I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 388. The Catalyst for Joy
While other sixteen-year-olds tremble with fear when called into the teacher's office, Xu Qingfan already dares to reach out to the principal for a cigarette.

The differences between people can sometimes be greater than the differences between cats.

It is well known that cats have a reaction speed seven times faster than other cats.

He took out his phone and snapped a picture of Hua Zi, along with the one from the office earlier, and sent them to their six-person group chat.

[This principal is really something, insisting on offering me cigarettes. Doesn't he know I'm allergic to cigarettes?!]

[?] ×5
Soon, a group of diving girls were exposed.

Xu Qingfan smiled as he looked at the screen full of question marks and put his phone and cigarettes away again.

"Is it too much to ask the headmaster, Old Deng, to hand me a cigarette after spending sixty?" Under the bright moonlight, the boy kicked at the pebbles on the road and muttered to himself.

What malicious intent could Xu Qingfan possibly have?

He's just a boy at heart, trying to impress the five girls.

When I returned to Class 16 of Grade 1, the first evening self-study session had just ended.

It was like a TV that was originally silent suddenly turning up the volume; the whole class instantly erupted into a cacophony of noise.

Suddenly surrounded by a noisy group of classmates, Xu Qingfan helplessly rubbed his forehead, wishing he had walked a few steps faster.

"What does Principal Fan want with you?"

"Yes, yes!"

"What does the principal's office look like? I've never been there before!"

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"Don't rush, don't rush, I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush!" Xu Qingfan gestured for them to be quiet.

After no one spoke, he spoke again: "Didn't a vice president say before that our class shouldn't sign up for the student council? The principal came to me to find out about this."

"That's it?"

"Oh, it's that idiot. Never mind then."

"Has Brother Fan's matter been resolved yet?" a classmate who wanted to challenge himself in high school asked.

"Principal Song has already taken care of it for us, so everyone can go to the interview tomorrow without worry." After waving away the students who were crowding the door, he finally had a place to return to his seat.

"Is Fan Ge really related to that idiot Du Haitao?"

"That's right, it shouldn't be like this. The principal is so busy with important matters, how could he have time to care about such trivial things?"

"And he even went to an evening self-study session!"

Lai Chenglang and Wu Shichong were skeptical, so they leaned closer to ask.

Xiao Ruanwen covered her mouth and chuckled, while Wang Xuan, noticing her expression, also turned her gaze to Xu Qingfan.

"Of course it couldn't be because of that." Xu Qingfan beckoned the three of them closer and said in a low voice, "The principal is actually my peer. He just made me tea and offered me cigarettes in his office."

"Tch~" The two of them immediately moved away in disgust.

"If I believed you, I'd rather believe you helped the principal's grandmother across the street!"

"If the principal actually offers you cigarettes, I'll eat this whole table right now!"

Seeing that both of them looked at him like he was lying, he and Xiao Ruanwen couldn't help but laugh at the same time.

"puff!"

"Hahaha!"

Wu Shichong was completely bewildered and said speechlessly, "Wait, Brother Fan, what are you guys laughing at?"

"Hahaha!" Xu Qingfan and Xiao Ruanwen pointed at each other in unison, "Get out of my way, I don't talk to people who freeload." "What freeloading? Damn it!"

"You're the one who freeloads! Your whole family freeloads!"

Realizing that the two were laughing at him, Wu Shichong became angry and lashed out.

It's a pity the photo can't be shown to those two loudspeakers, otherwise by tomorrow, the news that the principal gave him cigarettes would be known throughout the school.

It was just a minor incident, and after the bell rang for the second evening self-study session, the classroom returned to quiet.

Xu Qingfan suddenly felt Xiao Ruanwen pinch his waist. When he looked down, he saw the girl spreading her hands under the table, begging him for something.

Clearly, Xiao Ruanwen is going to confiscate his Hua Zi.

"Smoking stinks! Fan-ge, you're not allowed to smoke!" she whispered fiercely in Xu Qingfan's ear.

Xu Qingfan placed his hand on the girl's thigh and patted it gently. Without saying a word, he obediently placed the cigarette from his pocket into her hand.

"Hmph~ That's pretty much it!"

Seeing that Fan Ge listened to her so well, Xiao Ruanwen felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

She wrapped the cigarette in a tissue and carefully placed it in a compartment of her backpack.

[Hehe~ It's mine now!]
After enduring the ordeal until the end of evening self-study, Xiao Ruanwen finally had someone to vent her pent-up frustrations after meeting up with the four girls.

"Hehehe~ How dare Brother Fan let the principal hand him a cigarette! And the principal actually cooperated, hahaha!"

"Hey Principal Deng, can I borrow a light? Hahahaha!"

The silly girl was having a lot of fun, so Xu Qingfan pulled Wu Lingyu away quietly.

"I've already spoken to the principal about Xie Rui's situation. From now on, the scholarship will be deposited into your meal card, so you don't need to worry anymore, right?"

"Mmm!" Wu Lingyu moved her head closer so that Xu Qingfan could touch her more easily.

Her face flushed, and she whispered, "Brother Fan is the best."

Xu Qingfan just smiled. He felt a great sense of accomplishment having the ability to solve the troubles that his little Qingmei had encountered on her path to adulthood.

"Brother Qingfan, how did the principal deal with that idiot Du Haitao?" Fearing another slap on the head, the quick-witted Wan Ning hurriedly changed his words halfway through.

Xu Qingfan put his free hand around her shoulder: "I didn't ask about that. If you're going to give my brother Fan face, I think you'll probably be sent to the Imperial Clan Court and will only be able to work as a dishwasher in the kitchen of the canteen!"

"You'll be dismissed, you'll probably be kicked out." Xia Xiaoxiao covered Xiao Ruanwen's mouth, and the campus became much quieter in the night.

"Hmm~ I guessed that's about right, after all, Brother Fan is a man who donated 600,000, but haha, Lao Deng is so angry, haha~" Her mouth was covered by Xia Xiaoxiao again.

Xu Qingfan gave Xia Xiaoxiao an approving look: "But speaking of which, it seems the lighter for lighting mosquito coils at home is out of fuel, right? We should have taken Principal Deng's lighter too!"

"Old Deng, how come you have no sense of propriety at all? Where's your temper?" he said deliberately in a roguish tone.

"Hahaha!"

The sounds of bullfrogs, cicadas, and the laughter of the five women created a lullaby.

The short walk home together after evening self-study is like a catalyst for joy, capable of multiplying all the happiness we've collected throughout the day.

"Once we make money from our comics, we'll donate it to the school!"

"Tear down Einstein's statue and build his brother's statue next to it!"

"Pfft~ Who shows a living person a statue? Your idea is dangerous!"

"Huh?" Zhang Yiyi stuck out her tongue and immediately changed her mind, saying, "Then build a statue of Du Haitao!"

"Pfft~ Hahaha."

(End of this chapter)