I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 242. Protecting the Best Fan in the World
To celebrate the first day of school, they wandered around the market for a long time, until everyone's hands were full of bags, before heading back to their secret base.

"Roasted chicken wings~ I love them." Lin Wanning, as always, skipped and hopped at the front, humming an unknown song.

When I got home, Xiaobai was already tied to the door. It must have been Lin Qiaoshan or Wen Wanqing who came to the house that afternoon.

"noob!"

"Xiaobai, when did you arrive?"

The girls took turns going up to tease the white dog, while Xu Qingfan shook his head, took out his key, and opened the door.

After opening the door, he found many large and small bags on the coffee table in the living room. When he opened them, he found oranges and bananas, all seasonal fruits.

After putting the groceries back in the kitchen, I opened the refrigerator, which was also filled with all sorts of vegetables and fruits. It seems I won't need to go grocery shopping for the next two days.

Not long after, Wu Lingyu put on an apron and came in to help. The familiar sound of the television came from the living room. It was that feeling, a special atmosphere of home.

Several girls took turns coming into the kitchen to check on how far they were from cooking. When it was Xia Xiaoxiao's turn to come in, Wu Lingyu tilted her head and asked, "Xiaoxiao, are you going to help Brother Fan? You said last time you wanted to learn how to cook."

Clearly, Wu Lingyu still remembered what happened at the Lotus Courtyard the day before yesterday. She originally wanted to go in and help her aunt, but Xia Xiaoxiao said she wanted to learn how to cook and told her to rest in the living room.

Xia Xiaoxiao blinked, clearly recalling what happened that day. In her girlish heart, she thought: I wanted to help Auntie cook so that she would like me more. What good would it do to help this stinky dog ​​cook? I would only get scolded!

She smiled and shook her head: "Xiaoyu, it would be better if you came, so I wouldn't be clumsy and get disliked by someone!" After saying that, she glared at Xu Qingfan.

"Wow~ So someone does have some self-awareness after all." Xu Qingfan poured a bottle capful of rice wine into the iron wok, and as he tossed the wok, a column of fire several tens of centimeters high instantly rose up. He said this without turning his head.

"Hmph~" Xia Xiaoxiao bared her teeth at him, closed the door again, and went out.

Dinner was ready in no time, a sumptuous six dishes and a soup. The last dish, Orleans roasted chicken wings, was taken out of the oven, and the whole house was instantly filled with the aroma of roasted meat.

"Wow~ my roasted chicken wings!" Lin Wanning couldn't wait to poke the chicken wings on the baking tray with his chopsticks. Once the chicken wings were no longer stuck to the tray, he quickly put them into his bowl.

Their meals don't have the same sense of ceremony as those in Japanese dramas. They don't wait for everyone to arrive before saying "Let's start eating" before they begin. As long as everyone is in the living room, they can start eating.

"The physics in the second semester of eighth grade is so hard! I only flipped through a few pages and my head started to ache. And math is the same!" Xiao Ruanwen couldn't help but complain during dinner, shaking her head as she spoke, clearly having a real headache.

"Yeah, I wonder if I can still get into the top six in the grade this semester!" Lin Wanning put down the half-eaten chicken wing and said with a determined look.

Clearly, no matter how difficult the subject becomes, going on stage with Qingfan to receive an award is the goal the girl is determined to achieve.

However, this is not actually a very difficult thing, because the educational resources and teaching staff in Licheng are not very strong, and the quality of students is also much worse than that of junior high schools in Gangcheng.

Lin Wanning and Xiao Ruanwen only need to strive for high scores or even full marks in other subjects. Even if they only score in the 70s in physics and 110s in math, their total score can still rank them among the top six in the grade.

This is reflected in their overall scores, where they are several tens of points behind Xu Qingfan and the other top-tier students.

"Then you'll have to work even harder this semester," Xu Qingfan said encouragingly, placing two peeled shrimp from his bowl into each of theirs.

"Hehe~ Thanks, Brother Fan."

"Yes, Brother Qingfan, I will definitely work hard!" Lin Wanning nodded earnestly.

Xia Xiaoxiao pouted almost imperceptibly, then glanced at his bowl and saw a peeled shrimp. She reached out with her chopsticks and picked it up and put it in her own bowl.

"Damn~ Xia Xiaoxiao, I really admire you." Xu Qingfan was about to eat when he accidentally picked up nothing. When he looked down, he realized that the shrimp he had just eaten was already in the girl's mouth.

"Thanks." Xia Xiaoxiao smiled proudly and shrugged her shoulders triumphantly.

Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes at him again, and decided to treat everyone the same. He peeled two more large shrimp and gave them to Wu Lingyu and Zhang Yiyi respectively.

"Thank you, Brother Fan."

"Thank you, brother."

The five girls ate the shrimp that Xu Qingfan had peeled himself, and they all felt that it was much fresher than the shrimp they had eaten before.

Halfway through the meal, Xu Qingfan suddenly remembered the incident from yesterday when he confronted Ruan Wen's aunt at her house.

He actually regretted it a little after he said it, since it was at Ruan Wen's house. As the saying goes, you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog, and it was very impolite of him to talk about someone else's relative like that.

Normally, Xu Qingfan wouldn't have made such a basic mistake, given his emotional intelligence. However, he simply couldn't stand the disdain and contempt in his aunt's eyes when she looked at Ruan Wen, and in a moment of anger, he blurted out. He had cared for all five girls since they were little, and he couldn't bear to see them suffer even the slightest grievance, let alone an outsider.

To be honest, Xu Qingfan truly dotes on the five of them like daughters and younger sisters, fulfilling a dream he had when he saw Qiong Mei in his previous life.

Of course, he didn't have any inappropriate or dirty thoughts, at least not at this stage.

"By the way, Ruanwen, what happened to your aunt yesterday? I acted a bit impulsively back then, so I apologize to you," Xu Qingfan said, putting down his chopsticks and looking at Xiao Ruanwen.

"Tsk~" Xiao Ruanwen gave him a playful glare and said, "Brother Fan, what are you saying? I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that!"

Xu Qingfan tilted his head and blinked in confusion, waiting for her to continue. The other four girls also put down their chopsticks, waiting for Xiao Ruanwen to finish her sentence.

"I'm thanking you, Brother Fan, why are you apologizing to me!" she scolded playfully. "That aunt is so annoying. She's never liked my mom since I was little, saying she looks like a vixen or something. I actually hate her too!"

"Huh?" After exchanging glances for a moment, the group looked back at Xiao Ruanwen, waiting for more juicy gossip to unfold.

“My dad is the most successful in our family. My aunt wanted to arrange a marriage for him, but he was already with my mom, so he refused. Anyway, it was just a bunch of ridiculous nonsense.”

“And then there’s my cousin. She’s a really nice person, and she’s been really good to me, but I just feel like she isn’t very bright,” Xiao Ruanwen pointed to her head, “she doesn’t seem very bright. I heard when I was little that she was going to participate in some kind of talent show called Star Avenue, and she borrowed a lot of money from our family, and she still hasn’t paid it back.”

The group ate the melon with great relish, and suddenly the rice in their bowls didn't taste so good anymore.

"Oh, I see!" Lin Wanning suddenly said.

The group all turned their gazes to her, curious about what Lin Wanning knew.

"Ruan Wen said last time that her family was against you participating in the talent show, was it because of your cousin's situation!" The girl made a signature move from Detective Conan in a very childish way.

"More or less." Xiao Ruanwen nodded. As for her cousin being cheated out of money and her virtue, she decided not to tell everyone.

"So, Brother Fan, I really thank you. I was so touched that you stood up for me in front of everyone that day!" Xiao Ruanwen looked at Xu Qingfan's face earnestly, her eyes reddening slightly.

Now it was Xu Qingfan's turn to feel embarrassed. He laughed and said, "Oh, it's nothing. I would have done the same if any of you were in my shoes. I also believe that you would have done the same if something similar happened to me."

"Of course! If anyone dares to bully Brother Qingfan, I, Wanning, will be the first to object!" Lin Wanning raised her little pink fist and swore an oath.

Seeing that everyone in the room was looking at her again, she withdrew her hand and weakly added, "If it's Qingfan's parents, then forget it."

"Hahaha"

After the laughter subsided, Xiao Ruanwen got up from the dining table, walked to Xu Qingfan, and leaned down to kiss him on the cheek.

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, she sat back down in her seat: "Thank you, Brother Fan, for all your tolerance and care. I remember when we were kids, we always said that to thank someone, you should kiss them on the cheek."

She spoke calmly, but her heart was beating very fast for some reason.

"Then I also want to thank Brother Qingfan. Brother Qingfan is the best!" Lin Wanning was sitting next to Xu Qingfan, and upon seeing this, she kissed him on the other cheek.

Zhang Yiyi didn't hesitate and stood up to kiss the spot where Lin Wanning had just kissed her, saying, "Thank you, brother!"

Then it was Wu Lingyu's turn. She mustered up her courage and kissed Xu Qingfan on the cheek: "Brother Fan, thank you!"

The pressure suddenly fell on Xia Xiaoxiao. Seeing everyone looking at her, she pouted and complained, "What are you all talking about?"

As she spoke, she reluctantly kissed Xu Qingfan on the right cheek, saying, "Thanks."

Xu Qingfan, who had suddenly become a winner in life, was a little stunned. He smiled and shook his head: "Why are you all looking at me? The food is getting cold. Let's eat!"

"Ok!"

"Hee hee~"

Looking at the five beautiful young women in front of him, Xu felt quite satisfied.

"To the world's best Fan Ge, cheers everyone!"

"cheers!"

(End of this chapter)