image of me in your mind?" Xu Mingyuan said with a stern face.

"No la……"

Yang Zhi was afraid of being hit on the head, so she picked up the tissue bag on the ground and ran away.

After finding a bush, Yang Zhi called out to Xu Mingyuan in a low voice and hid behind it.

After a long while, Xu Mingyuan became impatient and Xiao Yangzhi ran out in a hurry, picking up the bag of snacks he had just eaten.

She cleaned up in such a hurry that she even forgot to throw away the weeds she had picked up, which made Xu Mingyuan think that she didn't have enough paper and used leaves to wipe it clean...

"Brother, please hold it for me."

Putting the remaining things into the bag all at once, Yang Zhi zipped up the backpack and said.

"You didn't wash your hands? Don't rub them on me."

Seeing Xiao Yangzhi’s conflicted look, Xu Mingyuan took the bag from her hand and pushed her back with a smile.

"I didn't go to the bathroom. I couldn't get out outside...Brother, let's go home quickly..."

Yang Zhi staggered after being gently pushed, her brows were furrowed and she even clenched her lips.

At this moment, he no longer cared about Xu Mingyuan and just rushed towards home.

Seeing her jogging along the way looking a bit silly and cute, Xu Mingyuan covered his forehead with his hands in amusement.

This little girl...

(End of this chapter)