Chapter 278, Part 278
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As it turns out, Wang Xu's skill level is quite good.
"How about it, Brother Yan? Not bad, right?" Wang Xu said smugly, looking at Mu Shaoyan in the mirror.
Ye Qingxi nodded. "It's not bad."
His uncle's hair had grown a little longer before, and although he was handsome, he looked more like a pretty boy. Now, he looks even cooler!
Ye Qingxi felt that, given his uncle's personality, he would probably prefer this kind.
Sure enough, Mu Shaoyan looked him over from the left and then from the right, and said with satisfaction, "Not bad, Wang Xu. I'll get my hair cut by you from now on."
"Then Brother Yan, you can come anytime," Wang Xu said generously. "No matter when, you're my VIP, and the free kind at that!"
Mu Shaoyan smiled, stood up, and only then dared to let Wang Xu use the scissors on Ye Qingxi's head.
Looking at Ye Qingxi's hair, Wang Xu couldn't help but exclaim, "Her hair quality is just too good."
Ye Qingxi: How could she not be good at six years old?
Mu Shaoyan said proudly, "Of course! What's wrong with our Xiaoxi? Not to mention her hair, her face is also extremely beautiful!"
As he spoke, he reached out and pinched Ye Qingxi's cheek.
Zhang Hui looked at it and couldn't help but feel envious; she wanted to pinch it too.
Wang Xu cut very slowly and carefully.
It took quite a while before the editing was finally finished.
"How did it go?" he asked, somewhat apprehensively.
Mu Shaoyan had been watching him closely from the moment he made the first cut, and now that he saw him put away the scissors, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's alright. The main thing is that our Xiaoxi is so pretty, she looks good no matter how she's cut."
Wang Xu immediately chimed in, "That's right! Of all the kids I've cut hair for, Xiao Xi's is the most stunning. Just look at that little face!"
Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?
Mu Shaoyan glanced at him, "Our Xiao Xi?"
Who's talking about you and us?
Wang Xu immediately changed his tune, "Your little nephew, the one who cut this out is the most amazing!"
Mu Shaoyan was finally satisfied. Yes, it was his little nephew.
It's not something they own together.
Wait, why does that sound so familiar? I feel like I've heard it somewhere before!
Ye Qingxi: ...
Uncle, if you ever look in the mirror right now, you'll realize you're practically Mu Shaowu 2.0!
However, Wang Xu didn't cut too much; he only trimmed his slightly long bangs and the ends of his hair, and then gave the whole thing a small trim, making him look even more handsome and cute.
Ye Qingxi thought it was pretty good. "Thank you, brother."
"You're welcome." Wang Xu raised his hand to pat his head, only to see his brother Yan glare at him.
Wang Xu: ...Okay, so Yan Ge's precious little darling is someone he can touch?
Wang Xu silently withdrew his hand and continued, "Xiao Xi, if you want a haircut in the future, you can come find me anytime~"
"Okay," Ye Qingxi replied politely.
“Then you’ll have to come to my place,” Mu Shaoyan said. “Your place is too far away.”
"Go! Brother Yan, he's your nephew, he absolutely has to go!"
Mu Shaoyan chuckled, "You're quite perceptive."
"That's right," Wang Xu thought to himself. Just because his nephew Yan had managed to bring Yan back to school and even into A University, all of them, as his friends, should regard this kid as a benefactor if they had any conscience.
Without him, their brother Yan would be doing something right now, and they would be even more clueless about what to do. They might still be struggling and confused!
Wang Xu thanked Mu Shaoyan for giving him money so that he could systematically and completely learn a skill, and also thanked him for giving enough money so that he could afford to rent the barbershop he had now.
Once he makes money in the future, he will definitely pay back all that money to Brother Yan at the highest interest rate.
As they were talking, a guest walked in.
"Excuse me, we're taking a break now," Wang Xu said.
Upon hearing this, Mu Shaoyan said, "What do you mean by rest? If you have guests, you should entertain them properly. Rest? Do you even want to make money?"
"Alright, I came here just to see you, and now that I've seen you, you should entertain your guests properly." After saying that, Mu Shaoyan looked at Ye Qingxi and said, "Let's go, baby."
Wang Xu: "No, Brother Yan, stay a little longer, I'll treat you to dinner."
"I just came from Li Shuai's place, and I'm still eating?"
"Then you have to eat dinner too."
"I'll have dinner at home. You just focus on getting your hair cut and don't worry about me."
Ye Qingxi listened and jumped off the chair.
Seeing his departing expression, Wang Xu asked, "Really not staying?"
"Otherwise what? Just kidding." Mu Shaoyan looked at him with a smile. "You should just focus on making money."
"Okay, I'll treat you next time."
"Hmm," Mu Shaoyan said.
He took Ye Qingxi out the door.
Wang Xu saw them off, while Zhang Hui was busy washing the guests' hair.
"Be careful on the road," Wang Xu said.
"I know, go back now."
After Mu Shaoyan finished speaking, he opened the car door for Ye Qingxi.
Wang Xu: ...As expected of their Brother Yan, he's so considerate to his nephew.
"Goodbye." Ye Qingxi waved.
"Goodbye." Wang Xu waved, mimicking his gesture.
He watched Mu Shaoyan get into the car and kept watching until the car disappeared from his sight before turning around and walking towards his barbershop.
Seeing that he had left, Ye Qingxi withdrew her gaze.
"I never expected that they would actually open a restaurant and a barbershop."
“That’s right,” Mu Shaoyan said. “But it’s good this way. Having a shop makes it easier to make money.”
"Mm," Ye Qingxi replied.
"They originally wanted to open on the same street so they could look out for each other. But when they were looking at store locations, they felt it was better to separate them. You can't put all your eggs in one basket. If you open them on the same street, what if the street doesn't have enough foot traffic? Wouldn't both stores fail? So they separated them again."
As Ye Qingxi listened to his words and saw the unconscious smile on his face, she slowly smiled too.
He could sense Mu Shaoyan's joy.
That joy wasn't something you could talk about; it was a genuine happiness that came from within.
He walks on a bright and open path, so he also hopes that his friends, even those who have only accompanied him for a while, will have a hopeful future.
"I think Brother Wang Xu and Brother Li Xu are both good cooks, they will definitely make money."
"That would be best."
"But what about Brother Lu Zhao?" Ye Qingxi asked curiously. "What is he doing now?"
He remembered that at the dinner table, his uncle seemed to say that Lu Zhao's grades weren't very good yet, so was he studying?
The next second, Mu Shaoyan said with certainty, "Him? He's repeating a year of high school."
“Lu Zhao is different from Wang Xu and Li Shuai. He can concentrate on his studies. He had good grades when he was in school, so he went to repeat a year. He will take the college entrance examination this June.”
"If he gets into University A, wouldn't he be your junior?"
Mu Shaoyan chuckled, "That's assuming he can pass the exam."
"Do you think it's okay?" Ye Qingxi asked curiously.
"It's hard to say. But he should be able to get into a top-tier university," Mu Shaoyan said.
"That's not bad either."
"Mm." Mu Shaoyan nodded.
“Xiao Xi,” his voice was soft, like a spring breeze, “I’m actually quite happy.”
"I'm quite happy to see them like this now."
Students carrying schoolbags walked by outside the car. Mu Shaoyan looked at them and felt as if he were seeing his former self.
They were all young then, and they all thought highly of themselves, believing that they could punish evil and uphold justice.
It seems like not reading books isn't a big deal.
But later, he finally realized that it seemed to mean nothing to him, but only to him.
He had someone to support him in life, but Lu Zhao and the others did not.
We were all the same when we were in school: the same school uniforms, the same books, the same fights, and the same longing for the future.
However, it seems that Lu Zhao and his group have no future.
Mu Shaoyan didn't like this.
So he spent his own money to create a future for them.
Perhaps in the future, they won't be as close as they were when they were in school.
Perhaps in the future, they will also have conflicts and disputes.
But at this moment, right now, seeing each of them striving towards their own future, and with that future right before their eyes, Mu Shaoyan felt genuinely happy and joyful.
He wanted to find someone to share his joy and happiness.
But there was no one there.
He and Lu Zhao had no mutual friends.
His best friend now, Duan Yi, had argued with him before because of them.
Mu Shaoyan couldn't find anyone to share this feeling with.
Except for Ye Qingxi.
Apart from his most beloved nephew.
He was the only one who knew of their existence, could happily listen to him talk about them, witness their changes, and laugh with him.
So even though Ye Qingxi didn't have much interaction with them and didn't have much of a relationship with them, Mu Shaoyan still couldn't wait to bring him to their shop so that he could feel the joy in his heart.
"I never imagined they would have such a future."
“But now, I see that they are all quite happy, so I am quite happy too,” Mu Shaoyan said gently.
Ye Qingxi listened and quietly looked at him.
He felt that his uncle was a really good person.
She is very gentle.
Very kind.
He is very loyal.
“Then I’m quite happy too,” Ye Qingxi said.
What are you so happy about?
"If you're happy, then I'm happy," Ye Qingxi said with a smile.
"Brother Li Shuai's cooking is delicious, and I enjoy eating it; Brother Wang Xu's haircut is beautiful, and I enjoy looking at it; Uncle, if you are happy, I am happy to see you happy."
Mu Shaoyan smiled and ruffled his hair.
He knew it.
Only his young nephew.
Only Ye Qingxi.
I'll share his joy.
Whether he takes her to a restaurant or a barbershop, she doesn't find it troublesome, doesn't feel bored, and doesn't complain about being tired.
Because his baby is the most caring and best baby in the world.
"We'll be passing the candy store where I bought you some candy earlier. Do you want to buy some?" Mu Shaoyan asked him.
"Okay," Ye Qingxi said. "I haven't had candy in a long time either."
"Then I'll buy you more."
"Let's have less. Too much food makes me afraid of gaining weight."
"Impossible, baby, how could you be fat!" Mu Shaoyan looked at him, "Even if you are fat, you are still the cutest fat baby."
Ye Qingxi refused, "I don't want to get fat."
"Okay, okay, our Xiaoxi will never get fat."
That's because, for an actor, gaining weight can be fatal.
Ye Qingxi turned her head and looked out the window at the shops, trees, flowers and pedestrians passing by.
"That's great," Ye Qingxi thought. "Lu Zhao has a good life, and Wang Xu and Li Shuai have good lives too."
His uncle's former friends all had the opportunity to change their fate and were working hard to change their otherwise bleak lives.
They will all have a bright future.
His uncle was happy and joyful because of this, which is good.
Everyone around him is doing well.
Everyone—including their friends.
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