Taoist Master and the Cat

The college entrance examination is getting closer, and in the rhythm of preparing for the exam against time, the four children have their birthdays again.

Grandma Tao specially set the alarm clock at 5:30 in the morning so that she could get up in time to prepare longevity noodles.

Perhaps because she was happy, Grandma Tao woke up earlier than the alarm clock. She opened the curtains and saw that the sun had already come out, but it was blocked by tall buildings, and she could only see the morning glow on the horizon.

Grandma Tao went to the kitchen lightly.

Miaomiao likes fishball noodles, Jialing likes braised beef noodles, Xu Shou likes pork ribs noodles with sauce, and grandson’s egg noodles with tomato are the simplest and can be made last.

The once wobbly child turned into an eighteen-year-old adult in the blink of an eye.

Grandma Tao not only misses the lovely childhood of the children, but also is proud that they all grew up so well.

Gently humming the square dance ditty, Grandma Tao was busy with skillful movements.

When Su Ming'an and Tang Shiwei came to help, Grandma Tao's preparations had already been completed.

The four children also got up one after another.

Su Miaomiao was the latest to get up. When she came to 1002, everyone was serving bowls of steaming noodles.

Stomach growled a few times, Su Miaomiao walked towards the dining table with a smile.

It took a lot of time to prepare birthday gifts for four children at one go. After paying twice, Su Mingan and Tang Shiwei followed the example of Grandma Tao and gave each of the three high school students a red envelope.

Although red envelopes are vulgar, they are really the most suitable. Children can use them to buy things they really like or need.

Su Miaomiao was the only girl among the four, and she received special treatment. Grandma Tao continued to give her carefully selected jewelry.

"The four of us have discussed it. We are too busy preparing for the exam this year, so we won't give each other gifts, so everyone can save trouble." Gu Jialing explained to the elders.

Tang Shiwei smiled: "Did you think that the gift they prepared was not thoughtful enough, so you offered to cancel it?"

Gu Jialing: "Don't mention it, Auntie, I will get angry if I mention this."

Su Miaomiao pretended not to understand. Under the table, she quietly rubbed Xie Jingyuan's calf with her toes, and her eyes were full of hints.

Xie Jingyuan avoided her feet and lowered his head to eat noodles.

After the meal, the elders still had time to chat, and the four high school students put on their schoolbags and set off.

The morning light was bright and gentle, Su Miaomiao ran beside Xie Jingyuan, and asked in a low voice, "Where's my gift?"

Xie Jingyuan: "I'll give it to you when I get to the stadium."

Su Miaomiao understood that the priest was afraid of being discovered by Gu Jialing.

Arriving at No. 1 Middle School, Gu Jialing and Xu Shou carried their schoolbags to the classroom, while Su Miaomiao and Xie Jingyuan walked to the court with tennis rackets on their backs.

At first, Su Miaomiao was interested in both high jump and tennis, so she specially used morning self-study to train high jump and evening self-study to practice tennis. Later, the competitions of these two sports often clashed, and the two coaches always tried to win over Su Miaomiao by taking turns to give Su Miaomiao chicken soup to reason. high jump.

Tennis is more tiring, but Su Miaomiao enjoys the sense of accomplishment of chasing tennis.

Next door to the tennis court is the school gymnasium, and the two of them went inside to change into their sportswear first.

Xie Jingyuan came out of the dressing room first, holding a small white gift box in his hand.

Su Miaomiao walked out of the dressing room and noticed the things in his hand at a glance.

She ran over happily, her ponytail flicking as she walked.

Xie Jingyuan took the initiative to extend his hand.

Su Miaomiao snatched the gift box and opened it impatiently.

Inside the box is a butterfly headband, the headband is white, and the platinum butterfly is studded with diamonds, which is Su Miaomiao's favorite look.

Different from other jewelry that Xie Jingyuan bought before, this headband was customized by him from the brand, and the quantity is ten.

She always wears her hair **** when she plays tennis, and a hair tie is almost a necessity for her, but so far she has not received this kind of diamond hair tie.

"nice."

After admiring, Su Miaomiao held the ponytail with one hand, took off the old hair tie with the other hand, and put on the new hair tie.

Xie Jingyuan paused, and reminded: "Remember to change back to the old one before going to the classroom. Don't let Gu Jialing see it. Next time you wear it, say it was given by your uncle."

Su Miaomiao: "Don't worry, I know how to deal with him."

Xie Jingyuan put the things of the two into the locker, and accompanied her to the tennis court.

Some gym students who did the same morning exercise came to watch them play during their breaks. Regardless of their skills, the sparkling diamonds on Su Miaomiao's head were really dazzling!

After receiving a gift she liked, Su Miaomiao was smiling when she walked into the classroom.

"You're so happy to find the money?" Gu Jialing asked suspiciously.

Su Miaomiao ignored him.

Lin Xi just glanced at her and continued to lecture the students in front of her.

Xie Jingyuan remembered that Cheng Yue, Lin Xi, Feng Xiaoyu, and Zhou Yao would give them birthday gifts two years ago, but now Lin Xi didn't express anything, which surprised him.

The day passes in one class after another, and in the evening, the senior high school students also have one more night of self-study than the younger students.

Su Miaomiao and Xie Jingyuan still used the last session of self-study to play tennis, and waited for Xu Shou and Gu Jialing downstairs after the game.

After standing for a while, Gu Jialing suddenly poked his head out of the window of Class 9 and waved at them: "I still have two big questions to finish, you guys come up first!"

Su Miaomiao: "Take it home and do it again!" She was sleepy.

Gu Jialing: "You are a recommended student, how do you know our suffering!"

Su Miaomiao: ...

Xie Jingyuan: "Go up."

Su Miaomiao had no choice but to follow him up to the second floor.

Evening self-study is already very late, day students are in a hurry to go home after class, and boarding students have to rush back to the dormitory to make full use of the time before lights-out, so the classrooms are almost empty at this time.

When Su Miaomiao and Xie Jingyuan walked into Class 9, the lights in the classroom were suddenly turned off.

The two stayed in place, and the next second, the lights enveloped them simultaneously with screams.

"happy Birthday!"

Cheng Yue, Feng Xiaoyu, and Zhou Yao jumped out from the side of the podium, holding a big three-tiered birthday cake with eighteen candles stuck in it.

In the last row of the classroom, apart from Xu Shou and Gu Jialing, Lin Xi was also there.

Xie Jingyuan didn't expect this kind of scene, but he was calm enough to be surprised that this emotion was suppressed before it even had time to appear in his eyes.

Su Miaomiao was pleasantly surprised.

Cheng Yue enthusiastically said: "This is your eighteenth birthday, of course we have to make it more grand. Originally, I wanted to toss the colorful cards, but Xiao Yu said cleaning was too troublesome, so I didn't buy them. Hey, the third year of high school is too busy Otherwise, we can still go to ktv to celebrate, now we can only make do with it."

Su Miaomiao didn't know what to say, Xie Jingyuan said, "Thank you."

Cheng Yue: "You're welcome, let's go, let's go to your seats and eat cake."

The boys have already cleaned up the surfaces of the desks. Apart from cakes, Cheng Yue and the others have also prepared eight cans of beer.

"Hey, grown-ups should have grown-up ostentation on their birthdays!" Cheng Yue excitedly handed out beer.

Lin Xi smiled slightly: "Both your and Zhou Yao's birthdays are on summer vacation, and you are still a few months away from becoming an adult."

Cheng Yue: "Do you understand rounding? Thanks to you, you are still a master!"

Lin Xi shook his head, took the beer and held it in his hand.

Xu Shou and Gu Jialing all looked at Xie Jingyuan, seeing that the priest had no objection, they took the beer.

"Come on, let's have a drink first!" Feng Xiaoyu was the first to hold up the beer boldly.

Xie Jingyuan: "Don't drink too much."

Cheng Yue: "A Taoist priest is a Taoist priest, still the same, more like a head teacher than a head teacher."

Except for Xie Jingyuan and Xu Shou, everyone else laughed.

Su Miaomiao had never drank beer before, but this time she finally had the chance to taste it, and accidentally took a big gulp.

"Kind of like Coca-Cola."

Licking her lips, Su Miaomiao said in novelty.

Cheng Yue smiled and said, "Drink more if you like, anyway, there is a Taoist, so you don't have to be afraid of getting drunk."

Lin Xi looked at Xie Jingyuan.

Xie Jingyuan put the untouched beer on the table.

Because there are four people celebrating birthdays, it is more troublesome to prepare gifts, so this cake is a gift from Cheng Yue and the four of them.

After the cake was cut, everyone sat around and chatted while eating.

Cheng Yue: "Hey, actually, I feel a little uncomfortable. The five of you are all academic masters, and you should all be admitted to Beijing University. We are different. If you can get the key points, you can count as extraordinary performance. Maybe tonight will be our last time. Let's celebrate birthday together."

Feng Xiaoyu's eyes were reddened by her words, and she looked at Su Miaomiao reluctantly.

Zhou Yao lowered her eyes and gently turned the beer can.

Su Miaomiao: "We will celebrate your birthday together again during the summer vacation."

Cheng Yue snorted, "Where are you free? You went to a foreign competition last summer, so you must be competing this year, right?"

With Su Miaomiao around, they and Xie Jingyuan can get together, without Su Miaomiao, it feels weird.

Besides, Xie Jingyuan accompanied Su Miaomiao to go abroad last year, and the two will definitely act together this year.

Feng Xiaoyu: "Don't choose the day of your birthday, let's have a big meal the day after the college entrance examination!"

"Okay, it's a deal!" Cheng Yue raised the beer again.

There are so many people, eating cakes and drinking beer, and before you know it, it's time for the school to close.

The eight people cleaned up the trash, talked and laughed and left the teaching building.

Zhou Yao and Feng Xiaoyu stayed and separated from them halfway.

Cheng Yue's family had a car to pick them up, but in the end only Lin Xi rode a bicycle and followed the group of four at Qingxuguan leisurely.

On the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar, the moon is round, and the moonlight stretches the shadows of the high school students.

Su Miaomiao drank a bottle of beer, she didn't feel anything in the classroom, and now she feels a little dizzy.

"Lin Xi, take me with you." Su Miaomiao rubbed her eyes and wanted to go to Lin Xi's side.

Lin Xi stopped the car and put his foot on the ground.

Su Miaomiao failed to come over, but was grabbed by Xie Jingyuan's wrist.

"I'm sleepy." Su Miaomiao half-closed her eyes and said.

Xie Jingyuan's eyes were cold: "If you're so sleepy, you'll fall off the car, I'll carry you on your back."

It was more comfortable for people to carry than riding a bicycle, so Su Miaomiao turned around and skillfully lay on Xie Jingyuan's back.

Gu Jialing and Xu Shou are already used to this. The cat is the most delicate, and the training is tiring. It is normal for the Taoist priest to take care of her more.

Lin Xi also saw Xie Jingyuan carrying Su Miaomiao on his back, more than once.

He still remembered that Su Miaomiao would call Xie Jingyuan his brother when he was a child.

So, Su Miaomiao also regards Xie Jingyuan as her elder brother now, where is Xie Jingyuan?

Lin Xi looked at Xie Jingyuan.

Xie Jingyuan looked as usual: "It's getting late, you should go back first."

"Well, see you tomorrow." Lin Xi smiled and rode forward.

When the distance between the two parties was far enough, Xu Shou suddenly asked, "Does he like Su Miaomiao?"

Gu Jialing seemed to have heard some big news: "No? Where did you see it?"

Xu Shou: "The eyes."

Gu Jialing recalled it deeply, but still didn't find any signs. Lin Xi was very gentle and polite to everyone. When he smiled, even the birds in the mountains and forests would dare to jump on his shoulders. Unlike Su Miaomiao, the cat With eyebrows and cat eyes, birds will only avoid it far away.

Xu Shou didn't intend to discuss this kind of issue with a chickadee who hadn't seen much in the world. What he said just now was to the Taoist priest.

Xie Jingyuan looked at Lin Xi's back and said, "Prepare for the college entrance examination first, and don't worry about other things."

It is other people's business that others like Su Miaomiao, they cannot interfere, and there is no need to interfere, unless those people take untimely practical actions.

Xu Shou nodded.

Although Gu Jialing couldn't see what Lin Xi was thinking, she became very interested in this topic, touched her chin and said, "Lin Xi seems to be pretty good, he looks handsome and has a good temper, and he doesn't smell messy, so he's definitely Su Miao. A wonderful choice, of course, the premise is that he can be admitted to Beijing University."

Xie Jingyuan glanced at him.

Gu Jialing is still immersed in her own world: "Although Su Miaomiao is the daughter of cat parents and cat mothers, she is also a member of our Qingxu concept, so in the future, Lin Xilai will propose a marriage, so do you have to prepare a dowry gift for us? Daoist, what does Lin Xi's family do, do they have money? Su Miaomiao can spend so much money, ordinary people can't afford him."

Who has ever seen a cat thinking about jewelry every day?

Xie Jingyuan did not answer.

However, he remembered that Lin Xi's family also had a company, and his economic conditions must be above average. Lin Xi himself was a top student, and his employment prospects were promising.

"Why are you so mundane?" Xu Shou suddenly despised Gu Jialing, "Not everyone considers each other's family conditions when they fall in love."

Gu Jialing knew that he was more familiar with human beings, so he humbly asked: "Then tell us, do those men and women who pursue true love end up happy ending?"

Xu Shou: ...

Speak as you speak, what English do you speak?

Xu Shou has always been unable to speak English, and he would get goosebumps when he said a word. Fortunately, the college entrance examination only takes written and listening tests.

"There are good and bad, you can't generalize."

"Then tell me about the bad."

The two chatted lively, Xie Jingyuan quickened his pace a little, and distanced himself from them with Su Miaomiao on his back.

Su Miaomiao was already asleep, with her face pressed against his shoulder, exhaling hot air into his ears, with a faint smell of alcohol.

An ambulance drove by in a nearby street, with short, high-pitched sirens.

Su Miaomiao was disturbed, she instinctively searched for a quilt that could reduce the sound as if she was sleeping on a bed, Xie Jingyuan naturally had no quilt on her body, so Su Miaomiao hugged his neck and buried her face in his neck, soft and warm Her lips brushed against him unconsciously several times.

Xie Jingyuan's arms stiffened, and he said coldly: "The head is facing outward."

Su Miaomiao had already formed the habit of listening to him, so she turned around in a daze.

But her hair continued to rub against Xie Jingyuan's neck and ears gently following Xie Jingyuan's footsteps.

Su Miaomiao likes the softness of Gu Jialing's hair. In fact, her hair is even softer, which arouses a slightly itchy and comfortable touch.

Xie Jingyuan had no choice but to turn his head to the other side, trying to avoid her as much as possible.

"Master, let me come."

Passing a traffic light, Xu Shou was considerate and authentic.

Xie Jingyuan shook his head.

Gu Jialing laughed at Xu Shou: "You two are not used to each other's smell, be careful that she scratches you, let me do it."

Xie Jingyuan also avoided his hand, looked at the front and said: "It's not far away, let her sleep for a while."