I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 196. Early Love?

Back at the Lotus Courtyard, their door was open. Xia Xiaoxiao heard the sound of the iron gate being pulled open and came out of Xu Qingfan's bedroom.

Happy New Year, Uncle and Aunt!

"Little one, you're so good. Here's a red envelope for you!" Yao Jinping smiled and took out two red envelopes from her bag and handed them to her.

"Why did you go to my room?" Xu Qingfan glanced at the girl, changed into slippers, and went straight back to his bedroom.

Xia Xiaoxiao seemed a little guilty and didn't answer him, following him into the room.

Xu Qingfan touched the computer screen; it was cold.

[I wasn't even playing on the computer, what's Xia Xiaoxiao up to?] Anyway, there wasn't anything shameful in his room, so Xu Qingfan didn't bother to think about it and comfortably lay down on the bed.

Xia Xiaoxiao stole a glance at him, then followed him in and sat down in a chair.

Suddenly, he smelled a familiar scent. Xu Qingfan buried his nose in the pillow and sniffed like a dog. It was Xia Xiaoxiao's scent!
"You're sleeping in my bed?" He turned to look at Xia Xiaoxiao.

"Who would sleep in your bed, little brother!" she said with a smug look.

"Why didn't you chase it off!" He patted the pillow in disgust, and indeed saw a few white hairs on it.

Xu Qingfan didn't think much of it, since if a girl keeps a cat, the cat's fur can easily pick up her scent.

I didn't notice.

"Hmm~" He closed his eyes and lay on the bed, smelling the lingering scent of summer, which felt quite comfortable.

After sitting for a while, Xia Xiaoxiao realized that she had come here to find Chou Gou to go out and play!
"Hey, come out and play with me!"

"Don't make a sound, I'm going to sleep for a while." Xu Qingfan turned his head away and ignored her.

"No, I'll sleep in tonight. The shops at Guagreen Square will be closing up this afternoon!"

"Hey!!"

Xia Xiaoxiao took off her shoes and kicked his butt, "Get up!"

"Xu Qingfan!!" She leaned back in her chair, pedaling the tricycle with her feet on Xu Qingfan's back.

I must say, it's quite comfortable.

"Hmm~ Stop messing around, I'm going to sleep for an hour," Xu Qingfan grunted and said.

"Don't stop, keep going, I'll add more time." He said again when Xia Xiaoxiao withdrew her foot.

The girl didn't reward him anymore. After putting her slippers back on, she lay on the computer desk, lost in thought.

The little brother came from the living room sofa to the bedroom door, observed for a moment, then went straight to the computer desk and jumped onto Xia Xiaoxiao's lap.

After turning around, he found the best spot and comfortably lay down on the girl's lap.

Xia Xiaoxiao buried her head under the table and stuck her index finger on the cat's nose. The little cat shrank back and kept its eyes closed, showing no intention of leaving.

She smiled faintly, took out her phone from her pocket, set an alarm for 3 o'clock, and then fell asleep on the table for her afternoon nap.

"You brat." More than ten minutes later, Yao Jinping had arranged to go shopping with Lin Jing. When she arrived at the door and was about to call Xu Qingfan, she saw the cozy scene of the two of them and their cat taking a nap in the bedroom, and she immediately shut her mouth.

"Why doesn't she go to bed?" she muttered under her breath, tiptoed into the room, draped a blanket over Xia Xiaoxiao, closed the door again, and left.

During this time, the little guy looked up and glanced at who had come in, then yawned and went back to sleep.

The alarm clock hadn't gone off by 3:00 AM when Xia Xiaoxiao woke up at around 2:50 AM.

After a brief moment of surprise at the extra blanket on her body, the girl stretched comfortably, and the sound of her joints cracking filled the bedroom.

"Get up, get up, it's three o'clock!"

"Let me sleep a little longer, I'll take you to catch goldfish later." Xu Qingfan hugged her smelly feet that she had kicked at him and continued to sleep with his eyes closed.

"Pah, pah, pah~ Xia Xiaoxiao, you're toxic!" The next second, Xu Qingfan woke up from the bed cursing, only to find that the girl had stepped on his face with her other foot.

"Hmph~ Who told you not to get up!" Xia Xiaoxiao threw the cat onto his bed, blushed, and walked out of the room.

Xu Qingfan threw the cat on the ground again, feeling conflicted.

On the one hand, he was inexplicably excited just now, but on the other hand, Xu Qingfan was worried that Xia Xiaoxiao would think he was a pervert.

[At such a young and impetuous age, he really deserves to die.] After calming down, Xu Qingfan put on his shoes and walked out of the room.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and put on your shoes!" Xia Xiaoxiao glared at him and said.

"You're wearing lipstick, it looks great." Xu Qingfan smiled, he had always felt that the girl was different today.

Xia Xiaoxiao was secretly delighted, ignored him, and got up to walk to the door.

Not long after, the two appeared side by side on the street. It had been a long time since they had gone out shopping together. The girl seemed very happy, humming a cheerful melody as she walked.

"Are you wearing height-increasing shoes?" When crossing the zebra crossing, Xia Xiaoxiao was surprised to find that Xu Qingfan next to her was not much shorter than her.

"You're the one wearing height-increasing shoes, I've actually grown taller!" Xu Qingfan cursed.

He admitted that he had two insoles in his shoes, but can that be called increasing height?
"Strange, it was only up to my ear before!" Xia Xiaoxiao's memory was still from when he graduated from elementary school, when he was only about 1.5 meters tall.

"Don't you even know what puberty is? You grew really fast after you got your period, so why can't I get my period too?" he said irritably after crossing the street.

"Do you guys get that too?" Xia Xiaoxiao was very curious about this.

"Pretty much." Thinking of the underwear and the ruby ​​from that day, Xu Qingfan suddenly felt a little afraid to look Xia Xiaoxiao in the eye.

"Does it also happen regularly every month like us girls? Does it feel uncomfortable?"

Are you out shopping or here to ask a million questions?

"Tch~ Fine, don't tell me then, I'll go back and look it up online!" Xia Xiaoxin thought to herself that he didn't appreciate her kindness. She was just thinking that on Xu Qingfan's special day, she should give him the same special treatment he gave them.

It seems that Xu Qingfan's puberty started earlier this time than in his previous life. He doesn't know if it's because of his frequent exercise or because living with five girls caused his hormones to be secreted more vigorously and he developed early.

In the past two months, he has grown seven or eight centimeters taller. If he wears height-increasing shoes, he is no shorter than Xia Xiaoxiao. At least when they walk on the street, they no longer look like an older sister taking care of a younger brother, but more like a well-matched junior high school couple.

"Xu Qingfan, let's buy a lottery ticket!" During the Spring Festival, the stalls selling scratch-off lottery tickets were crowded with people, and Xia Xiaoxiao also wanted to get some good luck.

"Wouldn't it be better to have a couple of milk teas? You'd be better off spending that money on appraising equipment in Fantasy Westward Journey." Xu Qingfan shook his head and refused.

"Hmph~ boring!" Xia Xiaoxiao turned her head to the side.

She thought to herself: If Lin Wanning let you buy it, you definitely would! [Qingfan's brother Wanning wants to buy lottery tickets!]
Okay, we won't buy from scammers!

Buy me, buy me, I'm tired of begging!
Buy and buy!
Hehe~ Brother Qingfan is the best!

After imagining the whole scene, Xia Xiaoxiao felt even more aggrieved and glared at Xu Qingfan: "Then go and queue up to buy milk tea!"

The line to order at Haowei Milk Tea was seven or eight meters long, which was quite a challenge for Xia Xiaoxiao.

“Drinking milk tea is actually unhealthy, how about we drink mineral water?” Xu Qingfan chuckled.

"No, I want milk tea! Fruit tea with only 30% sugar isn't healthy!" Xia Xiaoxiao insisted.

"Buy, buy, buy!" He shook his head helplessly and obediently joined the end of the line.

Xia Xiaoxiao wore a victor's smile and quietly stood beside him in line.

As the only legitimate brand currently on the market, Good Taste Milk Tea is highly competitive. Its standardized flavors and regularly updated new products are unmatched by other brands such as Haven and Green Tea Island.

Riding the wave of consumer spending, as long as the location is well chosen, investing in a delicious milk tea shop can almost recoup the investment in just six months. The continuous cash flow is also the source of Zhang Chunxue's confidence in pioneering new ventures.

Ten minutes later, the two were strolling around, each holding a cup of milk tea.

Xu Qingfan had just inserted the straw and was about to drink when Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly stopped him: "Wait a minute!"

Before he could react, the girl had already taken a sip and mumbled, "I'll try yours."

"Why are you so domineering?" Xu Qingfan said, though he didn't mind her drool, but he was used to bickering with her.

"At most, I'll let you drink it back." Xia Xiaoxiao took another sip of her own before handing him her cup.

Xu Qingfan glanced at the girl, then took a sip with a disgusted expression.

"Is that Xiao Fan and Xiao Xiao?" From afar, Lin Jing and Yao Jinping saw the two feeding each other.

"How dare he do this in public! This brat!" Yao Jinping only saw Xu Qingfan drinking Xia Xiaoxiao's milk tea, and immediately wanted to go over and give him a lecture.

"Why are you going over there? If the two kids get along well, just let them be!" Lin Jing said with a motherly smile, pulling back her best friend who was about to explode.

“You can’t do that on the street.” Yao Jinping still holds the old-fashioned view; such behavior would have been considered hooliganism in their time.

"Do you think they're dating?"

"Don't overthink it. These two kids have always gotten along like this since they were little," Lin Jing said dismissively. "Let's go, let's continue shopping. I saw a pair of boots I liked a few days ago."

As Yao Jinping was pulled away, she glanced back at the two of them and subconsciously thought of Wu Lingyu.

Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao obviously didn't notice the two mothers. After feeding each other, they strolled side by side through the stalls in the square.

During the Lunar New Year, various stalls were temporarily set up in Guailu Square, mostly offering fun games where you could win toy figurines.

A family of three went on a trip together. The father played games while the mother held her young child in her arms. The child beamed with joy after receiving a prize, and the adults smiled along with him. Scenes like this are common everywhere, and this is probably the embodiment of happiness.

He and Xia Xiaoxiao walked up to a shooting game stall. The girl suddenly stopped, pointed to a Stitch figure on the stand, and said to him, "I want that one."

Xu Qingfan glanced at the price: 20 shots for 10 yuan. He paid 10 yuan, picked up the gun, and aimed at the balloon.

Five minutes later, Xu Qingfan grinned at the shop owner and asked, "Can I stack the balloons again?"

"No, ten shots is the fourth prize. You can choose one of those keychains over there!" The shopkeeper gave him a disdainful look.

Xia Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him, handed the shopkeeper ten yuan, and then picked up the gun that Xu Qingfan had just used.

"Here you go." Three minutes later, Xia Xiaoxiao handed him the newly acquired Stitch doll.

"It's only fair to reciprocate." Xu Qingfan then gave the other person the little dinosaur keychain he had just received.

Xia Xiaoxiao held the keychain in her hand and examined it. She noticed a small button on the dinosaur and pressed it gently.

【da i su ki da yo!】

The little dinosaur turned on its lights and made a sound the next second.

"What does this mean?" she asked, knowing the answer already.

"I like you." Xu Qingfan thought Xia Xiaoxiao really didn't understand, so he, being a long-time anime fan, explained.

"Eh~ then I don't want it." The girl showed a look of disgust.

"It would be better if you didn't want it, I'll give it to Wan Ning and the others!" Xu Qingfan reached out to snatch it.

Xia Xiaoxiao was faster; she withdrew her hand, tossed her high ponytail, and turned to leave.

"Humph~"

Confirming that Xu Qingfan hadn't caught up, the girl secretly rejoiced and walked even faster.

After walking another eight or nine meters, Xu Qingfan still hadn't caught up.

Xia Xiaoxiao turned around in confusion, only to find that Xu Qingfan was still at the same stall, seemingly having played another round.

The girl frowned slightly and returned to her original stall.

"What are you doing?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked after walking up to him.

"I'll win a few more keychains to give to Wan Ning and the others," Xu Qingfan answered truthfully.

Xia Xiaoxiao: ? ? ?

"I want to go eat takoyaki!" She snatched the gun from Xu Qingfan's hand, slammed it on the table, and grabbed his collar to leave.

"Hey~ I already paid!"

Xia Xiaoxiao refused to listen and continued to pull Xu Qingfan away.

“Stitch hasn’t been taken yet!” Xu Qingfan said again.

Xia Xiaoxiao listened to him this time, let go of him, and ran back to the stall. After taking the plush toy, she took four laser pointers from the fourth prize area at the stall owner's suggestion.

"Hey!" After handing the laser pointer and Stitch back to Xu Qingfan, she said, "Little brother likes the laser pointer!"

The author is probably sick, so please remember to keep warm, everyone!

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