I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 169. Old Deng, you probably never imagined your daughter is a multi-millionaire!
Within a few days, the school found a new English teacher and homeroom teacher for Class 7-6, marking the end of Ms. Xu's teaching career.

The new English teacher is an older middle-aged woman. Unlike her predecessor, Shan Fengtao, this teacher seems very laid-back. She always arrives at class right on time and leaves right on time after class.

Fortunately, there were no unruly students in Class 7-6, so there was no need to worry about discipline.

Without the disgusting delinquents and the annoying homeroom teacher, the middle school life of the six main characters began peacefully and warmly.
Two months flew by, and in the blink of an eye, they had been living together for half a semester.

They also experienced many interesting moments together. For example, one girl mistakenly took Xu Qingfan's underwear. Xu Qingfan asked around but no one admitted it. As a result, when he went to the balcony to collect his clothes the next day, his underwear was hanging there wet.

Xu Qingfan called the five girls to the balcony, pointed out that his underwear had been found again, and asked who had worn the wrong pair, telling them not to be embarrassed.

Wu Lingyu spoke first, the girl stammering, "Brother Fanfan, I...I didn't...it wasn't me!"

Then it was Xia Xiaoxiao's turn. The girl had already grown to 1.67 meters tall. She raised her hand to suppress Xu Qingfan and said, "Only a dog would wear your underwear!"

“Brother Fan, I’m not staying here tonight, so it definitely wasn’t me!” Xiao Ruanwen said right after.

"It wasn't me!" Seeing Xu Qingfan's gaze fall on him, Zhang Yi shook his head vigorously and waved his hands as he spoke.

"Hehe~ Brother Qingfan, it's definitely not me! If I wore the wrong thing, I would definitely tell you!" When it was Lin Wanning's turn, the girl said to him with a bright smile.

After asking around, Xu Qingfan still couldn't figure out who the werewolf was, and the matter became an unsolved mystery.

Midterm exams are next week, so this weekend the six of them are spending all their time at their secret base studying.

This midterm exam is especially important, as the results will determine whether the six of them can continue living together in the secret base. After all, if their grades plummet due to a lack of proper supervision, the adults will definitely have something to say. Therefore, the five girls dare not be careless at all.

On Sunday afternoon, after a short half-hour nap, the girls pulled Xu Qingfan out of his sleep and went downstairs to continue studying.

"How am I supposed to memorize all of history, geography, and biology?" Lin Wanning began to worry as he looked at the three thick history, geography, and biology books.

Because these three subjects are not tested in the high school entrance examination, and only a final exam is held in the second year of junior high school, each subject is only scheduled for one class per week on the timetable.

Consequently, the pace of instruction among instructors has accelerated, rivaling that of advanced mathematics at the university level, with some classes covering twenty or thirty pages in a single session.

Before the midterm exams, the teachers of the three courses spent a whole class period highlighting the key points for the students. As a result, the entire book was filled with key points. There was so much content that even a novice like Lin Wanning couldn't memorize it all, let alone Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao.

But who is Xu Qingfan? He's a man who attended junior high school twice. Just like how you can get high scores by memorizing past exam answers during college final exams, this approach will also work for these three subjects. After all, which teacher has so much free time to create exam questions? They just copy the questions from the school's question bank.

"Ha~ Wanning, don't memorize that." Xu Qingfan yawned and explained to them, "Just memorize the test papers the teacher usually gives out, and the answers to the practice questions in the book. If you memorize them all, you'll be close even if you don't get full marks. There are also ten bonus questions, right?"

"How do you know if you haven't taken the test? The teacher has already highlighted the key points for us," Xia Xiaoxiao retorted, clearly still believing in the teacher's highlighted points.

Xu Qingfan found it laughable. Did the teacher really think that the exam questions would be exactly the same as those on the practice papers, and that they could just memorize the answers?

If this is done, the whole class will get full marks, and the variance will be eliminated. The teacher who made the test will be scolded to death by the grade head and the principal.

"Trust Brother Fan, you get full marks." Xu Qingfan didn't explain. In any case, no matter how unreasonable it was, the five girls would do what he said.

"Brother Qingfan, I believe in you. This way, we'll have more time to review other subjects!" Upon hearing this, Lin Wanning immediately dropped his textbook and picked up a stack of test papers to start reviewing.

"Then I'll listen to Fan-ge. If we can all get full marks in history, geography, and biology, do you think the six of us will dominate the top six in the grade?"

"He didn't drink any alcohol at noon, how come he's so drunk in broad daylight?"

"Brother Fan, you're so annoying! Can't you say something encouraging?" Xiao Ruanwen reached out and slapped Xu Qingfan.

"That means, Brother Qingfan, you have to say we can definitely sweep the top six spots!" Lin Wanning, unusually, didn't side with him.

"Brother, say it again!" Zhang Yi rolled up the textbook and used it as a stick to gently tap his head.

Xu Qingfan raised his hands in surrender, "I'll say it again, I'll say it again, the six of us will definitely sweep the top six spots in the grade, the five of you will get full marks and tie for first place, and I'll be sixth."

"Then Brother Fan, you're the sixth one now?" Wu Lingyu blurted out without thinking.

"Hahaha~" The women burst into laughter upon hearing this.

After the laughter subsided, the room quickly fell silent again.

Everyone was busy with their own tasks, and a silent understanding permeated the living room.

Late October in the port city was still sweltering in the summer heat, with daytime highs reaching 29 degrees Celsius. Although it wasn't hot enough to require air conditioning, the ceiling fans that were constantly running were indispensable.

The five girls were dressed very lightly at home, wearing pure white tank tops and shorts that exposed a lot of skin. A tatami mat made of straw mats was laid on the living room floor, and the girls sat back to back with their legs stretched out.

If someone were to ask Xu Qingfan right now what the most beautiful scenery in the world is, he would definitely answer that it is right in front of him.

The midterm exams were scheduled for three days, from Monday to Wednesday. By the time the last subject, biology, was finished on Wednesday afternoon, many of the exam papers from the previous days had already been graded.

The results were first released in physical education, because the high school entrance exam required long-distance running and an elective subject, and physical education was included in the exam scope from the first year of junior high school.

In their first year of junior high, they took rope skipping. Because rope skipping was easy to get full marks, almost all students in the grade at Licheng Middle School chose rope skipping for their physical education entrance exam. Only a very few students who were talented in shot put or long jump did not choose it.

The perfect score for rope skipping is 176 skips or more per minute. After all, they had special training, and Xu Qingfan and the five girls all scored a perfect 60 points in physical education.

The results of the math exam on the second day were also released. Xu Qingfan, Xia Xiaoxiao, and Wu Lingyu got full marks as expected. Since the seventh grade math class hadn't yet covered plane geometry and coordinate axes, even Lin Wanning, who had the weakest math foundation, solved the final problem—a system of two linear equations in two variables. Therefore, all six of them still got a full score of 150.

Then more and more test papers were graded and handed out. In history, six people got full marks; in geography, six people got full marks; and in biology, six people still got full marks.

The class was in an uproar, discussing whether the six students could still get full marks in the last three subjects: Chinese, English, and Politics.

"Here is the midterm English test paper. Our class did well this time. Six students in the class got full marks. Students whose names are called, come up and get your test papers. Xu Qingfan, 150 points, Xia Xiaoxiao." As expected, the English teacher read out the names and scores of the six students. For the remaining students, only their names were read out.

After all the test papers were handed out, the homeroom teacher continued, "The scores for all subjects have been compiled and tallied. Our class did very well this time. We have the highest average score in the grade for many subjects, and the highest total score as well. Even the top six students in the grade are from our class." She paused for a moment and then continued, "I believe everyone has guessed who I'm talking about: Xu Qingfan, Xia Xiaoxiao, Lin Wanning, Zhang Yiyi, Wu Lingyu, and Xiao Ruanwen. Please learn from them!"

After the homeroom teacher finished speaking, he led the applause, and soon enthusiastic applause rang out in the classroom.

Lin Wanning cupped her face in her hands, her heart pounding wildly, her mouth slightly agape in an "o" shape, her face a mixture of surprise and delight. Having always played the role of the clumsy, academically challenged student in the six-person group, Lin Wanning had, of course, longed to go on stage with Xu Qingfan and the others to receive an award, and to stand next to her Qingfan brother like Xiaoyu and Xiaoxiao for a group photo.

She thought and thought, and spent time studying hard every day after school, but unfortunately there were just too many geniuses at the Experimental Primary School. Everyone was there for the free tuition. In her six years of primary school, Lin Wanning's best result was never in the top fifty of her grade, let alone standing shoulder to shoulder with Xu Qingfan, who was the top student in the grade.

However, Lin Wanning never expected that this day would arrive so easily after entering junior high school. She secretly pinched her cheek and felt the pain before confirming that she was not dreaming.

Friday, midterm ceremony.

"Please come to the stage to receive your awards if your names are called above. First place: Zhang Yiyi, Class 6, Grade 7; Second place: Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu, Class 6, Grade 7; Fourth place: Xiao Ruanwen, Class 6, Grade 7; Fifth place: Lin Wanning, Class 6, Grade 7; Sixth place: Xu Qingfan, Class 6, Grade 7."

Amidst the surprised cheers from other classes, the six boys confidently and calmly walked onto the award stage.

For teenagers in their adolescence, getting first place in the grade is undoubtedly the coolest thing they've ever done. After today, no matter what earth-shattering things these six do, their classmates will probably be used to it.

Lin Wanning took two steps to the right, standing close to Xu Qingfan. The camera clicked, capturing the moment. The girl's dream, which she had cherished for six years, had finally come true on this day.
To celebrate their outstanding achievements in the new school year, the six families gathered at a scenic farmhouse restaurant on Sunday. Even Li Meijuan and Wu Suowei, whom they hadn't seen for a long time, came.

Several years have passed, and Li Meijuan seems to be getting younger and younger. Her once dry and yellow hair has been nourished to become black and lustrous, and after her hair has grown long again, one can vaguely see a resemblance to Wu Lingyu as she grew up.

Although Xiaoyu's father has not yet undergone a kidney transplant, he has been taking a special medicine imported from abroad that costs tens of thousands of yuan per box, and his complexion looks almost the same as that of an ordinary person.

While waiting for the food, Xiao Ruanwen's mother, Zhao Yuemin, joked, "How come Xiao Fan always got first place before, but this time he's at the bottom?"

"Hehe~ Have you been spending all your time tutoring Xiaoxiao and the others, and haven't you been studying properly yourself?" Lin Jing joked.

"I think it's because this brat was lazy that he was overtaken by others!" Yao Jinping raised her hand and gave her son a flick on the forehead.

"Hahaha~" Everyone burst into laughter.

Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes speechlessly. The essay topic for this Chinese exam was "Me Ten Years Later." Anyone else would need to think about this, but he, Xu, had personally experienced it!
He knows this so well!

Following the trajectory of his previous life, Xu Qingfan wrote about how, having already secured a place in his own university for postgraduate studies, the 22-year-old was already working as a research animal in the laboratory, repeating meaningless repetitive experiments such as adding bird droppings to graphene every day.

Then he only got 42 points on his essay, along with the teacher's comment: Nonsensical!
Zhang Yiyi's essay, in which she expressed her hope to become someone like Xu Qingfan who could take care of everyone ten years later, revealed her true feelings and earned her a score of 59.

Throughout the meal, everyone chatted and laughed. When discussing who Xu Qingfan would choose as his wife, the adults beamed with joy, and their cheers could still be heard more than ten meters away from the private room.

However, Xu Qingfan keenly noticed that Lin Qiaoshan and Wen Wanqing, a couple who were usually very talkative, seemed to have little desire to speak today, and the words "preoccupied" were written all over their faces.

He slapped his forehead suddenly, "[I knew I'd forgotten something lately—the financial crisis, and Lin Wanning's garment factory!]"
"Are you stupid? You should be happy that you can marry five wives, why are you hitting yourself for no reason!" Yao Jinping scolded irritably.

It turned out that the mothers had just joked that they all liked Xu Qingfan as their son-in-law, and that they should all marry him. Then, as soon as they finished speaking, they saw Xu Qingfan hit his own head. The loud sound immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.

"I have mosquitoes... I have mosquitoes. You guys keep laughing," Xu Qingfan said awkwardly, waving his hand.

"It seems our Xiao Fan is shy!"

"Hahaha~"

After the dinner, Xu Qingfan made up an excuse and got into Lin Qiaoshan's car.

There were only four people in the car: Lin Qiaoshan, Wen Wanqing, Lin Wanning, and him. As the closest people to his parents, Lin Wanning had recently noticed the changes in them, but he didn't know what was going on.

The girl had originally planned to ask Xu Qingfan for help during dinner today, and then Xu Qingfan promptly got into their car.

[Qingfan is the best!] Lin Wanning thought sweetly to herself.

As the car drove along the highway, Lin Wanning lost his usual energy because of his parents' somber expressions, and the car remained quiet throughout the journey.

While waiting at the traffic light, Xu Qingfan suddenly spoke up: "Uncle Qiaoshan, there's been a financial crisis lately. I hope your garment factory is okay. I heard from my uncle that many garment factories have gone bankrupt and he's asking to borrow money from them."

Lin Qiaoshan's face stiffened, and Wen Wanqing replied with a wry smile, "It's alright, it's just that we're not making as much money as before, but things will get better once we get through this period."

Wen Wanqing wasn't wrong. Once the downturn is over, countless orders will flood in, allowing garment factories that have survived the winter to expand significantly.

Xu Qingfan was too lazy to beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "Auntie, didn't we draw comics when we were in elementary school? Do you remember?"

"Of course I remember, why?" Wen Wanqing turned around, curious as to why Xu Qingfan was asking this.

“Auntie, we actually lied to you back then. The copyright of the comic was not sold to the publisher. We earned a total of more than 12 million yuan from drawing comics over the years. Half of that money was used by Aunt Zhang to buy US stocks. In a few years, the value increased more than tenfold. In early April this year, the stocks were sold off, and Lin Wanning, Zhang Yiyi, and I each received more than 20 million yuan. The money is now in Lin Wanning's Hong Kong Development Bank card. The password is my birthday.”

silence.

The car was deathly silent.

Xu Qingfan really wanted to say, "Old Deng, you didn't expect this, did you? Your daughter is a multi-millionaire!"

Lin Qiaoshan only started the car again after the vehicles behind him got impatient and honked their horns to remind him.

He had forgotten how he got home. Then Lin Wanning went back to her room and took out the Hong Kong-issued VIP card. The four of them went to the nearest ATN machine to swipe the card.

The machine clearly displays the balance as: 29,576,343.32.

"One, ten million, ten million!" When she read the last ten million, Wen Wanqing was so excited that her voice almost cracked.

At the same time, Lin Qiaoshan quickly pulled out the bank card and looked around warily.

The elderly couple's hearts were pounding faster than after their 100-meter sprint. They had prepared for the worst, even having to sell their car and house. But this is what they mean by "after the darkest hour comes the dawn"!
Finally, with Zhang Chunxue's personal intervention, Wen Wanqing and Lin Qiaoshan finally believed that the nearly 30 million yuan in savings in front of them was all earned by their daughter through her own hard work, or more accurately, it was earned with the help of Xu Qingfan.

Wen Wanqing and Lin Qiaoshan will never forget the scene of this day. Xu Qingfan casually mentioned that there were more than 20 million yuan in savings in her daughter's bank card. More importantly, he was only twelve years old that year.

If before they were only grateful to Xu Qingfan for taking care of their daughter, then from this day forward, Wen Wanqing and Lin Qiaoshan truly treated Xu Qingfan like their own son, forgiving him no matter how outrageous his actions were!

The crisis in Lin Wanning's family was thus resolved with minimal effort.

(End of this chapter)