I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 470. It seems there's no need to test anymore.

The next day.

The six of them studied in the old house in the morning. After lunch and a short rest, it was time to take the bus back to school.

The desk hadn't been tidied up yet, and the six people's study books were scattered on it, with about a third of them belonging to Xiao Ruanwen alone.

While packing his schoolbag, Xiao Ruanwen fawned over Xu Qingfan, eagerly helping him organize it, before leisurely stuffing her own books back into the bag.

She pointed to her backpack, which was stuffed full of textbooks, and grinned, "Hey~ Brother Xie Fan!"

"How much did you read?" Xu Qingfan glared at Xiao Ruanwen and handed her his schoolbag.

"Uh, haha, I've reviewed everything that's on the exam tomorrow!" Xiao Ruanwen said weakly and without much conviction.

"Why can't I believe it?" Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes at her again. Just then, the car that was supposed to pick them up stopped at the door. "Let's go, get in the car and we'll talk about it."

"Mmm!" The five girls either nodded or gave a soft "Mmm."

After checking that all the doors and windows were closed, Xu Qingfan finally turned off the main water and electricity switch, took Xiaobai, who was lying on its back and dozing in the yard, and the six people and the dog quickly left the old house by car.

This week will be over soon and November will begin. Autumn is coming to an end, and Licheng is finally starting to feel like it's in the heat of July.

Many people who were wearing shorts and short sleeves yesterday have changed into long sleeves and trousers this morning.

With temperatures around 20 degrees Celsius, there's no need to turn on the air conditioning; wearing my winter school uniform open feels just right.

This is the most comfortable month of the year in Licheng, with light breezes and cloudy skies. This pleasant weather will probably last for half a month to a month.

After leaving the old house, the six of them went to the supermarket to replenish their supplies as usual.

"Still buying ice cream? It's getting colder." Lin Wanning had just put her hand into the freezer when, the next second, Xu Qingfan's stern fist appeared above her head.

"I just wanted to touch it, I didn't say I wanted to buy it, Brother Qingfan hit me!" Lin Wanning pouted aggrievedly. She simply couldn't resist touching the ice shards.

Just as Xu Qingfan was about to apologize, Lin Wanning suddenly changed her expression and placed the ice shards she had been hiding in her hand on his neck.

"Hiss~ Lin, Wan, Ning!"

"Aww~ Brother Qingfan, don't hit me, Wanning knows she was wrong!" There was a wide road ahead, and Lin Wanning pushed the shopping cart and ran away quickly.

"Don't run too fast, be careful not to bump into someone!" Xu Qingfan shouted, then looked helplessly at Zhang Yiyi, and the two smiled at each other.

To save time, they browsed the snack section on the second floor three times, while Xia Xiaoxiao, Xiao Ruanwen, and Wu Lingyu browsed the fruit and fresh produce section on the first floor. After they had bought everything, the two groups met at the cashier.

"Ruan Wen and Xiao Xiao love these cucumber-flavored potato chips, take a few more bags." After he finished speaking, he reached out and grabbed four more bags of Lay's potato chips from the shelf. Lin Wanning had already returned with his shopping cart by this time.

"Brother Qingfan, I want to eat those Panpan potato chips, tomato flavor!" Lin Wanning pointed with her little hand, and Xu Qingfan quickly threw two more bags of potato chips into the shopping cart.

The three of them set off again, with Xu Qingfan now pushing the cart, and Zhang Yiyi and Lin Wanning following on either side of him.

"I have exams next week, so I need to buy candy!" As they passed a candy shelf, Lin Wanning carefully selected many of the candies that she and Yi Yi liked.

Before every major exam, Lin Wanning would always have a piece of candy in her mouth. It wasn't that she also had a habit of biting her pen while thinking, but rather that Lin Wanning couldn't remember which TV program she had seen that said eating sweets could help the brain think, so she wrote it down.

"Alright, alright, it's only three days of exams. Do you want to get cavities if you buy so much?" Seeing that Lin Wanning still wanted to choose, Xu Qingfan grabbed her.

"Hehe~ Brother Qingfan, eat duck!" Lin Wanning wasn't annoyed. She grabbed his arm and looked up at him with a grin.

Xu Qingfan held her hand and continued strolling around. Unable to control the direction of the cart with one hand, Zhang Yiyi promptly lent a helping hand.

The dog-man suddenly felt that now was a good opportunity, since there were only the three of them, and it would be a good chance to test them.

"Panpan potato chips, Want Want shrimp chips, Boli seaweed, and these Dr. Bear gummies, you two like the exact same snacks. If you go to college and then separate, you won't be able to share a bag of snacks with each other anymore."

Xu Qingfan suddenly spoke up.

Zhang Yi blinked a few times furtively, glancing at her brother next door out of the corner of her eye, but didn't speak first.

"Why do we have to go to different universities? Yi-yi and I will definitely go to the same university, and so will Brother Qingfan!" Lin Wanning, being the most innocent, answered without thinking. "Yi-yi and I have such good grades, what if Wanning's score isn't high enough?" Xu Qingfan found Wanning adorable and pinched her rosy cheeks.

"Ah, I... I'll try my best. If all else fails, I'll become an art major, then I won't have to score so many points!" Lin Wanning had clearly thought about this problem in private, so she quickly gave her answer.

As long as Xu Qingfan doesn't aim for Tsinghua or Peking University, she's confident she won't hold him back.

"Okay, just kidding. I won't be going to university outside the province, so I'll most likely be going to HKU. If Wan Ning works a little harder," Xu Qingfan gestured with a finger-space symbol, "getting into City University of Hong Kong won't be a problem!"

"Ok!"

"Gangcheng University, Brother Qingfan, I will work hard!"

Lin Wanning nodded very seriously.

I believe in Wan Ning!

Zhang Yi was completely bewildered by their conversation. She thought to herself, "Wait, is my brother really talking about university?"
Just as she was thinking this, Xu Qingfan suddenly changed the subject: "But we're all together in college, and after graduation and starting work, we'll still have to separate. We can't keep living together like we do now."

"Why not?"

"Brother Qingfan, we made a pinky promise!"

Lin Wanning extended her little finger, her big eyes blinking: "Wanning, Yiyi, Qingfan-gege, pinky promise, never to change, we'll be together forever!"

The girl's sincerity moved the two of them, and time seemed to be pulled back to the spring of 02, when the little boy and the little girl made a promise under the sun to never be apart.

Xu Qingfan suddenly felt there was no need to continue testing him. If it weren't for the fact that the place didn't allow it, he really wanted to confess right now and tell Wan Ning everything he had done.

"Wan Ning is right. We made a pinky promise to never separate. I'm a dog if I lie." The dog-man put one arm around each of the two women and pulled them into his arms.

Zhang Yiyi nestled obediently in her brother's arms. Being as clever as she was, she didn't ask why her brother had asked that question earlier.
Lin Wanning, too, smiled contentedly and said, "Brother Qingfan, you can't lie to people, or you'll become a little dog!"

From Lin Wanning's perspective, she and Yi Yi would never lie, so the only person who might lie is Xu Qingfan.

Unfortunately, the man, still grumbling, failed to seize this linguistic loophole.

"Okay, let's go, we need to go down and meet up with them." Xu Qingfan nodded and released his arms from the two women.

"Ok!"

After taking the elevator downstairs and meeting up with Xia Xiaoxiao, Wu Lingyu, and Xiao Ruanwen, the three of them transferred the fruit, yogurt, and other items from their shopping cart to Xu Qingfan's and his group's shopping cart, and then pushed it together to the checkout.

At 3 p.m., the six people returned to the new house.

Even after being away for only a day and a half, the house was still spotless and required no extra cleaning.

After sorting and putting the fruits and snacks they bought into the refrigerator and storage boxes, the five girls were so tired that they lay down on the sofa to relax.

Xu Qingfan also went to the balcony to collect the clothes they had dried last Friday, folded them neatly, and put them back into their respective storage boxes.

Having spent so much time together, Xu Qingfan has become able to identify whose underwear it is just by looking at its size.

Okay, actually he can remember the style and color just by looking at them.

When Xu Qingfan returned to the living room, the five girls had already resumed their study sessions in the short time he had been gone.

Watching them study, Xu Qingfan suddenly pondered a question: "Do we really have to go to university together? Wouldn't that be hindering my ability to show off my skills?"
However, he wasn't particularly worried about it, because HKU is really too big, covering more than 8,000 acres. The old lady selling jianbing guozi at the west gate wanted to break up with the uncle who worked as a gatekeeper at the east gate because he couldn't accept a long-distance relationship.

[However, you should still be more discreet at school. If you're accidentally photographed and your "glorious act" gets posted in the building's group chat, you're doomed.]
"Let's keep it simple for dinner. I'll fry a few steaks and have some fruit and yogurt." He said to the five people.

The six of us ate out for lunch again, and it's past 3 p.m. now, but we're still a bit full.

"Okay!" The five girls didn't even look up and continued to study diligently.

(End of this chapter)