I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 504. She knows you're pretending, but she doesn't care.

After pushing Lin Wanning back to the living room, Xu Qingfan went back to clean the bathroom.

After folding up the chair and putting it in the corner, and then draining the water from the bathtub into the drainpipe, Xu Qingfan leaned against the sink and pondered the problem.

[How did it all come to this? Wan Ning and Yi Yi know about each other now. It's good news, but I'm not ready for this!]
In the rehearsal of "The Dog Man," the three knew each other well, at least until after the college entrance examination or when they were freshmen in college.

However, he is only in his first year of high school, and he cannot prepare for the series of chain reactions that may occur next.

[Something's not right, something's not right. I have a feeling that Yi-Yi has a god's-eye view tonight. It's only half an hour late, and Xiao-Xiao didn't even react, how could Yi-Yi find so many clues?]
Even if Xu Qingfan was incredibly clever, he couldn't possibly have imagined that Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi were in cahoots, so his attempts to figure it out were futile.

[Perhaps Wan Ning inadvertently gave himself away somewhere?]
Xu Qingfan shook his head; this was the only conclusion he could reach in the end.

In the living room, Wu Lingyu and Zhang Yiyi had pushed Lin Wanning somewhere. When Xu Qingfan returned, only Xia Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ruanwen were doing their homework attentively.

He could understand why Wan Ning and Yi Yi weren't there, but why was Xiao Yu missing too?

The man's heart skipped a beat. After sitting down, he casually asked, "Where are the three of them? I can't see them."

Xia Xiaoxiao rested her chin on her hand, glanced at him, and continued to bury herself in her work.

Xiao Ruanwen was tired from studying and wanted to chat with someone. Just then, Xu Qingfan struck up a conversation. She said, "Xiaoyu and Yiyi took Wanning to change clothes. What, Brother Fan, do you want to go too?"

"It's not like I haven't seen it before."

"what?"

"What did you say?"

Xu Qingfan muttered something casually, which earned him a glare from the two girls.

"When I was a kid, I mean when I was a kid, why are you so excited?" the scoundrel had no choice but to explain.

"Brother Fan, you used to bathe with Wan Ning when you were little? How come I didn't know?" Xiao Ruanwen looked at her with surprise.

Xia Xiaoxiao had stopped paying attention, but after hearing this, she raised her head to look at him again.

Xia Xiaoxiao remembered that she had bathed with the stinky dog ​​when it was a puppy, since there were still photos of the two of them playing in the water together at home. But she didn't remember Lin Wanning.
Xu Qingfan was dumbfounded. He was almost six years old when he met Lin Wanning, so how could they have bathed together? When he said "seen", he was obviously referring to when they were having sex under the covers.

I should have known better than to talk nonsense; it's so annoying!

Seeing that the two women were still looking at him, he could only continue to make up a story: "What do you mean by taking a bath together? It's just that when I was little, I stayed overnight at Wan Ning's house. He didn't know how to dress himself back then, so I had to help him get dressed."

"Oh~ Brother Fan, why didn't you say so earlier? I knew you were so old when you met, how could you possibly still be taking showers together!" Xiao Ruanwen said, looking as if she had just realized something.

With Xiao Ruanwen acting as a mouth substitute, Xia Xiaoxiao continued to study with her head down, but she could no longer concentrate.

Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes at her, thinking to himself: [Who says we can't bathe together when we're grown up? I'll make you scrub my back sooner or later!]
"After talking so much, have you finished your homework?" he said speechlessly.

These words seemed to unlock some mechanism in Xiao Ruanwen, who suddenly stretched and yelled, "Ahhh~ I don't want to study anymore! Little Fan is so tired, give me half of your brains!"

Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao exchanged a glance and shrugged in unison.

He patted Xiao Ruanwen's head with his paw and earnestly taught her, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Study hard, little Ruanwen."

"Hmph~ You're just taking advantage of the fact that I'm not as smart as you." Xiao Ruanwen punched his dog paw away and tried to lie on the table, but her neck and below were stuck on the corner of the table.

Xu Qingfan wanted to help him up, but his remaining will to survive stopped him.

"Have some fun. You're only in your first year of high school. If you study so hard, you'll forget everything by your senior year. High school is tough for three years, but it's also really fun for three years."

"That dog of a man," Sun Quan said, trying to persuade him to play.

"Hmph, studying!"

"Brother Fan, if you're not going to study, go live with Xiaobai and stop bothering us here!"

After venting her frustration with school, Xiao Ruanwen perked up again.

Xu Qingfan picked up Zhang Yiyi's Chinese textbook and idly began to read aloud a text from it.

The scoundrel actually wants to get Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi out of the house and have a proper chat.

But it wasn't convenient to talk about it at home, so he had to suppress the idea.

As for why they didn't say it on the phone, his phone was constantly being checked by Xia Xiaoxiao, then Xiao Ruanwen, then Lin Wanning, and so on.
In short, there are no secrets.

He turned to Shi Tiesheng's "Me and the Temple of Earth." To be honest, Xu Qingfan had no recollection of ever studying this text in his first year of high school in his previous life, let alone remembering the writer Shi Tiesheng.

If it weren't for the rise of short videos, where he frequently saw netizens joking about his relationship with Yu Hua, saying things like, "Yu Hua is different; he didn't treat me like a disabled person, much less like a human being," Xu Qingfan probably wouldn't have known him.

However, he found the writing in "Me and the Temple of Heaven" to be excellent, and Shi Tiesheng's line, "People always say they want to die, but actually they crave to be loved," to be excellent.

He suddenly discovered that "Me and the Temple of Earth" contained many of Tie Sheng's top-notch writing styles. For example, he wrote: "Only when people encounter more troublesome problems do they realize how good their previous lives were."

For example: I haven't forgotten anything, but some things are only meant to be kept, not said, nor do I want to say, yet I can't forget them.

Xu Qingfan gradually calmed down and began to carefully read the article, which was not marked with "※", word by word.

He roughly knew why he had no memory of his past life: it wasn't on the college entrance exam, so the teachers didn't talk about it, and he didn't study it either.

In the room on the third floor, Lin Wanning, Zhang Yiyi, and Wu Lingyu's group meeting was almost over.

Lin Wanning recounted her conversation with Xu Qingfan in the restroom to the two of them. When she said "we" to refer to her and Yi Yi, Wu Lingyu's face turned pale.

[We are Wan Ning Yi Yi, so what am I? What am I?]
The five of them shared a tacit understanding: Xu Qingfan never lied to them, and he never broke his promise.

Based on this axiom, Wu Lingyu's immediate thought was that Fan Ge didn't want her anymore.

But she quickly dismissed the possibility herself.

Because Fan Ge had also promised her that he would never abandon Xiao Yu!
What's more, Xiaoyu is such a well-behaved girl.

After a brief analysis, Wu Lingyu quickly saw through the scoundrel's cunning rhetoric.

then
“So it’s very likely that brother wasn’t telling the truth. According to Xiaoyu, ‘we’ refers to me and Wanning, but it might also refer to Xiaoxiao and Ruanwen.” Zhang Yiyi rested her chin on her left hand, pretending to think.

"That's right, that's probably what Brother Fan was thinking, otherwise why would he have given such vague answers twice in a row!"

"I think Brother Fan is definitely hiding something, maybe it's Xiao Xiao, maybe it's Ruan Wen."

Wu Lingyu continued to add arguments, even though she knew perfectly well what was going on.

[Hilarious! You wouldn't believe it, you were actually keeping it from me.]
Since Lin Wanning entered the room and explained the situation, he hasn't said a word, only nodding the whole time, and he's still nodding now.

Zhang Yiyi continued to think, and asked, "I don't think it's Ruan Wen, could it be Xiao Xiao?"

"It's very possible. Even though Fan and Xiaoxiao bicker all the time, I sometimes feel that the way Fan looks at Xiaoxiao is different from the way he looks at us."

Wu Lingyu was referring to when they were in elementary school. At that time, Xu Qingfan had just been reborn and was very curious about how such a good little girl and the two of them ended up like that.

Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi exchanged a glance. Neither of them noticed anything different about the way Xu Qingfan looked at Xiaoxiao. However, they decided it was better to be safe than sorry. Zhang Yiyi said, "If it really is Xiaoxiao, then we need to keep our relationship with my brother a secret for now. If Xiaoxiao finds out and gets angry and runs away from home, her aunt and uncle will definitely ask about it."

"Xiaoxiao is great. I wish everyone could never fight." Lin Wanning said, thinking of Xiaoxiao carrying her to the school clinic that morning.

Lin Wanning hadn't had a chance to tell the two girls about wanting to add more people to the family. She simply thought that having more people would make things more lively and less argumentative.

"It's all Fan-ge's fault! If Fan-ge were a girl, none of this would have happened!" Wu Lingyu was very resentful towards Xu Qingfan because what Lin Wanning said when he first came in almost scared her to death.

"That's right, that's right! I wish Brother Qingfan was a girl!"

"Uh-huh!"

After the three of them finished their banter, they smiled knowingly at each other.

"Let's talk about Xiaoyu and her brother first. It's been so long, hasn't Xiaoyu found an opportunity yet?" Zhang Yiyi asked, hugging Wu Lingyu from behind.

Among the five, Wu Lingyu's body is the most flexible, like a bouncy ball of jelly, so everyone loves to stick close to her.

Wu Lingyu pursed her lips and said shyly, "My aunt and uncle are home tonight, and Xiaoxiao is here too."

That's the truth, but even if she's in the same boat, it won't stop Xiaoyu from snuggling into Fan Ge's bed.

"Oh, Xiaoyu, just tell yourself you'll wake up in the middle of the night, and then you'll get up. Go find Brother Qingfan after everyone is asleep," Lin Wanning, as a senior, advised her.

"I... I'll try again when I get back this week." Wu Lingyu lowered her head, afraid of accidentally giving herself away.

"Okay, Xiaoyu, keep it up!" Zhang Yiyi grabbed her wrist and shook it.

Wu Lingyu smiled and nodded in agreement, "Okay."

"Let's stop here for now. I'll go downstairs and have my brother carry Wan Ning upstairs; it's a bit dangerous going down the stairs," Zhang Yiyi said, getting up from the bed and looking at the two of them.

"it is good."

"Ok!"

It was exactly 10 p.m. when the wall clock struck with a heavy thud.

When Zhang Yi came down, Xu Qingfan had already switched to reading a political book, and the short skits in it had a bit of a "Today's Talk" feel to them.

“Brother, we’re all done. Go up and carry Wan Ning on your back.” Zhang Yiyi walked over and said with a double meaning.

Xu Qingfan put down his book and looked up at the girl: "It's already ten o'clock. Let Wan Ning play on her phone for a while. She can do her homework tomorrow."

"Ah~ it's ten o'clock, evening self-study is over." Xiao Ruanwen put down her pen and stretched.

Zhang Yi tilted her head, thinking it might work.

"Then write it tomorrow. I'll help her put the textbook back in her bag." She smiled and nudged Xu Qingfan to move aside.

Xia Xiaoxiao was already packing her schoolbag. They usually finished evening self-study at school at 9:50 and went straight home after school.

"Brother Fan is hungry, how about you stir-fry some noodles for me?" Xiao Ruanwen rubbed her stomach and shook his arm as she spoke.

Xu Qingfan laughed and said, "I'm not hungry, don't talk nonsense."

Xiao Ruanwen glared at him, then quickly softened her tone, saying, "I'm hungry! How about some stir-fried noodles, Brother Fan? Beef won't taste good if it's left until the next day."

"What about you two? Do you want some late-night snacks?" Xu Qingfan asked the two of them.

"I'll eat half a bowl," Xia Xiaoxiao said.

“Then I’ll eat half a bowl, just like Xiaoxiao,” Zhang Yiyi said with a slight smile.

"Alright, you guys go take a shower first. I'll make some sweet white fungus soup. Come down and eat it after you shower." Xu Qingfan rubbed Zhang Yiyi's head and patted her shoulder as a hint, not knowing if the girl would understand.

The leftover chicken and fish from the hot pot were cooked and fed to the cats and dogs. The beef was quite expensive, and even if I were rich, I wouldn't waste it like that. I sealed it in a plastic bag and put it back in the refrigerator.

Xu Qingfan was preparing a late-night snack in the kitchen. After a while, Zhang Yiyi, as expected, understood his hint and came in from the living room.

"I've explained everything to Wan Ning, did Wan Ning tell you?" He put down his bowl, glanced at the door to make sure no one was outside, and asked impatiently.

"Has brother already told Wan Ning?"

Did Wan Ning agree?

"Wan Ning hasn't told me yet. Maybe Xiao Yu was there too?"

Zhang Yiyi feigned even greater surprise than him, asking three questions in quick succession.

The scoundrel smiled, opened his arms and wrapped them around the girl's waist, and said with a laugh, "Wan Ning agreed. Wan Ning also said that she has wanted to tell you for a long time. Every time she kisses me without telling you, she feels guilty."

After Xu Qingfan finished speaking, he gave Zhang Yiyi a quick kiss on the lips.

Zhang Yiyi slapped her unreliable older brother and said, "Brother, are you feeling smug now?"

"Don't you feel like you've completely fooled Wan Ning and me?"

Xu Qingfan was instantly startled. He dropped his lecherous act and stammered, "No, no, I... I've always felt guilty, like I've let you down. But now that I've talked it out, I suddenly feel a sense of relief."

"Hmph~ Anyway, I just know that my brother is a womanizer who lied to me and Wan Ning!"

Zhang Yiyi revealed her familiar sly smile, and the scoundrel finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“We grew up together. Wan Ning is different from others. I’m a womanizer because I don’t want any of you to leave me,” Xu Qingfan said in a lewd and vulgar way.

"Then brother, swear that you won't be unfaithful to anyone other than me and Wan Ning." She didn't finish her sentence, but her knee was already pressed against the scoundrel's tool.

Xu Qingfan was ashamed. This, this, this.
"Don't you believe me? Isn't that cute senior in the magic club pretty? I still haven't added her on QQ." The scoundrel changed the subject.

Zhang Yiyi didn't really want to make things difficult for him, especially since she would need to use him later.

"Hmph~ You even remember people's names!"

"what?"

"what name?"

"Do I remember? How did I suddenly lose my memory?"

Xu Qingfan pretended to be serious, while Zhang Yiyi covered her mouth and chuckled.

She knew her brother was pretending to be stupid, but she didn't care.

Everything is as it should be.

(End of this chapter)