The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 95 I don’t want to be a light bulb

Tang Yuanming and Tian Shanshan returned to the dormitory. When Tang Yuanming opened the door, Tian Shanshan was not in a hurry to leave. She was looking around the corridor with her bag on her arm, and her tone was nonchalant.
"Hey, Yuanming, what do you say about us two getting along? It just so happens that I can't have children either, and I like Jiaojiao very much, so when the time comes, I'll just treat her as my own."

After saying that, Tian Shanshan clenched her hands nervously, but she still didn't get a response from Tang Yuanming.

Looking up, he found him fiddling with the door lock. After a long time of poking, he finally opened the door. Tang Yuanming breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at Tian Shanshan.

"I didn't hear what you just said"

Tian Shanshan looked at Tang Yuanming, who was already drunk, and her nervous mood relaxed. She waved her hand without changing her tone and walked towards her dormitory.

"It's okay. I just told you to drink more water before going to bed, otherwise you will have a dry mouth at night."

"Oh, thank you"

Tang Yuanming watched Tian Shanshan enter the dormitory, gently closed the door, sat on the bed, gently fell down, and sighed deeply.

He was not a fool, how could he not have heard what Tian Shanshan said just now? It was just that he did not expect Tian Shanshan to say such a thing suddenly, and he did not know what to say for a while, so he could only pretend to be drunk to get by.

Before he fell asleep, Tang Yuanming thought about the possibility. If Tian Shanshan really liked Jiaojiao, it was not impossible for them to live together. He knew himself well and did not think he had such great charm to attract Tian Shanshan. He could not say what he felt for Tian Shanshan. Thinking about things, he gradually fell asleep.

In the evening, the sunset glows like fire, at Lin Miaomiao's home.

"Mom, I took Jiaojiao out to play."

Lin Miaomiao called out to the master bedroom and prepared to go out with Tang Jiaojiao. Wang Shengnan heard the noise and opened the door.

"Where are you going? Who's going with you?"

"Just wandering around, planning to bring Xianyu along to go shopping or something."

"Why are you out so late?"

As she spoke, Wang Shengnan filled Tang Jiaojiao's cup with water, slung it over her shoulder, and helped her tidy up her clothes.

Lin Miaomiao leaned against the door frame and smacked her lips. She felt that Wang Shengnan had never cared so much about her before.
"The sun has just set, so I'll go out for some fun and have dinner before coming back. It's the end of the month and the cram school has a few days off."

After fixing Tang Jiaojiao's image, Wang Shengnan looked at Lin Miaomiao who was leaning against the door frame. She was wearing a short white printed top that could show her waist if she stretched her hands a little. Her black draped trousers made her legs look much longer. However, she was picking her ears with her little fingers out of boredom. Wang Shengnan was too lazy to take another look at her. She turned around and walked towards the master bedroom, saying something.

"Come back early, don't spend the night outside, go ahead"

Not paying attention to Wang Shengnan's different treatment, Lin Miaomiao brought Jiaojiao downstairs and knocked on Wu Xianyu's door.

"Salted fish, salted fish, come out and play"

As the door opened, Wu Xianyu walked out. Lin Miaomiao's eyes lit up. Finally, it was not the boring black and white. It was a complete set of linen short-sleeved tops and trousers. The linen clothes made her look very comfortable. The unbuttoned collar of the top revealed a silver necklace, which was a very beautiful Möbius strip.

Lin Miaomiao touched her chin in a serious manner, leaned back, and looked at Wu Xianyu, making a "tsk tsk" sound from time to time.

Wu Xianyu was not shy and opened his arms openly.
"I'm wearing a nice outfit, right? I didn't wear black or white as you requested. I didn't wear any. Why did you put them on?"

"Who said there are only black and white? There is a print on my clothes, don't you think so, Jiaojiao?"

Tang Jiaojiao looked up at the two of them and wisely did not join in their bickering.

"As long as you like, when are we going to go out and play?"

"Hehe, let's go."

Lin Miaomiao didn't care what the two were wearing. She held Tang Jiaojiao's hand and walked down the stairs. The two cats were left at home. When they were bored, they would climb out the window to play.

The three of them walked to the subway station and then to a large shopping mall nearby. When you don’t know where to go for fun, this large commercial complex is the most suitable place.

Looking at the various inflatable amusement facilities on the first floor, Lin Miaomiao looked at Tang Jiaojiao

"Do you want to go and play for a while? I think it should be fun."

Tang Jiaojiao squinted at Lin Miaomiao and said in a gloomy tone

"Sister, if you want to play, you don't have to drag me along. I'm tired of playing. These rides are all the same. There's nothing new about them."

Lin Miaomiao smacked her lips, feeling a little regretful, but she didn't force it. After all, they were all about to be seniors in high school and would become adults in a few months, so it wouldn't be appropriate for them to play this kind of game.

Not far away, Wu Xianyu came over with two ice creams. The two girls handed one to each of them. Seeing that he didn't buy an ice cream, Lin Miaomiao nudged him with her elbow.

“Why don’t you eat ice cream?”

“I’m not as delicious as you.”

Wu Xianyu raised his eyebrows and had a smile on his lips. Lin Miaomiao wrinkled her nose but did not argue with Wu Xianyu's words.

"My stomach has been feeling uncomfortable lately, so I don't dare to eat cold food. I'll buy you a cup of hot milk tea later."

This is what happens when the weather is hot, and Wu Xianyu lives alone. No matter how strong his self-control is, he sometimes can't control his mouth. If he eats too many cold drinks and popsicles at home, he will naturally get a stomachache.

"Tsk tsk, your resistance is still not good enough"

Lin Miaomiao held Tang Jiaojiao's hand, licked the ice cream with her pink tongue, and looked at Wu Xianyu jokingly.

"Look, I haven't been sick in the past few years."

"Humph, I feel like it's all thanks to Auntie. If I let you live alone, with the amount of snacks you eat, you'd probably suffer from indigestion every other day."

Wu Xianyu thought back to when he was in high school in his previous life. He really had all kinds of bad habits at that time, such as going to bed late and getting up early, irregular eating habits, and intermittent binge eating. But even so, he never even had a fever in his three years of high school, except when he pretended to be sick and asked for leave.

But when I got to university, I was no longer able to catch a cold. I had a fever every few days, leg cramps, and back sprains. I didn't have any major illnesses, but I was constantly having minor ones.

Thinking of this, Wu Xianyu couldn't help but remind Lin Miaomiao

"We are young now and can tolerate any hardship on our bodies, but things will be different in a few years. Look at the uncles and aunts, they are mentally and physically exhausted because of what happened during this period. We should learn from their mistakes."

"Then we'll talk about it when the time comes. Anyway, you'll have a lot of problems when you get older, so why not take advantage of your good health now and work hard? Are you ready to work hard when you have a lot of problems?"

Lin Miaomiao took a bite of ice cream and said as a matter of course.

Wu Xianyu was a little confused by the question. He took a long time to react before nodding slowly.
“That seems to make sense.”

"Yeah, no matter how well you take care of yourself, you'll have problems when you get older, so you might as well have more fun now. Hey, why are you biting my ice cream? If you want to eat it, go buy it yourself."

While Lin Miaomiao was talking, Wu Xianyu leaned over and took a bite of the ice cream in Lin Miaomiao's hand. He held it in his mouth for a long time and felt his brain aching from the cold.

"Your ice cream is about to melt, so I'm here to help you fix it. It's freezing and giving me a headache."

"You deserve it." Lin Miaomiao rolled her eyes, took a step away from Wu Xianyu, and lowered her head to speak to Tang Jiaojiao beside her.

"Jiaojiao, don't you have anything you want to play or want?"

"no"

Jiaojiao shook her head. She wanted her father to buy what she wanted. She looked at the giant poster hanging above her head and pointed at the Minions on it and said,

"Why don't we go watch a movie, Despicable Me?"

Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu raised their heads and nodded.

“Yes, it feels quite appropriate.”

Tang Jiaojiao also nodded
"Yes, it also makes it easier for you to date."

The three of them suddenly fell silent. Wu Xianyu cleared his throat and glanced to the side. It was a bit embarrassing to have such things said by a little kid.

Lin Miaomiao is fine. She has been communicating a lot with Tang Jiaojiao these days and knows that she is much smarter than her peers. Besides, the scene of her kissing Xianyu has been seen, so what does this count?
After swallowing the last bite of the cone, Lin Miaomiao pointed to the cinema on the fourth floor as if nothing had happened.

"Then let's go to the cinema."

After buying tickets for the nearest movie, the three of them went shopping in the mall and spent some more time in the game hall. Lin Miaomiao and Tang Jiaojiao were very interested in catching dolls and they also caught a few small ones.

Wu Xianyu was intrigued by the sight of the game console. He did not expect that at this time and in this place he could play "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on the game console. In Wu Xianyu's memory, these were the games he played when he was in elementary school. At that time, one yuan cost five coins. At the beginning, twenty yuan a day was not enough. Later, he became so familiar with the game that he could play for an entire afternoon with one coin until he was driven away by the boss.

By the time Lin Miaomiao and Tang Jiaojiao had used up all their game coins and found Wu Xianyu, a lot of boys had gathered around the game console. The youngest was probably in elementary school, and the oldest looked to be in his forties, but they were all staring intently at the screen on the game console.

Wu Xianyu's hands moved lightly, but his instructions were conveyed clearly. His movements were graceful, and he used the hidden character Zhuge Liang to defeat the soldiers one by one with his sword.

Seeing Lin Miaomiao out of the corner of his eye, Wu Xianyu spoke

"I still have half a basket of game coins. You can use them to play. This is enough for me."

A few enthusiastic boys handed the half frame of game coins out of the crowd and into Lin Miaomiao's hands, without taking their eyes off the game screen the whole time.

Lin Miaomiao looked at the crowd and was amazed

"Xianyu has this skill, I didn't realize it, I thought he just liked fishing."

Tang Jiaojiao tilted her head and looked at Lin Miaomiao, her tone was very surprised
"Brother Xianyu can also fish, why haven't I seen him go fishing?"

"Uh"

Lin Miaomiao recalled the scene where Wu Xianyu was urged to go fishing by two supervisory cats, and she laughed a little.
"Once a hobby starts to feel like work, the passion for it will fade away very quickly."

Tang Jiaojiao nodded as if she understood, and followed Lin Miaomiao to play the racing game.

As the movie was about to start, Lin Miaomiao came to Wu Xianyu and tapped his game console to attract his attention.

"Xianyu, the movie is about to start."

"Oh, ok, I'll be right there"

Wu Xianyu was actually a little tired. The appeal of the game console was not as strong as he had imagined. Perhaps it was because his childhood had added a layer of filter to the game.

After controlling the character to a safe place, Wu Xianyu stood up and said casually:

"You guys play"

Then he squeezed out of the crowd. As soon as he left his seat, many people who had been watching for a long time couldn't wait to squeeze in. Wu Xianyu had almost got all the hidden props. Anyone with a little basic knowledge could play it very comfortably, as if they were playing with a big boss's top account.

Back at the cinema, he bought large portions of popcorn for Lin Miaomiao and Tang Jiaojiao, bought a cup of hot milk tea for Wu Xianyu, and walked into the screening room.

Originally, Wu Xianyu wanted to place Tang Jiaojiao between himself and Lin Miaomiao, but Tang Jiaojiao was a little smart, and she said something like "I don't want to be a light bulb" and sat on the left side of Lin Miaomiao, leaving the middle position for Lin Miaomiao.

You don't need to use your brain to watch this kind of family movie, just follow the fun. Lin Miaomiao just followed the fun foolishly, with Wu Xianyu holding her right hand and her left hand eating popcorn smoothly.

There weren't many people in the screening room as the movie had already passed its peak popularity period. Since the three of us bought our tickets quite late, we were seated towards the back, so the view might be a little blurry, but it was friendly to our necks.

At the end of the movie, Lin Miaomiao was no longer smiling foolishly. She felt the sensation of holding hands with Wu Xianyu, and they played the finger-grabbing game tacitly.

Before the lights in the theater came on, Lin Miaomiao leaned over and gave Wu Xianyu a kiss on the face. She always felt that it would be a pity not to have some intimate contact while watching a movie with Wu Xianyu. After all, isn't that how it's played out in TV dramas?

But Wu Xianyu was definitely not going to be satisfied so easily. He pulled Lin Miaomiao's hand, waited for her to turn around, and then kissed her on the lips.

Tang Jiaojiao's big eyes were twinkling in the dark, and she was eating popcorn in her mouth. She felt that these two people were more interesting than the movie. In the past, when she saw such plots on TV or in movies, her parents would cover her eyes.

After the movie subtitles appeared, the two separated consciously. Sure enough, the lights came on the next second. Lin Miaomiao felt relieved. Although the two were already together, they still had to pretend in public.

After leaving the cinema, it was already late and the three of them were hungry. Lin Miaomiao looked at Tang Jiaojiao.

"Jiaojiao, do you want to eat anything?"

"Have"

Tang Jiaojiao answered decisively this time, pointing to a barbecue restaurant not far away.

"I want to eat barbecue, is that okay? My dad won't let me eat that."

Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu looked at each other, and Lin Miaomiao hesitated and spoke

“It’s probably okay to eat it once in a while.”

"It's okay, as long as the ingredients are clean, there won't be any problem."

Tang Jiaojiao looked at the two of them with great anticipation. The smell of the barbecue was so tempting, but she couldn't eat it, which was really cruel for a child.

"I remember there is a barbecue bar nearby, it's the Xushi barbecue that Haozi took us to last time."

"Well, follow me, I still remember the way"

Wu Xianyu also felt like having a barbecue, so he took the two of them and walked towards the barbecue restaurant.

Because he was bringing Tang Jiaojiao with him, Wu Xianyu specifically asked them not to order chili peppers. Lin Miaomiao didn't order beer either, and drank iced yogurt with Tang Jiaojiao.

Tang Jiaojiao ate happily, perhaps not only because the barbecue was delicious, but also because she felt happy that her wish had come true.

(End of this chapter)