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

Chapter 506 Figure
"Six of a kind? I'll take it! I'll take it! Xu Mingyuan, you're not allowed to deliberately let me win!"

Tao Shuxin is always saying one thing and meaning another; she couldn't hide the smile on her face.

“You’re just lucky,” Xu Mingyuan said.

"Hoohoho..."

Tao Shuxin chuckled foolishly, causing her friends to roll their eyes.

"We all know you two have a good relationship, but could you please stop showing off your love in front of us? It's making me angry," Tang Lin said.

"I'll show off! I'll show off! I'll make you so mad!"

Tao Shuxin didn't care about her friends' complaints at all and continued to laugh happily as if she were doing whatever she wanted.

Playing cards with young girls is no fun. Apart from Xu Mingyuan, none of the other players at the table know how to play. They rely entirely on luck and never look at what cards their opponents need.

Xu Mingyuan didn't indulge Tao Shuxin's two sisters. He would definitely prioritize Tao Tao's feelings. Although he wouldn't let her win, he would often let her win. The more times she was able to get a winning hand, the higher her chances of winning would be.

Amidst Tao Shuxin's jubilant celebration, she won over a dozen more coins, nearly emptying Tang Lin's piggy bank, which she had been saving since childhood.

"Qiqi, what's wrong? Are you breaking up again?" Tao Shuxin asked casually.

“Aren’t we almost finished with our junior year? He’s thinking about taking the civil service exam and wants me to take it too,” Li Siqi said.

"Isn't this a good thing? You're arguing over this? You have such a bad temper," Tao Shuxin said, clicking her tongue.

"Don't you know how stupid I am? My brain turns to mush the moment I open a book, and I can't concentrate at all. It almost killed me to try to get into Jiangcheng Normal School in my senior year of high school, and now you want me to take the civil service exam? Please have mercy on me," Li Siqi said, rubbing her forehead.

“If you don’t want to take the exam, then don’t. You’re not exactly an ambitious person anyway. It’s so boring to spend your whole life doing low-level office work,” Tao Shuxin said.

“We are an ordinary family, and we are concerned about the daily necessities of life. My parents are both employees of public institutions and are obsessed with taking the civil service exam. They want me to get a stable job too. I’m tired of hearing about it,” Li Siqi said helplessly.

"Oh, I see, so you broke up with your parents to defy them?" Tao Shuxin said with a sudden realization.

"No way, my parents are fine, it's Jiang Ping who forced me to take the exam. I fail at least two subjects every semester, how could I possibly pass? I didn't want to take the exam, so he said that he made a compromise for me by taking the Jiangcheng Normal School exam back then. Didn't I make a compromise too? If it weren't for him, I could have been so much more comfortable taking the junior college exam and had four years of fun. And now he's still pushing his luck." Li Siqi said, very unhappy.

"You can't say that. Learning is for self-improvement."

Tao Shuxin never imagined that they could argue over work, while she was worried about which job to choose. Sometimes, as a rich and beautiful young woman, it's hard for her to understand the difficulties of ordinary people.

"Does she need your advice? You take her complaints to heart?"

Xu Mingyuan reached out and flicked Tao Shuxin, telling her to focus on playing cards.

The biggest difference between men and women is that men never talk about their friends' partners. Women, on the other hand, chatter on and on.

"Finding a job is easy, Xiao Yuan. You have a ton of ideas, do you have any good solutions?"

Tao Shuxin is very helpful; if you're ever unsure what to do, just ask Xu Mingyuan.

“It’s simple. In the next year or two, some of the business will be transferred to Nanxi. At that time, we will arrange a more relaxed job for Qiqi. The salary and benefits will definitely be better than those in a public institution,” Xu Mingyuan said.

“Yes, Qiqi, what do you think? Let him offer you a high salary,” Tao Shuxin said.

"Not very good. Don't give me any bad advice. Good steel should be used on the blade. I finally got to know a big boss like Xu Mingyuan. You're just going to give me a job and call me a day? No way. When I encounter a problem I can't solve in the future, I'll come to you for help. Don't pretend you don't know me then."

Tao Shuxin doesn't understand social etiquette, but Li Siqi does.

They can be good friends now, but once Li Siqi works under Xu Mingyuan, even if Tao Shuxin doesn't think there's a problem, she will feel embarrassed. They can still get along as equals as old classmates and best friends, but if Tao Shuxin becomes the boss's wife, wouldn't she be inferior to her?

"How could that be? Brother Xiaoyuan is not that kind of person."

When they're out and about, Tao Shuxin still tries to protect Xu Mingyuan's image and doesn't want her friends to speak ill of him, though she doesn't understand the deeper meaning behind it.

"Of course I know he's not that kind of person. I'm worried about you. In a few years, who knows, he might greet you on the street and you'll pretend you don't know him. Sigh..." Li Siqi said, feigning a sigh.

"Holy crap! Li Siqi! Am I really that mean?"

"Not necessarily. Count how much money you won this afternoon. Did you set up a scheme with Xu Mingyuan to cheat me and Qiqi? How can you be so shameless?"

Tang Lin chimed in from the side, saying that there were only a few coins left in the piggy bank, and that they had lost at least three hundred. These two were really too ruthless.

"Nonsense! I was just lucky! Brother Xiaoyuan didn't win any money either," Tao Shuxin said stubbornly.

"Three teams lost and one team won! Your luck is ridiculously good!" Tang Lin shouted.

"We didn't! Brother Xiaoyuan, tell me, did we set this up?" Tao Shuxin turned her head and asked.

"No, I'm a respectable person, why would I cheat a few little girls like you?" Xu Mingyuan said.

"Yeah, yeah, would my little brother Yuan need to cheat you guys? Wouldn't that be beneath him!"

Even though she knew something was amiss, Tao Shuxin still stood tall and confidently offered her reasons.

After losing so many times, why not try to win some back?
Wow, that was pretty ruthless! In just one afternoon, not only did he win back all the money he lost, but he also made a profit. He can't do that again next time...

"You two are no good people, you're treating us to a meal after winning the money!" Tang Lin shouted.

"Treat us! Treat us!" Li Siqi chimed in. "Sure, it's just a few bucks. It's no big deal..."

Tao Shuxin was sorting through the change in the mahjong cloth bag when she suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Tang Lin broke most of the money into one-yuan coins, filling her pocket to the brim. She reached out and weighed it; it was about two pounds.

Tao Shuxin, looking embarrassed, wanted to exchange her change for larger bills with Tang Lin, but Tang Lin refused no matter what. She said it wasn't good to spend small change outside, and that Tang Lin was deliberately trying to spend her savings.

With Xu Mingyuan around, the girls weren't afraid of getting into trouble, and Tao Shuxin and her girlfriends had a lot of fun.

After dinner, they were going to sing karaoke. Listening to them fighting over the microphone, howling and screaming until their voices were hoarse, Xu Mingyuan found it somewhat amusing. So he huddled in a corner and recorded the video, planning to show it to Tao Shuxin after she sobered up, making her embarrass herself by spinning around in circles.

As the event was about to end, Xu Mingyuan called Jiang Ping and asked him to come and pick up Li Siqi to take her home.

After declining the invitation to go out for another barbecue, Xu Mingyuan returned the package to Tang Lin.

"You can stay here."

Xu Mingyuan pinched Tao Shuxin's cheek and helped the swaying little girl out of the car.

"No! I want to live with you."

Tao Shuxin talks a lot when she drinks, especially when she's a little tipsy; she's even more persistent than Xiao Yangzhi.

"Tao Tao, come with me, I want to sleep in your arms."

Tang Lin wasn't much better off; she had to be helped up by her nanny and was still clinging to Tao Shuxin's sleeve.

"Get up! Who's sleeping with you? I only sleep with my husband, right, Xiao Yuan?"

Tao Shuxin shook off Tang Lin's hand, hugged Xu Mingyuan's arm, and deliberately blinked her big eyes at him, acting silly and cute.

"Tao Shuxin! You're disgusting! Aren't you going shopping tomorrow?" Tang Lin asked.

"We'll talk about tomorrow tomorrow. I want to be with Xiao Yuan tonight," Tao Shuxin said, tilting her head back.

"Go away, don't let me see you again."

Tang Lin covered her mouth and vomited. She despised her friend who was so fickle for her looks. She kicked her in the butt and then staggered away.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, can you still drive?"

Seeing Xu Mingyuan pull out his car keys from his pocket, Tao Shuxin grabbed him.

"Sure, I only had two beers with my meal. What time is it? I don't need any more alcohol."

"Huh? Didn't you drink at the karaoke bar?"

"I'm drinking a beverage, do you think I'm stupid? Trying to outdrink you bunch of drunkards?"

Xu Mingyuan shoved Tao Shuxin into the passenger seat with a disgruntled expression and fastened her seatbelt as he did so.

"Hehe, you're so smart. By the way, Brother Yuan, I'll tell you a secret, my aunt has passed away!" Tao Shuxin whispered.

"Are you out of your mind?" Xu Mingyuan said, both amused and exasperated.

"There's no pitfall, you can see for yourself."

Tao Shuxin lowered her head and tried to move closer to Xu Mingyuan, but she was held in place by the seatbelt. She struggled for a long time but couldn't reach Xu Mingyuan, so she opened her arms and cried for a hug.

"Alright, stop fooling around."

Xu Mingyuan hugged her across the driver's seat, and it took him a while to steady Xiao Tao Tao.

Having a home means going home, and Xu Mingyuan didn't want to book a hotel room. He sped along the outer ring road and returned to Guanjingyuan Community in less than twenty minutes.

Tao Shuxin had already taken a nap on the way. The drunk girl didn't know how to use her strength and was very heavy. It took a lot of effort to carry her out of the car.

It seems Dad went out for a business dinner tonight. The Mercedes-Benz was parked in the yard, but there was no sign of him. Instead, Zhou Ping heard the noise and turned on the light.

"Aunt Zhou, you still haven't answered me last time, why did you go with Xu Mingyuan's father?"

Hearing Xu Mingyuan talking to someone, Tao Shuxin groggily opened her eyes and asked with a silly grin.

"Ha, this silly child has drunk too much. Aunt Zhou, you should go back and rest."

Xu Mingyuan was a little embarrassed, so he pinched Tao Shuxin's bottom hard. Instantly, the little girl in his arms became like a fish out of water, jumping around incessantly in his arms.

Xu Mingyuan was almost exhausted by Tao Shuxin that night. He finally managed to carry her upstairs, but then another problem arose.

"Hey? Is there someone in your bed?"

Although the lights flickered on and off quickly, Tao Shuxin still caught a glimpse of a figure and instinctively scratched her head...

(End of this chapter)