Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 28

Su Miaomiao: “You don’t understand, it has nothing to do with being in love.”

Feng Xiaoyu: “What does fate mean then?”

Su Miaomiao thought for a while, and explained as simply as possible, “I offended him by doing something wrong in my previous life, so I will always be under his control in this life.”

It was too profound and complicated, Feng Xiaoyu really didn’t understand.

Cheng Yue observed Xie Jingyuan secretly, seeing his face cold as always, the little flame in her heart jumped a few times again.

Needless to say, Xie Jingyuan didn’t really seem to like Su Miaomiao. He was more like a serious elder brother who not only had to take care of Su Miaomiao, but also criticized and disciplined her in various ways.

Then came the hot pot side dishes.

For fifteen or sixteen-year-old students, even if they had childish and superficial feelings in their hearts, they would not be entangled in them when eating.

The four-compartment hot pot was steaming, Cheng Yue was busy fighting with Su Miaomiao and Feng Xiaoyu while taking care of the introverted Zhou Yao.

Lin Xi ate his own food quietly, with a combination of meat and vegetables, and his movements were graceful.

He was elegant, and Xie Jingyuan was extraordinary and refined. He ate a clear soup pot and added a few slices of vegetables in it from time to time.

Cheng Yue couldn’t help asking, “You don’t eat meat at home?”

How could he grow so tall without eating meat?

Xie Jingyuan ate the dishes silently.

Su Miaomiao answered for him, “He ate meat when he was a child. But his temper became more stubborn when he grew up, and grandma can’t control him. Milk and eggs are the only things he is willing to eat.”

Feng Xiaoyu: “So is this why you call him Taoist Master?”

Su Miaomiao: “…Um.”

She put a few slices in, and said to Xie Jingyuan, “Taoist Master, keep an eye on them. Don’t let them snatch it.”

Cheng Yue: “It’s too much, everyone is fighting for food according to their own ability, how can you invite foreign aid?”

Su Miaomiao thought to herself that since she was a cat of Qingxu Temple, Xie Jingyuan not only had the right to control her, but also had the obligation to take care of her.

Xie Jingyuan seemed to be immersed in his own world, as if he hadn’t heard the girls’ twittering. However, noticing that Cheng Yue and Feng Xiaoyu were about to pick up all the fat beef in the spicy pot, he still picked up the serving chopsticks and placed the remaining two slices into Su Miaomiao’s bowl. At that moment, she was still eating the fish slices carefully.

Cheng Yue saw that scene, and the little flame in her heart dimmed a bit.

Xie Jingyuan’s indifference toward Su Miaomiao was real, but it was really natural for him to take care of her, as if the two of them were born together.

Ah, she also wanted such a bamboo horse! (childhood sweetheart)

After eating the hot pot, the meal was over.

Cheng Yue could just go back to the villa. Lin Xi had moved from their place near the kindergarten and had to wait for the bus at another bus stop.

Su Miaomiao didn’t want to ride the bus, so she told Xie Jingyuan, “Let’s take a taxi.”

Xie Jingyuan stopped an empty taxi.

The taxi stopped by the side of the road, and he sat in the passenger seat.

Su Miaomiao, Feng Xiaoyu, and Zhou Yao sat behind.

They all lived near the kindergarten, and when the driver asked for the destination, Xie Jingyuan reported the kindergarten’s address.

As the car drove, Feng Xiaoyu said with emotion, “I still remember the day when we first started kindergarten, and we are now going to high school in the blink of an eye. By the way, Miaomiao, when will you move to the new house? The new house should be renovated already, right? “

“Yes, it was renovated last year, and my mother said to take advantage of the hot weather to ventilate it for two months, and then move in before school starts.”

Feng Xiaoyu: “I really envy you. It will be so convenient for you to go to school in the future. My mother is going to arrange accommodation in a dorm for me, so I won’t waste time traveling back and forth.”

Zhou Yao: “I will also stay there.”

Feng Xiaoyu’s eyes lit up, and she took her hand and said, “It would be great if we could be assigned to the same dormitory.”

Zhou Yao looked at her and smiled. She thought Feng Xiaoyu didn’t like her, but she didn’t think so anymore.

Su Miaomiao had seen the dormitories in TV dramas. Those beds were too small, and there were several people living in each dormitory. If her parents wanted her to stay there, she would definitely be angry.

Fortunately, she was not a cat that liked to take the initiative to talk, and she always kept her thoughts in her heart, she woulotherwise d definitely be criticized by them.

Feng Xiaoyu: “Do you have any plans for such a long vacation? My father asked me to help in the supermarket. He will give me a salary of one thousand yuan a month. He is really stingy.”

Zhou Yao smiled and said, “An aunt in our community knew that I was admitted to the No. 1 High School, and asked me to help her kid who is in the second year of middle school. She’ll pay 20 yuan an hour. So two hours a day, and it comes to about more than a thousand a month.”

Feng Xiaoyu: “That’s actually good. I have to work eight hours a day. No, I have to ask for a raise from my dad.”

The driver was amused by her, “How good life you guys are living now. When we were young, we could only pick up scrap iron and plastic to sell them for a few cents.”

Su Miaomiao listened and suddenly sighed.

In comparison, her previous life was really miserable.

As a wild cat, she had no way to earn money, so she could only go to people’s houses to steal fish and meat, and she was often chased and beaten.

After finally cultivating to adulthood, she could find a job in a brothel that included food and lodging, which could even speed up her cultivation, but Xie Jingyuan arrested her before she opened the business.

Infected by Feng Xiaoyu and Zhou Yao’s careerism, Su Miaomiao said to Xie Jingyuan after getting out of the taxi and walking side by side to the Wenxin Community, ” Taoist Master, I also want to make money.”

Xie Jingyuan: “How will you make money?”

Su Miaomiao: “I don’t know, tell me, should I help in my mother’s hospital, or in my father’s company?”

Xie Jingyuan: “You can’t get a job in the hospital, and uncle’s staff gets up at seven everyday and can’t sleep during the day. Can you persevere?”

Su Miaomiao said without thinking, “I can’t.”

Xie Jingyuan: “…”