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MTL - Taoist Master and the Cat-Chapter 32
After the heat of the military training, the first-year high school freshmen also officially started their high school life full of problems.
The homework of one subject and one subject piled up, and when it was evening self-study, most of the students were immersed in the problems.
Both Xie Jingyuan and Xu Shou are extremely self-disciplined people. Su Miaomiao's classroom self-discipline was completely trained by Xie Jingyuan the day after tomorrow. She can only go to bed after finishing her homework.
Compared with the three of them, Gu Jialing was a bit out of place.
He has a clever mind, and the subjects in primary and junior high schools used to be relatively simple. Gu Jialing often kept his grades among the top three in the class without doing homework.
Gu Jialing, who claims to be smart, only wants to sleep on her stomach or do something else during her evening self-study.
Gu Jialing put on the earphones and secretly listened to the song.
It's just that he had just finished his preparations and hadn't adjusted the volume when Xu Shou suddenly snatched his cell phone and earphones away.
Gu Jialing got angry in a low voice: "What are you doing?"
Xu Shou: "Do your homework."
Gu Jialing looked up, trying to find other students who had deserted, but Class Nine was an invisible top class, and they were all doing their homework right now, including the last few, trying to catch up with the students in front.
The high school entrance examination results are only their starting point, and they still have three years to catch up and overtake.
This atmosphere of studying hard made Gu Jialing feel a little guilty.
Xu Shou looked at Su Miaomiao who was obediently doing homework in front of him, and whispered provocatively, "You can't beat a cat when you were a bird. Do you want to lose to her even in exams?"
One word awakened the dreamer, Gu Jialing suddenly understood why the Taoist leader always favored Su Miaomiao!
Because Su Miaomiao is obedient and her grades are good!
So, when his grades surpass Su Miaomiao, is the priest willing to buy him gems?
Gu Jialing found motivation, without Xu Shou's supervision, he took the initiative to ask Xu Shou for today's homework for each subject, and started to study hard.
Concentrate on homework during self-study, when teachers ask questions in class, Gu Jialing also actively raises her hand, unlike Su Miaomiao, who has to be called to stand up.
So, when the old man of the Gu family called the head teacher to ask about his grandson's performance, he got a very positive answer.
Mr. Gu was very happy, thinking that it was all driven by Xie Jingyuan and Xu Shou, two top academics, so he felt more at ease letting his grandson live in Xie's house.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the school was on holiday and the students were given three days off.
Gu Jialing and Xu Shou are going home for the holidays.
Xie Jingyuan took them to the supermarket once and bought Mid-Autumn festival gifts for the two elders respectively. Since the town of Gu's family and the village of Xu's family are both in the northwest of Anshi, Gu Jialing offered to send Xu Shou home so that Xu Shou would not have to squeeze bus.
"Respect the elderly well after returning home, and don't cause trouble."
Beside the black luxury car, Xie Jingyuan told the two to talk.
Xu Shou nodded, Gu Jialing smiled playfully, happily like a bird about to get out of the cage: "Don't worry, Taoist priest, we are not cats."
Xie Jingyuan took another look at him and stepped back.
The black luxury car drove away.
Xie Jingyuan returned upstairs, just in time to meet the three members of the Su family who just came out of 1001.
Su Miaomiao is going back to her hometown in the county with her parents to visit her grandparents.
Regarding distance, the whole family has discussed it. They will go to Su's hometown for short vacations, and grandparents' house in Jiang City for long National Day holidays.
Of course, Su Ming'an and Tang Shiwei are very busy, only Su Miaomiao can stay on both sides for a longer period of time.
"Let's go, see you later." Su Mingan happily patted Xie Jingyuan's shoulder, but there was another emotion conveyed in his eyes.
Brat, he is fascinated by his daughter. Only in this kind of festival will Su Mingan spend more time with his daughter than Xie Jingyuan.
Xie Jingyuan politely sent the three of them to the elevator.
The elevator door was about to close, Su Mingan and Tang Shiwei both noticed that Xie Jingyuan's last gaze fell on his daughter's face.
The husband and wife had different thoughts, only Su Miaomiao understood Xie Jingyuan's meaning - "Don't steal, don't fight with others".
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xie Jingyuan and Grandma Tao also went to the villa where Xie Rong and Qiao Lili lived together.
The dinner in the villa was well prepared, and Qiao Lili specially asked the chef to cook five or six vegetarian dishes for Xie Jingyuan.
Xie Jingyuan still had that indifferent expression, he didn't care whether others treated him well or badly.
Xie Wenlan snorted.
When Su Miaomiao was around, Xie Wenlan wanted to compete with Su Miaomiao for the favor of all relatives, but when Su Miaomiao was gone, Xie Wenlan didn't like Xie Jingyuan like this.
Although my mother is a stepmother, she has never abused Xie Jingyuan. Why does Xie Jingyuan always put on a bad face?
"Brother, don't you know how to laugh?" Xie Wenlan asked jokingly.
Xie Jingyuan glanced at her.
Xie Wenlan: "I don't think I've ever seen you smile anyway."
Qiao Lili stared over: "You talk too much, eat your food."
Xie Wenlan wanted to say: "Brother, a classmate of mine told me that she saw you buying diamond earrings for Su Miaomiao. I'm still your own sister, so why don't you buy me one too? I don't ask much. , It doesn’t need hundreds of thousands, just give me a few thousand yuan.”
Hundreds of thousands?
Twin brother Xie Jingze almost spit out a mouthful of saliva, looking at his father in disbelief.
It's too eccentric. Dad only gave him 5,000 yuan a month for living expenses, and his mother was not allowed to give him any more. How could the eldest brother take out more than 100,000 yuan at once?
He was not convinced. Of course, Xie Wenlan deliberately broke the matter for the same reason.
Xie Rong ate as if nothing had happened, and the children's quarrels did not make him angry.
Qiao Lili taught the twins a lesson: "If you want earrings, save money by yourself. Your elder brother has been sensible since he was a child, and he doesn't spend money recklessly, so he can save so much. It's not like you, who spend all their living expenses every month. You have a little sense of financial management. nothing."
Xie Wenlan curled her lips: "It may also be that the eldest brother has good grades, and my father gave too much favoritism."
Xie Rong still ate calmly, neither admitting nor denying it.
He does transfer 100,000 yuan to Grandma Tao every month, and he will give an extra copy during the holidays. The money is said to be for the living expenses of the mother and son, but given the love the mother has for Jing Yuan, the 100,000 yuan can basically be at Jing Yuan's disposal.
Grandma Tao didn't like to hear it anymore, and hummed: "Jingyuan Elementary and Junior High School participated in many competitions, and all the prize money I got was given to me. Last year, Jingyuan even wrote a book, and the publishing fee alone cost one million. You don’t have to ask us adults for money for a long time, and if you two feel that your parents don’t give you enough money, you can find a way to earn it yourself.”
Grandma Tao said these words proudly and relieved.
Xie Rong, Qiao Lili, and the twins were all shocked, they all looked at Grandma Tao, and then at Xie Jingyuan.
Xie Jingyuan still had that indifferent expression.
Grandma Tao: "Jing Yuan is low-key and doesn't like to show off, so you don't have to ask me what book it is, I won't tell you."
But the more she wanted to keep it mysterious, the more curious Qiao Lili and the twins became.
Because Xie Jingyuan was too academic, they didn't question the authenticity of this matter.
No matter how they asked, Grandma Tao just didn't say anything.
Xie Jingyuan finished his meal silently, put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm going back to my room first."
Xie Rong thought for a while, and left with his son.
"Can you tell Dad?" Xie Rong asked with a smile.
Xie Jingyuan: "It's not necessary."
Xie Rong: "I'm afraid that you will be at a disadvantage in terms of contract because you are young."
Xie Jingyuan: "I have studied the publishing market and contract law."
Xie Rong changed the subject: "I know you and Miaomiao have a good relationship, but at this stage the most important thing is to study, don't go too far with some things."
A boy suddenly giving such an expensive gift is like a sense of ritual for a special event between lovers.
Xie Jingyuan frowned, and said coldly: "How I spend my own income has nothing to do with you."
Xie Rong coughed: "I'm not talking about buying earrings."
Xie Jingyuan stopped and looked directly at Xie Rong, not understanding what he meant.
Xie Rong wanted to remind his son, but when he saw his son's clear eyes, which were rare among high school boys, Xie Rong paused and swallowed his words.
He doesn't know why, but he just has a feeling that no matter how much his son likes Miao Miao, he won't be impulsive, holding hands and kissing is the limit.
"It's okay, Dad believes in you." Xie Rong smiled and patted his son on the shoulder.
Xie Jingyuan avoided it and walked to the second floor alone.
After closing the door, Xie Jingyuan walked to the balcony, the breeze blew in, and the faint smell of grass and trees suppressed the irritability in his heart.
He doesn't like this kind of meaningless entertainment.
Standing alone for a while, Xie Jingyuan closed the glass door of the balcony, took out his mobile phone, and first dialed Su Miaomiao's video.
Su Miaomiao was sitting in the living room of her grandfather’s house. Many relatives came to the house. Some were busy with dinner in the kitchen, and some seized the time to play mahjong. Su Miaomiao had an ice cream in her hand and watched the relatives play cards while eating.
"Who is it?"
A strange girl's face broke into the screen, seeing Xie Jingyuan's too handsome face, the girl screamed and avoided the camera.
Su Miaomiao explained to Xie Jingyuan: "My cousin."
Xie Jingyuan thought, she has so many older sisters, both cousins and cousins.
Xie Jingyuan just wanted to confirm what she was doing, and now that he knew, he wanted to end the call.
Su Miaomiao went to the bedroom with her mobile phone, knowing that he didn't like the noise outside.
"Are you in the villa?" Su Miaomiao moved her face closer to the screen, looking at the room furnishings behind Xie Jingyuan.
Xie Jingyuan subconsciously dodged back, as if her head would really pass through the screen and hit him.
"Well, I'll be back tomorrow morning."
Su Miaomiao: "We have to stay one more night. A cousin is getting married tomorrow. Please invite us to dinner."
Xie Jingyuan: "Your ice cream is going to melt."
Su Miaomiao looked down and quickly licked it.
Xie Jingyuan looked away, and said lightly: "It's okay, you can go to accompany relatives."
When Su Miaomiao looked at the screen again, the video was over.
Su Miaomiao didn't think too much, the Taoist priest was always worried about her, as long as she was outside, the Taoist priest would definitely use this method to supervise her.
Xie Jingyuan who hung up the video sat silently for a few minutes, then played Gu Jialing again.
Gu Jialing was playing "Angry Birds" in the study behind the old man's back, and the phone on the table lit up, showing "Taoist".
Gu Jialing's pupils shrank, and immediately blacked out the computer screen, and quickly moved to the desk where he was doing his homework, pretending to be concentrating on the problem.
After the video went through, Xie Jingyuan saw the black earphones on Gu Jialing's head at a glance: "What are you doing?"
Gu Jialing: "Do your homework."
He held up the exercise booklet for Xie Jingyuan to read.
Xie Jingyuan did not expose him.
As long as Gu Jialing doesn't go out to flirt, playing games is fine.
After checking these two, Xie Jingyuan also contacted Xu Shou.
Xu Shou's face cannot be seen in the video, only his panting running sound can be heard: "Master Dao, our neighbor's chicken was stolen by a weasel. I will chase it first and call you later."
Xie Jingyuan: ...