Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts

Xu Qingfan sat on the sofa waiting for Zhang Chunxue to put away her clothes. When she came out, she had changed into a white shirt and dress pants.

Since she wasn't wearing a pencil skirt, she naturally wasn't wearing stockings either.

Xu Qingfan handed her a peeled apple, unbroken from top to bottom. The way he peeled it with the fruit knife was quite dashing.

"Having an apple after waking up is refreshing."

Zhang Chunxue sat half a meter away from Xu Qingfan, reached out to take the apple: "Mm, thank you, Qingfan."

"Auntie, put your feet on my thigh, I'll give you a massage." Xu Qingfan patted his thigh.

"Okay." Zhang Chunxue took off her slippers, placed her legs on his thigh, and took small bites of the apple, her gaze continuously on the TV screen.

"Hiss~" Zhang Chunxue furrowed her pretty brows, elegance lasting less than three seconds because Xu Qingfan rudely attacked her Yongquan point from the start.

"Auntie, have you been wearing high heels again? You frown with just a press." Xu Qingfan didn't admit it was his own rough actions and instead laughed.

Zhang Chunxue glanced at him, conveniently distracted by taking small bites of her apple, so as not to look flustered.

"Is Wanning's hometown pretty?" she asked casually.

"The environment is quite nice. It feels like even their tap water is a bit sweeter than ours, and the sky is especially blue." Xu Qingfan was proficient; he could massage while looking into Zhang Chunxue's eyes.

"Mm~ I went there once during university, it's been many years." Zhang Chunxue's voice trembled a little.

"When Auntie went to college, 02... that must have been in the nineties, right? I heard it was quite chaotic then." Xu Qingfan had heard Xia Guofu say it, and back then, even when driving, you had to carry a steel pipe for self-defense.

"Yeah, but I went on a group tour then, not alone, so my trip was secure." Zhang Chunxue smiled lightly, reminiscing her college days. She was in a good mood now.

"Auntie must have been very popular in college, whenever you took a class, it would be full." Xu Qingfan joked.

"Not as popular as you, Qingfan, you got love letters in elementary school packed in bags. There are still many in Yiyi's room. Do you want some? I can steal some for you someday."

Zhang Chunxue teased him back.

"Cough cough... no need for that, it's been years, don't even know if the QQ number is hacked." Xu Qingfan felt choked, what kind of mom does that!

"That's true, the five prettiest are already in your hands, no need to add anyone else on QQ." Zhang Chunxue smiled, giving him a sidelong glance.

"Huh?"

"Where?"

Xu Qingfan lifted Zhang Chunxue's foot, looking left and right, then realized, pointing at her foot: "Auntie, you're talking about yourself, then I admit, you're indeed the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."

Zhang Chunxue blushed deeply, in the verbal sparring, she was still a bit weaker than Xu Qingfan.

"Stop being such a smooth talker, I'll tell your mom in the group chat that you said I'm the most beautiful woman you've ever seen." Zhang Chunxue pinched him with her foot, surprisingly nimble.

Xu Qingfan quickly pleaded: "Please, Auntie, Auntie I was wrong, but what I said was true, absolutely true!"

Zhang Chunxue rolled her pretty eyes, unable to suppress her smile. What woman doesn't want to hear she's beautiful? Especially being called "the most beautiful person" by Xu Qingfan.

"Auntie wants to ask you something, can you answer honestly?" Zhang Chunxue stopped smiling and suddenly asked.

"Huh?"

"I suppose... I can." Xu Qingfan's tone was uncertain.

Zhang Chunxue didn't care if he was genuinely able or not, and asked directly: "What's going on with you and Xiaoxiao, agreeing to kiss you on stage if she presents you flowers? I would believe it if it was Wanning, but for Xiaoxiao... let me guess."

"First of all, it wasn't agreed upon, so why would Xiaoxiao kiss you on stage, Qingfan? I guess it was because she felt threatened, and why would she feel that? I guess someone confessed to you, or Xiaoxiao noticed your relationship with someone else was progressing rapidly."

"Is it really like what the forums say, that Qingfan is secretly dating Ruan Wen?"

Xu Qingfan was drenched in sweat, this wasn't just guessing, she was spot on!

"Cough... I'm not dating Ruan Wen, Auntie, Ruan Wen and I are pure and innocent."

"Hiss~"

Xu Qingfan wasn't sure if it was intentional or not, but his massage pressure suddenly increased, causing Zhang Chunxue's words to get stuck in her throat.

"So you're dating Wanning?" Zhang Chunxue pursued.

Xu Qingfan continued to shake his head, sticking to his previous answer: "We agreed, no dating in high school."

Though he had been gorging himself in the room a short while ago, he insisted, it wasn't dating!

He knew it wouldn't be easy to fool Zhang Chunxue, so over time, he had already planned a plan B.

"Xiaoxiao privately expressed her feelings to me, but I... you know, Auntie, I'm sentimental, I told her to wait until college." Xu Qingfan blinked desperately.

Zhang Chunxue rolled her eyes again, scoffing at his explanation.

"I think you're just trying to delay, saying no dating in college, then after graduation."

"After graduation... you'd say career first, dragging on as long as possible, right?"

Zhang Chunxue pinched him again with her foot, a small area turned red instantly, it was pretty painful.

"Auntie, I know I'm wrong." Xu Qingfan stood at attention after being hit, admitting his mistake even though it shouldn't have been a mistake.

"What good is knowing you're wrong if you don't change? I couldn't see you were playing the long game back then." Zhang Chunxue said, annoyed.

She didn't really think so, after all, what do five or six-year-olds know, and moreover, they owed a lot to Qingfan for taking care of Yiyi back then.

Xu Qingfan kept blinking cutely, [seems Auntie's anger isn't very high, Auntie still loves me!]

"If you can't resolve it, then stay unresolved forever, gives me more time with Auntie you." Xu Qingfan flattered.

"Who wants your company, better think of what to do in the future, lest friends turn into enemies." Zhang Chunxue still acted annoyed.

"No, no way, Auntie don't worry about that!" Xu Qingfan assured, patting his chest.

Zhang Chunxue wondered where his confidence came from, looking at him skeptically, "Anyway, I still say, be a responsible person."

She couldn't explicitly tell Xu Qingfan, "be with Yiyi and Wanning, I don't mind," so she continued to hint this way.

"Auntie, I will!"

"No need to tell me, alright, go wash your hands, Yiyi will wake up soon too." Zhang Chunxue withdrew her foot and slipped back into her slippers.

"Mm mm." Xu Qingfan walked with his hands in his pockets, no worry about scratching his nose inadvertently.

When he came out of the restroom, in that short span, Zhang Yiyi had indeed awoken and come out of her room.

"Eh?"

"Yiyi, you're awake?"

Xu Qingfan was surprised.

"Yeah, just woke up." Zhang Yiyi secretly signaled with her eyes, asking if their talk in the room had been discovered by mom.

Seeing Xu Qingfan shake his head, she relaxed.

"What are you two whispering about, nodding and shaking heads?" Zhang Chunxue smiled, watching their interaction.

"Nothing, we're doing head exercises, I'm nodding, Yiyi's shaking her head, I shake, Yiyi nods."

"Mm mm mm!"

Zhang Yiyi cooperated with him seamlessly.

"So quirky, pack up, we're heading out." Zhang Chunxue shook her head.

"Okay!" Xu Qingfan and Zhang Yiyi responded in unison.

"Huh? Qingfan you're just wearing a long-sleeve shirt, aren't you cold?" Zhang Chunxue asked, touching his arm as they went down the elevator.

"Not cold, it's quite warm in Minzhong, so I only wore one shirt."

"Yiyi, are you cold?"

"Not cold!"

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