Chapter 442 Recognition
Chapter 442 Recognition
Xu Mingyuan came empty-handed. He came to Tao Shuxin's house at least twenty times, if not thirty times, in a year. There was no need to make things too formal.
However, in most cases, Tao Changming was at home, and there were very few times when he had dinner alone with He Qiong.
"Hello, Teacher He."
Seeing He Qiong coming back, Xu Mingyuan stepped forward and greeted her.
"Well, where's Taotao? Come here."
He Qiong nodded at him and turned to look for her daughter.
"Come on, come on!"
Tao Shuxin, who was taking care of her face, jumped out of the room.
In fact, she had pricked up her ears and heard the door being opened, but she had to pretend to be deaf and dumb to prove that she was not with Xu Mingyuan.
"Xu Mingyuan, when did you come here?" He Qiong asked.
"You got here at almost half past ten, and I just got here a short while ago." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"Tao Shuxin, did you just get up?" He Qiong asked with a frown.
"Mom, I got up a long time ago. I didn't stay in bed." Tao Shuxin diligently helped her mother take the bag in her hand, and then glared at the side: "Xu Mingyuan, you are lying! You arrived just after ten o'clock!"
"Ha, it's only about ten minutes different. I didn't look closely."
Xu Mingyuan smiled helplessly. This silly kid had very low emotional intelligence and didn't know what priorities were.
But it’s better this way, He Qiong knew at a glance that these two young people didn’t do anything out of the ordinary.
"How can this be called a ten-minute difference? Half an hour has passed between the two!"
Tao Shuxin criticized the mistakes in Xu Mingyuan's words. She was actually a little scared. If she really wanted to do something with him, she would definitely be caught...
"Okay, come here and wash the vegetables." He Qiong said.
"Okay mom, do you have spareribs today?"
Tao Shuxin picked up the bag and held it close to her eyes, then squeezed it. There was meat, but no bones.
"No."
"Just make one. Xu Mingyuan is not in a hurry to eat. It doesn't matter if he waits until one o'clock."
"How old are you? You think about eating all day long." He Qiong scolded.
"He wants to eat."
"Don't blame Xu Mingyuan."
"it is true!"
"Why are you still acting like a child?"
"I will always be a child in my mother's eyes."
Tao Shuxin kept chattering to her mother, crying and clamoring for braised pork ribs.
Xu Mingyuan on the side just smiled. With a girl with such a personality at home, she would never be in a bad mood. No wonder Teacher He loved her so much.
Xu Mingyuan wanted to help in the kitchen, but was still kicked out.
After all, he was a guest. It was okay if Tao Changming was at home, and Xu Mingyuan could still brag to him for a while, but it was a bit embarrassing to sit alone in the living room waiting for the food to be served.
However, Tao Shuxin was busy for a short while before running over with wet hands, stuffed a piece of braised meat into Xu Mingyuan's mouth, and hurried back.
After going back and forth a few times, when the aroma of frying green onions wafted from the kitchen, Tao Shuxin had nothing to do.
"Brother Xiaoyuan, you have to eat today. My mother is going to cook four dishes and a soup."
Seeing the closed sliding door in the kitchen, Tao Shuxin squeezed aside to let Xu Mingyuan stay.
"What do you mean I've made it? If I hadn't come, how would you have food to eat?" Xu Mingyuan said.
"Tsk, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be able to enter my house!" Tao Shuxin said with his head raised.
"Well, you are right." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.
"Really? Hum."
Tao Shuxin rolled her eyes arrogantly.
Tao Shuxin, who always liked to compete verbally, might have found the pleasure of victory in Xu Mingyuan. Although she couldn't beat him physically, she could still bully his little sister, and she was the biggest winner.
"Eh? Where's Xiao Zhizhi? Why don't you ask her to come over for dinner? She seems to have never been to my house before."
Thinking of Xiao Yangzhi, Tao Shuxin asked Xu Mingyuan.
"She's in Jiangcheng now." Xu Mingyuan said. "Ah? Why did she go to Jiangcheng? Can't she come back?" Tao Shuxin asked in surprise.
"She left yesterday. How did she come back?"
"Why? Why doesn't she go back with us?"
"My father brought a woman home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together. It seemed that she planned to stay for a long time. Xiao Yangzhi felt uncomfortable staying at home, so she returned to Jiangcheng early." Xu Mingyuan said.
"Oh, is it the woman I saw last time?"
"No, I changed it."
"Changed?"
A look of surprise appeared on Tao Shuxin's face.
"Yes."
"Why? Wasn't the original one quite pretty?"
"Where did you get so many and why? Come, I'm going to call my dad now, you go ask him."
Xu Mingyuan took out his cell phone and pretended to call back.
"Am I sick? I won't fight! Just tell me, what's the big deal?"
Tao Shuxin quickly stopped Xu Mingyuan. This bastard was doing whatever he wanted and he might really beat him up.
"Maybe the overall conditions seem to be pretty good. I don't care about these things." Xu Mingyuan said.
"Hey, that's your stepmother, why don't you ask for clarification?"
Tao Shuxin suddenly became curious and asked with eyes wide open.
"What does it have to do with me? That woman is only in her early thirties. Just call her auntie. Maybe she will change in the future." Xu Mingyuan said speechlessly.
"Still changing? Doesn't your father want to start a family?"
"Tsk, kids, don't worry about adult matters. I can't do anything about it. You're asking this and that here. Just stay away." Xu Mingyuan said.
"I'm just curious..."
Seeing that Xu Mingyuan was getting annoyed by the questions, Tao Shuxin stopped asking and kept her curiosity to herself, waiting for an opportunity to take a look.
The dinner table was not quiet at all. Tao Shuxin chattered non-stop, not having inherited any of her mother's steadiness.
In Xu Mingyuan's memory, He Qiong was a rather nagging old aunt with a kind face.
She doesn’t talk much now, maybe because she feels Xu Mingyuan and Tao Shuxin are too young and don’t have much in common, or maybe it’s a common problem for middle-aged women in menopause?
"Xu Mingyuan, what are you and Tao Shuxin going to do in the future?"
Halfway through the meal, He Qiong suddenly asked.
Xu Mingyuan was stunned when he heard this, but he still said: "I have discussed with Tao Tao, whether she should work in the company with me or become a teacher depends on her own wishes."
“I don’t want to be a teacher…”
Tao Shuxin, who was standing aside, squeaked with his head shrunk.
He Qiong ignored her and continued to ask Xu Mingyuan: "Are you planning on getting married?"
"Tao Tao and I have always had a good relationship, and we plan to get married as soon as we graduate."
"Graduated?" He Qiong asked.
"Well, next year is fine. The overall public opinion on college students' marriage is still negative, so the senior year will have less impact," said Xu Mingyuan.
"Senior year? I don't want to start so soon!"
Tao Shuxin lowered his head and pretended to be silent, but when he heard Xu Mingyuan's words, he quickly raised his head and said.
Nowadays, young people are playing games and have not mastered the right to speak on the Internet. The news that is popular on the Internet now, such as the current generation is not as good as the previous generation, and college students are pregnant before marriage, is scary to see.
"Early is better."
Seeing Xu Mingyuan expressed his opinion, He Qiong nodded and said nothing more.
Tao Shuxin became completely quiet. She said nothing, her legs tightly together, her face full of shyness, and she just lowered her head to eat.
Tao Shuxin didn't expect that her mother called Xu Mingyuan home just to discuss this matter. Although the two had discussed it privately, they had never talked about it publicly.
It seems that I have decided to be with Xu Mingyuan in this life...
(End of this chapter)