I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 20. Lin Wanning's Visit (2)
"Come on, let's go to the fourth floor and I'll get you a Totoro outfit." Seeing that Xia Xiaoxiao was a little unhappy, Xu Qingfan habitually pinched the little girl's cheek and pulled the two of them to the fourth floor with one hand on each side.

"You? Forget it!" Xia Xiaoxiao grinned, her face full of disbelief.

The truth is that a few days ago, after drinking beer at home, Xu Qingfan dragged Xia Xiaoxiao to play a game of throwing chopsticks, and she only managed to hit the target a few times after throwing for a while.

"Brother Qingfan, what are you talking about?" Lin Wanning raised the cane he had just received and waved it slightly in the air.

"Have you ever played nesting dolls?"

"Is it a claw machine? Wan Ning has played that before!"

"You mean the claw machine at Sunshine Park? You need a parent to accompany you to enter, so we can't go."

"How did you know?" Xia Xiaoxiao looked over suspiciously.

"When I was browsing last week, I saw a sign at the entrance that said children under the age of twelve need to be accompanied by a parent." This was true for Xia Xiaoxiao. He had originally wanted to go in and play a few rounds of Metal Slug or Cadillacs and Dinosaurs last week, but there was a notice board prominently displayed at the entrance, with a staff member standing next to it.

He hadn't been there for a week, and many stalls had changed their dolls. What surprised him most was that several stalls that were there last week had been completely transformed.

There are now several ways to play, including drawing a red thread to randomly win prizes and smashing golden eggs to win gifts.

There's also the number writing game he played with in his past life!
He remembered that the proprietress had a good figure; Xu Qingfan was going through puberty at the time and often stole glances at her.
Looking back again, with just one glance, he was certain it was the same person!

Next to the proprietress was a little girl of about the same age, sitting upright on a stool, seemingly doing her homework.

Xu Qingfan led the two children to the stall and looked at the rules written on the blackboard: Two yuan per attempt, write from 1 to 500 without making a single mistake, 1 to 100 wins fifth prize, 1 to 200 wins fourth prize.
The rules are the same as before, except the price is three yuan cheaper.

Xu Qingfan glanced at the gifts on the wall; their quality was only so-so. He asked the two of them, "Is there anything you like?"

Xia Xiaoxiao noticed the extra-large Totoro plush toy at first glance, "I want that one!"

"Brother Qingfan, I want that one!" Lin Wanning said, pointing to a medium-sized Meow Meow Monster.

"Kids, where are your parents? You can't play without an adult." The proprietress put down the pen she was holding and leaned forward to look at Xu Qingfan and his two companions.

Five- or six-year-old children are generally around 1.2 meters tall. When the woman bent down, her headlights shone brightly in front of Xu Qingfan, stunning him.

When they saw a strange adult talking to them, the two little ones clung tightly to Xu Qingfan's arm, their little hands instinctively gripping tightly.

Xu Qingfan snapped out of his daze and subconsciously swallowed.

“My mom is getting her hair done downstairs, and she invited us to come and have some fun.” He said, taking out six yuan from the wallet of the wealthy young woman, Lin Wanning.

The woman looked at Xu Qingfan's sincere eyes and didn't think he was lying, so she happily took the six yuan from his hand.

"It's okay if you lose, Auntie will give each of you an extra little doll." The woman added, worried that the other parents might accuse her of inducing children to spend money.

"Thank you auntie."

Xu Qingfan sat down confidently, with Xia Xiaoxiao and Lin Wanning standing on either side of him.

"Go, Qingfan!"

"Keep it up," Xia Xiaoxiao thought to herself.

There's not much to say about this game; as long as you go slowly, you're guaranteed not to make mistakes. Xu Qingfan remained steady throughout, pausing for a few seconds after writing down each number before writing the next one.

The two women stood there for more than ten minutes, but the number only went up to 328.

Seven or eight minutes later, Xu Qingfan successfully wrote 500 words.

"I'm done writing! I'm done writing!!!"

"Brother Qingfan is the best!!!"

The moment Xu Qingfan put down his pen, the two girls excitedly grabbed his hands and shook them. Xu Qingfan glanced at the overjoyed Xia Xiaoxiao. "They're still just kids," he thought, "why the long face all the time!"
"You're doing great, kid! Your handwriting is beautiful too," the shopkeeper praised after checking the contents of the paper.

"Mom, I can do it too!" The little girl who had been sitting next to her doing her homework looked at her mother unhappily when she saw her mother praising another child.

"Our Wenwen is great too!" The woman turned and patted the little girl's head, her face full of tenderness and love.

"Auntie, we want that Totoro," Xu Qingfan said, pointing to the plush toys in the grand prize section.

"Okay, this is the first time someone has won the grand prize in the few days I've been open." The woman smiled and picked up the Totoro, seemingly not annoyed that someone else had won her grand prize.

"Here you are, your Totoro."

Xia Xiaoxiao opened her arms and hugged her newly acquired doll.

"Thank you," Xia Xiaoxiao said softly through the plush toy.

"Hmm." Xu Qingfan patted the Totoro, then patted Xia Xiaoxiao's head.

Seeing Lin Wanning standing next to her, she plucked her ahoge (a single hair sticking up) and said, "It's your turn."

He pressed Lin Wanning back into his seat and said with a smile.

"I...I can't do it, Brother Qingfan, you should do it!" Lin Wanning shook her head vigorously.

"You come?" He looked at Xia Xiaoxiao again.

Xia Xiaoxiao nodded and handed the Totoro to him.

The ending was almost identical to her previous life. When Xia Xiaoxiao wrote 234, she subconsciously omitted the '2' and wrote '3' directly on the draft paper.

"Ah!" She put down her pen in frustration and looked up at Xu Qingfan.

"It's okay, I actually want that fire-breathing dragon ornament." He pointed to the fourth prize area.

"Yes, Auntie, I want that." The little girl's face brightened as she smiled and pointed to the fire-breathing dragon that Xu Qingfan had pointed to.

The woman took down the ornament. "What grade are these children in? They're so young and they can already write hundreds."

"What's grade level?" Lin Wanning blinked her big eyes and asked curiously.

"Auntie, we'll start first grade in September," Xu Qingfan explained as he took the fire-breathing dragon.

The proprietress covered her mouth in surprise, "What a coincidence, my Wenwen is also starting first grade this year."

Xu Qingfan curiously looked at the woman's daughter's homework, a thick stack of A4 paper.

Thinking about Xia Xiaoxiao's daily life these past few weeks, he subconsciously asked, "Are you also taking the entrance exam for the Experimental Primary School?"

"Huh? How did you know that, little one?"

Hearing this, Xia Xiaoxiao and Lin Wanning also looked at the little girl curiously.

Xu Qingfan pointed to the homework on the table, "I guessed, because we also took the exam for the Experimental Primary School."

"What a coincidence! You're all so smart, you'll definitely get in. Then we'll all be classmates. My daughter's name is Xiao Ruanwen. Let's get along well at school." The woman didn't seem worried at all about her daughter not getting into the Experimental Primary School, or perhaps her family was a wealthy one like Lin Wanning's, and she was just setting up a stall to experience life.

"it is good."

In the final round, Xu Qingfan replaced Lin Wanning and successfully wrote 300 points to abstain, thus obtaining the Meow Meow Monster that Lin Wanning desired.

(End of this chapter)