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

Chapter 500 Maturity
Why have you been picking on the thorns of the young willow branch lately?

When the two returned to their room, Xu Mingyuan helplessly pinched Tao Shuxin's soft, bouncy cheeks.

"I didn't pick on her at all. She was the one who started it."

Tao Shuxin, however, was not as obedient as Xiao Yangzhi, and she angrily pushed his hand away.

"If you don't provoke her first, will she talk back to you? Besides, when has Xiao Yangzhi ever talked back to you? Aren't you being a little too sensitive?" Xu Mingyuan retorted, turning the tables on her.

"Isn't she being a little too protective of you? She can't stand to hear a single bad word about you. How can she do that?" Tao Shuxin said, frowning.

"Envious?" Xu Mingyuan asked with a smile.

"I'm not envious at all. If this keeps up, you'll be praised to the point of losing yourself sooner or later," Tao Shuxin said seriously.

"Haha, is it really that serious?" Xu Mingyuan said, both amused and exasperated.

"As for the fact that human nature cannot withstand the test..."

Tao Shuxin's face was contorted in thought.

"How could I not withstand the test?" Xu Mingyuan asked with a smile.

"I guess it can withstand it."

At this point, Tao Shuxin was losing confidence. Xiao Yangzhi was just too obedient, with a kind of innocent, pure charm reminiscent of characters in Hong Kong and Taiwanese dramas...

"What do you mean by 'probably'? It turns out that one of the receptionists at the company had bad intentions towards me, and I fired her without saying a word," Xu Mingyuan said with a laugh.

"Tch, isn't it because she's not good-looking?" Tao Shuxin said irritably.

"How can they not look good? The receptionists are the face of the company, and they are all exceptionally beautiful."

"Wow, you're quite observant! How beautiful is it?"

"You've seen them before, haven't you? Aren't they the same old ones?"

"Hmph, then tell me, are they prettier or am I prettier?" Tao Shuxin asked.

"Of course you're prettier, is there even a question?" Xu Mingyuan replied without hesitation.

"Okay, then tell me, between me and Xiao Yangzhi, who is prettier?" Tao Shuxin asked, squinting her eyes.

"You've asked me this a million times, of course you're prettier."

Xu Mingyuan lies without batting an eye; since Xiao Yangzhi wasn't in front of him, he would definitely praise Tao Shuxin first.

"You bastard, you're not telling the truth! Why don't you say this in front of Xiao Yangzhi?"

Tao Shuxin is no longer the naive little girl she once was. After asking her so many times, she must have found the flaw in her story.

"You know perfectly well how petty Xiao Yangzhi is. If I lied to her, she would be upset for a long time, and might even become depressed."

"Sigh, you're right, she's petty and narrow-minded... Hey? Did you just say you were lying?"

Tao Shuxin suddenly realized what was happening and glared at Xu Mingyuan with a cold look in her eyes.

"No, you misheard," Xu Mingyuan said sincerely.

"That's what you said!"

Tao Shuxin grabbed Xu Mingyuan's collar tightly, demanding an explanation from him.

"Really, no, you have to believe me."

"I don't believe a damn thing! I have a great memory! I'll bite you to death!"

Tao Shuxin opened her mouth and ran towards Xu Mingyuan's arm, but her head was pressed down. She struggled for a while but couldn't escape. Instead, her hair became a mess.

Tao Shuxin knew that she would suffer if things continued like this, so she behaved herself for a while. After catching her breath, she took advantage of Xu Mingyuan's inattention and ate him.

“It’s all saliva, aren’t you disgusting?” Xu Mingyuan said.

"You actually said I'm disgusting? Why didn't you say that when you kissed me? You got tired of me after the novelty wore off, didn't you?"

Tao Shuxin immediately let go of him, her lips pursed, and her emotions instantly surged.

Before Tao Shuxin could even start crying and demanding an explanation, her mouth was immediately covered.

How could Tao Shuxin agree to this? Unable to struggle any further, she bit Xu Mingyuan's lip hard.

Tao Shuxin's little tiger teeth are very sharp. Even if she doesn't bite hard, Xu Mingyuan's lip will still be cut.

After noticing the sweet and fishy smell, Tao Shuxin wanted to push Xu Mingyuan away to see how badly she had bitten him, but she was held down and couldn't push him away.

But Tao Shuxin didn't dare bite him again, letting him do whatever he wanted.

The little girl's little tantrums are easy to handle, but it takes some physical effort. Xu Mingyuan can be controlled by Xiao Yangzhi, but Xiao Taotao doesn't have her skills...

The next day, Yang Zhi saw the cut on Xu Mingyuan's lip and was immediately heartbroken.

It was just a small cut, and it had already scabbed over, but Yangzhi still found some iodine, dipped a cotton swab in it, and insisted on wiping it on Xu Mingyuan.

"It's nothing, why do you need to apply iodine to a small cut?" "Brother, let me wipe it for you. You took it all out. There are a lot of bacteria in your mouth, so you can't be careless."

Yang Zhi took the cotton swab and carefully wiped it again and again.

"Then I'll go to the hospital to get a rabies vaccine," Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Injections hurt a lot, but applying some medicine will help it heal faster."

Yangzhi thoughtfully changed a few cotton swabs and even put a band-aid on the corner of his mouth.

Tao Shuxin came out of the room and happened to see this scene, so she even held back the yawn that was halfway through.

Thinking that she was the one who started it all, Tao Shuxin was too embarrassed to speak.

But when Xu Mingyuan looked at her, Tao Shuxin, who was behind Xiao Yangzhi, pouted and rolled her eyes, looking quite sarcastic.

"If you're going to kiss, why bite?"

Yangzhi has sharp ears. When she turned her head and saw Tao Shuxin still imitating her actions, she immediately became a little unhappy and muttered with a frown.

Yang Zhi spoke very softly, but the room was quiet and the TV wasn't on, so she knew Tao Shuxin could definitely hear her.

“I didn’t bite it, he bumped his head on the corner of the table himself.”

Tao Shuxin was incredibly stubborn and would never admit to doing something so shameful.

"You bit my arm, didn't you? You're so cruel, you even left teeth marks..."

Yang Zhi gently rubbed Xu Mingyuan's arm, her little face full of displeasure.

“He bit himself,” Tao Shuxin said.

“You bit me,” Yangzhi retorted.

"No."

"Yes."

"..."

Tao Shuxin suddenly fell silent.

Because she could tell that Xiao Yangzhi's plaintive, almost tearful expression didn't seem to be an act.

I took a look at Xu Mingyuan's arm; he had bitten it quite hard yesterday, and there were bruises all over it.

It's all Xu Mingyuan's fault! He didn't even cry out when he was bitten. It was dark last night, who could have seen the bite was so hard? Besides, who hasn't been bitten when they were kids playing around? It never gets this serious...

Tao Shuxin then realized that Xu Mingyuan was not lying. Xiao Yangzhi was just a little girl who hadn't grown up yet, and the maturity she showed was all learned from Xu Mingyuan.

However, blindly copying it will definitely have its shortcomings. Xiao Yangzhi only learned the surface, and her inner maturity is far inferior to that of her crazy self.

I used to think that Xiao Yangzhi was like one of those innocent, naive characters in Taiwanese dramas, always seeming clueless but actually quite dramatic inside.

However, upon seeing this side of Xiao Yangzhi, Tao Shuxin suddenly didn't want to argue with her anymore, feeling that she was being bullied.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, shouldn't you go to the clinic to get it checked out? Don't worry, your muscles might get necrotic," Tao Shuxin said speechlessly.

"Are you out of your mind too? When I was a kid, I fell from a tree and didn't even cry out in pain. I just got a small cut, it wasn't a big deal," Xu Mingyuan said helplessly.

"Who told you to be so cheeky?" Tao Shuxin said, pouting.

"You can't bite people either..." Yangzhi said softly.

"I won't bite anymore! I won't bite anymore!"

Tao Shuxin looked utterly dejected and quickly ran to the bathroom to wash up. If she continued arguing with Xiao Yangzhi, she would eventually pass out.

"Brother, why do you like such a fierce girl? She's not nice to you at all..." Yang Zhi muttered to herself.

"You've been too good to me, so I feel like everyone else is a little less good to me," Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Brother, are you going to the company today?"

“I’m not going. My face is all disfigured. What’s the point of going? You even smeared iodine around my mouth. I can’t show my face to anyone now.”

"I don't want to go to school either..."

Yang Zhi glanced up at Xu Mingyuan, then looked away.

"We're not going. You should take the day off."

"Okay, then let Tao Shuxin go by herself."

Although she got a day off, Yangzhi was still a little unhappy.

If I had known Tao Shuxin would bite last night, I should have rushed in and stopped her when I heard the fighting...

(End of this chapter)