I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 427. Xiao Ruanwen, you don't want Xia Xiaoxiao to know either.
"Dian Dian, your Fan-ge has run away with someone!" Xie Rui nudged Wu Lingyu's shoulder and pointed at Xiao Ruanwen and Xu Qingfan, who were fleeing the crowd.

Wu Lingyu tightened her grip on the bear-shaped biscuit in her hand. She had originally planned to go find Xu Qingfan and eat it with him as they walked.

"Let's go back too." Her eyes lowered slightly, a faint sense of loss welling up inside her.

Xie Rui stuck out his tongue, feeling like he had just said something wrong.

"Should we go back to class now, or go to the convenience store?"

As the two figures gradually disappeared from sight, Wu Lingyu forced a smile and said, "Let's go back to class."

Seeing that she was still holding that bag of bear-shaped cookies, Xie Rui couldn't help but feel sorry for her best friend.

"There's no time to explain, get in the car now!"

Xie Rui wanted to cheer her up, so he suddenly pushed her from behind and made her run.

"Ah~ Xie Rui, slow down!" Wu Lingyu was no longer disappointed or frightened.

Unlike Xu Qingfan and Xiao Ruanwen, who were a perfect couple and ran hand in hand on campus, the two were not like a pair of fairy-tale lovers.

However, given Wu Lingyu's stunning looks and the two bouncy pigtails that bounced around as she ran, she certainly attracted a lot of attention from her classmates.

With bear-shaped cookies and Xu Qingfan's favorite double ponytails, Wu Lingyu clearly came prepared.

But the scoundrel didn't even glance at her before running off with another woman. No wonder Xiaoyu couldn't be happy!
"Alright, alright. Xie Rui, it's downhill ahead, dangerous!"

The two ran a distance away from the crowd before Xie Rui slowly stopped.

"Your brother Fan was clearly running this way just now, how come I can't see him?"

Wu Lingyu quite liked hearing Xie Rui say things like "your Fan Ge," and after hearing it, she searched everywhere, but there was no one there.

"They've probably already gone back."

After saying that, the light in the girl's eyes seemed to dim a little.

Xie Rui took her arm and comforted her, "It's alright, you can still see each other at noon, it's just that you'll see each other less during the long break."

Xie Rui didn't have anyone he liked, so he didn't understand that a chance encounter during a long break between classes was more exciting than any other meeting.

"Okay, let's go back then."

Wu Lingyu untied her pigtails; Fan Ge wasn't around, and she didn't want to show them to anyone else.

"Hey~ Dian Dian, you must like Fan Ge, right?" Although Wu Lingyu hadn't told her, Xie Rui wasn't blind, and she could tell just by looking.

"Mmm." As expected, Xiaoyu readily admitted it.

Xie Rui's eyes widened instantly, his gossip-loving soul rising: "Dian Dian, you and Fan Ge have known each other since elementary school, right?"

"Yes, it's first grade."

"So when did you start liking him?" Xie Rui squinted his eyes lewdly.

"Huh?" Wu Lingyu stopped walking and looked up, thinking very seriously.

[When did you start liking Fan Ge?]
After a moment, she said in a very firm tone, "It was at first glance!"

"Wow, wow!" Xie Rui exclaimed excitedly, as if he had just stumbled upon some earth-shattering news.

Wu Lingyu wanted to laugh, but she had received professional training, so she held it in.

After a long while, Xie Rui's atavistic tendencies disappeared, and he continued to ask, "Hey~ was it when Brother Fan gave a cool self-introduction on the stage that he stole your heart? By the way, how old were you back then? Could you even understand these things?"

Wu Lingyu calmly shook her head: "Fan Ge and I are not in the same class."

"Huh?" After her initial surprise, Xie Rui looked at her with bright, eager eyes, full of curiosity.

Wu Lingyu, who has regained her ability to walk, shared with a touch of reminiscence: "I met Fan Ge the last one. Xiao Xiao and Fan Ge were neighbors and have known each other since childhood. Wan Ning, Yi Yi, Xiao Xiao and Ruan Wen were in Class 16 in elementary school, just like Fan Ge. I was in Class 3."

"And then what?" Seeing that she hadn't gotten to the point after talking for so long, Xie Rui couldn't wait to ask.

Wu Lingyu continued to speak at her own pace: "I first learned about Brother Fan after the midterm exams. It was because Brother Fan helped Yi Yi punish those who bullied her, but he also got a demerit from the school for it."

"The first time I heard the name Xu Qingfan was during that disciplinary action. Brother Fan was reading his self-criticism on the podium in front of the whole school and then..."

With a smile that could launch a thousand ships, she continued, “Then the principal asked the students who had won the math competition to come up and give their acceptance speeches. Before Fan Ge even stepped off the stage, he turned back because the first name the principal called out was Xu Qingfan.”

Xie Rui tried to put himself in that situation. Let alone Xiaoyu, any girl would have been deeply moved!

"What campus heartthrob?!"

"Don't even mention you, I'm tempted myself!" Xie Rui said, pounding his palms.

"Hmm?" Wu Lingyu suddenly looked over with sharp eyes.

"Ha, I'm judging by the matter, not the person, and by the results, not the person!" Xie Rui immediately pledged his loyalty, then asked curiously, "But after saying all this, Dian Dian, you still haven't told me how you met Brother Fan?"

Distracted by her words, Wu Lingyu indeed looked away.

Recalling her moments with Xu Qingfan, the smile on her face was as radiant as the sun.

"I will never forget January 30, 2003."

Wu Lingyu is not a good storyteller; her words are unremarkable. She takes her mother to see a doctor, helps her find a stall, doesn't discriminate against Xiaoyu, and even tutors Xiaoyu.
To outsiders, these may seem like just trivial matters.

But for Xiaoyu, who was in dire straits at the time, Xu Qingfan's casual act was the most precious ray of light in her life.

"Haha, no wonder you like Brother Fan so much!" Xie Rui casually put his arm around Wu Lingyu's shoulder, but he was actually incredibly envious.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't envious of the dramatic changes in Wu Lingyu's family.

Besides, what girl wouldn't want an older brother who protects her from childhood to adulthood?
"Yes!" Wu Lingyu's eyes regained their color. Sharing happiness can bring you two happinesses.

Of course, this is on the premise that it's with good friends.

Xie Rui didn't lose her composure. Now that she has a meal card subsidy, her life is getting better day by day!
"That's great! I never imagined that Dian Dian had a similar experience to me when she was little. Hey~ But now I have a meal card subsidy, so life will definitely get better and better in the future!"

She held up her school ID card hanging around her neck, enough to block out the glare of the sun.

"Definitely!"

Wu Lingyu smiled to herself, realizing she had accidentally grown to like Fan Ge even more!
"So Xiaoyu, you need to work harder! In your current situation, if you don't offer yourself to me, haha, it'll be hard to end things right, won't it?" Xie Rui regained his energy and reached out to scratch her chubby cheeks.

"Ah~ Haha, no!"

While retaliating, Wu Lingyu was also thinking about something in her mind.

[But even offering yourself in marriage requires waiting in line.]
[Even though they say they don't mind, deep down they probably still do.]
[Otherwise, why would I have felt so down just now?]
"By the way, Diandian, let me tell you about my parents?" Xie Rui suddenly changed the subject after stopping his antics.

"Ok?"

Wu Lingyu blinked, and then Xie Rui continued, "My mother is in a similar situation to you, I mean, the situation is similar."

“I heard it from the adults in my family. There was a flood and famine one year, and my grandfather’s family saved my maternal grandparents and mother. They owed them a huge debt of gratitude, and then my mother married that man.”

Wu Lingyu didn't know what to say for a moment, so she nodded to show that she was listening.

"That's just how it is. After Grandpa passed away, that man stopped working and gambled away any money he had. Only Mom worked, and the family's dozen or so acres of land also brought in several thousand yuan in rent every year. I asked Mom why she didn't get a divorce, and she said it was something she owed that man."

Xie Rui continued talking to herself, not knowing what she was saying, but she felt that Wu Lingyu should be able to understand her.

Wu Lingyu bit her lower lip, lost in thought. They remained silent for the rest of the walk until, as they were almost back in class, Wu Lingyu suddenly said to her, "I understand."

Xie Rui didn't understand what she knew, but she still felt inexplicably happy.

"Hey~ By the way, Dian Dian, didn't you just say that Brother Fan invested in your duck neck recipe? Where is the store located? I happened to be working at Haowei Duck Neck during the National Day holiday!"

Subconsciously, she thought that Wu Lingyu's investment was just a slightly larger food stall.

Then she heard a terrifying answer.

"Um," Wu Lingyu looked up at her, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It's Haowei duck neck."

"Huh?" The shock on Xie Rui's face was greater than anything she had experienced in the entire first half of her life.

Wu Lingyu knew this would happen, and whispered in her ear, "Keep it a secret."

"it is good"

For a long time afterward, Xie Rui couldn't remember what he had said to Wu Lingyu that day.

All I remember is the delicious duck neck and the buzzing in my head back then.

Time goes back to ten minutes ago.

"There's no one here, why are you still running!" Xiao Ruanwen shook off Xu Qingfan's hand, stopped, and glared at him with her hands on her hips.

"Phew~" Xu Qingfan looked back and saw that he had unknowingly moved away from the crowd.

"Ugh, that old Principal Deng is really something, why does he have to mention our names for no reason?" Seeing Xiao Ruanwen's angry look, the shameless man scratched his hair.

Xiao Ruanwen glared at him, then turned away from Xu Qingfan's lustful gaze: "Perfect, now that it's just the two of us, I'll tell you about what happened last night!"

“What happened last night was my fault, you don’t need to apologize to me,” Xu Qingfan replied without thinking.

Xiao Ruanwen: ? ? ?

[When did I ever say I was going to apologize to you?!]
"Hmph~ You know best."

"That's not what I wanted to say!" She crossed her arms and stared at Xu Qingfan with the look of someone looking at a scumbag.

Even the most shameless man would feel uncomfortable being stared at like that.

"You say it, you say it."

Without saying a word, Xiao Ruanwen stepped forward and grabbed Xu Qingfan's ear, putting one hand on her hip and saying, "What did you want to do last night? I'm asking you what you wanted to do?"

"You've already done *that* with Xiaoxiao, you've been to the rooftop so many times, what are you trying to do?!"

Xu Qingfan thought to himself: [Damn it, I knew it!]
"Uh, last night I just couldn't control myself. You see, that's how it always goes in TV dramas. Who told you to be so good-looking? How can you blame me?!"

This scoundrel's move is a death wish; he closed his eyes after saying it, because he felt the chances of dying were even greater.

"???"

Xiao Ruanwen was stunned. That's why they say sincerity is a killer move; this left her speechless.

[Just as I guessed, I'm so good-looking, so it's not entirely Fan Ge's fault. If I hadn't insisted on dragging Fan Ge to stroll along Love Avenue yesterday, I wouldn't have been mistaken for a thief by the dorm supervisor later.]
Xiao Ruanwen blushed, but quickly suppressed it and continued angrily, "Just because I'm pretty doesn't mean you can kiss me. Isn't that cute senior pretty? Aren't the big stars pretty? Are you going to kiss them too?"

"Bullshit, they're not as pretty as you!" Xu Qingfan retorted, both unreasonable and arrogant.

Xiao Ruanwen: ? ? ?

[Oh, this, this...]
Suppressing her fleeting joy, Xiao Ruanwen straightened her face again: "Are we talking about this now, Xu Qingfan!"

"Xiaoxiao is my best sister. You stinky Fan, let me tell you, don't even think about shirking your responsibilities!"

I'm keeping a close eye on you!

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Seeing that Xu Qingfan didn't speak, Xiao Ruanwen suddenly tightened her grip on his ear.

"Hiss~ Tingting, stop lifting me, I was wrong!" Xu Qingfan surrendered with both hands raised.

"Pfft, you're the one who's Tingting!" Xiao Ruanwen instantly recalled the scene from yesterday when Xu Qingfan shouted "Stop, stop!" and she asked who Tingting was.

“Yes, yes, I’m Tingting, and you’re Wenwen,” Xu Qingfan said, trying to sound weak.

Xiao Ruanwen glared at him, then looked down at her watch; there were only a few minutes left before class.

"What happened last night is known only to heaven, earth, you, and me, but absolutely not to Xiaoxiao, understand?"

"puff"

"What are you laughing at?" Xiao Ruanwen squinted at him.

"No, I was just thinking about some happy things." Asking only made things worse; Xu Qingfan's convulsions became even more violent.

"Say!"

"It's nothing, class is about to start, let's go back first." Xu Qingfan took her hand and started to walk back.

"You stinky Fan, tell me quickly, are you plotting something bad again!" Xiao Ruanwen became more and more suspicious as she looked at him, and reached out to pinch his waist.

"Hiss~ Haha, really? How can you be so boring? Can't I even have a laugh?" Xu Qingfan also wanted to tug at the microphone, but unfortunately he could only watch for now.

"Why don't I believe it?" Xiao Ruanwen rolled her eyes at him, but after explaining the situation, she finally felt much more relaxed.

The guilt that had been weighing on my heart vanished instantly.

"You really want to know?"

"Say!"

"Then you can't get angry after I finish speaking."

"It depends."

"Then I won't say anything." Silence is golden for that scoundrel.

Xiao Ruanwen punched him on the shoulder: "Just say what you have to say, don't be angry anymore!"

"ensure."

"I promise!"

"swear."

"Stinky Fan-ge!"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you then. You promised you wouldn't get angry."

Xiao Ruanwen shook off his hand, huffing and puffing, with an expression that seemed to say, "Will you ever stop?"

"Haha, Xiao Ruanwen, you don't want Xia Xiaoxiao to know what happened last night, do you?" Xu Qingfan said and then ran away.

Xiao Ruanwen: ? ? ?

"You stinky Fan, stop right there!"

(End of this chapter)