I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 247. If you weren't discovered, then you weren't hugged!
“Woof woof~!”

When they arrived at Lin Wanning's house, Xiaobai was the first to spot him and greet him.

"What are you yelling for? Everyone's taking a nap." Xu Qingfan raised his hand and slapped him hard.

"Ow~"

"Brother Qingfan!" The next second, a cute little Wan Ning pounced at the speed of a hundred-meter sprint and then hung on him without missing a beat.

Xu Qingfan had almost developed a habit of using the girl in front of him as a form of support; before he could even turn his eyes away, he had already raised his hands and firmly embraced her.

"Stop fooling around~ Get off me right now, it won't be good if your aunt and uncle see this." He glanced guiltily toward the living room, thankfully no one was there.

A teenage girl changes drastically every day. Such intimate actions would have been fine six months ago, but the girl in front of him was now almost up to his eyes, and her small chest was beginning to swell. She was already a young woman.

"Mom and Dad aren't home, Qingfan, please carry me home. The air conditioner is on, or all the cool air will escape." Lin Wanning persisted, ignoring Xu Qingfan's jostling, and hugged his neck tightly, refusing to let go.

He stopped after bouncing a few times. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt about doing that kind of movement in that position.

Fortunately, it was lunchtime and the sun was blazing outside, so no one outside the courtyard saw what happened.

Fearing someone might suddenly appear, Xu Qingfan quickly carried Lin Wanning into the house.

After closing the door with his foot, the girl obediently jumped off him: "Brother Qingfan, would you like Sprite or Coke?"

"Have some ice water, I'm a bit greasy after eating a plate of stir-fried beef noodles." He fanned his collar, and a thin layer of sweat had already appeared on his body after only a short time away from the air conditioner.

After sitting directly in front of Lin Wanning's air conditioner for a while, Xu Qingfan felt much more comfortable.

The girl emerged from the kitchen shortly after, carrying sliced ​​fruit and ice water. "Ice water's here!"

Xu Qingfan was really thirsty, so he took the glass and gulped down almost 300 milliliters of ice water in one go.

"Ah~" He breathed a sigh of relief, holding the water glass in his hand. "I feel much better. Thank you, Wan Ning."

"Brother Qingfan, eat some watermelon." Lin Wanning kept blinking at him, and after Xu Qingfan finished drinking his water, she picked up a piece of watermelon and held it to his mouth.

The girl chose the sweetest part in the center of the watermelon. When Xu Qingfan ate it, it felt like he was eating a watermelon-flavored smoothie that was bursting with sweetness. It was quite delicious.

"So sweet," he mumbled between chews.

"And this piece too." After Xu Qingfan had almost finished eating, Lin Wanning picked up another slice of the best part of the watermelon.

Without thinking, he took another bite, but as he chewed, he realized it didn't taste right.

[I came here to give Lin Wanning a lesson on sex education, what's with all this intimate behavior!]
"Lin Wanning!"

The girl was startled by Qingfan's sudden serious face, but luckily she held the glass basin firmly and didn't drop it.

"What's wrong, Brother Qingfan? Is the watermelon not tasty?" Lin Wanning didn't know what she had done wrong, and stared at him with a wronged look.

Here we go again!
Even though it had happened many times before, and he knew that the girl in front of him was just being herself, he still felt his heart melt every time he saw that look in her eyes.

"Do you know where you went wrong?" He suppressed Lu Ning's impulse and continued to ask with a serious face.

"Ah? I... I'm sorry, Brother Qingfan." The girl thought and thought but couldn't figure out what she had done wrong. But Brother Qingfan wouldn't lie, so she might as well apologize directly.

"Why are you apologizing? You haven't even said what you did wrong yet." Xu Qingfan suddenly felt like he was one of those unreasonable girlfriends he'd encountered online.

"I...I...Brother Qingfan said I was wrong, so I was wrong." Lin Wanning stammered for a long time before finally deciding to just tell everyone what was on his mind.

Xu Qingfan was at a loss for words. He felt he deserved to die. "Brother Qingfan, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you angry." Seeing that Xu Qingfan remained silent for a long time, the girl thought he was really angry. She carefully tugged at his clothes, almost crying.

"How about some watermelon?" Despite this, she still didn't forget to pick up the last piece of the best watermelon and hand it to Xu Qingfan.

"Okay~ I meant to talk about what happened at the door just now. I'm not angry with Wan Ning." He raised his hand and ruffled the girl's hair.

"I'm sorry, I always wait in the living room whenever Brother Qingfan says he's coming, and I'm so happy when I see him." It turns out it's the same old story about men and women not touching each other, so Lin Wanning is relieved. She thought she might have done something to upset Brother Qingfan.

"How many times have I told you? We're middle school students now. Middle school students should act like middle school students. We can't act like we did when we were little!" He flicked the girl's forehead helplessly, then pulled her wrist and sat her down on the sofa.

"Hehe~ Brother Qingfan, have some watermelon." With the misunderstanding cleared up, Lin Wanning happily held the watermelon to his mouth again.

"If Brother Qingfan doesn't like it, then I won't do this outside anymore. I'll do it again when Brother Qingfan comes inside." Seeing that he was willing to eat his watermelon, Lin Wanning also stuffed a piece of watermelon into his mouth and said indistinctly.

"That's what you call being a good girl. What the heck? You can't even do that at home!!!"

"No one else in the house saw it, so why can't I!" Lin Wanning's attitude towards the matter of getting intimate with Qingfan was very firm; she was determined to fight for herself!
"Why is there no one else? Aren't Wan Ning's parents human beings?"

"My parents aren't home again," the girl said, feeling wronged.

“Not being home is not allowed either, and that’s final.” Xu Qingfan grabbed his little hand and slapped it three times as if punishing him.

"Brother Qingfan is bullying me!" Lin Wanning hugged the watermelon, turned her body to the other side, and pouted angrily.

Xu Qingfan knew he wasn't really angry, so he poked her shoulder with his finger.

"Hmph~" She still refused to turn around, turning even more sharply.

“Wan Ning has grown up now, and so have I. Only bad kids do those intimate things,” Xu Qingfan said, momentarily speechless.

"When Qingfan was little, he used to lead us to skip school. The teacher said that those who skipped school were bad kids, so we were bad kids to begin with." Lin Wanning said he wouldn't listen to such nonsense.

"And another thing, Brother Qingfan, you also said that if we weren't caught, then we didn't escape, so if no one saw me hugging Brother Qingfan, then we didn't hug!" That's why they say you become like those you associate with; Lin Wanning can come up with a whole set of twisted logic.

Xu Qingfan rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly. The bullet he fired in his youth had unexpectedly returned to him in this way.

"Alright, alright, you can still do what you did when you were little if no one's around." He really couldn't do anything with the girl in front of him, so he had no choice but to give in.

"Yay!!!" Upon hearing this, Lin Wanning threw herself into Xu Qingfan's arms again.

"I haven't finished speaking yet!" He helplessly pushed away the girl's head that was pressed against him.

"Hehe~ Brother Qingfan, you tell me."

"But!" Xu Qingfan paused, as if to emphasize, "You really can't sneak into my bed in the middle of the night like you used to, you understand!"

"Can't I even do it when no one's around?" The girl pouted, feeling a little aggrieved. "Qingfan's hand warmer is really comfortable, okay?"

"It's not allowed when no one's around!" Xu Qingfan said with a serious face.

Lin Wanning still wanted to try, so she whispered, "I won't let Xiaoxiao find out."

Xu Qingfan was speechless for a moment. "No, what does this have to do with Xia Xiaoxiao? This is the bottom line. If you come to crawl into bed again, I'll take back that hug you just gave me!"

"Okay~ I won't sleep then, I'll give you a hug, Qingfan-gege!" In order to keep this last privilege, Lin Wanning had no choice but to nod in agreement.

"Growing up is no good at all; childhood was the best!"

Feeling the sensation on his chest, Xu Qingfan remained silent.
(End of this chapter)