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

Chapter 503 Hypocrisy
Yang Zhi was quite obedient. Xu Mingyuan didn't force her; he just gave her a word of advice, and she complied.

Tao Shuxin was immediately overjoyed and insisted on getting her a perm with big waves.

At Xiao Yangzhi's insistence, Tao Shuxin didn't get too carried away and just had the hairdresser curl her hair at the bottom instead of making it permanent.

Yangzhi was unwilling to change herself. She had long been accustomed to wearing her hair down when going out and tying it up when she came home. It was difficult for her to get over this mental hurdle, and she felt very embarrassed.

The barber was very talkative, asking all sorts of questions. Yangzhi was a little annoyed and ignored him, keeping her head down and trying to get through this period as quickly as possible.

When Tao Shuxin saw Yang Zhi's resigned look, she burst into laughter, laughing so hard she could barely speak.

"Little Zhizhi, it's just a haircut, is it really that unacceptable?" Tao Shuxin asked.

"Have."

"Practice makes perfect, you'll get better next time."

"no more chance."

Yang Zhi frowned, enduring the sensation of her hair being pulled, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

"How could that be? You'll be better next time. Your brother is really something. What's the use of him always teaching you those grand principles? A lot of what he says is nonsense. He doesn't teach you any of these little things in life. He's a complete jerk," Tao Shuxin complained.

“My brother isn’t spouting nonsense, and he’s not a bastard.”

“Your brother himself admitted it! Some of the things he said were sophistry, and you even covered for him.”

Tao Shuxin was speechless. She hadn't seen Xu Mingyuan treat her that well, so why was he so protective of her?

"Oh."

With Xu Mingyuan not around, Yang Zhi was too lazy to argue with her.

"Think about it, if your mother were here, wouldn't she bring you to the hair salon?"

"No, my mom has never brought me here."

"Back then you were still in school, and there were dress codes, so there was no need to bring you here. How old are you now? You're sure to dress up nicely."

"Maybe."

“What do you mean by ‘maybe’? It’s definitely true!” Tao Shuxin said with certainty.

"Ah."

"..."

Seeing that Xiao Yangzhi really wasn't in the mood for chatting and stopped making excuses about getting her hair done, Tao Shuxin sat down to the side and started looking at hairstyles she liked.

"Give me a perm with tight curls, like this," Tao Shuxin said, pointing to the hair stylist.

"Do you want a short haircut?" the hairdresser asked.

"It's fine to let it grow to shoulder length. It's getting hot, so cutting it short will keep you cooler."

Tao Shuxin touched her beautiful hair, feeling a little regretful, but she wasn't the type to dwell on small things, so she decided to just cut it in half.

Next, she needs to prepare for the teacher qualification exam and internship. Tao Shuxin feels that her cute round face makes her look too young and lacks any presence. So she wants to dress more maturely to leave people with a mature, reliable, and trustworthy impression.

Tao Shuxin was just about to get her hair permed when Xiao Yangzhi started causing trouble again.

"Come here! I'll wash you! I'll wash you!"

Seeing that Xiao Yangzhi absolutely refused to let a stranger wash her hair, Tao Shuxin quickly pulled the hair curling light aside and squeezed out of the awkward-looking shampoo girl.

"I told you I didn't want to come for a haircut, but you insisted I come..."

Yang Zhi was extremely resentful, muttering complaints under her breath.

"Seriously? What's wrong with letting someone wash their hair?"

"I wash my hair so many times a day, I don't want anyone to touch it," Yangzhi said softly.

"Uh……"

Tao Shuxin was a little overwhelmed; this little Yangzhi was just too difficult to please.

Tao Shuxin had heard Xu Mingyuan say that Xiao Yangzhi was very fussy before, but she didn't believe it. She thought that although the well-behaved Xiao Yangzhi had a bit of OCD, she shouldn't be that difficult to take care of.

This was the first time Tao Shuxin had taken Xiao Yangzhi out for a haircut, and she finally realized that this little girl had a whole host of trivial matters to deal with, and most people really couldn't handle her.

"You lie down, I'll help you wash."

Tao Shuxin felt helpless; she had just turned on the curling light, and now she had to start counting the time again.

"I'm not lying down. Can you hold the showerhead for me? I'll wash myself."

"Little Zhizhi, where did you learn this affected manner from? Even your brother isn't like this!" Tao Shuxin asked with a pained expression.

"I don't know, don't touch my hair, I'll wash it myself," Yang Zhi said.

"..."

Tao Shuxin rolled her eyes and squeezed out shampoo to rub onto her hair.

"I'll never go out with you again..." Yang Zhi said, equally unhappy.

"Don't worry! I'll have a hairdresser come to your house to cut your hair next time."

Seeing Yang Zhi's affected manner, Tao Shuxin resisted the urge to make sarcastic remarks.

Sometimes Tao Shuxin admired Xu Mingyuan's super stable emotions. She herself had many little mood swings, but Xu Mingyuan could tolerate them and didn't care to be like her.

As for Xiao Yangzhi, she's slow-paced, a pushover, and unusually pretentious—it's really driving me crazy.

I had previously heard Xu Mingyuan say that he had kicked Xiao Yangzhi's butt more than once in previous years, and also frequently flicked her forehead.

Tao Shuxin was indignant at the time, but now that she thinks about it, it's very likely that Xu Mingyuan really did bully her; this little Yangzhi sometimes just needs to be taught a lesson.

Then think about how Xiao Yangzhi is a coward who only responds to force and never to gentleness.

Wow! How pathetic!

Even Tao Shuxin herself couldn't resist wanting to pinch her...

As a wealthy young woman, Tao Shuxin chose a high-end hair salon in Nanxi, which combines beauty and hair care. While the staff wasn't exactly attentive to every detail, they placed great emphasis on the customer experience.

Yangzhi doesn't like being served, let alone getting a haircut. With both of these things combined, it's no wonder she looks unwell.

The hairdresser was extremely embarrassed. Every time she asked a question, the customer in front of her would frown, not answer, and have a cold expression that made her afraid to cut her hair.

Finally, Tao Shuxin couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Just make sure it looks nice. I'm paying for it, so you don't need to ask her anymore."

With the customer having spoken, the hairdresser breathed a sigh of relief and began cutting the hair according to his own ideas.

Yangzhi lacked empathy and never felt that hairdressers had a hard time dealing with customers like her. She only found it annoying to have someone touch her hair and wanted to end the agonizing ordeal as soon as possible. Yangzhi didn't opt ​​for a permanent style; the hairdresser simply used curling irons to hold it in place and then blow-dried it with hot air, which should last for about a week.

Yang Zhi looked at herself in the glasses. Her hair was curled in the big waves that have been popular in the last two years. She had also seen Tao Shuxin with the same perm.

But Yang Zhi was still very uncomfortable and couldn't stand looking at herself in the mirror, so she walked over to Tao Shuxin and held out her hand, saying, "Give me the car keys."

"what?"

Tao Shuxin rummaged through her backpack and took out the key.

"I'll wait for you in the car."

"Hey, do you have to be so heartless? Wait for me a little longer."

"No, I want to go home," Yang Zhi said, pouting.

One of the main reasons Yang Zhi grew her hair long was to cover half of her face, but the hairdresser cut her hair into layers, making the hair in front of her forehead much shorter.

Adding to the wavy curls at the ends of her hair, Yangzhi was on the verge of a breakdown and just wanted to go home and hide away as soon as possible.

"Hey, okay then."

Seeing that Xiao Yangzhi was about to cry, Tao Shuxin didn't insist anymore.

About half an hour later, Tao Shuxin returned to the car with her bag.

As soon as I opened the car door, I saw Xiao Yangzhi with her head down, clutching her phone and doing something I couldn't tell.

"Little Zhizhi, did you send a text message to your brother?"

"..."

Yang Zhi shook her head and didn't say anything.

"Isn't it pretty? Why are you so upset?"

"As for..." Yang Zhi looked up, saw Tao Shuxin, and paused, then asked awkwardly, "Why did you get such an old-fashioned perm?"

"What do you mean by being old-fashioned! This is called being mature, okay?!"

Upon hearing Xiao Yangzhi's evaluation, Tao Shuxin couldn't hold back her emotions any longer.

"My brother likes long hair, why did you cut it short?" Yang Zhi continued to ask.

"Your brother likes long hair... Hey? Little Zhizhi! You're so cunning! Why didn't you say that when I was getting my hair cut?" Tao Shuxin said, squinting her eyes.

"I'm just curious."

Yang Zhi looked at her with a hint of disdain.

“Your brother isn’t as petty as you. He may like me, but that doesn’t mean he can’t accept me having short hair. I had short hair for three years when I was in high school.”

“I remember you with short hair, it didn’t look good,” Yang Zhi said.

"Hmph... How is it not pretty? It's very pretty, okay!"

Tao Shuxin grumbled as she pulled out a small mirror, looked at herself from left to right, and suddenly realized she looked completely different. At that moment, she regretted it a little.

"It looks even worse now, like an old lady at the market."

Yang Zhi added another blow.

"Hey! It was very popular in the 80s, okay? My mom had her hair permed like that when she was in her early twenties, and we still have photos of it at home."

Tao Shuxin tried desperately to make amends.

"..."

Yang Zhi didn't say anything, but gave her a knowing look.

"Sigh, I'm about to enter the workforce, so I definitely need to dress more maturely. Your brother also needs to wear suits; he doesn't like wearing them, but there are occasions where he has to dress more formally," Tao Shuxin said wistfully.

"Oh."

"Doesn't your brother let you cut your hair short?"

"No."

Don't you want to give it a try?

"Do not want to."

Yangzhi touched the wavy ends of her hair, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and really wanted to cut them off with a pair of scissors.

"why?"

"There's no reason why, I'm just used to it."

"Don't you want to change yourself?" Tao Shuxin asked.

"I don't want to either," Yang Zhi said, shaking her head.

“Little Zhizhi, sometimes I’m not saying your brother is a bad person, but the way he teaches you is definitely problematic. You were already too strictly controlled before, and you lost your own opinions. When your brother started to manage you, he completely reversed things and let you have all the freedom. How can that work?”

Tao Shuxin said she was very serious and wanted to bring Xiao Yangzhi, who had gone astray, back on the right track.

Seeing that Xiao Yangzhi remained silent, he continued, "Think about it, you used to always wear casual clothes when you went out, but now you're wearing jeans too, aren't you? I can tell. It's not that you don't like them, it's that you're too embarrassed to try them. Just try them a few more times and you'll be fine. Don't always listen to your brother's nonsense. He's a very straightforward person and it's hard for him to understand what we girls are thinking."

"Oh."

Yang Zhi didn't want to listen to Tao Shuxin's grand theories, even if there was a little bit of truth in what she said.

"Did you listen to that?" Tao Shuxin asked.

"Ah."

Yang Zhi didn't want to argue with her about these things, so she just nodded.

"Let's go shopping then, I'll pick out some new clothes for you," Tao Shuxin said happily.

"No, I want to go home."

Yang Zhi shook her head like a rattle drum.

"You say you listened to me?!"

"You said you'd take me home after I got my hair cut, why can't you keep your word?" Yang Zhi said, frowning.

"I……"

Tao Shuxin felt a tightness in her chest. Xiao Yangzhi's words were so infuriating; it seemed all her previous words had been wasted...

(End of this chapter)