Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 62

Considering that Gu Jialing’s request would harm the interests of the Taoist master, Xu Shou said coldly, “She accompanied the Taoist master to honor his grandma for more than ten years, how long have you been here?”

Even if the Taoist master really favored Su Miaomiao, there must be a reason for it and it was not Gu Jialing’s turn to gossip.

Gu Jialing understood Xu Shou’s thoughts, and hated iron for not being steel (not reaching one’s expectations), “Foolish loyalty!”

According to Xu Shou’s stupid loyalty, the Taoist master would sooner or later become the second Shang Zhou King (corrupted king in China). The Shang Zhou king got his physical needs met from the vixen anyway. What could a cat give the Taoist Master for physical enjoyment? The Taoist master was pure-hearted and ascetic, and he didn’t covet that kind of thing.

After ordering the dishes, Gu Jialing sat on the sofa. His eyes swept back and forth between Xie Jingyuan and Su Miaomiao, trying to find the reason how she could bewitch the Taoist master.

Su Miaomiao concentrated on admiring the newly acquired sapphire earrings.

The earrings were better than the one Gu Jialing had!

Gu Jialing was quickly distracted by the earrings, looked at Su Miaomiao’s ears, and asked suspiciously, “You haven’t got your ears pierced, why do you want earrings?”

Su Miaomiao looked up at him.

Gu Jialing pulled his earlobe to show her, “This is the pierced ear, otherwise you won’t be able to wear it.”

Su Miaomiao: “I won’t wear them, I’ll keep them in a box.”

Gu Jialing: “It’s too wasteful, it looks so good on your ears, and it’s also convenient for you to take it off to enjoy at any time.” 

It was better if she threw it away, and he would pick them up.

When Su Miaomiao thought about it for real, Xie Jingyuan said, “Jewelry is not allowed in school.” So Su Miaomiao put the idea aside.

After eating and drinking enough, the four of them set off to play tennis.

Su Miaomiao was the kind of player who picked up the racket and wanted to have fun at once, and Xie Jingyuan would play with her for at least half an hour.

Gu Jialing was dumbfounded, how good was the cat playing?

When he was distracted, Xu Shou hit the ball which almost bounced into his face.

Gu Jialing was furious, and protested to the nearby court, “Master, let Xu Shou play with Su Miaomiao, we two can play!”

Xu Shou’s throw was so heavy and fast that he really couldn’t handle it.

Xie Jingyuan consulted with Su Miaomiao first.

Su Miaomiao refused. His throw was just right, as she had to work hard to catch up with Xu Shou’s ball.

Playing was for fun, she didn’t want to work hard.

After playing enough, Su Miaomiao was sweating all over, leaning on the chair to rest.

Xie Jingyuan came over and handed her a bottle of water, the cap had already been unscrewed.

Gu Jialing was still playing with Xu Shou. Xu Shou played tennis very vigorously for the first time. Gu Jialing wanted to be lazy but was afraid that Xu Shou would beat him up.

Su Miaomiao was really exhausted, so she only followed the flying ball with her eyes.

There was a seat between Xie Jingyuan and her, but even so, he tilted his head slightly, and could clearly see beads of sweat sliding down her rosy cheeks.

A fifteen-year-old girl was able to marry in their previous life, but there, she had reached the age when her parents were likely to worry about puppy love.

Grandma Tao misunderstood that he liked Su Miaomiao, and her attitude was supportive. If Su Mingan and Tang Shiwei misunderstood, it might affect the relationship between the two neighbors.

“Let me keep the earrings with me for you, okay?” Xie Jingyuan asked in a low voice.

Su Miaomiao looked over suddenly, and said unhappily, “Why?”

Xie Jingyuan: “I’m afraid that my uncle and aunt will see it.”

Su Miaomiao: “So what?”

Xie Jingyuan explained, “The earrings are too expensive. If uncle and aunt know about them, they will ask you to return them to me.”

Su Miaomiao frowned, her parents would indeed do that. When Grandma Tao gave her a pearl bracelet, her parents said it was too expensive.

“Then, when will they stop doing that?” Su Miaomiao asked very reluctantly.

Xie Jingyuan thought for a while, and said, “When you get admitted to university, you can decide many things by yourself.”

Su Miaomiao wished that time would pass faster.

After playing the game, the four returned to Pearl Garden by car.

Grandma Tao bought watermelons, and when she heard the voices of the children, she came to open the door and asked Su Miaomiao to come and eat too.

The TV was still playing in the living room. Grandma Tao knew that Xu Shou liked to watch that rich family drama, so she turned it on.

Su Miaomiao watched casually while eating melons, until a young lady on TV sneaked into her husband’s study and tried to open a cabinet.

“What’s that?” Su Miaomiao asked.

Grandma Tao: “This is a safe. We can put valuable things in it. It is usually locked. Unless you have a combination key, no one else can open it.”

Sure enough, the young lady on the TV entered the wrong password and kicked the safe angrily.

Su Miaomiao’s eyes lit up, and she looked at Xie Jingyuan in surprise.

If she asked her parents to buy her a safe, and then hid her things in it, she wouldn’t be afraid that her parents would find out.

When Xie Jingyuan went to the master bedroom, Su Miaomiao quickly followed in and reached out to him, “Give me the earrings and the five hundred yuan, I will hide them myself.”

Xie Jingyuan glanced at her, first took out the earrings box, then opened the drawer, and counted out five hundred-yuan bills.

“Hide it before the safe arrives,” he instructed.

Su Miaomiao nodded with a smile.

After putting away her things, Su Miaomiao turned and walked out, opened the door, and saw Gu Jialing sneaking away.