Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 74

The bell rang, and the second period of evening self-study was over.

After Xu Shou packed his bag, he found that Gu Jialing was still bowing his head, frowning on a math problem.

Xu Shou looked out the window and reminded him, “The Taoist master and the cat should be here.”

Gu Jialing said unhappily, “Don’t bother me, you can go first.”

If he didn’t solve the mathematics problem, he wouldn’t go home.

Xu Shou really didn’t wait for him, and went downstairs with his bag.

After standing downstairs for a while, most of the students had left, and Xie Jingyuan and Su Miaomiao came over from the tennis hall.

Xie Jingyuan: “Where’s Gu Jialing?”

Xu Shou pointed upstairs, “He is still working on the problem, let’s go back first.”

Xie Jingyuan smiled.

The mid-term exams were coming up. Su Miaomiao wanted to surpass Xu Shou, and Gu Jialing wanted to catch up with her.

Su Miaomiai was ambitious but didn’t put in more effort. Gu Jialing had been diligent recently and stopped playing games after returning home.

Xie Jingyuan was very supportive of Gu Jialing’s self-motivation, and it was better to solve problems than to provoke his female classmates.

“Wait,” Xie Jingyuan said, leading the two of them up.

When they just arrived on the second floor, Gu Jialing came out of Class 9, humming a song, it could be seen that he was in a good mood.

Seeing the three of them, Gu Jialing first smiled, and then said nonchalantly, “Didn’t I tell you to leave first?”

Su Miaomiao: “The Taoist master is afraid that you will be taken away by crows again.”

Gu Jialing’s face changed drastically, and he rushed over to hit Su Miaomiao, but when she took the initiative to meet his fist, Gu Jialing hid aside.

On the way home, the four of them divided into two groups and kept a certain distance and ran at a constant speed.

It was officially winter, and the weather was getting colder. Outside the community of Pearl Garden, an old man set up a stall of roasted sweet potatoes, and the wind blew the sweet smell of roasted sweet potatoes far away.

Su Miaomiao was the first to run toward the stall, and Xie Jingyuan and the others followed.

In the end, Xie Jingyuan bought ten large roasted sweet potatoes, and handed three to Su Miaomiao to take back home.

“Hey, Miaomiao bought it too, and I bought two when I came back.”

Seeing his daughter come in with a bag of roasted sweet potatoes, Su Mingan said with a smile.

Tang Shiwei: “Eat the rest tomorrow morning.”

After eating sweet roasted potatoes, Su Miaomiao took a shower and went to bed.

Tang Shiwei listened to the movement in her daughter’s room outside, and quietly said to Su Mingan, “The mid-term exams are coming soon. I heard from Grandma Tao that Xu Shou and Gu Jialing have been working hard recently. Miaomiao doesn’t seem to be worried at all.”

Su Mingan: “Which exam did Miaomiao ever get worried about? Besides, our Miaomiao is training every day now. After playing tennis, she must be very tired. If she had to stay up late to read, I couldn’t bear it.”

Tang Shiwei nodded, her daughter’s body was the most important thing, there was no need to put too much pressure on her.

At six o’clock in the morning, Su Miaomiao was woken up by the alarm clock.

Although she was a snooze sleeper, she had developed the habit of getting up early and going to bed late after the first year of high school, so she didn’t resist too much.

After a while, Su Miaomiao sat up.

At that time, she felt that something was wrong with her body. She lifted the quilt and saw that there were some blood stains on the pajamas and sheets.

Su Miaomiao looked at the blood, and slowly remembered what her mother said.

When she was in the sixth grade, her mother gave her knowledge about girls’ physiology, and she would talk about it once or twice a year.

Su Miaomiao felt that her mother seemed to be a little worried about her in the past two years, as if it was a very important matter, and if it didn’t come, it meant something was wrong with her health.

So it was alright, her mom could finally rest assured.

Su Miaomiao took a quick shower, clumsily used the sanitary pads that her mother had put in her drawer, and put the stained clothes and sheets into the washing machine.

Su Mingan was making breakfast in the kitchen. Tang Shiwei’s eyes lit up when she noticed her daughter’s behavior, and asked quietly, “You got your period?”

Su Miaomiao nodded with a smile, as if she had scored 100 points in the exam.

Tang Shiwei hugged her daughter, the stone that had been pressing on her heart could finally be removed.

She and many of her friends had periods around the age of thirteen. Although she checked the information which said that the age of twelve to sixteen was within the normal range, as a mother, she still couldn’t help worrying.

After being relieved, Tang Shiwei took her daughter to the room and had a private conversation between mother and daughter, such as reminding her daughter what to pay attention to during the period, and instructing her on the correct use of sanitary pads. It had been a long time since they talked about that the previous time, and she was afraid that her daughter would forget.

“Mom, should I tell the Taoist master?”

Su Miaomiao felt that it was something to be proud of, otherwise why would her mother look forward to it so much?

She always called Xie Jingyuan ‘Taoist Master‘ and the elders were used to it. Fortunately, Xie Jingyuan did have a “Taoist” temper, so everyone didn’t think it was strange.

“You can’t tell him, this is a secret among girls. Of course, if they find out by themselves, you don’t have to feel embarrassed,” Tang Shiwei said gently.

Su Miaomiao understood.

Tang Shiwei just bought two small hand warmers, put one in her daughter’s bag, poured some brown sugar cubes out of an empty small tea pot, and told her daughter to make brown sugar water to drink if her stomach hurt.

Su Miaomiao especially liked such a gentle mother.

After breakfast, she went out with her bag on her back.

The three including Xie Jingyuan were already waiting outside.

After entering the elevator, Xu Shou sniffed first, and almost at the same time, Gu Jialing also sniffed vigorously.

Xie Jingyuan looked at the two of them. Knowing that they both retained the sense of smell of demons, they must have smelled something unusual.