I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 319. Zhang Chunxue's Arrival

With the help of the gatekeeper, the three of them finally took a group photo at the school gate.

They had taken a similar photo ten years ago, but this time, Xia Xiaoxiao, who was originally standing next to Xu Qingfan, was replaced by Zhang Yiyi.

After taking Xiaobai back from the gatekeeper, they left Sunshine Kindergarten and headed to their next stop.

An hour after the rain stopped, the streets began to come alive again.

An elderly man selling glutinous rice balls rode by on his bicycle. The three of them ran up to him, stopped him, and bought two yuan's worth.

"Delicious!" Lin Wanning squinted her eyes happily as she put the glutinous rice ball coated in soybean powder into her mouth.

Zhang Yiyi picked up a pill and held it to his lips. Xu Qingfan opened his mouth and took it in. "Thank you, Yiyi."

The girl tilted her head and smiled at him, then picked up another grain with a bamboo skewer and put it in her mouth: "It still tastes like it did when I was a kid!"

"The price doesn't seem to have changed; it's still 15 pieces for two yuan," he said after thinking for a moment.

"Things have changed. When I was a kid, two yuan got you twenty pieces!" Lin Wanning remembered this very clearly because his brother Qingfan was always with him when he bought glutinous rice balls.

“Yes!” Zhang Yiyi nodded in agreement.

"Wan Ning and Yi Yi have good memories." Xu Qingfan took the two girls' hands again. "Is there anywhere else you'd like to go?"

Lin Wanning tentatively poked his arm: "Shall we go back to Lotus Courtyard?"

"No way, no way. If my mom sees me, I'll have to explain why I skipped class." Xu Qingfan shook his head instantly. He was a little annoyed to face Xia Xiaoxiao. Calling her a giant baby was indeed wrong of him, but she really deserved it.

"Let's go home and prepare lunch. Wan Ning, you and Yi Yi can help me. It's almost eleven o'clock."

"All right."

Inside Xia Xiaoxiao's bedroom, the three girls were playing Bubble Fighter.

"Xiaoxiao, why are you dead again? I've saved you five times already." Xiao Ruanwen walked over with her character and popped the bubbles on Xia Xiaoxiao's character.

Xia Xiaoxiao swallowed in annoyance, stood up and gave up her seat: "Xiaoyu, you come and play, I'm going to rest for a while."

After she finished speaking, she lay straight down on the bed.

After making that phone call and scolding Xu Qingfan in the morning, Xia Xiaoxiao felt refreshed and invigorated, and she carried the game to victory.

For some reason, the buff disappeared quickly. In less than ten minutes, she began to feel inexplicably anxious and started to feel insecure.

If Xia Xiaoxiao knew what it meant to "abuse your husband for a moment, but chase him back to your grave," she would probably say something like, "Scolding Xu Qingfan is fun for a moment, but begging for his forgiveness will be a nightmare."

[I was wrong to throw things and say hurtful things this morning, but why does Xu Qingfan call me a giant baby!]
The term "giant baby" deeply wounded the girl's heart.

She originally thought that although she was arrogant, she shouldn't be disliked, after all, apart from this time, she had never done anything excessive.

However, the person she cared about most, Xu Qingfan, gave her this evaluation.
Even if it happened in the morning, she wouldn't have acted that way if Xu Qingfan hadn't lost control of his emotions first.

[Who told you to hide inside and say you didn't want Xiaoxiao to see you? You can't blame me for the misunderstanding!]
As she thought about it, Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes welled up with tears again.

She wasn't a crybaby; apart from the time her parents divorced, all her tears had been shed for some stinky dog.

Neither Xiao Ruanwen nor Wu Lingyu continued playing the game, leaving their characters to be killed by the enemy, speechless.

With lunchtime fast approaching, Xiao Ruanwen pointed to the time on the screen and then to Xia Xiaoxiao, indicating what to do next.

Wu Lingyu hunched her neck like a quail and shook her head to indicate she was a hen.

Xiao Ruanwen glared at her. If it weren't for Aunt Lin Jing and Xiao Yu, those two useless teammates, Xia Xiaoxiao would have obediently gone to apologize to Xu Qingfan long ago. Why did things turn out like this, neither here nor there?

Wu Lingyu lowered her head in self-reproach. She was good at cooking and housework, but she was really not good at dealing with this kind of thing.

Xiao Ruanwen patted Xiaoyu's head to indicate that she didn't blame her, then turned around and placed her large breasts, which were in the way, on the computer desk, resting her chin on her hands as she pondered deeply.

Wu Lingyu was also frantically messaging Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi on her phone, hoping to hear good news from them.

Unfortunately, the three of them were cooking in the kitchen, and no one replied to her. It was almost midnight.

After diligently cooking the last dish of garlic bok choy, Chef Xu wiped the fine sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. "Wan Ning, call them back for dinner. Also, ask that person if she's coming back."

Despite having a falling out with Xia Xiaoxiao, Xu Qingfan still cooked for her.

"Okay!" Lin Wanning burned his hand while secretly eating the ribs. When he saw Brother Qingfan looking over, he immediately withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened.

"Brother, you've worked hard." Zhang Yiyi stepped forward and wiped the sweat from Lin Wanning's hair with a handkerchief before pulling Lin Wanning away together.

After washing the iron pot and wiping the stove clean, Xu Qingfan waited anxiously in the kitchen.

Despite harboring a lot of resentment towards Xia Xiaoxiao, he secretly hoped that the girl would apologize and admit her mistakes.

Then he apologized for his outburst that morning, explaining that the "giant baby" thing was just something he said in anger, and everyone made up and celebrated Lin Wanning's fifteenth birthday peacefully.

pity.

A moment later, the two girls walked back to the kitchen, utterly dejected, their disappointment written all over their faces.

"Brother Qingfan, Xiaoxiao said she's not coming. Xiaoyu and Ruanwen said they're going to stay with her, so they're not coming either."

Worried that her brother would be unhappy, Zhang Yiyi immediately ran over and took his arm to comfort him.

Just as Xu Qingfan's disappointment was about to arise, Zhang Yiyi interrupted him with, "The good news is, Mom said she's coming!"

"Auntie is coming?" Xu Qingfan blinked, asking again in disbelief.

"Mmm!" Zhang Yiyi smiled sweetly. It had been almost half a month since she had last seen Zhang Chunxue.

"When will you arrive?" Xu Qingfan instantly forgot his unpleasantness and asked.

Zhang Yi didn't answer because the doorbell in the living room rang at that moment.

The three of them exchanged a glance, and the next second they all rushed out of the kitchen.

The moment the living room door was pushed open, the person standing outside was, as expected, Zhang Chunxue, whom they hadn't seen in a long time.

"Mom!" Zhang Yiyi excitedly rushed over to her.

"Mmm!" Zhang Chunxue hugged her daughter with a happy expression. After being away on a business trip for so long, she missed Yiyi the most. That's why she came over as soon as she returned to Licheng.

"Hello Auntie!"

"Hello, our little birthday star, Wanning." After letting go of her daughter, she gently hugged Lin Wanning instead.

When it was Xu Qingfan's turn, worried that he would pick her up and spin her around, she put the sunglasses she had hanging on her clothes on his eyes.

"Long time no see, little Fan." Zhang Chunxue could guess Xu Qingfan's embarrassed expression even through her sunglasses, and she chuckled as she ruffled his hair.

"Auntie, you've come at the perfect time! The rice is just cooked!" Xu Qingfan took the suitcase, took Aunt Zhang's hand, and led her into the house.

"Wow~ I smell it, it smells so good!" Zhang Chunxue sniffed and her appetite was instantly whetted.

"Brother Qingfan made so many delicious dishes, and Yiyi and I helped out too!" Lin Wanning followed him around like a busy little bee.

"And there's mandarin fish, Mom's favorite!"

"Our Wanning can cook a big meal now?" Zhang Chunxue paused for a moment, then said that something felt off, and finally remembered after entering the house.

"Huh? Why are there only the three of you in the room? Where are Xiaoxiao, Xiaoyu, and Ruanwen?" She turned around and asked the three of them.

"Forehead"

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