half thorns, half joy

Time flew by like a stream of water, flowing away quietly, and it was Tang Xuan's graduation season in the blink of an eye.

Since the last time Qian Susu's investigation failed, Tang Xuan hadn't acted rashly again. For the next year, her life was basically devoted to studying and dating.

Occasionally, Ke Ke would send a text message asking her to do some errands, but they were all trivial matters and had nothing to do with Tang Xuan's goals.

With Ke Ke as her helper, Tang Xuan also saved a lot of effort. She no longer wandered around like a headless chicken like before, but calmed down and waited for the next opportunity.While waiting, she continued to work hard to maintain her relationship with Xiao Zihan, trying her best to play the role of a competent girlfriend.

Not to mention, the effect of her acting is really good. After dating for more than a year, Xiao Zihan's love for her has not diminished at all, and he even mentioned that he wants to marry her.

Usually at this time, Tang Xuan would pretend to be stupid.

Pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend is hard enough, but if they really get married and become husband and wife, Tang Xuan worries that she will die of exhaustion.

But there's no need to worry so much. Tang Xuan believed that the Xiao family would not let her, a commoner with no background, influence or even parents, be the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family.

"Xuanxuan, can you not move out today, I really miss you..." Tang Xuan packed her luggage, Huang Tingting hugged the bedpost, pouting and begging.

Tang Xuan stuffed all the dolls into a big plastic bag with great effort, wiped off her sweat and said with a smile, "Why, don't you also have to move out tomorrow?"

Huang Tingting pouted, "That's tomorrow too, so don't leave yet, stay with me tonight, and move with me tomorrow."

Tang Xuan hesitated, "But the car for my move has already been hailed. This season's business is so good, it's too inhumane to release pigeons."

"Okay then." Huang Tingting complained while digging at the bedpost with her nails, "I really don't understand you, Xiao Zihan's house is ready and you don't want to live in it, but you want to rent a house by yourself, making such a good boyfriend angry Now I can only call a car to move things by myself, I really want to suffer..."

Speaking of this, Tang Xuan was actually quite helpless.

Xiao Zihan is usually never angry, and his temper is so good that she thinks he is a temperless person. This time, because she rented a house alone outside, he was so angry that he started a cold war with her.

If it weren't for the confidence in the relationship for more than a year, Xiao Zihan's style of being unable to contact anyone for three consecutive days, if he put it on another girl, he would doubt whether he was broken up.

Tang Xuan packed the things on the bed, and started tidying up the closet again. She didn't have many clothes, and some of the more expensive clothes she bought were all at Xiao Zihan's place. She didn't plan to bring the childish old clothes that she bought in her freshman and sophomore years. past.Donation is also embarrassing to donate, so I can only throw it away.

Huang Tingting followed Tang Xuan again, leaned against the closet, stared at the top of Tang Xuan's head and thought, "Xuanxuan, don't worry, Xiao Zihan is annoyed by your willingness to refuse. How many people are waiting in line to be Xiao Zihan's girlfriend, are you not afraid that Xiao Zihan will get angry and just stay with them?"

"If Xiao Zihan really has that kind of thought, there's no use in worrying about it." Tang Xuan replied without raising her head.

"You should at least hold him firmly. I really don't understand you. We've been dating for more than a year, and we've both graduated. Why don't you want to live with him?"

Tired of tidying up, Tang Xuan stopped to rest, then looked at Huang Tingting, and explained for countless times: "I don't live with him because I want to refuse, but because I don't like it. I don't like it. I don’t want to force myself to do it for his happiness.”

Huang Tingting pouted, "Then why don't you like it? How common is it for male and female friends to live together? I know you are a relatively traditional girl, but this is too traditional."

Tang Xuan nodded, "That's right, I'm that kind of traditional girl. In my opinion, you can only live together after you get married, okay?"

Tang Xuan's words were meant to be half-joking, but Huang Tingting heard it. She grabbed the closet handle, stared and asked, "Didn't you see, my Xuanxuan, you still marry into a wealthy family?" Ambitious."

"Get out of the way, don't block me." Tang Xuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with Huang Tingting, so she saved her energy and continued packing.

After packing up the clothes and daily necessities, putting the books into cardboard boxes, and finally putting all the unnecessary things into plastic bags and throwing them into the trash can downstairs, you're done, and the moving truck that was called also called.

"Well, okay, I'll move the things down now." Tang Xuan hung up the phone, and cast a blank look at Huang Tingting who was still following behind her, "If you really have so much free time, help me move the things down."

"Hmm." Huang Tingting snorted resentfully, bent down and lifted a big bag in each of her left and right hands, and said, "It's really inhuman to ask me to be a coolie even though I have a boyfriend."

Tang Xuan smiled without saying a word, and walked away with the box in her arms.

Although they had to go down a few floors, fortunately the dormitory was not far from the entrance of the girls' dormitory building, so Tang Xuan and Huang Tingting didn't rest along the way, they left the girls' dormitory building in one go, and found the moving car master who had made an appointment in advance.

The master asked Tang Xuan, "Is it just these few?"

"There are a few more small ones." Tang Xuan put the box in her car into the car, then turned her head to pick up the things in Huang Tingting's hand, "I'll go up with her to get them."

The master nodded, "Then you go and get it, I'll wait."

Huang Tingting felt that she was upright and helped Tang Xuan move again. After the master had arranged it to ensure that she would not sway from side to side, she pulled Tang Xuan aside and said quietly, "You really don't want me to accompany you there?" , you can’t do it alone, what if the old master bullies you when you get there?”

"What are you thinking about?" Tang Xuan smiled and tapped Huang Tingting's forehead, "Aren't you going to go out to dinner with the class monitor later? Tonight is your last night at school, don't let it go to waste. Well, you don’t need to worry about it, the landlord’s aunt is waiting for me over there, after unloading, the aunt will take a look for me, and I will move up after two or three trips.”

"But..." Huang Tingting was still hesitating.

Tang Xuan interrupted Huang Tingting, "Oh, don't worry, I've lived alone for so many years, can't I do this little thing, it's so hot outside, you can go up there."

After speaking, he opened the passenger door of the pickup truck and sat in it.

Huang Tingting watched the truck drive away helplessly, muttered something, touched her hot arm from the scorching sun, and ran into the dormitory in three steps at a time.

Tang Xuan's rented house is a 10-minute drive from Shida, which is a bit far away, but it is very close to the head office of Synder Group, only a ten-minute walk away.

This was the reason why Tang Xuan rented this house, so even though the rent was a bit expensive, Tang Xuan accepted it.

The truck driver didn't have much to say, and drove to the place in silence. Tang Xuan caught a glimpse of a familiar car out of the corner of her eye. She had a bad feeling when she saw a man not far in front of the car.

"It's not easy to turn around ahead, so just unload the things here." The driver interrupted Tang Xuan's thoughts.

Tang Xuan hummed, and got out of the truck in a daze after it stopped.

"Here's the money." The driver unloaded the luggage one by one from the car. After Tang Xuan paid the rest, the driver jumped into the car and drove off.

Tang Xuan lowered her head and stared at the luggage. She felt a little embarrassed. She didn't know whether to go up and say hello to Xiao Zihan, or pretend to ignore it.

At this time, a pair of shoes came into her sight.

"Which one?" Xiao Zihan asked. Although his voice was still chilly, the implication was that he wanted to help Tang Xuan carry her luggage.

Tang Xuan replied sullenly, "703."

Xiao Zihan didn't speak any more, bent down to try it out, then put together some of the heaviest luggage, lifted it up and walked towards the door of the building.

Tang Xuan was in a daze and stood still.

Xiao Zihan walked to the door of the building, turned to look at Tang Xuan, and shouted a little unhappy, "Let's go, why are you standing up, it's heavy."

"Oh." Tang Xuan packed the luggage and moved it down the dormitory by herself. Tang Xuan knew the weight, and after hearing what Xiao Zihan said, she immediately picked up the rest and ran towards Xiao Zihan.

Press the elevator to go upstairs, and at the door of the building, Tang Xuan took out the key to open the door.

Xiao Zihan put his luggage on the floor, heaved a sigh of relief, then looked around, and made a lukewarm comment, "It's okay, it doesn't look bad, how flat is it?"

"More than 50 square meters." Tang Xuan replied honestly. After closing the door, she went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of water and handed it to Xiao Zihan. "The furniture and electrical appliances are all the landlord's own. You can use them for free."

"...Well." Xiao Zihan unscrewed the bottle cap, raised his head and took a few sips, walked over and sat on the sofa, "It's enough to live alone."

Perhaps it was because the two were in a cold war, but when Tang Xuan heard what Xiao Zihan said, she always felt that Xiao Zihan said it to her on purpose.This shows that although Xiao Zihan came and helped her move things, his anger has not subsided.

But since Xiao Zihan had already taken a step forward, Tang Xuan had no reason to back down.

Tang Xuan pushed the luggage aside so that the large bags of luggage would not look so obtrusive, then slowly moved over and sat down next to Xiao Zihan.

"I've cleaned up the kitchen here, are you hungry, or I'll go buy something to cook for you..."

"are you hungry."

Tang Xuan was speechless, knowing that Xiao Zihan was arrogant and needed more coaxing, so she said, "Actually, the layout of this house is quite good. Although it is only 50 square meters, the living room and bedroom are quite large, even if two people live together , and not too crowded."

Xiao Zihan's eyes changed, but he still asked, "So? What do you mean by that?"

Seeing Xiao Zihan's awkward look, Tang Xuan curled up a smile, but still held back her laughter, "I mean, if you want to stay overnight, you won't have any difficulties, but if you don't want to stay... ...then just pretend I didn't say anything."

Xiao Zihan's expression finally loosened, he pursed his lips, and got up, "I'll see how the next bedroom is doing."

Tang Xuan smiled and nodded, "Okay."

After Xiao Zihan entered the bedroom, Tang Xuan began to sort out her luggage. She had already cleaned and scrubbed the house inside and out in advance, so she didn't need to clean it anymore, just put it away.

After putting away the living room outside, only the bedroom and bathroom were left. Thinking that Xiao Zihan was still in the bedroom, Tang Xuan picked up skin care products and cosmetics, and went to the bathroom to put things first.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Tang Xuan went in to put the toothbrush cup and facial cleanser, Xiao Zihan pushed open the bathroom door and walked in.

"Hmm..." Seeing Xiao Zihan's stinky face, Tang Xuan took the initiative to say, "I didn't have anything when I just moved in. I'll buy a set of toiletries later."

"...Yeah." Xiao Zihan reluctantly nodded, then looked around, and his eyes fell on the bathtub in the corner.

Tang Xuan glanced at it and explained while arranging other cosmetics, "That bathtub takes up a bit of space, but the landlord said it's best to leave it alone, so I can only make do with it. If you think the space is small, I can Buy some shelves and transform it, and make it into a storage shelf for storing things."

Xiao Zihan didn't respond, walked over and stood by the bathtub, staring at the bathtub, as if measuring the length of the bathtub with his eyes.

After a while, he quietly opened his mouth.

"This bathtub, will it be a bit crowded for two people to wash?"