I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 181. The Housekeeper's Signs

After the morning exercise break ended, the students flocked to the bulletin board next to the flagpole.

Xu Qingfan and his group of six were also in the group, because today was the day the results of the preliminary selection for the New Year's Day performance were announced.

"Got it!" Xu Qingfan squeezed out of the huge crowd, snapped his fingers, and said to the five girls who were anxiously waiting on the outer circle.

"What? Did we make it to the semi-finals?" He asked abruptly, leaving Xiao Ruanwen impatiently.

"Brother Qingfan, are we in the top six?"

"We got 98.6 points, ranking first. Let's go, I'm going to the convenience store to buy water, it's so hot!" Xu Qingfan took the tissue Wu Lingyu handed him, wiping his sweat as he laughed.

"Yay!!!" The five of them cheered excitedly, and their voices immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding classmates.

However, because of their sweet appearance, they were already the focus of attention at school. After a semester, they had long been used to the secret glances from their classmates, so they did not feel uncomfortable.

Even more interestingly, some bored busybodies held a poll on the Licheng Middle School's online forum to select the most beautiful girl in the first year of junior high school. Photos of five girls were all on the list, and the number of likes for the sixth-place girl was several times higher than that of the sixth-place girl.

Furthermore, since there are five girls wherever Xu Qingfan appears, the comments section of the thread also frequently features messages like "I envy neither the mandarin ducks nor the immortals, but I envy Brother Fan every day."

"Drinking cola after running is bad for your health, Brother Fan, how about we go back to the classroom and drink water?" Wu Lingyu pleaded.

Xia Xiaoxiao wasn't as good-tempered as her. She crossed her arms and said, "All you want to do is drink beverages all day long. No wonder you're not growing tall!"

The mature and sophisticated young woman exuded a cold and aloof aura when she got angry, making the bewildered teenagers swallow hard, and some even bumped into stone pillars because they weren't paying attention.

[They're already controlling me when I'm only in junior high. What will happen after we get married!] Xu Qingfan was clearly unaware of his good fortune and had a rebellious thought.

"Can't I go to the convenience store to buy milk?" Even though he originally wanted to buy a carbonated drink, he still stubbornly argued in the face of Xia Xiaoxiao's gaze.

"That's great! Fan-ge, you drink the milk, and we'll drink the cola!" Xiao Ruanwen happily pushed Xu Qingfan forward.

"Brother Qingfan, I'll drink milk with you too, let's grow taller together!"

“I’ll drink too!” Zhang Yiyi said to Xu Qingfan with her usual smile.

The photo that was secretly taken on Tieba was a candid shot of Zhang Yi turning her head to smile at Xu Qingfan. The girl's healing smile helped her gain countless fans at school, and she also ranked first in the selection of the most beautiful girl in her grade.

In the end, no one got to drink the Coke, but everyone left the convenience store with a carton of Yantang pure milk in their hand.

After inserting the straws, they held the milk above their heads to block the sunlight, and simultaneously shouted, "Cheers!"

The six of them walked side by side, drinking milk, leisurely on their way back to Class 7(6).

The ringing of the class bell was like stirring up an anthill; the students rushed back to the teaching building in a chaotic manner.

The six people exchanged smiles and then joined the running group.

When they ran back to the classroom, the teacher hadn't arrived yet. They breathed a sigh of relief and slowly returned to their seats through the back door. "English again?" Xu Qingfan glanced at the timetable after sitting down. As soon as he finished speaking, the homeroom teacher walked up to the podium with the books.

"Let me share some good news before class. Xu Qingfan and his classmates have made it to the second round of their performance. Remember to cheer for our class at the New Year's Eve party. Class committee members, please discuss buying some glow sticks or something this week." She put down her lesson plan and patted the podium as she spoke.

Because they usually train at home, the students in the class had almost forgotten about it if their homeroom teacher hadn't mentioned it. After hearing about it, they all turned around and looked at their group with curiosity.

"Teacher knows!" Class monitor Zhang Jinshan said as he stood up. When he sat down, he also subconsciously looked at their group, his gaze lingering on Xia Xiaoxiao for a long time.

Xu Qingfan noticed his gaze, and many memories from his past life suddenly came flooding back. He suddenly smiled.

In his previous life, this person also had a crush on Xia Xiaoxiao. Because he developed early and was already 1.75 meters tall in the first year of junior high school, and had the best grades among the boys in the class, he felt very superior and thought that Xia Xiaoxiao should be his girlfriend and that no one else in the class was worthy of her.

Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao were childhood sweethearts, and it was inevitable that they would be closer than the average boy after entering junior high school. Zhang Jinshan even teamed up with the boys in the class to isolate him because of this, but since there were quite a few boys in the class who were also unhappy with him, they ultimately failed.

When Xia Xiaoxiao was blocked and harassed by older delinquent students, he only dared to watch from afar like a rat in a sewer. In his previous life, Xu Qingfan had treated him as a source of amusement.

He repeated junior high school because he had already taken down his biggest asset. This guy became much more obedient. When he encountered them at school, he would only dare to take a detour, whether out of inferiority or something else.

[What adorable junior high students.] Xu Qingfan thought to himself.

[Our city's police recently cracked their first major case of smuggling and trafficking of psychotropic drugs, involving tens of millions of yuan. The case revealed a complete black market supply chain. With the cooperation of local police, the arrest team apprehended multiple suspects in various locations and seized a massive quantity of prohibited drugs, including heptazoline, triazolam, and midazolam.]

Currently, all suspects apprehended in this case have been formally arrested, and the case is still under further investigation.

At lunchtime, they sat at the coffee table as usual, watching TV while eating. The TV station's midday news was reporting on the illegal drug case that Fang Xiaohai's team had cracked a few days earlier.

"Luckily, Brother Fan, you're smart. I didn't expect to catch so many bad guys!" Xiao Ruanwen said with lingering fear.

Fang Xiaohai had already hosted a celebratory banquet yesterday. From the story, they learned that this was a case of selling prohibited drugs online. The criminals who bought "Guai Guai Shui" would share their experiences in groups, take videos and photos, and even upload them to unknown websites to make a profit.

The five girls gasped in shock upon hearing this, especially after learning that there was a drug that could cause someone to faint upon smelling it, making it virtually impossible to guard against.

"Thank goodness Qingfan is here!" Lin Wanning put the half-eaten broccoli back into the bowl and looked at Xu Qingfan with relief.

Zhang Yiyi and Wu Lingyu nodded in agreement. They felt very safe as long as Xu Qingfan was by their side.

Although Xia Xiaoxiao was unwilling to admit it, she did feel at ease as long as Xu Qingfan was with her.

"I bet there's going to be a new installment of this hilarious daily life comedy," Xu Qingfan said with a smile.

"The anti-fraud section is really well done. There are no more of those prize-winning quizzes and fake doctor scams on TV now. Fan Ge, you guys are really amazing!"

"of course!"

"Haha~ Cheers!"

This chapter is to make up for the previous ones; there are still 4,000 words left when I wake up.
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