Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 64

Gu Jialing looked up, trying to find other students who were uninterested, but Class 9 was a top class. They were all doing their homework at that moment, including the bottom few, trying to catch up with the students in front.

The high school entrance examination results were only their starting point, and they still had three years to catch up and overtake.

That atmosphere of studying hard made Gu Jialing a little guilty.

Xu Shou looked at Su Miaomiao who was doing homework obediently in front of him, and whispered provocatively, “You couldn’t beat a cat when you were a bird, do you want to lose to her even in exams?”

His words awakened the dreamer, Gu Jialing suddenly understood why the Taoist master always favored Su Miaomiao.

Because Su Miaomiao was obedient and her grades were good.

So, when his grades surpass Su Miaomiao, would the Taoist master be willing to buy him gems?

Gu Jialing found motivation, without Xu Shou’s supervision, he took the initiative to ask Xu Shou for the homework, and started to study hard.

Concentrating on homework during self-study, when teachers asked questions in class, Gu Jialing also actively raised his hand, unlike Su Miaomiao, who had to be called to stand up.

So, when the old man of the Gu family called the class teacher to ask about his grandson’s performance, he got a very positive answer.

Mr. Gu was very happy, thinking that it was all because of Xie Jingyuan and Xu Shou, two toppers, so he felt more at ease letting his grandson live in the Xie House.

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During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the school was on holiday and the students were given three days off.

Gu Jialing and Xu Shou were going home for the holidays.

Xie Jingyuan took them to the supermarket once and bought Mid-Autumn Festival gifts for the elders respectively. Since the town the Gu family lived in and the village the Xu family lived in were both in the northwest of Anshi, Gu Jialing offered to send Xu Shou home so that he would not have to travel by the crowded bus.

“Respect the elderly well after returning home, and don’t cause trouble,”Xie Jingyuan told the two beside the black luxury car.

Xu Shou nodded, Gu Jialing smiled playfully, happily like a bird about to get out of the cage, “Don’t worry, Taoist Master, we are not like the cat.”

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 was going back to her hometown in the county with her parents to visit her grandparents.

Regarding distance, the whole family had discussed it. They would go to Su’s hometown for short vacations, and Tang’s house in Jiang City for long National Day holidays.

Of course, Su Mingan and Tang Shiwei were very busy, only Su Miaomiao could stay on both sides for a longer period of time.

“We’re going, see you later,” Su Mingan happily patted Xie Jingyuan’s shoulder, but there was another emotion conveyed in his eyes.

Only in the festivals would Su Mingan spend more time with his daughter than Xie Jingyuan.

Xie Jingyuan politely sent the three of them to the elevator.

When the elevator door was about to close, Su Mingan and Tang Shiwei both noticed that Xie Jingyuan’s last gaze fell on their 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 Xie Jinyuan and grandma, but when she was gone, Xie Wenlan didn’t like him.

Although her mother was a stepmother, she had never abused Xie Jingyuan. Why did Xie Jingyuan always put on a bad face?

“Brother, don’t you know how to smile?” 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 continued to say, “Brother, a classmate of mine told me that she saw you buying diamond earrings for Su Miaomiao. I’m also your own sister, so why don’t you buy one for me too? I’m not asking much. It doesn’t need to be worth a hundred thousand, just buy one for me worth a few thousand yuan.”

Hundreds of thousands?

Her twin brother Xie Jingze almost spat out a mouthful of saliva, looking at his father in disbelief.

He was too partial. His father only gave him five thousand yuan a month for living expenses, and his mother was not allowed to give him any more. How could his eldest brother spend more than a hundred thousand yuan at once?

He was not convinced. Of course, Xie Wenlan deliberately told 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 didn’t spend money recklessly, so he could save so much. He is not like you, who spends all their living expenses every month. You have no sense of financial management.”

Xie Wenlan curled her lips, “It may also be that the eldest brother has good grades, and father shows too much favoritism.”

Xie Rong still ate calmly, neither admitting or denying it.

He did transfer a hundred thousand yuan to Grandma Tao every month, and he would give an extra during the holidays. The money was said to be for the living expenses of his mother and son, but given the love his mother had for Jing Yuan, the hundred thousand yuan could basically be at Jing Yuan’s disposal.