I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 197. He came, and spring came too.

Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes at Xia Xiaoxiao, turned on one of the laser pointers, shone the beam on the girl's clothes, and said while spinning around:
"Come on, give me a suckling~ Give me one!"

Xia Xiaoxiao tilted her head and looked at him, raising her right hand behind her ear. Just as Xu Qingfan thought she really wanted to cosplay as a catgirl.

The next second, the girl turned around and flicked her tail, slapping his face with her high ponytail as she left, not forgetting to mock him: "Idiot!"

Xia Xiaoxiao walked ahead with light steps, her thumb occasionally pressing a glowing button, and the little dinosaur emitted a mechanical Japanese voice:
【大好き好きだよ! 】

"I wasted forty yuan. This broken laser pointer wouldn't even cost five yuan at the old market."

After Xu Qingfan caught up with her side by side, Xia Xiaoxiao put the keychain back in her pocket, a faint smile always on her face.

"Hmph~ Here's forty yuan!" She took out a fifty-yuan note from her purse and handed it to Xu Qingfan.

He snatched the purse and money from the girl, put the fifty yuan back, and put the purse in his pocket, saying, "You just know how to waste money. Keep it safe!"

"Go buy me takoyaki!" Xia Xiaoxiao said, pointing to the long line not far away.

Because it was during the Chinese New Year, almost all the shops had long queues, including Huang Zhenlong, who sells herbal tea.

She thought to herself: If you keep it safe, then I don't have to wait in line!

"Then you go and reserve a spot!" Xu Qingfan handed her the oversized Stitch doll.

"Fine, I'll take it!" After observing for a while, Xia Xiaoxiao waited until the guests at the table finished eating and left, then placed Stitch on the seat and sat down opposite him.

Xu Qingfan paid the bill and went back shortly after, and the snacks were served one after another.

There are many student couples like them in the small shop, but wait, they're not a couple!

In this era, middle school students' dates mostly involved claw machines, photo booths, and bubble tea shops. Before leaving, they would sit side by side on a park bench and pour out their hearts to each other. Even holding hands or touching each other would make them blush and feel excited for a long time.

However, this whole routine of drinking milk tea, shooting, and going to snack shops really did feel like a date. For a moment, Xu Qingfan couldn't quite distinguish between going out to play with Xia Xiaoxiao and going on a date.

"Hello handsome guys and beautiful ladies, are you a couple? We have a promotion today: leave your photo on the message wall and you can get a free tiramisu!"

After delivering the last serving of fries, the waiter suddenly spoke.

Just as Xia Xiaoxiao was about to speak, Xu Qingfan said, "No, I'm his brother."

The girl rolled her eyes at him, didn't refute him, and turned to look at the message board on the wall, a hint of anticipation in her heart.

"Huh?" The waiter was only slightly taken aback before laughing and saying, "Brothers and sisters can also get one. As long as you leave a photo on the message wall, you can get a tiramisu."

The main reason is that they are both good-looking; otherwise, with so many couples in the store, why didn't the staff ask other people?

"Okay, okay~" Just as Xu Qingfan was about to refuse, Xia Xiaoxiao picked up a piece of popcorn chicken with a bamboo skewer and stuffed it into his mouth.

“Okay, let’s join!” she said to the waitress with a smile.

"Please wait a moment, I'll go get the camera right away!" The waitress smiled, adding that this counted towards her performance record.

"I want to eat tiramisu!" Xia Xiaoxiao said, glaring at Xu Qingfan as he tried to speak again.

"If you want to eat, just pay for it. Why take pictures?" Xu Qingfan really wanted to say that once Donghui City and Wanda Plaza are built, this shop will close down in a few years, so there's no point in taking pictures. "You just know how to waste money!" Xia Xiaoxiao retorted with the words Xu Qingfan had just used to lecture her.

Xu Qingfan was speechless. The waiter returned shortly afterward with a Polaroid camera and said warmly, "Please, handsome young man and beautiful young lady, sit down together."

Xia Xiaoxiao looked at him, and he looked at Xia Xiaoxiao. After a while, Xu Qingfan finally gave in and got up to sit next to the girl.

"Come a little closer, why are you being so distant with your brother and sister?" The young lady waved to Xu Qingfan, gesturing for him to move closer.

Xia Xiaoxiao's face remained calm, but her heart was pounding. She was as if she had been frozen in place, unable to move.

"Smile, little sister, and brother will put his arm around her shoulder. Yes, yes, that's just right, very good."

Under the waiter's guidance, he and Xia Xiaoxiao posed for three photos. "You can each pick one. You only need to keep one photo in the store."

"You choose." Xu Qingfan sat back down in his seat.

The girl wrinkled her nose slightly, hesitating which photo to keep. There were three photos: one of Xu Qingfan embracing her, one of the two of them looking at each other with fake smiles, and one of them sitting upright facing the camera.

"I'll take both of these, thank you." Xia Xiaoxiao ultimately kept the one with the fake smile; it was too fake, she didn't like it.

"Okay, you can leave your writing on the back of the photo. If you come back ten years from today, you'll receive a surprise from our store." The waiter handed the two pens.

Xu Qingfan thought to himself: [This boss, he's been watching so many artsy movies, and he still claims it's been ten years? I didn't even know he was still around when I was in high school.]
"What are you laughing at?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked, puzzled, when she saw him grinning inexplicably.

"I didn't expect some happy things to happen."

"How strange, it's your turn to write!" The girl handed him the photo and pen.

Xu Qingfan took it and turned it over. On the other side, in delicate handwriting, it read: Tell the peach blossoms they don't need to bloom anymore, the person I've been waiting for has arrived.

Xu Qingfan burst into laughter the moment he finished reading, and said in a sarcastic tone, "Tell you~ Peach blossoms~ there's no need to bloom, the person I'm waiting for~ has arrived, hahaha! Hey hey hey don't hit me, don't hit me!"

Xia Xiaoxiao slapped his head in embarrassment and anger, and Xu Qingfan begged for mercy repeatedly.

The waiter covered his mouth and chuckled, thinking to himself: What kind of siblings are like this? They look more like a couple.

"Hmph~" After Xu Qingfan finished writing, Xia Xiaoxiao proudly took it, wanting to see what he could write. "Study hard and make progress every day?"

The girl looked on incredulously, utterly astonished. "You wrote about something so artistic and romantic?!"

"Yeah, you really need to study hard. The workload in junior high is huge. Don't do so badly on the test again!" Xu Qingfan shrugged.

Xia Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, hesitating to speak.

What's wrong with her? She's clearly second in the grade, okay? She's only two points behind this stupid dog!

The girl didn't say anything in the end, but handed the photo to the waiter, saying, "Okay, please put it up."

"No trouble at all." The waiter smiled and left. It's just a pity that the term "straight man" hadn't been invented yet, so the young lady couldn't find a suitable way to express her complaint.

Xia Xiaoxiao secretly placed the photo on her lap and then punched Xu Qingfan's portrait repeatedly until she was knocked out.

[You stinking dog!!!]
(End of this chapter)