Chapter 413 Heartbeat

Chapter 413 Heartbeat

Chapter 413 Heartbeat
Xu Mingyuan usually went to the company in the morning and met his father at least four or five times a week.

Yang Zhi would often go there to hang out, whether in Jiangcheng or Nanxi, it was actually the same.

For Yang Zhi, ever since the plastic steel family building was demolished, the house she cared about most is gone, and now wherever Xu Mingyuan is, that is her home.

When leaving Nanxi, Yang Zhi's one suitcase was not enough, so she took out Xu Mingyuan's suitcase, and also brought an extra schoolbag, and also took her small safe.

I have to live in Jiangcheng for school, so I will go back to Nanxi less often. It will be more convenient to save money in the future if I bring a safe.

There is less than a month left before school starts, and Yang Zhi couldn't help but feel a headache when he heard about the military training.

Fortunately, Xu Mingyuan said that he would come to accompany me often. Since I had arranged for day study in advance, I didn’t have to live on campus at night. The short half-month military training for the art major was not very tiring.

Xu Mingyuan didn't understand why little girls had to carry such heavy luggage. This was true for Tao Shuxin and Xiao Yangzhi.

The schoolbag that Xiao Yangzhi was carrying was very heavy, and she could carry it by herself, but she was only concerned with packing her suitcase and didn't even consider taking it to the sixth floor.

As soon as Xu Mingyuan moved the two suitcases home, Xiao Yangzhi became anxiously thinking about the small safe in the car.

A small safe filled with gold bars and cash, weighing about fifty or sixty kilograms.

Even if Xiao Yangzhi died of exhaustion, she would not be able to move to the sixth floor, and Xu Mingyuan would have to do it in the end.

Although Xiao Yangzhi couldn't help, her help would still help.

But Xiao Yangzhi still followed Xu Mingyuan downstairs, watched him move the safe with great effort, and cheered him on from the side.

After finally moving the safe home, Xu Mingyuan almost collapsed from exhaustion.

I was already very tired after driving for more than an hour. I didn't even have time to drink a sip of water before I had to help Xiao Yangzhi move things.

"Brother, thank you for your hard work."

After running up and down the stairs twice, Yang Zhi was very tired, but she still poured a glass of boiled water first. After Xu Mingyuan finished drinking it, she poured him another full glass of water.

Xu Mingyuan, who was sitting on the ground, handed her the remaining water. Seeing Xiao Yangzhi also squatting on the ground to drink water, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You little girl are really troublesome."

"Brother, I'm sorry, there won't be a next time, okay?" Yang Zhi said very unhappily.

"All you do is apologize all day long. Can't you do something else?" Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"OK, all right."

Yang Zhi scratched his head and saw the mixed meaning in Xu Mingyuan's smile. He put the cup of water on the ground, and without caring that Xu Mingyuan was sweating, he pressed his soft body against him and clung to him.

After hanging out enough and having a good rest, Yang Zhi started to pack up her things.

Most of the clothes in the box were what she would wear in autumn and winter, such as thermal underwear, sweaters, cotton-padded jackets and other thick clothes. She took them all out, and it seemed like she wanted to move in for the winter.

There was nothing new about Xiao Yangzhi's underwear. Xu Mingyuan had seen it countless times. They were all white. The few pieces that came in other colors were all light colors, and she was not happy to wear them.

This little girl is a bit of a germaphobe, she has to wash until it is completely white before she considers it clean. Unlike the lazy girl Xiao Taotao, she only washes it twice and it takes less than ten minutes.

The rest were small ornaments brought by Xiao Yangzhi, which accounted for most of the weight. He also brought a teddy bear that he had bought before, which was curled up into a ball.

When taking out the teddy bear, Yang Zhi deliberately raised his eyes to look at Xu Mingyuan, then sighed sadly.

Xu Mingyuan probably understood what Xiao Yangzhi meant, which was probably a hint that he couldn't accompany her, so she had no choice but to fall asleep hugging her teddy bear.

Xu Mingyuan smiled slightly awkwardly and continued to stay aside and watch Xiao Yangzhi sort out things. He could move things, but he was not as careful as Xiao Yangzhi in packing up, so he just watched her work.

"Brother, do you still remember this flip phone? You were the first one to buy it for me."

Yang Zhi took out a small iron box from the suitcase, which contained three mobile phones and some miscellaneous items.

"What brand? Ericsson? Oh, I remember. You probably changed it not long after using it, right?"

Xu Mingyuan took over a small light blue flip phone. The phone was well protected by Xiao Yangzhi, with only slight wear on the buttons. He pressed and held the power button and found that the battery was still charged and the phone could be turned on.

"No, I've been using this phone for almost a year. It's the longest phone I've ever used," Yang Zhi explained.

"Hey, you still have this photo? Don't you dislike wearing that bunny ear hat?"

Xu Mingyuan saw a winter photo on the startup screen, and both of them were wearing long black down jackets.

However, Xu Mingyuan had half of his arms open, revealing the black and white school uniform of No. 3 Middle School underneath, while Xiao Yangzhi was wrapped tightly, wearing the blue and white school uniform pants of No. 9 Middle School.

At that time, Xu Mingyuan's face was still a little immature, and the pixel of the mobile phone was average, so his domineering eyes could not be seen.

Little Yangzhi was even younger, not to mention her face, which was pale and malnourished. At that time, she was pursing her lips, twisting her face, and looking at the camera timidly, as if Xu Mingyuan had forced her to take the photo.

Xu Mingyuan glanced at Xiao Yangzhi, then at the screen, and suddenly realized that time was passing so fast that it was beyond his imagination.

We often stayed together and didn't think anything of it, but when I looked at the old photos, I realized that Xiao Yangzhi had changed so much. She had grown from a green little girl into a graceful young lady.

"I don't like it, but my brother likes it. This is the first photo we took together. It's very memorable." Yang Zhi raised her lips slightly, rummaging through the suitcase, took out a white knitted hat from under her clothes, put it on her head and asked, "Brother, does it look good?"

"It looks good. Come on, shake your head." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Oh……"

Little Yangzhi shook his head, causing his rabbit ears to flutter left and right.

"Haha, so silly." Xu Mingyuan laughed.

"No." Yang Zhi took out the Xingkong Plus phone from his pocket and handed it to Xu Mingyuan. After a long time of effort, he finally found a good angle to take a photo, and then immediately said to Xu Mingyuan: "Brother, you see, I was really stupid at that time."

The photo captured on the phone screen at this moment has much clearer pixels than the photos taken before.

Both of them have undergone some changes, but Xu Mingyuan's changes are not as great as Xiao Yangzhi's.

After all, Xu Mingyuan was already an adult that year, and his dress style has not changed much, and he still has medium-short hair.

The biggest change in Xiao Yangzhi is not only in her face, but also in her temperament.

Little Yang Zhi looked so timid at first, and Xu Mingyuan got angry just by looking at her, but now she has become more confident and can even smile.

"You are never stupid. You are a very smart girl. You can score 621 points even if you took the college entrance examination one year in advance. I tried so hard but couldn't get points." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"We are different. I can concentrate on studying, but my brother has to consider supporting the family. The things he has to think about are much more complicated than mine. If you focus on studying, you will definitely be able to get into Peking University or Tsinghua University." Yang Zhi said seriously.

"Nonsense, I don't have that ability." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"I'm not kidding, it's just like that."

In Yang Zhi's heart, she had already put a filter on Xu Mingyuan.

No matter what Xu Mingyuan does, Yang Zhi will believe that he can do it well and will never have any doubt.

"Haha, okay, if there is another life, I will try my best to get into Peking University or Tsinghua University." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile. "Then brother, you must take me with you in your next life. I am very stupid and I don't know if I can pass the exam." Yang Zhi scratched his head and said.

"Okay, I will arrange for you to be an art student so that you can continue to study painting." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Okay." Yang Zhi nodded seriously, and then said thoughtfully: "Well...then I won't learn to paint, I can learn to sing and dance for my brother."

"You can learn it in this life, why do you need it in the next life?" Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"That's true, but I'm clumsy. I'm tone-deaf and my hands and feet are not coordinated. It's hard to practice well." Yang Zhi said embarrassedly.

"You are beautiful and have a nice voice. Even if you are not good at studying, you are still better than most people." Xu Mingyuan said.

"As long as my brother likes it."

Yang Zhi smiled faintly, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Of course I like it." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Hehe..." Yang Zhi laughed foolishly for a while, took out a plastic gum can from the small iron box and shook it, making a clattering sound inside, and said to Xu Mingyuan: "Brother, do you know what this is?"

"I don't know." Xu Mingyuan said casually.

"Open it and take a look."

Yang Zhi handed the jar in his hand to Xu Mingyuan without much hesitation.

But after handing it to him, Yang Zhi's fingers trembled slightly, and she subconsciously wanted to snatch it back, but finally retracted her hand.

"What? Memory cards? How did you save so many?"

Xu Mingyuan opened it and poured it into his hand, and saw that it was filled with mobile phone memory cards, more than a dozen of them.

The capacities range from 64MB to 128MB, but there are also two 512MB memory cards, which should have been purchased in the past one or two years.

"Guess what's inside?" Yang Zhi asked a little embarrassedly.

"How could I guess that?" Xu Mingyuan said.

"I took these pictures of my brother secretly..."

Yang Zhi bit her lips lightly and dared not look up at Xu Mingyuan again.

"Ah? Damn, Xiao Yangzhi, are you a pervert? You secretly took photos of so many memory cards?"

Xu Mingyuan was shocked. He didn't expect that little Yangzhi had this habit. He held her little face and looked at her carefully, trying to find some strange look in her eyes.

But how could Yang Zhi have the nerve to look Xu Mingyuan in the eye at this moment? She kept moving her eyes left and right, refusing to look at him.

"No, no, brother, there are other things we can shoot together. Videos recorded at home and outside also take up a lot of memory. It's not just your photos..."

Yang Zhi originally wanted to keep this secret hidden for the rest of her life, but now she has to open her heart and tell her brother all her little secrets.

"Come, show me what's there."

Xu Mingyuan went to get his notebook, connected the data cable, and began to check Xiao Yangzhi's little secret.

A small half of them are photos of Xu Mingyuan’s daily life. Because they were candid shots, the slightest movement of mobile phones used in the past two years would produce afterimages, so many of the photos are quite abstract.

In addition, the recorded videos took up most of the memory, including street scenes near the community and old houses in the plastic steel residential building.

Xiao Yangzhi likes to reminisce about the past, and the photos she took brought back memories that Xu Mingyuan had forgotten deep in his mind.

Unfortunately, she has very few selfies of her own. From the few that Xu Mingyuan found, it seemed that she was afraid to look at the camera when taking the photos, and her face looked embarrassed and shy.

"Didn't you say there were photos of the two of us? Where are they?" Xu Mingyuan asked.

“This one should have it.”

Yang Zhi found a memory card. All the memory cards looked the same, but she had already read them thoroughly and there were marks she had made on them.

However, most of the photos of Xu Mingyuan were taken by Xiao Yangzhi when he was returning home after they separated after he went to college. The photos are mostly the same and there is nothing much to say.

The group photos are different. A small part of them were taken by Xu Mingyuan and Xiao Yangzhi together, and the rest were taken by her secretly under her bed while she was sleeping.

There was a video clip that surprised Xu Mingyuan greatly. It was recorded by Xiao Yangzhi when she secretly kissed him during his lunch break.

The video was a little shaky, and Xiao Yangzhi's face in the screen was red, but she still suppressed her shyness and touched Xu Mingyuan's lips, then hurriedly pressed the pause button.

"Xiao Yangzhi, you can do it."

Xu Mingyuan looked aside in surprise, and Xiao Yangzhi's face was even redder than in the video, and had already turned completely red.

"Brother, please stop laughing at me... You were in college at that time, and I missed you so much. What else could I do if I didn't take a video..."

How could Yang Zhi dare to look up now? She could only lower her head and rub her fingers, as if she had returned to those beautiful and youthful days.

"Okay, keep them all. I have an unused USB drive here, so I'll put all the files in it for you. I'll buy you a new laptop tomorrow. It's too troublesome to keep changing memory cards."

Xu Mingyuan did not tease Xiao Yangzhi, for he was afraid that if he teased her any longer, the little girl would faint from embarrassment.

"Um……"

Seeing that Xu Mingyuan had no intention of blaming him, Yang Zhi made a mosquito-like sound.

Yang Zhi no longer had any secrets to tell Xu Mingyuan, and she told him all her thoughts without reservation.

Xu Mingyuan had just turned off the computer and was about to help Xiao Yangzhi put the box away.

But Yang Zhi didn't give him any free time and hugged him first.

"Brother, I'm already in college." Yang Zhi said resentfully.

"Yes, you are a college student." Xu Mingyuan said with emotion.

"I'm not little anymore..."

Yang Zhi's voice is as thin as a mosquito.

After he said this, Xu Mingyuan could feel Xiao Yangzhi's heart pounding through her clothes.

"Ah."

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(End of this chapter)