Chapter 10: The Gift

  In a few days, everyone knew that Xia Xiao Wan was also in the big house. Another beauty had arrived at the big house, which made them a group of wolves very happy for a while.

  However, this circle has its own unique rules. It's not that anyone can enter the circle just by living here, they also have people they exclude.

  So a group of wolves were delighted, but no one could immediately accept her. Xia Xiao felt their rejection and especially wanted to integrate in, thinking that she would find a breakthrough from Xie Youyan as she did in her previous life.

  After all, they were in the same class, and had seen Qian Cheng's attitude towards her. They understood that as long as Xie Youyan accepted her, others shouldn't be a problem either. This added a few more practical purposes compared to her previous life.

  Ke Xie Youyan would have never understood her way, even without Sun Lingyu's reminder, she wouldn't have contacted her again. So she shifted her gaze to Liang Xi instead.

  Liang Xi couldn't refuse her like that, no matter how annoying she was, so Xie Youyan had something to do when she was bored, watching Liang Xi being entangled and unable to bear it.

  Every time she was on the verge of a violent outburst, Xia Xiao would look at her with those innocent little eyes, and that was enough to make Liang Xi helpless.

  "Xia Xiaoyan, I said I still have something to do, really not going home." Just as he had just pushed the car out, he saw Liang Xi looking at Xia Xiaoyan with a helpless expression.

  Xia Xiaoyu fell silent for a moment, then said, "Was that going out to play with Qian Ge and the others? If not, I'll accompany you, we're all from the same big yard, it's good to get familiar."

  "If you want to get to know them, you can go by yourself. I don't have the obligation to introduce you to them. Besides, I'm not their follower who has to be with them every day." Liang Xi finally said bluntly.

  Xia Xiaoyu's face showed a hint of grievance, "I didn't mean anything else, I just arrived at a new place and wanted to make some friends. If you really dislike me, I won't bother you again."

  "You..." Liang Xi couldn't stand her expression, which always looked so wronged and pitiful, as if someone had bullied her. The children in the big courtyard were all born to military families, not to mention that they naturally carried a military aura, but they were also very straightforward.

  So Liang Xi didn't have a good impression of her and instinctively rejected her.

  "Liāng Xī." Xiè Yōu Yán saw that the two were getting more and more awkward, so he hurried over. "Didn't you say you'd accompany me to pick out books? Let's go quickly."

  Liang Xi immediately understood and nodded, "Coming right away."

  Xie Youyan directly ignored Xia Xiaowan and left with Liang Xi together.

  "Honestly, how long have you been watching me make a fool of myself?" Liang Xi finally dodged Xia Xiao Wan and let out a sigh of relief. Seeing Xie You Yan's mischievous smile, she immediately guessed that she must have watched the commotion for quite some time.

  "I see you're quite enjoying yourself. You always say, 'the more friends the merrier', isn't it a good thing that others like to befriend you?" Xie Youyan looked at her with some amusement.

  Liang Xi gave her a cold stare, "I have many friends around me, but I'm not a trash can, I don't associate with just anyone. Someone like her is too calculating, I won't stand for it."

  I'm not looking down on her dad just because he's a deputy regimental commander, after all, we've all been through that together. But she's too utilitarian and I don't like it. In our circle, everyone is straightforward, and if they met someone like her, let alone me, I think they wouldn't accept her no matter what."

  Xie Youyan smiled wryly and thought to herself that it seemed even the normally straightforward Liang Xi was more capable than her.

  Xie Youyan didn't say anything, and Liang Xi also didn't mind. Suddenly, she thought of something, "Why didn't Bing come to find you? If she could curry favor with you, it would be more useful than me. Don't you know that whether it's Qian Cheng or Mu Luoqi, their intentions towards you are not the same? Once they get close to you, it's equivalent to taking a step into this circle."

  Xie Youyan gave her a cold stare, "A dog's mouth can't produce ivory, where are you going now?"

  "Weren't you supposed to accompany me to buy books?" Liang Xi saw her change the subject and couldn't help but laugh.

  "What book are you buying? I already have too many books." Xie Youyan smiled and looked at her, "Do we have a place to eat dinner tonight?"

  "The cafeteria, they've all disappeared for many days, and I can only mix with the cafeteria now." Liang Xi said with a few points of helplessness, although she was not as extreme as Xie Youyan before, but also had a few points of dissatisfaction.

  "Alright, stop complaining, it's all like this." Xie Youyan said with a hint of amusement, "Come to my place tonight."

  "It's not good... " Liang Xi hesitated and shook his head.

  "What's wrong, my dad isn't home, and you've met the others before. Besides, I heard today is Sun Lingyu's birthday, so they'll probably make something delicious." Xie You said carelessly.

  Liang Xi's eyes lit up upon hearing this, "Sun Lingyu's birthday? Then we should buy a gift to go!"

  "Is that a yes?" Seeing her agree so quickly, Xie Youyan's face broke into a knowing smile. Before she could change her expression, he spoke up and said, "I've already bought the gifts, you just need to bring your mouth along."

  "How can that be? Yours is yours, I haven't bought it yet. Come with me quickly." As she said this, she pulled her in the opposite direction and walked away.

  When Liang Xi finally returned home with the gift, the table was already filled with dishes, and Xie Zhenbang had not come back, only the mother and son were there.

  "Gu Yi, this is my friend Liang Xi who lives not far from us. I brought her here to celebrate Sun Lingyu's birthday." Xie Youyan introduced the two parties as soon as she came in.

  "Are you a child of the Liang Zhengwei family?" Gu Ruhui heard and immediately smiled as she came over.

  Liang Xi nodded immediately after hearing it and smiled as she followed, calling out "Aunt Gu". Her smile seemed to grow even more.

  It's understandable that Gu Ru Hui is happy to see Xie You Yan, it's her first time bringing a friend back, and at this time, how can Gu Ru Hui not be happy. But what's puzzling is that Sun Ling Yu's expression, which has remained unchanged for thousands of years, seems to have a hint of a smile on his face.

  "Aren't you guys supposed to be celebrating my birthday? Why are you still sitting there chatting endlessly?" Sun Lingyu looked at Liang Xi and Gu Ruhui with a helpless expression, his face full of frustration.

  "Look at me, I forgot to ask you to sit down as soon as I started talking." Gu Ruhui's face turned red, and she hastily invited Liang Xi to take a seat.

  There was no birthday cake, nor wine, it looked like an ordinary family dinner, but with lively Liang Xi, the atmosphere was adjusted to be quite good.

  This was exactly why Xie Youyan had brought her here, otherwise with her and Sun Lingyu's personalities plus the somewhat eccentric Gu Ruhui, this meal would be unbearably dull. If it were any other day, it would have been fine, but today was after all Sun Lingyu's birthday. So she thought of Liang Xi.

  Although nothing was said, the two of them immediately understood her meaning with their current tacit understanding, and did better than Xie Youyan had imagined.

  After dinner, Xie Youyan walked out with Liang Xi, "Liang Xi, thank you for helping me like this."

  "Thank me for what? It should be me thanking you instead." Liang Xi smiled as he looked at her.

  "Don't pretend you don't know what I mean!" Xie Youyan glared at her fiercely, "But have to say, you're indeed more ruthless than me."

  "In your words, it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time." Liang Xi put away her smile. "You're doing really well now, much better than I expected. I thought you'd be more resistant to them before."

  Xie You smiled lightly and said, "Yes, I was quite resistant to it at first, but later on, I thought it through and realized that it's not bad after all. At least there's a semblance of home now."

  "You're really doing well now, much better than the prickly Xie Youyan from before." Liang Xi nodded sincerely.

  But it made Xie Youyan burst out laughing, and she looked at her with some sadness, "Liang Xi, this opportunity is hard to come by, so I cherish it more than anyone else."

  Liang Xi was stunned by what she said, but still looked at her calmly, "Having a chance is always better than having no chance."

  Xie Youyun smiled lightly and nodded, no one had a deeper understanding of this than she did.

  "Help me give this to Sun Lingyu." Liang Xi didn't continue on the topic, as although they were friends, it wasn't good for her to get too involved in his family matters.

  "Didn't you give it yourself?" Looking at the gift that the two of them had bought together, Xie Youyan was taken aback.

  "I'm too embarrassed, and I'm not very familiar with him, so you can just do it for me as a favor for helping me out today." Liang Xi stuffed the item into her hand without giving her a choice, then turned around and left.

  Xie You looked at the thing in his hand helplessly, wondering what to do next, when he suddenly heard a voice, "What are you standing there stupidly for? Go on duty!"

  Xie Youyan came back to her senses and saw that she had been seen by Sun Lingyu, suddenly feeling a bit embarrassed, but still handed over the thing in her hand, "A gift from Liang Xi for you."

  "Oh." Sun Lingyu took it with an unreadable expression.

  Maybe it was Xie Youyan's illusion, but he saw a hint of disappointment on his face, only to think that this idea was a bit funny soon after. He thought for a moment and then took out a small box from his pocket, "Right, this is my gift to you, happy birthday."

  "Have you also prepared a gift?" Sun Lingyu's eyes showed a few points of surprise.

  "What's surprising about that?" Xie You smiled even more happily, "I remember you like guns the most, I couldn't give you a real gun, so I could only give you this."

  Sun Lingyu looked at her with some surprise, then opened it to reveal a tiny handgun pendant hanging from a woven cord, looking delicate yet still masculine. "It's passable."

  "If you don't like it, return it to me, I didn't want to give it to you anyway."

  Xie Youyan's face suddenly fell, and while speaking, she reached out to grab it back.

  But Sun Lingyu reacted quickly, and with a swift movement, he withdrew his hand and stuffed the thing into his pocket. "They said it was mine, what reason is there to take it back?"

  Saying that, another expressionless face turned around and left.

  "You said I..." Xie Youyan saw a wave of helplessness, pointing at him wanting to say something, but the person had already entered the room, and was so angry that he directly laughed out loud, "What kind of person is this, receiving a gift and still being so arrogant."

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