I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 320 320. Breaking the situation
All three, including Xu Qingfan, were momentarily speechless.

Zhang Yiyi felt that telling her mother about the incident was like a child losing an argument and then complaining to their parents.

Lin Wanning didn't want the adults to know that she had crawled into Qingfan's bed. She could stubbornly say that Qingfan was different when she was with her peers, but she knew that it was wrong to do so when she was with her elders.

As for Xu Qingfan, he simply felt it was embarrassing to argue with a young girl, especially since he had always been seen as a little adult by Zhang Chunxue.

"What's wrong? Why isn't anyone saying anything?" Zhang Chunxue sensed the strange atmosphere and her eyes darted between the three of them.

"Meow~" The little brother jumped down from the cabinet and rubbed against Auntie's stockinged legs.

She bent down and hugged the cat, gently stroking its chin and asking softly, "Little brother, can you tell Auntie where the other three sisters in the house went?"

Zhang Chunxue didn't look at her younger brother when she spoke; instead, her eyes were fixed on Xu Qingfan.

He blushed under her gaze, gritted his teeth, and said with a shifty look in his eyes, "Xiaoxiao and I had a fight, and Xiaoyu and Ruanwen went to keep her company."

Zhang Chunxue blinked her bright eyes. She had been looking forward to seeing if the girls would cause a scene because of Xiao Fan, but now the opportunity to watch the show had arrived.

Despite her eagerness to hear the gossip, she still pretended to be a reasonable person and asked with concern, "What's going on? Even if you have a fight, you can't just not eat. Xiao Fan, did you bully Xiao Xiao?"

Lin Wanning was worried that Qingfan would be misunderstood by his aunt. Despite feeling ashamed, she still said, "Auntie, it has nothing to do with Qingfan. It's all my fault."

Zhang Chunxue thought to herself, [I knew it was because of a few girls that they were having a fight. This is going to be interesting!]
"Oh?" She looked at Lin Wanning with a confused expression and asked, "Didn't Xiaofan and Xiaoxiao have a fight? How does this have to do with Wanning?"

"Waaah~" Lin Wanning pouted pitifully: "I woke up this morning and called Qingfan to get up, and then... then Xiaoxiao happened to come in at that moment and thought I slept with Qingfan last night, so she got angry."

She finished speaking vaguely, and although many details were not described in detail, Zhang Chunxue still instantly understood the scene.

[Xiao Fan and Wan Ning were being affectionate in bed when Xiao Xiao burst in and caught them cheating. Jealous, she had a huge fight with Xiao Fan!]
"And then what? Why did Xiaofan and Xiaoxiao start arguing again?" Zhang Chunxue asked with a slight smile, looking up at the two of them.

"I tried to explain to her, but she wouldn't listen and kept arguing. I lost my temper and yelled at her, and then she threw things and ran away." Before Lin Wanning could speak, Xu Qingfan spoke first.

Is that so?

Seeing her mother looking at her, Zhang Yiyi first nodded, then shook her head.

“But we can’t skip meals. Xiao Fan, why don’t you call Xiao Xiao and ask them to come back for dinner?” Zhang Chunxue put the cat down again and patted Xu Qingfan on the shoulder.

"I just called her, and she said she wouldn't reply!"

Xu Qingfan thought Xia Xiaoxiao was really childish, like a child sulking with their mother and deliberately refusing to eat.

[How old are you? Still so immature.]
"You weren't the one who made that call, were you?" Zhang Chunxue asked back.

"Wanning and Yiyi took a taxi while I was cooking." Xu Qingfan made up an excuse for himself; he had actually already finished cooking.

“You call them again yourself and tell Xiaoxiao and the others to come back for dinner.” Although Zhang Chunxue’s tone was gentle, her words carried an undeniable air of authority.

Xu Qingfan wanted to stubbornly say, "I'm not going. What's the point of getting a call? Does she even want to eat anymore?" But when he met his aunt's gaze, he reluctantly nodded. "I'll get a call now."

"That's a good boy." Zhang Chunxue crossed her arms with satisfaction as she watched Xu Qingfan take out his phone to make a call.

The three girls were sitting on the second floor of McDonald's in Guagreen Square. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, they could see Licheng Middle School and their secret base home at the other end of the street.

Because Lin Jing was supposed to get off work and go home around 11 p.m., and was worried about being nagged by her mother again, Xia Xiaoxiao came here to take refuge.

Xiao Ruanwen and Wu Lingyu, worried that something might happen to her, naturally followed along. "Ruanwen and Xiaoyu, go back and eat first, don't worry about me." Xia Xiaoxin absentmindedly broke a French fry into two pieces, then four pieces, then eight pieces.

The girl didn't eat a single potato from the bag on the table; she used it all to relieve stress.

"Let's go back together. Mantis shrimp, braised beef shank, boiled squid, and salt and pepper shrimp." Xiao Ruanwen said, counting on her fingers. She originally wanted to make Xia Xiaoxiao drool, but she ended up drooling herself first.

"Yeah, Brother Fan must have cooked for everyone. It would be a waste of food if we didn't eat it." Wu Lingyu looked at the French fries on the plate, which were broken into pieces the length of a fingernail, and figured they were inedible.

Xia Xiaoxiao's heart had already softened. Dry fries were nowhere near as delicious as the food cooked by that stinky dog. She began to regret the decision she had made just now out of pride to be stubborn.

Not only did she miss out on a big meal, but she also made Xiaoyu and Ruanwen sit here with her eating dry fries and dry hamburgers.

[It's because he called me a giant baby, how am I?]
Xia Xiaoxiao looked out the window dejectedly. In the reflection of the glass, it seemed as if she could see that stinky dog ​​having a big meal with Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi.

"I"

Before she could even open her mouth, the phone placed between the three of them rang, and the screen displayed Xu Qingfan's name.

Wu Lingyu was about to reach out to take it, but Xiao Ruanwen quietly stopped her. She nudged Xia Xiaoxiao's arm and said excitedly, "It must be Brother Fan calling us back for dinner. Xiaoxiao, hurry up and take it!"

"I...I..." Her hand twitched, but she ultimately didn't have the courage to pick up her phone.

"What do you mean, Xiaoxiao? Answer the phone now, or it'll hang up!" Xiao Ruanwen wished she could just take the phone and put it in the girl's mouth, but doing so would only reduce the effect by half.

The song "Invisible Wings" was playing for the second time, and everyone around them was looking at them. Seeing that the call was about to be disconnected if they didn't answer it soon, Xia Xiaoxiao mustered up her courage and reached out to pick up her phone.

Her fingers trembled as she tapped to answer the call, her heart racing and her chest tightening slightly.

She held the phone to her ear, her fingertips turning slightly white, and her breathing became rapid.

"Hey?"

The voice coming from the microphone surprised and saddened her, because it was Xu Qingfan's voice.

"Hello, is this Xiaoyu?" Xu Qingfan asked again when no one responded for a long time.

Xia Xiaoxiao held her breath and simply said, "It's me."

The person on the other end of the phone was clearly taken aback for a moment before speaking again: "Come back for dinner."

The voice coming through the microphone was very calm, like a mother calling her neglectful child back for dinner at mealtime, perfectly natural.

The surroundings were bustling with noise, but Xia Xiaoxiao felt as if she were in a space all to herself, her mind replaying Xu Qingfan's words: "Come back for dinner."

For some reason, a mix of emotion and grievance welled up in Xia Xiaoxiao's heart at the same time, and her eyes reddened again.

She took a breath and continued, this time without any veiled barbs or aggressive tone, simply saying, "Okay."

The person on the other end of the phone was stunned again, but this time he reacted quickly and said, "Seafood doesn't taste good when it's cold, come back quickly."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)