I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 253. Love Hidden in the Heart

It was already past 8 p.m. when they came out of the restaurant. After sending the three girls home one by one, Xu Qingfan, Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu finally returned to Lotus Courtyard.

"Eating there is too expensive. We can cook at home and it won't even cost 300 yuan." After everyone had left, Wu Lingyu whispered to Xu Qingfan.

The girl's hair had been naturally dried by the wind. As the evening breeze blew, strands of her hair brushed against Xu Qingfan's cheeks. Seeing this, Wu Lingyu took off the hair tie from her wrist and retied her hair.

"Money is meant to be spent, and besides, it tastes pretty good. As long as it tastes good, that's all that matters," Xu Qingfan said with a smile, patting her head.

"It's alright, the last time we ate at the White Swan restaurant was really awful. Their char siu was worse than what you can buy at the market," Xia Xiaoxiao said.

Wu Lingyu pursed her lips and didn't say anything more. Although she couldn't quite accept this kind of spending, that a meal cost more than three thousand yuan, which was enough for their food expenses for a month, it was worth it because she was eating with her good friends.

"Happiness is the most important thing. Did you have fun today?" Xu Qingfan patted her head again and asked.

Wu Lingyu recalled what happened that afternoon—playing in the water, playing water polo, and riding on Fan's back—and said with a sweet smile, "It was so much fun!"

“That’s right. Our parents work hard to earn money so that we can enjoy it. We should spend money with a grateful heart.” He glanced back guiltily to make sure no one was listening in the wall before continuing, “Well, of course, except for parents like mine who live off their children.”

When Wu Lingyu saw Xu Qingfan acting suspiciously, she thought he was going to tell her some secret, but it turned out to be this, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Haha, um." She covered her mouth and nodded softly.

"Your aunt and uncle worked really hard selling sweet soup back then, you know!" Xia Xiaoxiao retorted, annoyed that the stinky dog ​​was talking about her aunt like that.

“Yes, Auntie works very hard running the shop, and Uncle... Uncle works very hard too!” When it was Xu Aiguo’s turn, Wu Lingyu couldn’t find a good reason to argue.

Xu Aiguo's taxi had already changed hands last year. When he bought it, the car cost 150,000 yuan and the license plate cost 6,000 yuan. However, when he resold it, it actually sold for 200,000 yuan. The reason is that many people realized later that driving a taxi was profitable, but by then it was too late to apply for a license. As a result, the license plate, which was once worthless, was speculated to be worth more than 100,000 yuan.

"Okay, okay, I misspoke, I'll slap myself." He always had this strange feeling that he was talking badly about his parents and then his wife was standing up for him.

"Hmph~" Xia Xiaoxiao gave him a disdainful look, "When I start working and earning money, I'm going to make my mom live like Auntie!"

"Let's not do that. My mom says she's bored all the time. People need to find something to do. Besides, being a primary school Chinese teacher is quite easy. I've never seen my aunt prepare lessons at home. The homework is graded by the group leader."

Although Xia Xiaoxiao thought Xu Qingfan's words made a lot of sense, she couldn't help but want to argue, "At that time, my mother will naturally find something to do!"

"What are you going to do, have a grandson for her to take care of?" Xu Qingfan blurted out in a playful retort.

"I'll have a grandson for you to take care of!" Xia Xiaoxiao said fiercely.

“If you have a grandson and I take care of him, then I’ll become your father?” After clarifying the relationships between the characters, Xu Qingfan pointed at Xia Xiaoxiao, who was playing the clown, and laughed loudly: “Hahaha~ Good daughter, come here and give your father a pat on the head.”

"Xu Qingfan!!"

"Haha...you brat, what are you trying to do, rebel against the Heavenly Generals?!"

"Go to hell!"

The two ran upstairs one after the other. Wu Lingyu stood there blankly for two seconds, until their figures disappeared around the corner, but their voices could still be heard. Then she helplessly shrugged. [Whenever Fan Ge is with Xiao Xiao, he always acts like a child who never grows up.] Deep down, she was quite envious.

Wu Lingyu looked back at the night sky above. The bright moon hung high in the deep blue sky, but unfortunately, it was missing a corner.

She thought, "Perhaps the moon has its own secrets, so it secretly hides a corner of itself."
Just like she secretly liked someone, day after day, and who knows how many more days will come in the future.

Wu Lingyu shook her head, smiled at herself in a secluded corner, and then went upstairs.

Because the semester started early this year, the final exams were also moved up.

School starts on Monday, May 24th, which will be the 18th week. If the exams are in the 20th week, then there will only be half a month left until the end of the semester.

In addition, there are three particularly important exams next week: the final exams for geography, biology, and history.

As mentioned earlier, the Licheng Junior High School Entrance Examination does not test history, geography, and biology. However, students need to score 80 or above in all three subjects in the final exam; otherwise, they will not be able to attend high school even if they are admitted.

Some schools with high admission requirements even require students to score above 90 in all three subjects of their graduation exam.

Therefore, starting this week, history, geography, and biology have been listed as the top priority for learning. Geography is for morning reading, history is for afternoon reading, and biology is for evening reading. The class schedule has also changed from two classes a week to one class a day.

As the first major exam of their junior high school years, the five girls also gave it their all.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Even if you don't pass this time, you'll have another chance to retake it in your third year of junior high." Only Xu Qingfan, who had taken the exam before, was nonchalant and didn't take it seriously. During evening self-study, he held a geography book and ate snacks while reading it.

"If you can't speak properly, then speak less!" Discipline Committee member Xia Xiaoxiao glared at him and wrote on the draft paper at the same time.

During their evening self-study sessions at home, aside from asking necessary questions, they were not allowed to gossip, just like at school.

Even Lin Wanning, who loved him the most, didn't say a word. He was covering his ears with his hands and muttering to himself, presumably using this silent reading method to instill knowledge into his brain.

Xu Qingfan could only stick out his tongue helplessly, stuff another strawberry into his mouth, and turn to the next page of his geography book.

As he looked at the textbook, he suddenly remembered the review week in his college days in his previous life. Whenever he was late, his roommate would joke that "you should sleep with this advanced mathematics book under your pillow at night, so that the high concentration of knowledge will flow into your low concentration brain under osmotic pressure."

As Xu Qingfan was thinking, he started to laugh. Just as he was about to share the joke, he looked up and saw Xia Xiaoxiao glaring at him fiercely.

Xu Qingfan had no choice but to pretend nothing had happened and suppress his desire to share.

He held on until the bell rang to signal the end of evening self-study before bursting into laughter: "I have a joke to tell you guys."

"I know another one: hang up a Conan poster. Hang up a Conan poster, and it'll be hard to fail your exams!"

"Hahaha"

(End of this chapter)