After being reborn, who wouldn't want to have a younger sister?

Chapter 499 Childish
"Oh my god, I'm exhausted."

Tao Shuxin collapsed to the ground, panting with her mouth open, almost sticking out her tongue.

"How can someone so young complain about being exhausted? You have no manners. Get up, don't block the way."

Xu Mingyuan was also quite tired, but he still kicked Tao Shuxin, who was lying on the ground, to make her move a little.

"Why are you just like my mom? Always nagging, isn't it annoying?"

Tao Shuxin was too exhausted to move, so she curled up like a worm for a couple of moments before giving up and letting Xu Mingyuan push her aside with his foot.

"Is your puberty delayed? Are you still going through your rebellious phase?"

"Get lost, you're the one going through a rebellious phase. Ugh, so tiring, I never want to grow vegetables again in my life..."

Tao Shuxin lay on the ground, feeling utterly hopeless. She had never been so tired in her life.

Yang Zhi followed behind, threw the last bag of soil on the ground, and also let out a long sigh of relief.

Yang Zhi glanced at Tao Shuxin lying on the ground with a hint of disdain, and couldn't help but think to herself: "It's just carrying a few bags of soil, how can she be this tired? All that muscle for nothing..."

After learning that Xiao Yangzhi wanted to grow some tomatoes in the attic, Tao Shuxin became even more interested and wanted to fill the rooftop with them to achieve tomato freedom.

What could have been solved with just a few flowerpots, Tao Shuxin insisted on adding a frame, so she bought several large bags of potting soil from the farmers' market and carried them upstairs in batches, making seven or eight trips back and forth.

Tao Shuxin always does things on a whim and is incredibly stubborn. She thinks that instead of buying flowerpots to grow vegetables, it's better to just set up a small vegetable garden from the start, otherwise there's no point in going through all that trouble.

Fortunately, once the soil was carried upstairs, the rest was easy; we just had to move it to the rooftop.

After spending most of the day filling several long plastic boxes with soil, Tao Shuxin finally planted the cantaloupe seeds she had been longing for.

"Little Twig, why did you plant so many tomato seedlings? Each one can produce more than twenty tomatoes. Can you eat them all?"

Tao Shuxin felt a bit overwhelmed thinking about eating wild vegetables for every meal these past few days.

As a very picky eater, Tao Shuxin couldn't understand why Xiao Yangzhi could eat the same food every meal and still enjoy it.

"You don't have to eat if you don't want to."

Yangzhi carefully buried some leftover food near the tomato seedlings, following a tutorial she found online, not knowing if it would even survive.

"You stingy little thing, don't worry, once my melons are ripe, I'll definitely let you eat them first," Tao Shuxin said, pouting.

"You're too lazy to even water the flowers, so I'm the one who has to take care of them in the end. It's only right that I eat first."

Yang Zhi did not accept Tao Shuxin's kindness, but instead exposed her true nature of being only enthusiastic for a short time.

"Uh..." Tao Shuxin was too embarrassed to argue, so she pretended not to hear and sighed, "Wow, it's so nice to live in a house with a rooftop. You can even grow some vegetables. It's a pity that we wasted them all before."

"Didn't you say you didn't like living on the sixth floor? It hasn't been that long, and you've already forgotten?" Xu Mingyuan laughed.

"Moving things is tiring, what's wrong with complaining a little? Why take it so seriously?"

Tao Shuxin wasn't tired at all. She filled a spray bottle with water and squatted down to water the soil where the seeds were buried.

A few days later, some tomato seedlings died, but since we had bought a lot of seedlings, we sowed some seeds in the empty space.

Tao Shuxin really wasn't interested in growing flowers and vegetables; her initial enthusiasm faded, and she rarely went to the rooftop anymore.

Seeing that Xiao Yangzhi had filled the watering can and was about to go upstairs to water the plants, Tao Shuxin nudged Xu Mingyuan, who was standing next to her.

"What's wrong?" Xu Mingyuan asked.

“Little Twigs went to water the plants, aren’t you going to help?” Tao Shuxin said.

Why don't you go?

"I want to watch TV."

Tao Shuxin is already tired enough at school, so she's too lazy to do anything at home.

"Okay, I'll go."

Xu Mingyuan got up, preparing to go upstairs to see Xiao Yangzhi.

"You're not allowed to go either," Tao Shuxin said, pouting.

"why?"

Xu Mingyuan was taken aback, then asked with a smile.

"Little Zhizhi is enjoying her retirement life, why are you going to join in the fun?"

Tao Shuxin stretched out her leg to block Xu Mingyuan's way, her eyes still fixed on the television.

"Okay, I won't go."

Xu Mingyuan grabbed her ankle and began to knead it. "You're so annoying!"

Even an arm can't twist a thigh; Tao Shuxin kicked several times but still managed to break free from Xu Mingyuan's control.

"Don't you like Yangzhi very much?" Xu Mingyuan asked.

"No, it's just that she doesn't like me," Tao Shuxin said with a soft sigh.

"Xiao Yangzhi won't talk to people she doesn't like. She's just aloof, not that she dislikes you."

“But she’s not cold to you at all,” Tao Shuxin said, pouting.

"How long have we been together?"

"For longer than when you've been with me?"

"No, I've known you the longest, longer than a lifetime isn't enough," Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Ugh~ How disgusting, all that sweet talk."

Tao Shuxin grinned and rolled her eyes in obvious disgust.

"What's wrong? Didn't you used to love listening to that?" Xu Mingyuan asked with a smile.

"We're so familiar with each other, it's giving me goosebumps!"

Tao Shuxin rubbed her arm and gave an exaggerated shiver.

"You used to say you wanted to hear it for a lifetime."

"Come on! You think you can listen to this forever... Aren't you ashamed?"

"Actually, I was telling the truth."

"what!"

Tao Shuxin raised her leg and kicked him aside.

Although she said she didn't like hearing it, Tao Shuxin couldn't hide her smile; she was practically bubbling with happiness.

Most women are hypocritical.

Xu Mingyuan used to think that women were all hypocritical, but after meeting Xiao Yangzhi, his opinion changed. This girl didn't hide anything from him at all.

Yang Zhi waited for a while, but Xu Mingyuan didn't come upstairs. She sighed with a hint of resentment and went to pack her things.

There must be some inconveniences for Tao Shuxin at home, but fortunately, Xu Mingyuan and Tao Shuxin do not disturb each other.

Tao Shuxin usually lies on the sofa watching TV without any proper posture, while Xu Mingyuan browses the web and reads the news.

Yang Zhi naturally wouldn't watch TV, so she browsed the web with Xu Mingyuan. Although they couldn't hug each other, it was good enough that they could stay close together.

Seeing the two chatting and laughing, Tao Shuxin lost interest in watching TV. When the commercial break finally came, she jumped up to see what the two were doing.

"What are you scrolling through? Planting and management techniques? My goodness! Aren't you two bored?" Tao Shuxin complained.

“It’s not boring at all,” Yang Zhi replied.

"What's there to see? Get up, let me steal some vegetables for a bit."

Tao Shuxin took control of the mouse and logged into the classmate network.

"What's the point of stealing vegetables online? You don't get any real rewards..."

Yang Zhi felt that Tao Shuxin was even more bored than herself, spending all her time playing online games on her laptop. She should have used that energy to go upstairs and water the plants.

"You don't understand, this is a game, it's meant to make people happy. Don't you feel a great sense of accomplishment when your level is higher than others?"

"I don't think so, it's so childish."

“Wow! You’re calling me childish? This is a game developed by your brother’s company, okay? Your brother even gave me some ideas, so he’s more childish than me!” Tao Shuxin said.

“My brother developing games shows he’s smart. I’ve never seen him play them, so it’s probably for making money,” Yang Zhi said.

"Xu Mingyuan, look at her."

Seeing that she hadn't gotten any advantage verbally, Tao Shuxin dragged Xu Mingyuan to complain.

Xu Mingyuan chuckled dryly and didn't reply. He had resigned himself to his fate. Bickering didn't matter, as long as they didn't tear each other's hair.

Yang Zhi, not wanting to give Xu Mingyuan a headache, also kept quiet, letting Tao Shuxin chatter on and on.

I'm so considerate, unlike her...

(End of this chapter)