I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 51. The Eighth Day of the Lunar New Year

In a daze, Xu Qingfan felt something pressing down on him. He was conscious, but his body felt like it was weighed down by a thousand pounds, and he couldn't move no matter what.

Faintly, Xu Qingfan could hear the commotion of adults talking, as well as Lin Wanning's childish voice calling him "Brother Qingfan".

Lin Wanning's voice grew louder and clearer. Xu Qingfan opened his eyes groggily and saw Lin Wanning lying on top of him.

"Brother Qingfan is such a lazy pig, he still isn't up at ten o'clock!" Lin Wanning used the drawstring of his coat hood to brush Xu Qingfan's nose.

"Cough cough cough~" Xu Qingfan wondered if he was still asleep. He rubbed his eyes and confirmed that it was indeed Lin Wanning.

"Good morning, what brings you here?" he asked after yawning.

"I miss you, I want to play with you!" Lin Wanning rubbed her hands against his blanket.

"Cough cough cough~ Get up quickly, you're crushing me!" Xu Qingfan struggled to get up, used the blanket to cover Lin Wanning on the bed, and patted the other's butt twice.

Lin Wanning pouted as she watched Xu Qingfan put on his shoes and leave the room. "Brother Qingfan is such a lazy pig!" the little girl muttered under her breath before folding his blanket and leaving as well.

"Three of bamboo! Xiao Fan, come here, I'll give you a big red envelope!" A mahjong game had started in the living room sometime earlier. When Xu Qingfan came out, Wen Wanqing took out two red envelopes from her bag and waved to him.

"Happy New Year! May you always be beautiful and stay 18 forever!" Xu Qingfan happily accepted the red envelope.

That thickness!
As soon as he got his hands on it, Xu Qingfan knew what was going on. Putting aside the extreme case where it was all one-yuan coins, there was at least a thousand yuan in it!

Wen Wanqing was extremely pleased by Xu Qingfan's flattery and said happily, "How can one stay eighteen forever? You're just being cheeky!"

Yao Jinping and Lin Jing at the mahjong table looked at him jealously. What? You think my red envelope is too small?
"Hey~ that's right, Auntie's getting old, I've never seen you praise me for being young and beautiful, Xiao Fan." Lin Jing teased with a sidelong glance.

"Who says otherwise? I've been a mother for so many years, and I've never heard a kind word from him." The eye roll she made was just like a woman gossiping in secret.

Xu Qingfan:
"I'm deaf, I can't hear you, I can't hear you!" Xu Qingfan covered his ears and pretended to be crazy as he ran to the bathroom.

"Hahahaha." The women were amused by him and burst into laughter.

While brushing her teeth, Xiao Wanning peeked out from the doorway and asked, "Brother Qingfan, what flavor is your toothpaste? Have you ever used strawberry-flavored toothpaste? Ningning's toothpaste is strawberry-flavored!"

"The Frog Prince?" Xu Qingfan replied vaguely.

"Yes! Pink, Frog Prince toothpaste!"

Xu Qingfan looked down at his own Da Zhonghua toothpaste and thought, "Well, as long as it works, it's fine."

"Go out for a moment." Xu Qingfan turned around and nodded to Lin Wanning.

"Why, duck? Ningning standing here doesn't affect your washing up!" Lin Wanning looked at him with a wronged expression.

"I need to pee!" Xu Qingfan glared at her.

"Hehe, then I'll wait for you in the living room. What do you want for breakfast, Brother Qingfan?" The little girl stuck out her tongue shyly and closed the door again.

"There's noodles in the pot, just heat them up if they get cold." After washing his hands and walking out of the living room, his mother called out to him as she heard the noise.

"Okay, Mom, is there anywhere to eat lunch?" It's already the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. They can't go back to Chuxi Village, and they've already paid all the New Year's visits in Licheng. Since the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Qingfan's family has been eating leftovers that they brought back from the store.

"Where would you like to eat?" Yao Jinping asked in return.

"Mom, can you go buy groceries and cook? I don't want to eat leftovers anymore!" Xu Qingfan called out as he ate noodles in the kitchen.

Yao Jinping was exasperated. How could she, as a mother, be embarrassed by guests saying such things?

"Haha, Fanfan, go to Auntie's for lunch. We won't eat leftovers at home!" Lin Jing teased her best friend with a laugh.

"Mom, shall we eat here for lunch too?" Lin Wanning asked, clinging to Wen Wanqing's arm.

"Yes, let's see if your dad and the others can catch a big fish. Then your two aunts will make you a whole fish feast."

"Yay! Time to eat fish!" Lin Wanning excitedly ran to the kitchen to share the good news with Xu Qingfan: "Brother Qingfan, Wanning is having lunch here too! We can play together this afternoon!"

Xu Qingfan scratched his head: "Come on, do you want to play Snow Bros. or Super Mario today?" "Snow Bros.! Brother Qingfan, you're not allowed to take my red potion! And the blue potion is Ningning's too!" Speaking of games, Lin Wanning couldn't wait to pull Xu Qingfan out of the kitchen.

"Wait a minute, let me wash the dishes first. You go and turn on the TV."

"Okay! (˙▽˙)"

Upon arriving in the living room, Lin Wanning had indeed turned on the television and taken out the Little Tyrant learning machine from its box, waiting for Xu Qingfan to plug it in and start playing games.

Xu Qingfan found the corresponding cartridge, inserted it into the learning machine, plugged in the cable, and the TV quickly switched to the Little Tyrant's operating screen.

"Yours." Xu Qingfan handed one of the handles to Lin Wanning.

"Is this a blue snowman? Ningning wants a blue snowman!"

Before Xu Qingfan could reply, the game screen had already loaded, and Lin Wanning was completely focused on controlling the character.

"Let me push! Brother Qingfan, let me push!" (o｀εo)

Not long after the game started, Xu Qingfan froze all the monsters in no time, then pushed a snowball from top to bottom, easily clearing the level, leaving Xiao Wanning with no gaming experience at all.

"You push them, you push them, I'll help you freeze them, you go freeze the monster on top."

"Hehe, great!" Lin Wanning jumped up the steps excitedly. "Oops!" He accidentally bumped into a monster that was moving erratically, and the blue snowman that little Wanning was controlling turned into a snow cake and floated away from the screen.

Xu Qingfan easily cleared the level by himself, but Lin Wanning's snowman revived in the next level. "This doesn't count! Ningning can definitely do it in the next level!"

"The next level is the BOSS. You stand at the bottom and be careful not to get hit by the monsters it launches," Xu Qingfan reminded.

"Ningning can definitely do it!" Lin Wanning gripped the controller tightly, staring intently at the long-legged monster on the screen.

Xu Qingfan controlled his character to perform a jump attack, which froze the flying monster. Two snowballs were pushed down and slammed heavily onto the monster.

Lin Wanning stood on the first floor, anxiously trying to freeze the monster that jumped down, but Xu Qingfan's snowball had already killed it first.

"Brother Qingfan, I'm here to help you!" Lan Xueren moved upwards under Lin Wanning's control, almost jumping to Xu Qingfan's side, when the monster BOSS launched its second attack. Little Ning conveniently became Xu Qingfan's shield. "Ah! That doesn't count!"

Lin Wanning frantically rolled his hands across the keyboard, trying to make his snowman dodge, but he couldn't avoid it.

Xu Qingfan was easily defeating the monster, while Xiao Wanning looked at him with pleading eyes: "Brother Qingfan, I'm going to die."

The Snowman Brothers only have two lives, and Xiao Wanning used them all. Even if Xu Qingfan completes the game again later, the character cannot be revived.

"Let's start over." Xu Qingfan gave up on treatment, put the controller on his lap, and let the BOSS attack him.

"Brother Qingfan is the best!" The little girl gave Xu Qingfan a kiss on the right cheek.

He glanced back guiltily, but the adults were still playing mahjong and hadn't looked over. Thank goodness!

"You'll have to follow orders this time!"

"Okay! Ningning will definitely follow orders!"

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"Waaaaah~ Brother Qingfan, I'm going to die again!"

"Come again!"

"Brother Qingfan!"

"Come again!"

The two played until almost noon, but they still hadn't seen the second boss.
Thank you Jiu Meng~ for the 100 book coins!

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(End of this chapter)