I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 500. Saving Up the Dowry in Advance

The four people left the hospital quickly.

In the car, Wen Wanqing sat in the passenger seat and turned to ask, "Xiao Fan, did the doctor say that Wan Ning should avoid any foods recently?"

"Yes, you can't eat spicy food or overly sweet food." Xu Qingfan answered and poked the girl's forehead. "Did you hear that? You can't drink strawberry cake or milk tea for a while."

Lin Wanning looked at Xu Qingfan pitifully, but seeing that he still looked serious, she turned to look at her mother.

Seeing this, Wen Wanqing smiled knowingly and said, "With Xiaofan in charge of supervising you, Mom can rest assured."

Lin Wanning's pitiful expression immediately turned bitter, and she said in a low voice, "The doctor didn't say I can't drink milk tea."

Lin Qiaoshan instantly felt like he was in charge again and interjected, "Daughter, Daddy will buy you milk tea, Daddy will buy it!"

Buy it, buy it for her right away!

Lin Wanning's face lit up with surprise, but after glancing at her brother Qingfan, she saw that he was still serious and suppressed her joy.

"Dad, the doctor said we can't eat too much sweet food. We have to listen to the doctor."

Lin Qiaoshan: ? ? ?

Lin Qiaoshan, who was driving, was completely stunned. Wait, daughter, which side are you on?

"Didn't the doctor say I can't drink milk tea?" Lin Qiaoshan asked, still trying to salvage the situation.

"But the doctor said we can't eat too much sweet food, Dad, why do you look so silly?"

Lin Wanning blinked his innocent eyes, looking at his father in the rearview mirror.

Lin Qiaoshan:
Sitting to the side, Wen Wanqing could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Dad is just silly, let's ignore him, Wan Ning."

After observing the road conditions, Lin Qiaoshan tried to check on his daughter in the rearview mirror, and what he saw was the scene before him.

Xu Qingfan put his hand on the girl's shoulder and patted her gently to comfort her, "If you want milk tea another night, I'll make it at home. It doesn't have as much sugar as the ones you buy outside."

"Mmm!" Lin Wanning nodded obediently and rested her head on Xu Qingfan's shoulder.

Lin Qiaoshan was filled with envy, thinking that his own little cabbage would eventually grow into the shape of this brat!
What? It's already grown up? Then it's alright.

Wen Wanqing glared at her husband, then covered her mouth and chuckled. She asked, "Xiao Fan, what do you want to eat for lunch? It's too late to cook."

"Auntie, I'm fine with anything. There's not much good food in Licheng anyway," Xu Qingfan said with a smile.

The two had been close since childhood, so he did not withdraw his hand from Lin Wanning's shoulder.

"Wan Ning? Is there anything you want to eat?" Wen Wanqing asked again.

Lin Wanning was about to say she wanted to eat Pizza Hut when she noticed Xu Qingfan's hand on her shoulder suddenly tighten, and she still wanted to eat Pizza Hut.

"Can we eat at Pizza Hut?" she asked, as if answering her mother, but she was actually looking at Xu Qingfan.

Wen Wanqing didn't answer at first, but looked at him, wanting to hear what he had to say.

If it's just a fracture or sprain, you just need to avoid spicy and irritating foods, as these foods may worsen the inflammatory response and hinder the swelling from subsiding.

As for greasy, high-salt, and high-sugar foods, their intake should be reduced as much as possible to avoid affecting blood circulation and slowing down recovery.

"Let's eat at Pizza Hut then, but after this meal, you'll have to eat light meals for the rest of the week." Xu Qingfan rubbed Lin Wanning's head, ultimately not refusing her wish.

"Mmm-hmm!" Lin Wanning nodded repeatedly, looking at his mother's sweet smile, just like when he received a little red flower in kindergarten and shared it with his mother.

Wen Wanqing smiled back: "Then let's have Pizza Hut for lunch, but Wanning has to listen to your brother Qingfan and eat light meals for the rest of the week."

"Know it!"

The interior of the car felt like a family of four, with everyone feeling very involved.

Apart from Lin Qiaoshan, who was driving.
Since eating at the restaurant was inconvenient, Xu Qingfan ordered takeout on his phone and drove back to Biguiyuan. The takeout order showed that the food had not yet been prepared.

He got out of the car first, then turned back and carried Lin Wanning out of the car in a princess carry.

Xu Qingfan had good arm strength; he supported the girl's bottom with one hand without feeling any strain.

Wen Wanqing walked ahead and opened the door for the two of them. After Xu Qingfan entered the house, he slowly put Lin Wanning down on the sofa. When he got up, the aunt had already brought over two pairs of slippers.

"I don't know if the wheelchair I used in junior high school is still broken. I'll go look for it in the storeroom."

After putting down her slippers, Wen Wanqing turned and left. Xiao Fan felt right at home here, so she didn't need to greet him.

"Honey, come help me find my old wheelchair from junior high school." Lin Qiaoshan had just parked the car and was about to go inside when Wen Wanqing grabbed him and asked him to help.

It was past noon, and school had let out some time ago.

Lin Wanning used Xu Qingfan's phone to chat with everyone in the group.

Xiao Ruanwen asked them where they were, and Lin Wanning sent a picture of his home and replied: At home, having Pizza Hut for lunch.

【Pizza Hut, I really want to eat there too!】After sending the message, Xiao Ruanwen added a drooling dog emoji below.

Seeing that Lin Wanning was engrossed in the conversation, Xu Qingfan changed his shoes and went to the kitchen to prepare some fruit to eat later.

The refrigerator is full of different kinds of fruit; it's already December, and there are still durians and mangoes.

"It's Musang King."

Xu Qingfan took the durian out of the refrigerator. It wasn't very big, only about four pounds, but the fruit was very plump and looked like a good fruit.

He used a fruit knife to pry open a small triangle, poked it to confirm it was ripe, and then began to break the durian apart with his bare hands.

As expected, the durian he broke open was the Golden Legend. Although he hadn't chosen the durian, Xu Qingfan still felt a sense of accomplishment for no reason.

A small durian filled a whole plate. Xu Qingfan picked out a few pieces that didn't look good, removed the seeds, and pressed them firmly onto a foil box.

Preheat the oven; we'll bake the durian later.

"Xiao Fan, you're in the kitchen? Come out and see if this wheelchair works." Wen Wanqing appeared at the kitchen doorway at some point and waved to him.

"Okay, okay." Xu Qingfan washed his hands, dried them off, and went out.

In the living room, Lin Qiaoshan was wiping the wheelchair with a cloth. Because it was covered when not in use, the wheelchair still looked about 90% new.

"This is the one we used in junior high, right? Uncle and Aunt, you still have it?" Xu Qingfan asked curiously.

"I thought I might need it later, so I didn't cough. Yes, I still kept it." Lin Qiaoshan suddenly sensed a murderous aura and quickly stopped.

Xu Qingfan didn't know what to say, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "The size isn't a problem, Uncle, can I sit down for a bit?"

Lin Qiaoshan didn't know what he wanted to do, but he still wiped the cushion dry with a cloth and moved aside. Xu Qingfan sat on it, comparing it to the difference between sitting at a school desk and sitting on it.

Lin Wanning fractured his leg right after the final exams in junior high school. By the end of summer vacation, his foot had almost fully recovered, so it did not affect his studies or classes.

"It seems about right, if it were to replace a chair during class." He got up from his wheelchair and nodded in comment.

Lin Qiaoshan glanced at him again, thinking to himself: You're not so bad after all, my daughter's fondness for you is well-deserved.

"It must be inconvenient to go up and down the stairs, right? Are the school's elevators usually in use?" he asked.

"That's alright, I'll explain the situation to the school teacher and get an elevator card," Xu Qingfan said.

The school's elevators are not usually open, so both teachers and students have to walk up and down the stairs.

However, the elevator was installed precisely so that it could be used to deal with special situations like Lin Wanning's with ease.

"That's good. But you still need to go to the toilet. Is it inconvenient to go to the toilet?" Wen Wanqing nodded honestly, but quickly thought of a new problem.

"Ugh~ The toilet at school is so dirty, Brother Qingfan, I don't want to use it!" Lin Wanning exclaimed, putting down his phone as if he had just thought of something.

Both the men's and women's restrooms have an accessible toilet in their individual stalls, but because people often step on the toilet seats and there is dirt left on them over the years, the hygiene is questionable.

Having formed this preconceived notion, even after the toilet was thoroughly disinfected and fitted with a disposable cover, Lin Wanning resolutely refused to use it.

Wen Wanqing and Lin Qiaoshan both turned their gazes to Xu Qingfan, waiting for him to offer a solution.

“The restrooms in the administration building are cleaner, which means Wan Ning won’t have to go there during the long break. She can use the restrooms in the administration building during that time,” Xu Qingfan said after thinking for a moment.

Lin Wanning blinked. She had never actually used the restroom in the administration building. If it wasn't too dirty, she could accept it by putting on a disposable condom.

“Or should I cut a hole in the middle of the chair?” he suggested, a sudden inspiration striking him.

Lin Wanning was stunned for a moment, but quickly figured out why a hole had been cut in the middle of the chair.

"I don't want to, Brother Qingfan is so annoying~" she said coquettishly, covering her face.

Lin Qiaoshan and Wen Wanqing exchanged a glance; the two elders still trusted him quite a bit.

"As long as Xiao Fan can handle it." Wen Wanqing smiled, turned around and went into the kitchen to clean up the mess Xu Qingfan had just left behind.

Ten minutes later, the Pizza Hut that Xu Qingfan ordered on his phone arrived.

After he brought the takeout back, he helped Lin Wanning into her wheelchair so she could get a feel for what life would be like for the next two months.

"Damn, how did you get in?" Xu Qingfan controlled the dog's head with one hand, glanced at the doorway, and saw that the door he had just closed was somehow open.

"Brother Qingfan, Xiao Hei will open the door. You need to lock the second door as well," Lin Wanning explained while taking small bites of pizza.

Xiao Bai was led by Lin Wanning to see their home. There was another dog there, a black and white Border Collie. It was the dog that barked twice outside to remind them when they were getting takeout.

"You don't know that we're not allowed to become spirits after the founding of the People's Republic of China? Let's talk about it after we finish eating." Xu Qingfan gave it a bump on the head, grabbed its collar, and dragged it out.

The dog didn't make a sound. If it were Xiaobai, it would probably whimper and act pitiful.

After Xu Qingfan re-tied it and turned to leave, Xiao Hei bared its teeth at him.

Xu Qingfan suddenly turned around, and Gouzi's face immediately turned into a fawning expression.

"Did you just show your teeth? I saw it." He hadn't actually seen it at all, but without saying a word, he turned back and gave it two big slaps.

Little Black probably really understood him, and nervously flapped its front paws, begging him to stop hitting it.

"Come shake hands, good friend. I'm the master, and you're the dog." Xu Qingfan patted its head again. "That's a good dog."

When Xu Qingfan turned to leave this time, Xiao Hei just glared at him resentfully, but dared not bare its teeth again.

It's still not quite as good as a dog.

Xu Qingfan washed his hands and sat back down at the dining table. The plate in front of him was filled with food, and it was obvious that Lin Wanning had done it.

"Thank you, Wan Ning." He patted the girl's head, then picked up his knife and fork to eat.

As Wen Wanqing ate, she watched the two of them, and her appetite improved.

In contrast, Lin Qiaoshan was listlessly munching on a pizza wrap, which he had rolled up and was eating like a Chinese crepe.

"Wan Ning must be having a hard time there, right? Does he need Auntie to come and take care of him?" Wen Wanqing asked.

“There are so many of us, we can take care of everyone. Auntie, you’re busy with work, so please bring us more delicious food when you have time,” Xu Qingfan said with a grin.

"Okay." Wen Wanqing smiled faintly.

"But I'm telling you seriously, uncles and aunts, if you can also capture QQ underwear's market share, the company's size can increase several times over."

Xu Qingfan had suggested this a long time ago, but the prevailing attitude was still conservative at the time. After Lin Qiaoshan had the factory produce a batch of goods as a simple test, he found that the results were not good and shelved the project.

Of course, the failure was not solely due to prevailing trends; Lin Qiaoshan's poor aesthetic sense was a major contributing factor.

Wen Wanqing gave Xu Qingfan a strange look. He first brought it up in the first year of junior high school, and now three years have passed, and he's brought it up again. It's hard for Wen Wanqing not to suspect that he's secretly watched some progressive films.

"What? QQ already did market research before, and the response wasn't good." Even though Lin Qiaoshan was almost forty, he still felt embarrassed talking about QQ underwear in front of his daughter.

“Uncle, you used to run a physical store, but online shopping is so convenient now,” Xu Qingfan reminded him.

"If Xiao Fan were to do it, what would you do?" Wen Wanqing asked, resting her chin on her hand as she gazed at him.

Xu Qingfan glanced at Lin Qiaoshan and said, "To be honest, Uncle, don't be angry, but the styles you produced before were too outdated. Even Grandma Liang Zhichao refused to wear them when she came."

"Pfft hahaha!"

It was extremely lethal. Although the crowd didn't know who Liang Zhichao was, they could still understand the general meaning.

Ignoring Lin Qiaoshan's resentful look, Xu Qingfan continued, "Well, first we need to hire a designer, then we need to sell online, or we can sell drones offline, and finally we need to do a good job of promotion."

Although Lin Wanning couldn't understand what he was saying, he still looked at his brother Qingfan with starry eyes as he guided his parents in doing business.

Lin Qiaoshan and Wen Wanqing exchanged a glance; both of them were swayed by Xu Qingfan's words.

"Everything else is fine, but this publicity... I'm too embarrassed to trouble you again, Xiao Fan."

Xu Qingfan helped the couple gain popularity with Hanfu and Lolita fashion the last time. They wanted to give him company shares as a token of their gratitude, but Xu Qingfan declined.

"Hey, Wanning is my sister, and Auntie, you're my godmother. We're family, so let's not talk like that," Xu Qingfan said, waving his hand.

"Hehe~" Lin Wanning's eyes curved into crescent moons.

"Okay, let's not talk about these things as family." Wen Wanqing looked at him with a smile.

[Consider this as an advance dowry for Wan Ning.]
(End of this chapter)