Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 61

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Li looked at the three boys in amazement.

Men liked to see beautiful women, and women also liked to see handsome men.

Xie Jingyuan nodded toward Qiao Lili, but did not call her ‘mother’ at all.

Qiao Lili smiled helplessly.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Li expressed understanding with their eyes. The stepmother and stepson were said to be harmonious if they just didn’t hate each other.

“Did you come to accompany Miaomiao shopping?” Qiao Lili glanced at Su Miaomiao, who hadn’t noticed her at all, and asked with a smile.

Xie Jingyuan: “Yes.”

Qiao Lili looked at Gu Jialing and Xu Shou, then continued, “These are the two new classmates who moved to live with you?”

Xie Jingyuan: “Yes.”

Xu Shou still had that stern face, while Gu Jialing liked to smile, but he didn’t show much enthusiasm for the Taoist master’s stepmother.

Qiao Lili went to talk to Su Miaomiao, “Which one is Miaomiao looking at?”

Su Miaomiao happened to have a choice, and looked at Xie Jingyuan, “I want this.”

Xie Jingyuan looked at the price tag. Because the gems were bigger and the diamonds were more, the price of that model had exceeded 100,000.

But he agreed to let Su Miaomiao choose by herself.

Xie Jingyuan asked the female clerk to wrap it up, and he followed to pay.

Qiao Lili narrowed her eyes slightly. How much did Xie Rong give Xie Jingyuan a month? Did he know that Xie Jingyuan bought such a luxury for Su Miaomiao at a young age?

Xu Shou caught Qiao Lili’s stingy eyes.

In his previous life, he had seen a stepmother drive out her stepson and stepdaughter during meals, and only allowed her own children to eat at the same table.

That was just an ordinary family in a small village, Xie Rong was so rich, would the Taoist master’s stepmother fight against him for the family property?

In short, Xu Shou would not give Qiao Lili a chance, it should belong to the Taoist master. If the Taoist master did not want a dispute, he would also keep his due share for him.

After buying the earrings, Xie Jingyuan took the initiative to go to the clothing store and bought two sets of summer clothes and four sets of autumn clothes for Xu Shou from a cheap sports brand.

That time, if Gu Jialing wanted something, Xie Jingyuan bought it for him too.

Su Miaomiao looked at the bags they were carrying, and said casually, “So many.”

Gu Jialing said, “The sum of the two of us is not as good as a fraction of yours”

She better not try to hide her eccentricity with that method.

Su Miaomiao didn’t understand why he was angry. Gu Jialing also had an earring, and Xu Shou didn’t even envy her.

She turned to Xie Jingyuan, “Okay, let’s go play tennis.”

Xie Jingyuan looked at his watch. It was past eleven o’clock, and he said, “Let’s eat first, and then play in the afternoon.”

Su Miaomiao touched her belly, “I’m not hungry yet.”

Gu Jialing: “Of course you’re not hungry, what time did you get up? We ate at 7:30!”

He and Xu Shou ate a lot of meat anyway, and the Taoist master only ate the steamed buns and vegetables 

Su Miaomiao was beaten up several times by him, and finally got angry. She glared at him and said, “If you keep arguing, I’ll pluck your hair off.”

Gu Jialing covered his head in an instant and hid behind Xie Jingyuan.

When the four high school students walked along the shopping mall to choose a restaurant for lunch, Qiao Lili called Xie Rong.

Xie Rong had just finished a multi-person meeting and was resting on the sofa. When he saw the caller ID, he frowned first, and then pressed the answer button.

Qiao Lili’s tone was lively, “Guess who I met in Longxing?”

Xie Rong rubbed his forehead, “Who?”

Qiao Lili: “Jing Yuan, he and Miaomiao took two new friends out to the shopping mall. Speaking of which, they just finished military training, but they don’t seem to be tanned at all.”

Xie Rong was more interested in that topic and asked, “How about the two new classmates?”

Qiao Lili: “They both are pretty good-looking, as cool as Jing Yuan.”

Cool, just not polite.

Xie Rong took it for granted that his son was indifferent to him, so it was strange that he was warm to Qiao Lili.

Qiao Lili suddenly said bitterly, “Jing Yuan is more affectionate than you. He knows how to buy gems for Miaomiao at such a young age. I envy Miaomiao.”

Xie Rong immediately understood the real intention of Qiao Lili’s call, and his voice became cold, “I have something to do, so let’s talk later.”

After hanging up the phone, Xie Rong snorted, and laughed again after a while.

Since Jing Yuan liked Miaomiao so much, as long as he maintained a good relationship with Miaomiao, his son would not be estranged from him.

Under Gu Jialing’s strong suggestion, Su Miaomiao and the others chose a barbecue restaurant.

For the convenience of chatting, Xie Jingyuan asked for a private room.

Gu Jialing: “Master, you are rich!”

Xie Jingyuan: “Eat as much as you want, don’t waste it.”

Gu Jialing: “…”

He read the menu with Xu Shou. Su Miaomiao took a menu and read it with Xie Jingyuan.

Su Miaomiao ordered what she wanted to eat.

Gu Jialing took a peek over, and when Su Miaomiao ordered the fifth piece of meat, Gu Jialing couldn’t help but ask, “Will you eat so much? Didn’t you hear the Taoist master say that you shouldn’t waste food?”

Su Miaomiao looked at Xie Jingyuan, she never had to consider such issues when ordering food before.

Xie Jingyuan said indifferently, “You can also eat what she ordered.”

Gu Jialing deliberately rebelled, “All she wants is what I don’t like.”

“I can eat it,” Xu Shou felt that the meats were all similar, with so many fancy names, but they actually came from a cow or a pig.

Gu Jialing glared at him, and while Xie Jingyuan was picking out the staple food, he quietly said to Xu Shou, “Don’t you think the Taoist master is too partial to her? We are all demons of Qingxu Temple. We must strive for fair treatment. In modern society, all beings are equal.”

Xu Shou thought that Gu Jialing wanted the Taoist master to buy gems for him.

The priest had already spent so much money for Su Miaomiao, Gu Jialing still wanted more? No matter how rich the Taoist master was, could he afford buying expensive things for the two?

Besides, why did Su Miaomiao want earrings? Wasn’t Gu Jialing the first one who showed off?