I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 306. Harmony between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law

The next day.

"It's 10 o'clock, get up!"

"Brother Fan has cooked breakfast."

As expected, I was woken up by Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu in the morning.

"If it's not ten o'clock, I'll hang you up and whip you!" Xu Qingfan put on his slippers, got out of bed, and reached out to rub Wu Lingyu's head. "Good morning, Xiaoyu."

Good morning, Brother Fan!

"Round it up to 10 o'clock!" Xia Xiaoxin glanced guiltily at the alarm clock on the bedside table and said.

"Why didn't you just say it's noon? Wouldn't it have been better to just say it's 12 o'clock and you still aren't up?" He pinched Xia Xiaoxiao's cheek while she wasn't paying attention and then left with a grin.

"You don't even make your bed!" she shouted towards the living room after the person had disappeared from sight.

"I'd love to!" Xu Qingfan's voice came from the restroom.

Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu smiled at each other, and each grabbed a corner of the quilt to fold it for him.

Xia Xiaoxiao was already immersed in the story, feeling that Xu Qingfan was the kind of protagonist in the fable who starved to death because he was too lazy to turn the pancake. She said, "If it weren't for us, he would have starved to death sooner or later."

Wu Lingyu simply smiled and didn't respond.

Brother Fan cooks for them every day and helps them solve their problems in life. He's not a lazy person at all!
If these words had not been spoken by Xia Xiao, but by an outsider, even the most timid girl would definitely have stood up for Xu Qingfan.

Ten minutes later, the three of them appeared together at the dining table in the living room.

Breakfast was a congee with dried vegetables and salted bones, served with fried dough sticks. Xu Qingfan knew it was cooked by Wu Lingyu after just one bite, because only the virtuous Xiaoyu would soak the rice before bed and prepare it for the congee the next day.

Xu Qingfan glanced at the wall clock in the living room; it was only 9:30. He rolled his eyes at Xia Xiaoxiao and asked, "What do you guys want to do later?"

"The sun is so strong, wouldn't it be better to stay home and play games? I've made plans to play QQ Speed ​​with Ruan Wen."

Seeing that Fan Ge was looking at her, Wu Lingyu thought for a moment and then said, "I need to buy groceries, and the kitchen range hood is a bit dirty. I'd like to wash it."

"Xiaoyu, I'll help you wash up. After we're done, we'll call Ruanwen and play team mode together!" Xia Xiaoxiao wasn't the pampered type, so she immediately said.

Xu Qingfan originally intended to praise one and criticize the other, but seeing the girl's words, he had no choice but to retract his statement: "Then I'll go buy groceries and pick up Yi Yi and Wan Ning to have dinner together."

"Are Wan Ning and Yi Yi coming too? Should we invite Ruan Wen as well?" Wu Lingyu blinked, feeling that it wasn't a good idea to leave someone out of the group.

“Ruan Wen has to have dinner with her family. Wan Ning is here because no one is home,” Xu Qingfan explained, tapping her on the head.

"Oh, oh, oh." The girl nodded vigorously.

Xia Xiaoxiao poked at the porridge in her bowl with a spoon, her face full of a wronged little wife expression, "Then come back quickly after you finish buying groceries, don't stay at her house until almost one o'clock, I'm starving!"

"When have I ever stayed at Wan Ning's house until one o'clock?" Xu Qingfan said, somewhat speechless.

"Hmph~ Anyway, it's there." Xia Xiaoxiao pouted and continued to drink her porridge.

After finishing his porridge, Xu Qingfan was about to take it to the kitchen to wash it when Wu Lingyu stopped him and said, "Brother Fan, you go first. Xiaoxiao and I will wash it."

"Okay, I'll be back to cook before 11:30, so that some people won't say anything." Before leaving, he couldn't resist slapping Xia Xiaoxiao's head again, and then ran away with a grin under the girl's murderous glare.

Xia Xiaoxiao watched Xu Qingfan put on his shoes and leave with a gloomy face. After the boy went out and turned the corner, a bright smile suddenly bloomed on her face: "Just like an elementary school student."

"Xiaoyu, let's go clean the range hood, otherwise someone will come back and say we're not doing anything!" Xia Xiaoxiao's face was full of expressions, which turned into a slightly quirky and proud look.

"Mm!" Wu Lingyu nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling at her.

It was not yet 10 o'clock when I left home, and the temperature was still around 25 or 26 degrees Celsius.

The dense banyan tree blocked out the sunlight, and dappled leaves fell on me, rustling softly in the wind.

At this time of year, he would always be leading the yellow dog on the left and the small dog on the right.

The plum blossom imprints on the ground are still there, but it's a pity that the person who painted the plum blossoms back then is no longer here.

The renovation of his new home began last month, and the countdown to his time living here has begun.

Xu Qingfan withdrew his gaze, got on the electric scooter parked downstairs, and set off to find Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi.

Yesterday, in a moment of impulse, Xu Qingfan promised Lin Wanning that he would give her any kind of birthday surprise. Now, he is worried that the girl might make some difficult requests.

For example, if Lin Wanning's birthday present is that he wants to cuddle with her while sleeping, wouldn't that contradict his promise to Xia Xiaoxiao that he wouldn't crawl into bed with her?

However, less than three months had passed since the mushroom-picking mini-theatre, and Xu Qingfan thought Lin Wanning should be aware of the situation.

[She probably won't ask me to agree to anything like getting into bed with her, right?]
"What? You're going to wake up and see me?" In Lin Wanning's home, Xu Qingfan pointed at himself with a look of utter astonishment.

“Right, Brother Qingfan, didn’t you say yesterday that you would accept any request?” Lin Wanning blinked and shook her head from side to side.

"But isn't it true that you can only see it if you sleep together?" Still caught up in the momentum of getting into bed, Xu Qingfan's mind hadn't quite caught up yet.

"I don't know about that. Anyway, Brother Qingfan said yesterday that even if it's the stars in the sky, Brother Qingfan will find a way to pluck them down!" Lin Wanning raised his hand and made a star-plucking gesture.

"How about this? We can video chat while we sleep. When Wanning wakes up, the first thing you'll see on the screen is me."

Lin Wanning shook his head vigorously: "No, no, that's watching on a screen, not watching Brother Qingfan! I want to see him in person!"

"Brother, you can't cheat!" Zhang Yiyi naturally sided with her good friend and echoed her.

"What about Yi Yi's birthday present? Have you decided what you want?" Xu Qingfan couldn't think of a solution for the moment, so he simply changed the subject.

"I've already told my brother."

"You told me, when?" He blinked, puzzled.

Zhang Yi smiled and shook her head, then covered his mouth with her index finger. "I already told you, brother, think it over carefully!"

Xu Qingfan's mind raced as he recalled that he hadn't had many opportunities to be alone with the girl in the past few months. Apart from the trip to Hong Kong, the only other time was during the World Cup.

[During our beach walk, Yi-Yi called me the sun and asked if I'd date in high school, and that seems to be it. We took some photo booth pictures together in Dongshankou, but the wedding photo was blurry and we didn't keep it. Could it be this?]
[Oh right, and the Ferris wheel! I promised to take Yi-yi on the Ferris wheel for National Day!]
"I know what Yi Yi wants for her birthday." After a moment, he confidently patted Zhang Yi Yi's head.

The girl's eyes lit up. "Brother knows?"

"What kind of duck is Brother Qingfan?"

Xu Qingfan held up three fingers and mouthed the words "Ferris wheel." "Right?" he asked.

"Uh-huh!"

A joyful smile appeared on Zhang Yiyi's face as she hugged his arm and leaned on his shoulder: "Hello, brother!"

"What kind of duck is it? Tell me quickly!" Lin Wanning squeezed between them and put her arms around their arms.

"Riding the Ferris wheel, with my brother," Zhang Yiyi thought for a moment and then added, "and Wanning too."

"Wow~ Is that the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, the Canton Tower? Great, great!" Lin Wanning's eyes sparkled with bright light. She was the one who told Zhang Yiyi the legend of the Ferris wheel.

But after the initial surprise and excitement, she quickly calmed down. "[That's Yi-yi's birthday, Wan-ning, you can't be so selfish!]"
Lin Wanning's smile faded, and he said very seriously, "Why am I here? That's Yi Yi's birthday. Of course, it's Yi Yi and Brother Qing Fan riding the Ferris wheel. The three of us can ride it anytime, but Yi Yi's fifteenth birthday only comes once in a lifetime!"

Zhang Yi felt a warm glow in her heart, but the thought of secretly taking wedding photos without telling Wan Ning made her feel guilty again.

"We made a pinky promise to stay together forever, so we have to sit together!" Zhang Yiyi raised her little finger and said just as seriously.

Lin Wanning also felt guilty, because every time she went to bed with Qingfan, she couldn't think of Yiyi, but Yiyi always thought of her.

"Yi-yi, you're so kind!" Thinking of this, the girl couldn't help but hug the person in front of her tightly.

"Wanning is good!" Zhang Yiyi wrapped his arms around the girl in front of him.

Just as the two were putting on a show of sisterly affection in the living room, a sudden slap on the thigh broke the atmosphere.

"Damn, how could I be so stupid!" Xu Qingfan blew on the spot where he had just slapped himself.

Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi blinked in confusion at the same time, not understanding what their older brother was up to.
"Brother Qingfan, what are you saying?"

"What's wrong, brother?"

The two of them asked together.

"Wan Ning, you want to wake up and see me as soon as you open your eyes, right?" Xu Qingfan asked confidently.

“Yes, that’s right.” Lin Wanning nodded blankly.

Under his influence, Zhang Yiyi unconsciously nodded along.

Xu Qingfan snapped his fingers: "That's easy. On your birthday, I'll set my alarm in advance and wake you up."

"Huh?" The two were clearly not expected to see this, and were both dumbfounded.

“Right? I got up at six that day, then went to the next room to wake you up. The first person you saw when you opened your eyes was me,” Xu Qingfan said, shrugging.

"But... but this isn't the scene Lin Wanning imagined!"
[Shouldn't I be the one sneaking into Qingfan's bed in the middle of the night, counting his heartbeats as I fall asleep, and then saying good morning to him when I wake up?]
"No buts, this is your birthday surprise. If you don't like it, you can change it." Xu Qingfan pinched the girl's cheek and grinned.

"Oh~" Lin Wanning pouted, feeling wronged.

Only Zhang Yiyi stood awkwardly to the side, sticking out her tongue, clearly apologizing for giving her best friend a bad idea last night.

"I have to go now. I'm going to buy groceries, and I'll be back at my place by 11:30." He glanced at the wall clock; it was already 10:30. "Okay!"

Lin Wanning looked at Zhang Yi with a frustrated expression. The two shrugged at the same time, with helpless smiles on their faces.

After shopping at Xingfa Market, the three of them returned to Lianhua Courtyard on an electric scooter covered with plastic bags.

It was a rare occasion that Yao Jinping didn't drag Lin Jing to play mahjong today. After the three of them returned home, the living room suddenly became lively.

After exchanging pleasantries, Xu Qingfan was sent to the kitchen to prepare lunch. Wu Lingyu originally wanted to go with him, but was pulled back by Yao's mother.

In the living room, Yao Jinping sat with Lin Wanning on her left and Xia Xiaoxiao on her right, with Zhang Yiyi and Wu Lingyu also nearby.

The four girls have different personalities and appearances, but all of them are graceful and charming.

"Auntie, your skin is so nice! You don't look like Qingfan's mom at all. If I hadn't known you since I was little, I would definitely think you were Qingfan's sister." Lin Wanning took the lead in starting the conversation, and she used the same words that Qingfan used to coax his mother to coax his aunt.

But since it was her first time, her cheeks flushed as she spoke. Worried about giving herself away, Lin Wanning added, "And Aunt Lin Jing looks so young too!"

Yao Jinping was delighted by the flattery and said with a smile, "How can you say I look so young? I saw wrinkles around my eyes when I looked in the mirror yesterday."

[How should I continue this sequence? Qingfan-gege didn't teach me!]
"Uh, no, I can't even tell." The clueless Lin Wanning was momentarily speechless.

"Auntie, I saw a massage technique online that can relieve crow's feet. I'll massage it for you tonight!" Xia Xiaoxiao quickly replied.

"Little Xiao can do this too? Little Xiao is so good. That brat doesn't care about me at all." Yao Jinping patted the girl's hand happily.

Lin Jing rolled her eyes at her daughter. She hadn't even offered to massage her mother. Thinking about it, Xiao Fan was much better. Xiao Fan had even massaged her legs when they were sore last time.

"Give Mom a massage too!" Fortunately, Xia Xiaoxiao wasn't the type to forget her mother after having a mother-in-law, she added.

"You go and massage your aunt, I'll ask Xiao Fan to massage me," Lin Jing said, gesturing with her lips.

"What, Jingjing's jealous of me now?" Yao Jinping's smile grew even wider.

"What's so good to eat? Xiao Fan just massaged my shoulders the day before yesterday, and I feel so much more relaxed now," Lin Jing retorted, not to be outdone.

“Brother’s massage is very comfortable, Mom said so too,” Zhang Yiyi suddenly interjected at this moment.

"Hehe~ Really? I didn't know this brat could give massages!" Yao Jinping clenched her fists secretly. He was so enthusiastic about giving massages to his mother-in-law, but she had never seen him give massages to his own mother before!

"Yes, last time... last time my stomach was upset, Qingfan massaged it and the pain went away." Lin Wanning said, blushing and stammering.

"Xiao Fan can do that too?" Lin Jing asked thoughtfully.

“Yes, as long as I encounter difficulties, Brother Qingfan will definitely be able to solve them!” Lin Wanning said, his eyes shining.

“Mmm!” Zhang Yiyi and Wu Lingyu immediately nodded in agreement. In their hearts, their brother/Fan Ge was omnipotent.

"He knows quite a lot." Only Xia Xiaoxiao pouted unhappily, because this stinky dog ​​had never given her a massage like that!

"What's there to solve? Get ready to wash your hands and eat. Call my dad and tell him to come home." Xu Qingfan suddenly pushed open the kitchen door and said, wiping his hands on his apron.

“You say you’re good at massage, but why don’t you ever give your mother a massage?” Yao Jinping stared at her son with a deathly gaze.

"Hey~ we have Dad, you can just ask him to massage you. Xiaoyu, come in and get me the bowls." Xu Qingfan waved his hand and went back to the kitchen.

"got it!"

"Uh," Yao Jinping thought about it and realized it was true, but she still glared at her son's back with dissatisfaction.

"Brother Qingfan, let's help too!"

Seven or eight minutes later, the seven of them crowded around the dining table in the living room to eat.

Yao Jinping carefully placed food in each girl's bowl, then smiled and said, "Just make yourself at home here."

"Yes!" The four girls nodded in unison, all feeling that this was a sign that Xu Qingfan's mother liked them.

[I'll give my aunt a massage tonight; she'll definitely love me!]
[The auntie is smiling at me; she must really like Wan Ning!]
[My aunt told Wan Ning and me to treat this place like our own home!]
[You must take good care of Fan Ge's parents.]
"Auntie, you should eat more vegetables too."

"Qingfan's wasabi shrimp is especially delicious!"

Yao Jinping's bowls piled up into a small mountain in an instant. She nodded frequently and chatted with the four girls, but her mind was also preoccupied with something else:

These girls are all so nice, how am I supposed to choose?
[And that girl named Ruan Wen, she's also a good girl.]
While Yao Jinping was inwardly complaining about how many girls her son was bothering, she also felt inexplicably proud.
And so, the friendly scene between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law continued until the end of the meal.

After the three adults left, Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi collapsed onto the sofa, looking utterly exhausted.

Although Xu Qingfan's parents are very easy to get along with, the pressure of meeting the parents is still quite significant.

Unlike Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu, who spend every day with them, the two of them had to keep their nerves on edge, afraid of saying something wrong and leaving a bad impression on the two elders.

Now that they don't have to hold back anymore, both of them feel even more tired than after running 800 meters in a physical fitness test.

"Brother Qingfan, we're sleepy!" Lin Wanning said weakly as soon as Xu Qingfan came out of the kitchen.

Xia Xiaoxiao sensed danger and focused her gaze on them.

"If you're sleepy, go to my room to sleep." Xu Qingfan had gotten used to Xia Xiaoxiao always sleeping in his bed.

"So, Brother Qingfan, where are you sleeping?"

Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes sharpened further. [If this damned dog dares to say he wants to sleep together, I'll bite him to death!]
"I'll just sleep on the floor; I have plenty of straw mats at home."

Xia Xiaoxiao's gaze softened. [Hmph~ At least you kept your promise.]
"Brother Qingfan, are you going to sleep on the floor in your room? Yiyi and I can sleep on the floor too," Lin Wanning asked again.

Xia Xiaoxiao enters hunting mode.

"Why are you sleeping on the floor? Go sleep on the bed," Xu Qingfan glared at her, then looked at Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu: "What about you two? Are you going to sleep in the next room or here?"

Xia Xiaoxiao deactivated her hunting mode. She deliberately ignored Xu Qingfan and said haughtily, "Xiaoyu and I are going to sleep in the bed here too. You can make a makeshift bed on the floor!"

"Huh?" Wu Lingyu scratched the back of her head. "Fan Ge's bed... can't fit four people, right?"

Three minutes later.

Xu Qingfan spread the bamboo mat on the ground, covered himself with the quilt, and then closed his eyes for a midday nap.

On the bed next to them, four girls were huddled together. Xia Xiaoxiao was worried that Lin Wanning would play tricks, so she deliberately slept on the outermost side.

"Xiaoxiao, how about I..." Wu Lingyu's words were cut off as Xia Xiaoxiao covered her mouth with her hand.

"sleep."

"Oh"

With Xia Xiaoxiao guarding outside, Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi only exchanged glances for three minutes before the two girls nodded in unison and closed their eyes to sleep.

The little guy scratched at the door for a few minutes, and when no one opened it for him, he jumped back onto the sofa to sleep.

The room was quiet, with four even breaths rising and falling in turn.

Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly opened her eyes. Because she had been on guard against Lin Wanning, her cerebral cortex was constantly active.

She turned around gently, propped her head up with one hand, and looked at the boy who was fast asleep on the ground.

Seemingly recalling something that had happened in the past, Xia Xiaoxiao squeezed her legs together shyly.

Although three months have passed since that incident, time has not made her forget it, because she has had similar dreams countless times.

This was something Xia Xiaoxiao was too ashamed to talk about, and she didn't even dare to reveal it in her diary.

She also tried searching on the browser, but some said it was a disease, while others said it was a normal phenomenon.

Later, Xia Xiaoxiao discovered that as long as she reduced physical contact with the smelly dog ​​during the day, she would stop having those kinds of dreams at night, and she stopped overthinking.

However, looking at the sleeping boy, Xia Xiaoxiao's suppressed desires began to stir again.

The girl inexplicably took a step forward, but Xu Qingfan suddenly rolled over, startling her so much that she immediately pulled her foot back.

Xia Xiaoxiao pretended to be dead and closed her eyes, but she could clearly feel her heart beating.

After a long time.

She opened her eyes again, and Xu Qingfan had already turned over and was fast asleep with his back to her.

Xia Xiaoxiao took several deep breaths, forcing herself not to let her mind wander.

She felt that what she was doing was wrong. On the one hand, she didn't want Lin Wanning to get into Xu Qingfan's bed, but on the other hand, she wanted to get in herself. Wasn't that a double standard?
Xia Xiaoxiao wasn't the kind of girl who applied double standards. She didn't crawl into bed because men and women shouldn't touch each other.

[I don't want to sleep with you!]
She was thinking about how that stinky dog ​​had slapped her face that day and treated her differently. Her love had finally turned into hatred, and her two little tiger teeth, exposed to the air, gleamed coldly.

Gradually, Xia Xiaoxiao also fell asleep.
"No, not there."

After waking up from her afternoon nap, Xia Xiaoxiao had a strange expression on her face and went home to take a shower.

The five of them spent the afternoon playing QQ Speed ​​together, after inviting Xiao Ruanwen along.

Today's result is a draw.

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