I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 222. Love Stories of the Previous Generation

early morning.

The sound of rushing water came from the bathroom on the first floor.

"Hey~ the flowers are the same year after year, but I still wash my underwear year after year." Xu Qingfan stood under the showerhead, using his underwear as a towel after applying shower gel.

As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm, and Xiao Qingfan is especially energetic at this time of day.

Even though I had already roused myself once in my dream, I still stood tall and saluted the air.

There was one thing that puzzled him greatly after his rebirth, and that was the matter of puberty.

Xu Qingfan remembered clearly that he started growing a beard (not really) in his third year of junior high school in his previous life, and then his height suddenly soared to 172 centimeters during the summer after graduation, and he didn't stop growing until he reached 183 centimeters in his senior year of high school.

At the same time, he grew to 16 at the age of 18.

But in this life, he started developing in the first year of junior high school, and at only 15 years old after his birthday in June, he is already 1.7 meters tall.

and!

Anyway, he looks to be about 16, and he's only 14 years old now!

He remembered that when he was in high school in his previous life, his roommates envied him a lot when he took a shower. After all, he wasn't comparing himself to Black people. At 16, he was not one in ten, but he was definitely outstanding among his peers!
If his former roommates saw his current size, they'd be so angry they'd grind their teeth to dust.

Xu Qingfan's mind wandered for a moment, and he couldn't help but gloat in the bathroom.

However, he quickly came to his senses and realized that there was nothing to brag about if he only fired blanks.

[It's all Xia Xiaoxiao's fault!]
Thinking about it this way, it seems that even the things I did to the girl in my dream last time feel less guilty. These are all like interest!

Of course, he was just thinking about it. After Xiao Qingfan calmed down, he squatted down again to help the five girls wash their underwear.

The five girls got up one after another, had breakfast together at home, said goodbye to each other, and returned to their respective homes.

"Goodbye, Brother Qingfan! Goodbye, everyone!"

"Goodbye, Brother Fan! Goodbye, Xiao Xiao!"

See you next year!

As in previous years, Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao saw Wu Lingyu off onto the bus leaving the port city, and then the two walked home side by side.

“Another year has passed.” Xia Xiaoxiao casually kicked a small pebble away and looked up at the plaque with the four large characters ‘Lotus Courtyard’ written on it.

The number of stray dogs downstairs has dwindled from five to just two. Big Yellow is still around, but he's very old and can't get more than fifty steps a day.

Those days of leading a yellow dog on the left and a small dog on the right seem to be gone forever.

Xu Qingfan smiled and gave the girl a push to let her step through the door first: "Cherish what you have while you can. You won't be living here after you start high school."

"Are you trying to die?!" Xia Xiaoxiao almost lost her balance and fell, turning around to glare at him.

"You're so stupid! Let's go home!" Xu Qingfan grabbed the girl's arm and dragged her around the yard like crazy.

"Xu Qingfan, slow down!"

"No!"

Hearing the noise, Big Yellow looked up at the two children. The two little brats had grown so much; now it had to crane its neck to see their faces clearly. Their voices had changed too. Perhaps the only things that remained the same were their scent and that one of them was still being a jerk.
"Xu Qingfan, you're not allowed to scare the dog!" "Am I that kind of person?"

"You know best whether it's true or not!"

He had no choice but to throw the chewing gum he had prepared to use to throw away the rhubarb into the trash can, and the two of them went back to the third floor.

"mom!"

Good morning, Auntie!

Lin Jing was the only one sitting in the living room. A melodramatic TV series was playing, her little brother was sleeping on her lap, and her hands were busy knitting a sweater.

"You're back! Did you have fun at the party yesterday?" Lin Jing stopped what she was doing and looked at the two of them with a smile.

"It's just eating and cleaning, what's so fun about that? By the way, Auntie, where are my parents?" Xu Qingfan said casually, while searching for his parents in the house.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, your mom and dad left for a trip this morning. They said that since everyone is cleaning their homes on the 28th of the lunar year, there won't be many cars on the road," Lin Jing said to him as if she had just remembered.

"Huh?" Xu Qingfan's eyes widened in astonishment. "Then who will do the house cleaning after they leave?"

Xia Xiaoxiao looked at him, and Lin Jing also looked at him without saying anything.

"no."

"Your mom told me to make sure you keep a close eye on the cleaning, and that the range hood needs to be taken apart and cleaned," Lin Jing said cheerfully.

"Auntie, you'll help me, right?" Xu Qingfan's scalp tingled instantly; cleaning a range hood was practically an ordeal.

"I'm not helping you. Mom and I are going to clean our house. You do your own thing!" Xia Xiaoxiao said haughtily, linking her arm with Lin Jing's.

"Okay, Auntie was just teasing you. Your parents finished cleaning yesterday and were originally going to invite me to come along. But what would it be like to have a romantic getaway for the two of them and then drag me into it? So I declined." Lin Jing said, combing her daughter's hair.

"Old Deng is still reliable." Xu Qingfan felt relieved and sat down next to Xia Xiaoxiao.

"By the way, Auntie, what was that salt lake my mom mentioned last time, how did they first meet it? Did my parents meet it while traveling?" he asked curiously.

Lin Jing blinked in surprise, clearly not expecting Xu Qingfan to be unaware of these things. She smiled and explained, "Yes, back then, your mother, me, and..."

Lin Jing's smile froze, but she quickly continued:

“We went on a trip together. Back then, cameras weren’t cheap. I had just graduated from vocational school and started teaching, and your mother had only been working for two years. Then, someone came with a camera and said he could take photos for us. I forget if it was 30 or 50 yuan per photo. Your mother and I wanted to take some photos to remember the trip, so we went. But it turned out he was a scammer. After taking the photos, he started asking for several hundred yuan.”

"And then what?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked, engrossed in listening, noticing her mother pause.

"Of course we refused. We didn't even earn that much in a month back then. When we tried to leave, several men suddenly appeared and blocked our way," Lin Jing continued.

"Huh? What happened next? Mom, are you all alright?" Xia Xiaoxin tugged at the heartstrings, while Xu Qingfan guessed the ending; his dad was probably going to play the hero and save the damsel in distress.

Sure enough, Lin Jing continued, "Then your Uncle Xu couldn't stand it anymore and took action. Later, we chatted and found out that we were all from Hong Kong. We got to know each other, and then Xiao Fan came along."

When Lin Jing recalled this incident, she felt a pang of nostalgia, because Xia Guofu was also present at the time, and it was the two of them who chased away the bad guys.

"Alright, Mom has to go out for a bit." She patted her daughter's hand, then got up and left.

(End of this chapter)