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Chapter 95 Housewarming Party

In the capital, the clear zither music played in Fragrant Hills.

When buying a house, Chen Xiu didn't consider many things.

It simply needs to be large enough, offer good privacy, and ideally have a yard.

After careful consideration, he finally chose Xiangshan Qingqin, a villa area located in the northwest corner of Beijing, at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, where each villa has a private courtyard and garden of 700-1200 square meters.

On the last day of March, Chen Xiu moved in with Meng Ziyi before the housewarming party began. They also marked out a plot of land in the garden, which had been tended by a gardener, to plant something.

"Clang!"

The loud sound, combined with the reaction force from the hoe, made Chen Xiu stop digging.

Leaning on his hoe, Chen Xiu looked down at the black soil beneath his feet. His usually neat hairstyle was now disheveled, his forehead was covered in sweat, and his cashmere sweater, exposed to the cold air, was wrinkled.

After rummaging through the pile of black mud in front of him, which smelled of fish and rotting grass, Chen Xiu found the stone he had just dug up and kicked it out.

"Brother Xiu, you've dug up another rock?"

"Yes."

Meng Ziyi squatted outside the wooden fence, counting on his fingers, as if he was calculating how many pieces he had dug up.

Looking at this "masterpiece" in front of her, Chen Xiu took off her work gloves and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"That's about right. This depth should be enough to plant trees."

Upon hearing this, Meng Ziyi turned to look at the peach tree with buds about to bloom on a branch leaning against the wooden fence.

After chatting during the Spring Festival, and considering both the ornamental and edible aspects, Chen Xiu and Meng Ziyi both agreed that planting peach trees was a more appropriate arrangement.

Under Meng Ziyi's slightly surprised gaze, Chen Xiu lifted the peach tree, which was about two meters tall and had nutrient soil tied to its roots, and planted it in the newly dug hole.

Use a hoe to cover the soil back up, then use the flat side of the hoe to compact the soil little by little.

Chen Xiu did this very seriously, while Meng Ziyi watched quietly from outside.

It wasn't until Chen Xiu took off both of his work gloves and came to the wooden fence to take off his rubber boots that Meng Ziyi hurriedly got up and came over to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead.

"Brother Xiu, why didn't you call Xiao Feng and Da Xiong to come and help?"

"Phew~, some things only bring a sense of accomplishment when you do them yourself, and my brain has been a bit tired lately, so I need to do some physical work to relax it."

Chen Xiu chuckled and said that he didn't find the task difficult.

Meng Ziyi, who was wiping his sweat, nodded somewhat absentmindedly, but was quickly drawn to something else.

"Hey, there's a little flower bud on your clothes."

Looking down, Chen Xiu saw the small flower buds that Meng Ziyi had mentioned on the surface of the cashmere coat. They must have gotten there when she was moving the tree earlier.

Holding the two sepals of the flower bud, Chen Xiu did not casually throw it into the soil. Instead, she used her fingers to press down on the pink and white petals, squeezing out the bud that would never have had a chance to bloom.

With a puzzled look in Meng Ziyi's eyes, he placed the flower bud directly above the silly beauty's forehead.

"This is called the 'Falling Plum Blossom Makeup' style. If you plant plum blossoms according to my idea, it will suit you even better."

"What's so great about plum blossoms! They're beautiful to look at but you can't eat them. It's better to plant peach trees."

Meng Ziyi pouted and shook her head. Regarding the topic of what to plant, the two initially held their own opinions, but in the end, it was she, who paid for the trees, who made the final decision.

"Don't move yet, the picture hasn't been taken yet!"

Chen Xiu stopped her from shaking her head, then leaned in close to Meng Ziyi, cheek to cheek, and held her phone up to them. "Wait, I want to take a picture too!"

Meng Ziyi remained in the same position, with one arm around Chen Xiu's waist and the other holding a mobile phone.

On their respective phone screens, the two were pressed close together against a backdrop of peach trees. Chen Xiu's sweaty hair hung down her head, while Meng Ziyi had a peach blossom bud decoration between her eyebrows.

"Kacha!"

The sound of the camera shutter on the phone did not cause the two to separate on the spot.

Meng Ziyi, who was the first to put away his phone, turned around, cupped Chen Xiu's face, and confronted her directly.

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Chen Xiu didn't even have time to put her phone away before Meng Jie's face loomed large in front of her.

After a long while of muaing, Meng Ziyi finally released Chen Xiu with a smile in her eyes and drew a big circle around the peach tree and everything around it.

"Brother Xiu, is this going to be our home from now on?"

"Yes, I'll be staying here for a while. If you get tired of it and want to leave, you can let me know anytime."

"With you here, I won't be bothered at all."

Meng Ziyi puffed out his cheeks and hugged Chen Xiu's arm tightly to show his determination.

Looking at the silly beauty with a coquettish expression, Chen Xiu glanced at the left-hand window of the villa, where the master bathroom was located.

With a squinting smile, Chen Xiu leaned close to Meng Ziyi's ear and whispered, "I bought the largest size bathtub, but I haven't had a chance to try out the size yet. Do you want to come along?"

"Forehead……"

Meng Ziyi froze, her cheeks flushed, and the blue veins on her ears stood out against the red background.

Chen Xiu waited patiently for her response. Sister Meng's eyes were glazed over, and she bit her lip lightly, but her chin did tap the air.

The two walked into the villa arm in arm, until the sun began to set and the agreed-upon housewarming party was approaching.

Chen Xiu then changed her clothes and went downstairs ahead of time to meet up with Wei Feng and Xiong Ben to start preparing dinner.

Meng Ziyi stayed in her room and took a half-hour break before dinner started. Then, right on time, she put on her makeup, changed into a black trench coat and a brown plaid skirt that could be worn casually at home, and went downstairs in shiny black leather boots.

Upon entering the living room, Meng Ziyi encountered Chen Xiu, who was wearing a sweater vest over his shirt and was walking towards the front door.

"Brother Xiu, are you going to pick up guests?"

"Oh, Sister Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu are here! Would you like to come with me to meet them?"

"Okay! Let's do it together."

Meng Ziyi smiled expectantly. Chen Xiu had already told her about Su Xiao and Su Yu, and she had always wanted to meet her boyfriend's "childhood sweethearts" siblings and get along with them.

Chen Xiu led Meng Ziyi to the door, and the next second after opening the door, his expression unusually froze for a moment.

The two people standing outside the door were indeed Su Xiao and Su Yu. Su Yu still had panda eyes and was dressed as usual, but her face had a more arrogant look that she didn't usually have.

The person who made Chen Xiu feel lost was Su Xiao, who was standing next to him.

This powerful career woman traded her suit for a black fitted dress and a white openwork shawl decorated with bird feathers.

She also took off her rimless square glasses, and her usually meticulously styled long hair was combed back, forming a wavy princess hairstyle that revealed her high crown.

The exquisite tassel pearl earrings, coupled with her naturally almond-shaped eyes, added a touch of nobility to Su Xiao, and made Chen Xiu realize for the first time that her "half-sister" was a great beauty!

(End of this chapter)