I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 451. Xiaoyu is defending the tower! What, her?

Wu Lingyu's legs felt like they were filled with lead, and she couldn't move her feet for a long time.

Although I knew all this all along, although I had prepared myself mentally, although I had told myself to understand, although...
She had countless excuses in her mind, but when she actually saw it with her own eyes, Xiaoyu still broke down immediately.

My good mood this morning, just like that, gone!

Tears welled up in Wu Lingyu's eyes uncontrollably. She buried her head in the door, her shoulders trembling, and sobbed softly.

Exhausted from standing, she slumped weakly onto the floor.

Cold air seeped out from the floorboards and door gaps, keeping the tiled floor icy cold all night.

A chill ran from her bottom to her brain, and Wu Lingyu shivered involuntarily. She suddenly felt that even the floor was bullying her, and her expression became even more aggrieved.

[Fan Ge is completely unrepentant; he promised me he wouldn't misbehave at home!]
Xiaoyu hugged her knees, staring at the door with a wronged expression.

Before long, she thought of more.

It's not about whether or not they should feel wronged now. What if Xu Qingfan and Zhang Yiyi are still sleeping in their room when everyone else is awake?
In any case, Wu Lingyu couldn't come up with a good excuse to cover up the fact that the two of them slept in the same bed.

The more crucial point is that Xia Xiaoxiao has the key to the room. If she opens the door and finds that the two of them not only sleep together but also both like to sleep naked, then they're truly doomed!

Wu Lingyu sniffed and stood up again. She knew that now was not the time for her to feel wronged. The more urgent thing now was how to help Xu Qingfan and Zhang Yiyi cover their tracks!

She turned to look at Zhang Yiyi's room, and without saying a word, locked the door from the inside!
[This way everyone will think Yi-Yi is still sleeping in her room!]
Wu Lingyu felt that the plan was feasible. After finishing it, she leaned against the door and thought about the next steps.

[Ruan Wen will definitely brush her teeth and eat breakfast after she gets up. I'll grab some extra treats and put the TV on beforehand; that should be enough to get her out of there.]
[After Wan Ning gets up, she'll definitely want to say good morning to Fan Ge and Yi Yi first, but since the door is locked, she can't get in. I'll just say that Auntie got up early to make something delicious for Wan Ning, and she'll definitely come running downstairs.]
After figuring out the two of them, Wu Lingyu began to think about Xia Xiaoxiao, who was causing her the most headaches.

[After Xiaoxiao gets up, she will definitely brush her teeth first, but after brushing her teeth, she will absolutely go to Fan Ge's room!]
Based on past experience, Xia Xiaoxiao would always make a special trip to Xu Qingfan's room even when she wanted to do yoga.

[Not to mention that Auntie cooked breakfast today, and Xiaoxiao will definitely wait for Xu Qingfan to get up before eating together. When Wanning finds out that Xiaoxiao has a key, she will definitely urge him to open the door and wake up Qingfan.]
[By then, we'll be truly finished!]
Although this scene has not yet occurred, Wu Lingyu has already pictured a world-famous painting in her mind.

A little anger, Ruan Wen's blank stare, Wan Ning's astonishment, and her helpless facepalm as she hid behind her.

[No, if it really comes to that, I should go to the kitchen and hide the knife first.]
Wu Lingyu shook her head frantically, racking her brains for a way to break the deadlock.

[The key to stopping all this is to prevent them from entering Fan Ge's room.]
[The key to preventing everyone from entering Fan Ge's room is the key!]
[Go steal the tiny key!]
Wu Lingyu had a flash of inspiration, and that's exactly it, meow!
[While everyone is still asleep, I still have time!]
To avoid making any noise, Wu Lingyu ran barefoot quickly to Xia Xiaoxiao's room.

"Fan Ge's key, Fan Ge's key," she muttered softly.

The moment she opened the door, Wu Lingyu was stunned.

"Xiaoyu?"

"Good morning, are you here to wake me up?"

Xia Xiaoxiao was sitting in front of the dressing mirror combing her hair, and smiled slightly at Wu Lingyu in the mirror.

"Yes, yes!"

"Haha, Xiaoxiao, when did you get up? I just came to see you and you weren't up yet. Auntie and I cooked breakfast, there's egg porridge and dried vegetable pancakes, it's delicious!"

Wu Lingyu's nails turned white from gripping the doorknob too tightly, as if she had been caught doing something wrong, and her heart was pounding uncontrollably.

Xia Xiaoxiao felt something was off, but didn't think much of it and replied with a smile, "Thank you, Auntie. Xiaoyu, are they up yet?"

"No, no, Brother Fan hasn't gotten up yet." Wu Lingyu said, then tried to cover her mouth.

She's too nervous; the more she says, the more mistakes she'll make!
Xia Xiaoxiao noticed something was wrong and turned around in confusion.

Wu Lingyu leaned against the door, winking and smiling at her.

"Xiaoyu, you seem a bit strange today." Since they're all so familiar with each other, Xia Xiaoxiao can speak her mind freely.

"Ah ha. Maybe it's because I just finished exercising, I'm a little excited, very excited." Wu Lingyu swung her arms, mimicking the motion of running.

Xia Xiaoxiao hesitated, then put down the comb, picked up her phone, and got up to leave.

"I'm going to brush my teeth first. Xiaoyu, go wake them up, the sun's already high in the sky." As she walked to the door, Xia Xiaoxiao rubbed Xiaoyu's head.

"Mmm!" Wu Lingyu nodded vigorously, but her eyes were fixed on everything in the room like an eagle's.

After watching Xia Xiaoxiao enter the bathroom, she quickly slipped into the room to look for the key.

"Key, key."

Finding nothing on the dressing table or bedside table, Wu Lingyu turned her attention to drawers and clothing pockets, but unsurprisingly, she still couldn't find anything.

She clearly remembered that Xia Xiaoxiao had just entered the bathroom in her pajamas. Logically speaking, pajamas are so thin that if she had a key in her pocket, it should have made a sound.

But she didn't hear anything!

Undeterred, Wu Lingyu unfolded the neatly folded quilt and shook it, then picked up the pillow and shook it, but still didn't hear that crisp sound.

Finally, she even crawled on the floor to look under the bed.

However, the key seemed to have vanished into thin air, completely disappearing without a trace.

There's no time left!
Wu Lingyu slumped onto the edge of the bed, starting to feel a bit embarrassed and angry.

She clearly didn't cause the trouble, but just because she knows a lot, she deserves to take the blame!
It's like this: a colleague in your group messes up their work, and in order to avoid being implicated, you have to clean up the mess for them.

Moreover, Xu Qingfan's actions this time were far more egregious!

[How can this be? I have to clean up this mess!]
Xiaoyu truly felt wronged. He didn't call her when things were going smoothly, but now that things were about to be exposed, she had to help him deal with it (note: and she did it willingly).

This is the first time Wu Lingyu has ever been a little annoyed with Xu Qingfan. If something like this happens again, she will not help him no matter what. They might as well all die together!

[If there's a next time, I'm really not going to care about you anymore, you stinky Fan!]
Wu Lingyu pounded the mattress a few times, finding it crumbly, but quickly composed herself and left the room.

She first put on slippers in front of Zhang Yiyi's room, then went straight to the bathroom where Xia Xiaoxiao was.

"Xiaoxiao, are you in there?" Okay, she said another pointless question.

"Hmm, Xiaoyu, what's wrong? Have they gotten up yet?" Xia Xiaoxiao sat on the toilet scrolling through her phone, brushing her teeth with a toothbrush in her right hand.

"Not yet. Should I wake them up now?" Wu Lingyu glanced back, but no one came out of the room.

"Sure, it's almost ten o'clock." Xia Xiaoxiao, with a toothbrush in her mouth, reached for a tissue.

"Xiaoxiao, remember to eat breakfast after you brush your teeth, the egg pancake won't taste good if it gets cold!" Wu Lingyu said simply before turning and leaving.

Xia Xiaoxiao: ? ? ? "I remember Xiaoyu was talking about dried vegetable pancakes, right?" She paused in wiping her bottom, shook her head, and quickly continued with the next steps.

Wu Lingyu ran to Xiao Ruanwen's room first. The girl had probably already woken up once, but she still wanted to go back to sleep out of habit.

"Xiaoyu~" Xiao Ruanwen yawned, then closed her eyes again after seeing who it was.

"Ruan Wen, get up. There's porridge and egg pancakes. Auntie also bought a lot of vegetables, including your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs. If you eat breakfast late, you won't be able to eat lunch."

Wu Lingyu first opened the curtains in the room, then turned off the air conditioner. Even if Xiao Ruanwen was sleepy, she should have woken up by now.

What's more, there's the temptation of delicious food!
"Ha~ What time is it? Is everyone up yet?" She stretched after getting up, and the sunlight shone in, making her two little balls seem to glow.

"It's almost ten o'clock, Xiaoxiao is already brushing her teeth. I'm going to wake Wanning up now." Wu Lingyu suddenly started to empathize with Xu Qingfan. If Ruan Wen were a boy, she would like her too!
"Ha, I wasn't the last one to get up." A look of surprise flashed across Xiao Ruanwen's face. After all, she had been unable to sleep for a long time last night because of that matter.

"Maybe it's because it's the first time everyone's sleeping at Brother Fan's house," Wu Lingyu said, offering a nonsensical explanation. Before Xiao Ruanwen could even process it, she had already turned and left.

The room next door was Lin Wanning's room. When she went in, the girl was still sleeping on the bed.

The blanket covered her belly button, but her hands and feet were exposed. Her sprawled-out sleeping posture was quite adorable.

Wu Lingyu did the same thing again: she drew the curtains and turned off the air conditioner, and the glaring sunlight quickly filled the entire room.

"Brother Qingfan, please don't lock the door next time."

"Wan Ning?" Upon hearing the voice, Wu Lingyu thought she had gotten up, but upon closer inspection, she realized that she was talking in her sleep.

Wu Lingyu smiled faintly, because the voice was a little muffled, and she had only heard the four words "Brother Qingfan".

"Wanning, wake up! The sun's about to shine on your bottom!" She shook the girl's arm, quickly waking her up gently.

"Is it Xiaoyu?" Lin Wanning opened his eyes groggily, and the outline of the person became clearer until he could see that it was Wu Lingyu herself.

"Auntie made breakfast especially for Wan Ning, go brush your teeth and eat breakfast!" Wu Lingyu said, helping her up from the bed.

"Wow~ What kind of breakfast is this!" Upon hearing this, Lin Wanning's squinty eyes instantly disappeared, and she reverted to her energetic self.

"There are fried dough sticks, egg pancakes, and dried vegetable porridge. Get up quickly, everyone's up," Wu Lingyu said.

"Uh-huh!"

"Has Brother Qingfan gotten up too?"

"Why don't you come and call Wan Ning duck?"

Lin Wanning nodded frantically, talking as he changed his clothes.

Wu Lingyu thought to herself, "I'm doomed. [If I can't fool Wan Ning, I'm definitely going to be exposed!]"
"Fan and Yi haven't gotten up yet. They went grocery shopping with Auntie this morning and prepared the ingredients until very late. They're still taking a nap now," Wu Lingyu said, making even herself believe her.

Indeed, you'll never know how good you are at lying until you push yourself!
"what!"

"Why didn't Brother Qingfan and Yiyi wake me up? I wanted to go grocery shopping with Auntie too!" Lin Wanning felt like she had missed out on a fortune, having overslept and missed such an important thing.

"Maybe Wan Ning was still sleeping at that time. Fan Ge and the others got up at six o'clock, very early." Wu Lingyu continued to make up a story. Anyway, since Auntie was still sleeping, this lie could not be exposed.

"Alright~ Xiaoyu, I've changed my clothes. Let's go brush our teeth and have breakfast!" Lin Wanning's ahoge (cowlick) swayed as he took Xiaoyu's hand.

"Okay." Wu Lingyu followed her away.

[Wan Ning is so easy to fool. No wonder Fan Ge likes him. He's so naive, who wouldn't like him!]
Wu Lingyu suddenly started to empathize with Xu Qingfan again.

When the two arrived at the bathroom, Xia Xiaoxiao had already finished washing up and was chatting idly with Xiao Ruanwen at the door.

"Aren't Yi Yi and Xu Qingfan up yet?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked, puzzled, seeing that it was just the two of them.

Wu Lingyu was ready to repeat the lie, but Lin Wanning interrupted, "Brother Qingfan and Yiyi went to the market with Auntie to buy groceries this morning, really early, and they're still taking a nap now!"

Xia Xiaoxiao was taken aback and looked up at Wu Lingyu.

“Yes, yes, when I got up around seven o’clock, they were still busy in the kitchen!” Wu Lingyu nodded repeatedly.

Upon hearing that Zhang Yiyi had not yet gotten up, Xiao Ruanwen, who had been frozen in place, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

[Thank goodness, I was just worried that Yiyi would come over and ask me why I went to Fan Ge's room last night.]
After washing up, the four of them went to the kitchen on the first floor.

"Wow!"

"So much delicious food!"

Looking at the various marinated meats on the worktable, Xiao Ruanwen's mouth watered instantly.

"Xiaoyu, is this a melon seedling? And it has flowers!" Lin Wanning put his head close to a large yellow trumpet flower to smell it.

Looking at the table full of ingredients, Xia Xiaoxiao could already imagine the busy scene of Auntie, Stinky Dog and Yi Yi in the morning.

[I'll get up earlier next time; this is something I should do!]
[My aunt probably thinks I'm more diligent!]
"what?"

"Why is there still so much porridge?"

While serving the porridge, Xia Xiaoxiao noticed something was wrong, because the pot was almost full!

"Ah, the porridge... the porridge was cooked later. Brother Fan ate everything else, but didn't drink the porridge." To cover up her lie, Wu Lingyu told another one.

I don't know when it started, but Xiaoyu has also become a bad child who lies without batting an eye.

"Isn't Fan-ge's favorite congee? It's strange that he's eating something else." Xiao Ruanwen said casually when it was her turn to get the congee.

Wu Lingyu was shocked!
"They were probably too hungry when they woke up, so Qingfan and Yiyi ate breakfast outside," Lin Wanning explained.

Wu Lingyu: Yes, yes, yes!

To avoid seeming out of place, Wu Lingyu ate half a bowl of porridge even though she wasn't hungry.

The four of them returned to the living room chatting and laughing. The TV was "SpongeBob SquarePants," which Xiaoyu had changed to beforehand. In short, it was perfect for watching while eating!
"Hey~ By the way, why is Yi-yi up so early today? She chatted with me until after 1 a.m. last night before going to sleep!" Lin Wanning glanced at the clock on the wall and suddenly said.

Wu Lingyu: !!!

Wu Lingyu suddenly realized that she couldn't explain to Zhang Yiyi why she had helped her cover for her.

[Oh no, I think I've self-destructed!]
(End of this chapter)