I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 276. This brat got off easy.

Noticing Zhang Chunxue's fingers subtly hitting him, Xu Qingfan received a signal, took another sip of tea, and then said goodbye: "Uncle and Aunt, we'll head back now. Aunt Zhang has some things to attend to later."

"Yes, yes, I didn't know you were coming back, so I didn't make any chili sauce in advance." Li Meijuan knew that Zhang Chunxue was a big businessman, and she was afraid of delaying his important business, so she didn't dare to ask him to stay.

"Next time Xiaoyu comes to Licheng, please bring some along. Also, Auntie, your steamed buns are delicious!"

The couple got up and saw them to the door, saying, "If you like it, Auntie will make more next time."

After putting on her shoes, Zhang Chunxue nodded slightly to the two of them, then patted Wu Lingyu's head and said, "Come visit Auntie's house next time."

"Mmm," the girl said, clutching the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands, looking at the two of them with reluctance, "Goodbye, Auntie, goodbye, Brother Fan."

"Come visit us another day, bye-bye." With Wu Lingyu's parents present, he didn't pat her head as usual, but simply waved goodbye.

"Mmm!" Because she nodded so much, she nodded twice out of inertia.

Xu Qingfan and Zhang Chunxue turned and left. Wu Lingyu stood at the door watching them go until the elevator arrived. Xu Qingfan waved and said, "Go back, let's go."

The elevator doors closed automatically the next second. She stood there for a while, leaning against the doorknob, as if she had thought of something. Then she quickly closed the door and ran to her own balcony.

After a while, the car they had been in earlier appeared in the residential area downstairs. Wu Lingyu had a feeling that Fan Ge was turning around and looking at her, so she instinctively waved.

Even though she knew it was impossible—the eighth floor was so high, how could Brother Fan possibly see her—the girl still did it, because that way she would feel that the farewell wasn't over yet, and Brother Fan could stay a little longer.

She knew in her heart that Xu Qingfan couldn't possibly see it, but she still waved her arms with all her might.

[Perhaps, just in case, Brother Fan saw it?]
As the Maybach drove further and further away, just as Wu Lingyu was about to stop what she was doing in disappointment, she saw the car, which had been moving at a constant speed, suddenly stop.

The next instant, half of the boy's body leaned out of the passenger window, and he shouted towards the eighth floor, "Eat well at home, I'll come find you to play again next time!"

Wu Lingyu forgot to retract her hand that was raised halfway in the air, and the expression on her face changed from disbelief to great joy in just one night.

When she heard Fan Ge say those words to her, tears welled up in the girl's eyes. This must be what it feels like to be overwhelmed with surprise, she thought.

She took a deep breath and, mustering her courage, shouted, "Okay~ I understand!"

"Goodbye, Brother Fan!" As if afraid that Xu Qingfan wouldn't hear her, she shouted the second sentence in a hoarse voice.

Wu Lingyu remembered that the last time she spoke like this was when she was in first grade, on the rooftop of her old home, where her brother Fan told her that if she was unhappy, she should shout it out.

[I felt really happy after shouting it out!] she couldn't help but think to herself, dumbfounded.

Goodbye, Xiaoyu!

The boy's figure disappeared from sight again, and the car started again until it completely disappeared from her view.

As if to prevent her heart from jumping out of her chest, Wu Lingyu gripped the clothes tightly around her heart.

Although Fan Ge had already left, Wu Lingyu had already memorized what had just happened, and it would serve as her spiritual nourishment for the next two weeks.

As she turned to go back, she realized her parents were standing behind her, staring at her with strange expressions. Her smile froze instantly, and she lowered her head and shuffled away, saying, "Mom and Dad, I...I'm going back to pack my things."

Li Meijuan and Wu Suowei didn't think about it that way; they just assumed it was because the children were very close and didn't want to be separated.

On the other side, after the vehicle was driving at a steady speed on the road, Zhang Chunxue glanced at Xu Qingfan out of the corner of her eye, "Tsk tsk tsk~ Our Xiao Fan is really popular with girls."

"Hehe~ Isn't it because Auntie taught him well? And he's handsome too, what can I do?" Xu Qingfan said rather smugly.

Zhang Chunxue shook her head, but in her heart she wondered if one day the girls would start fighting over this brat.

As for whether her daughter would join the fray, she had considered it, but given Yi Yi's personality, she probably wouldn't get into conflicts with anyone. Moreover, as her mother, she was secretly hoping to be a front-row spectator.

At the same time, with a woman's intuition, she knew that Wan Ning liked Xu Qingfan, and her own daughter probably liked him a little too, but not to that extent.

Considering the relationship between Yi Yi and Wan Ning, and the fact that both of them like Xiao Fan, it seems that no matter what choice you make, there are only two possible outcomes: good friends turning into enemies, or a real-life version of the tragic love story of Ehuang and Nüying.
There's also a childhood sweetheart in the family, then there's Xiaoyu and that girl named Ruanwen.
For some reason, the more Zhang Chunxue thought about it, the more interesting it seemed, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.

"Auntie, what are you laughing at?" Xu Qingfan would glance at Zhang Chunxue every now and then, and when he saw her suddenly laugh, he felt that this aunt was acting strangely.

Zhang Chunxue's smile widened, and she shook her head, saying, "It's nothing."

"If there's nothing wrong, why are you smiling so happily?" He always felt that there was three parts nonchalance and four parts ill intent hidden in this aunt's smile.

"I just thought of some funny things." Zhang Chunxue directly used a phrase that Xu Qingfan often used to shut him up.

Xu Qingfan slumped in his seat with his head tilted to the side, a look of utter resignation on his face. "No wonder Yi Yi is sometimes so clever and mischievous, it turns out she inherited it all from you, Auntie!"

"Heh~ Of course my daughter looks like me." She smiled lightly.

The red light turned green, and the car started moving again. As Zhang Chunxue drove, she couldn't help but wonder what she would have chosen if she were Zhang Yiyi in her shoes.

She couldn't bear to turn against her best friend.

Sacrificing herself for Wan Ning's sake? She was unwilling.

It seems, it appears, that only that seemingly impractical path is the only feasible one.

As for scumbags, she doesn't actually hate them, but she doesn't like them either.

But compared to scumbags, Zhang Chunxue truly hates irresponsible men who abandon their wives and children, like the man from back then.

Of course, this is also because the object of her affections is Xu Qingfan. If it were any other man who dared to be unfaithful to her daughter, she would definitely not let him see the sun the next day.

As for Xiao Fan, he feels like half a son to me. Watching him go and steal other people's good fortune gives me a strange sense of pleasure in taking advantage of others.

After thinking things through regarding her daughter's romantic relationship, she couldn't help but glance sideways at Xu Qingfan.

[That brat got off easy.]
(End of this chapter)