I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 358. It's Yi Yi's turn to rank up.

It was almost midnight when I got home.

The sun was already quite scorching after 10 a.m. After walking all morning, the five girls' backs were soaked with sweat. The first thing they did when they got home was to turn on the air conditioner and then open a can of ice-cold Coke from the refrigerator and drink it all in one go.

After tying the dead dog, which had lustful thoughts but no testicles, to the yard, Xu Qingfan followed it back into the house.

When people are extremely tired, they often like to sit on the floor. For example, the five girls in front of us are sitting in a row with their backs leaning against the sofa and their legs stretched out straight.

"Here you go, Brother Fan." Seeing Xu Qingfan come in, Xiao Ruanwen tossed him the extra can of Coke she had taken.

Xu Qingfan caught it steadily, clearly already used to the five people's lack of decorum in front of him.

Unlike bottled cola, canned cola doesn't overflow. He opened it, took a big gulp, and asked, "Hiccup~ Who's going grocery shopping with me?"

The pool barbecue from last night hasn't been cleaned up yet, and we haven't bought the food for lunch and dinner either.

In the past, at this time, Lin Wanning would eagerly raise his hand to respond, or Xiao Ruanwen would shout, "Brother Fan, I want to go! I want to go!"

But both of them were unusually quiet today.

Xiao Ruanwen simply felt it was too sunny and didn't want to go, while Lin Wanning's eyes darted around like he had a bellyful of mischievous ideas.

Wu Lingyu waited for a moment, and when no one spoke, just as she was about to respond, someone beat her to it.

"Fan"

"Brother, I'll go!" Zhang Yi stood up and stepped forward.

Wu Lingyu bit her lower lip, feeling a little annoyed, and swallowed back the words she was about to say.

[I should have spoken up sooner.]
Xu Qingfan patted the girl's head and said with a smile, "Then Yi Yi and I will go buy groceries. After you guys have rested, clean up the backyard. I'll cook a big meal when I get back."

"Hehe, Wanning got it!" Lin Wanning gave a playful Young Pioneers salute and winked at Zhang Yiyi.

"Brother Fan, I want to eat green beans and pig's trotters," Xiao Ruanwen said, patting her soft little belly.

"I want to eat sweet and sour pork," Xia Xiaoxiao said.

Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes at the two of them: "You two certainly know how to eat, always choosing things with complicated processes."

"It's not like someone said I have to be treated like a slave!" Xia Xiaoxiao retorted defiantly, raising her head.

“That’s right!” Xiao Ruanwen chimed in, like a personal maidservant to a young lady in ancient times.

Seeing that Xu Qingfan was about to walk over, she immediately hid behind Xia Xiaoxiao.

"Tch~" Xu Qingfan shook his head with amusement, his gaze turning to Xiaoyu.

“We will keep it clean!” Wu Lingyu nodded obediently.

Xu Qingfan returned an approving look, and the girl immediately lowered her head shyly.

"It's almost time to cook, so Yi-yi and I will go first!" he said, taking Zhang Yi-yi's hand.

"I know!"

"Brother Qingfan, please be careful!"

"Brother Fan, come back quickly!"

"Helmet!" Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at the two who had turned to leave and still reminded them.

"Right, right, riding a bike without a helmet will bring tears to your eyes." Xu Qingfan slapped his forehead and turned around to get the helmet that was on the shoe cabinet.

"It doesn't rhyme at all!"

Xu Qingfan glared at Xiao Ruanwen, who was making random comments, and helped Zhang Yiyi put on her white helmet, while he himself wore a pink one.

"Haha~ Fan Ge, you're so flirtatious!"

"I'll wear your clothes when we get back!" He glared at Xiao Ruanwen one last time before taking Zhang Yiyi's hand and leaving home.

A moment later, Lin Wanning got up and jogged out of the house, shouting at the two as they rode away on their bicycles, "Qingfan, be careful on the road!"

Zhang Yiyi wrapped her arms around Xu Qingfan's waist, and turned around to look at the girl with a knowing glance.

[Seize this opportunity!]
The high school is located in the suburbs, and the nearest farmers' market to their residential area is more than 2 kilometers away. They were worried about encountering any emergencies, so they bought an electric scooter to get around.

Calling it an electric scooter isn't entirely accurate, since the thing Xu Qingfan is riding can reach speeds of up to 80 kilometers per hour, so calling it a motor vehicle wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Xu Qingfan didn't dare to drive that fast. Even in the suburbs, he only dared to twist the accelerator to thirty or forty kilometers per hour.

After all, anyone can accelerate in a straight line; getting home safely is what truly matters!
Ten minutes later, the two parked their car at the entrance of the farmers' market.

Xu Qingfan first took off his helmet, and then helped Zhang Yiyi take off hers.

Although the girl has hands and feet, perhaps it's a habit formed from childhood, he subconsciously does this, and Zhang Yiyi also enjoys this kind of pampering from her brother.

"Are you hot?" He helped the girl tie up her wet hair and then wiped the remaining sweat from her temples with his sleeve.

Zhang Yiyi shook her head, took his arm, looked up and smiled sweetly: "Let's go grocery shopping!"

"Mm." Xu Qingfan smiled and ruffled the girl's hair, then followed her into the farmers' market.

Zhang Yiyi has always loved going to the farmers' market with her mother, Wan Ning, or her brother, because she feels a sense of warmth and home there.

Her brother was in charge of bargaining with the stall owner, while she squatted on the ground playing with the big crabs and crayfish.

“Twenty dollars is fine, I don’t have any change!” Xu Qingfan said in Cantonese, taking out a twenty-dollar bill from his wallet.

"67, twenty dollars, twenty dollars!" The fishmonger waved his hand impatiently.

"Let's go." Xu Qingfan reached out his hand to Zhang Yiyi, who was squatting on the ground.

"Mmm!" Zhang Yi smiled at him, and after using the momentum, she took his arm again.

The two quickly bought all the ingredients, and Xu Qingfan even bought a little extra because he knew it would rain the next day.

When I returned to where the electric scooter was parked, thankfully neither of the helmets had been stolen.

Xu Qingfan reached out and took the vegetable basket from Zhang Yiyi's hand, then hung both baskets on the hook.

“Let’s go back.” He handed one of the helmets to the girl.

Zhang Yiyi obediently accepted it, but shook her head.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Xu Qingfan asked, puzzled.

"I want to eat ice jelly," Zhang Yi whispered, pressing her face against his back.

The ice jelly shop they used to frequent recently moved to New Era Plaza, which is only a few hundred meters away from the farmers' market, so it's not too far.

Xu Qingfan thought for a moment and then happily decided, "Then let's eat!"

"Thank you, brother!" Zhang Yiyi hugged his waist tightly and said sweetly.

"Hold on tight!" Xu Qingfan patted the girl's hand and started the car. "Okay!"

Just thinking about what might happen later made Zhang Yiyi's heart pound, and she also felt an urge to go to the toilet.

The electric scooter quickly arrived at its destination again. After parking, the two left hand in hand, carrying their shopping baskets.

Although the food wasn't anything valuable, and losing the helmet was just a minor inconvenience—I could simply stop wearing it—losing my lunch meant I'd go hungry.

The two quickly arrived at a dessert shop on the first floor of the mall. After ordering six servings of ice jelly to be packed up, they found an empty table in the shop and sat down to rest.

Zhang Yiyi's little hands were already sweating with nervousness. She took a deep breath and calmly said, "Brother, I want to go to the toilet."

Xu Qingfan blinked: "Do you want me to come with you?"

Perhaps because of the hot weather and the large number of customers in the store, they couldn't finish serving six servings of ice jelly in a short time.

Zhang Yiyi was secretly delighted and immediately nodded, saying, "Yes!"

The two left their shopping baskets inside the shop, told the staff what they wanted, and then left the dessert shop.

All five girls have mild mysophobia. For example, when they were in school, they always preferred to use the toilet on the first floor of the school building during breaks because it was usually empty and cleaner.

The same applies when you go to the shopping mall.

The first-floor restrooms were the most crowded and the dirtiest. He accompanied Zhang Yiyi in the elevator to the third floor, which was a large home appliance store. There was absolutely no one there at midday.

"Go ahead, I'll wait for you outside." He released the girl's hand and said, standing still.

"Hmm!" Zhang Yiyi glanced at him one last time, then turned and went into the restroom.

After entering, Zhang Yi first looked at herself carefully in the mirror in front of the sink, and then turned on the tap to wash the sweat off her face.

The girl's face was burning hotter and hotter than ever. The tap water was so cold that it should have cooled her down.

Zhang Yi waved her small hands to cool herself down, then turned around and checked each restroom one by one before entering the innermost one and locking the door.

She really needed to urinate, and soon the dull sound of water hitting the toilet could be heard.

The light from her phone screen reflected off Zhang Yiyi's face, displaying her chat history with Lin Wanning.

[Keep it up, Yi Yi!]

Zhang Yi smiled and also edited the message: Yi Yi will do her best! [Cute]
Xu Qingfan was idly playing on his phone outside the restroom. The community section of Haowei Takeaway had been spun off some time ago and a separate department called "Xiaofenshu" had been established, splitting the application into two.

He has accumulated a considerable number of fans recently because he serialized his novel on the platform. Every day, he receives private messages from readers asking for his address to send him some local specialties.

However, with only tens of thousands of followers, it's still incomparable to Weibo before smartphones become widespread.

Another interesting thing is that Xu Qingfan's Weibo account has become the top 0 most popular account on Sina Weibo.

It seems that buying fake followers wasn't popular 11 years ago. Currently, apart from Xu Qingfan, the female celebrity with the most followers on Weibo who evaded taxes only has a little over 20 million followers.

Since the World Cup ended, Xu Qingfan has not used his Weibo account for any commercial purposes. Apart from occasionally forwarding Xiao Ruanwen's singing videos (as a hobby), all the posts below are for forwarding missing person notices.

Perhaps because his content is so positive, his number of fans increased rather than decreased after the World Cup ended. Every day, there are people who come to watch the show, and he recently surpassed the 30 million mark.

Xu Qingfan opened his Weibo side account and ate some gossip for a while. His main account had been handed over to a dedicated team for operation and management a long time ago.

Almost ten minutes had passed, and Zhang Yiyi still hadn't come out of the restroom.

Just as he was about to make a call to inquire about the situation, his phone rang at that moment, and it was Zhang Yiyi calling.

Worried that the girl might be in danger inside, Xu Qingfan immediately stepped forward to answer the phone: "Yiyi, what's wrong with you inside? It's been so long?"

"Brother... I... that I..." Zhang Yiyi's tone was nervous, and her words were mumbled, which scared Xu Qingfan.

"The weather is really strange today, Yiyi, are you suffering from heatstroke?"

"The weather is strange today" is their agreed-upon code phrase. If they encounter danger and it's inconvenient to speak, they will say this phrase so that the other party knows what's going on.

Zhang Yi was startled and hurriedly shook her head, saying, "No, no, brother, could you come in for a moment? I... I've run into a little trouble!"

Xu Qingfan breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that there was no danger: "Is there anyone else in the restroom? Is it convenient for me to go in now?"

"No, no. Brother, come quickly!" Zhang Yiyi hung up the phone as soon as she finished speaking, her expression a mixture of shyness and slyness at the success of her scheme.

Xu Qingfan shook his head, put his phone back in his pocket, and turned around to check his surroundings.

After confirming that no one was watching him, he dashed into the bathroom.

"I'm here, where are you?" He asked furtively, as if he had done something wrong.

Okay, he did something wrong.

"I'm here, brother." Zhang Yiyi's voice came from the last toilet stall, along with the "click" sound of the door being unlocked.

Xu Qingfan dashed over and nervously slipped into the cubicle where Zhang Yiyi was.

"You."

"bump!"

Before he could finish speaking, the girl had already pinned him against the bathroom door with a loud "bang".

Zhang Yiyi's chest heaved violently. She reached out and locked the door again, her eyes fixed on Xu Qingfan's lips.

Xu Qingfan swallowed hard. The space was already cramped, and the beautiful girl was pressed tightly against his chest, as if countless feathers were tickling his heart, making him feel unbearably itchy.

His breathing involuntarily quickened. Toilets are places that easily lead to suggestive thoughts, especially since he had read plenty of such material in his previous life.

"What's wrong with you, Yi Yi?"

Xu Qingfan spoke again, but his voice was interrupted once more.

This time, the girl's cherry lips were pressed against his lips.

Zhang Yiyi clearly didn't understand anything; she only remembered that Wan Ning said she had to wear jeans, otherwise she would feel very uncomfortable.

But there was obviously no time to change her pants, so she had to make do with what she had.

[Oh, and close your eyes!]
Remembering Wan Ning's words, she immediately closed her eyes tightly. Because she squeezed so hard, her nose wrinkled up, making her look very cute.

Perhaps it was because of the location this time, or perhaps it was because he had done it so many times that he was too familiar with it.

Perhaps it was because he had kissed all four girls except Yi Yi, but in any case, Xu Qingfan was moved.

Without giving the girl a moment to catch her breath, Xu Qingfan launched a fierce attack the instant Zhang Yiyi closed her eyes.

My clear mind lasted only a brief moment before it went completely blank.

A small boat that originally only traveled on streams was thrown into the turbulent sea on its very first mission.

[Wan Ning is right, kissing is truly magical.]
(End of this chapter)