I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 512. A Bold Hypothesis
Under Xiao Ruanwen's "forceful" coercion, Xu Qingfan agreed not to tell Xia Xiaoxiao what happened that afternoon.

But there's really not much to say, it's just touching feet, I've touched feet before during regular massages.

Xu Qingfan returned home before dark.

The aroma of food wafted from the kitchen. Although many dishes from lunch were not finished, Wu Lingyu still cooked several new dishes because Xu Qingfan didn't like reheated food.

"Why are you so late? Wash your hands and eat." Xia Xiaoxiao brought a plate of stir-fried dishes out of the kitchen and saw him standing at the door glancing at her.

"I sat at Ruan Wen's house for a while," Xu Qingfan said, making it up.

Anyway, if Xia Xiaoxiao asks, Xiao Ruanwen will definitely know how to cover it up.

After changing his shoes, he went to the kitchen. There was something in the pot, celery or something else, that smelled really good.

Xu Qingfan played a parkour game with his fingers on Wu Lingyu's head, and Xiaoyu turned her head and glared at him.

When the lid was opened, a delicious aroma wafted out. Xu Qingfan could see clearly now that it was celery stir-fried with squid, and just the smell was enough to make him want to eat two bowls of rice.

"Why didn't you add chili peppers? It would taste better with some," he reminded him from behind.

"Auntie's throat is sore," Wu Lingyu replied.

"my mother?"

"Hmm." Wu Lingyu turned her head to look at him again and nodded.

"They must have sneaked off to eat something delicious without taking us along," Xu Qingfan muttered under his breath as he glanced at the living room and saw Yao Jinping still on the phone.

Wu Lingyu ignored him, turned off the heat, and plated the celery and squid stir-fry in the pot.

Without the daytime hustle and bustle, the six of them sat at the dinner table in the evening, but their interest in chatting was not high.

"I'm full, please enjoy your meal." Xu Qingfan was the first to finish eating, and then he got up and put the bowls and chopsticks back in the kitchen.

I picked up my little brother, who was still walking on three legs, and the two of us went upstairs to the second floor.

"Little brother, are you imitating Wan Ning's walk?" Lin Jing blinked in confusion.

"It seems so." After Xia Xiaoxiao told the truth, a burst of laughter rang out in the living room.

"Xiaoyu, aren't you going to ask for more rice?" Yao Jinping asked with concern as Wu Lingyu put down her bowl and sat down to digest her food.

"I'm not eating anymore. I ate something this afternoon." Wu Lingyu shook her head and smiled slightly, then quickly put the bowls and chopsticks back in the kitchen and went upstairs.

Xia Xiaoxiao watched her retreating figure as she went upstairs, and subtly quickened her pace of eating.

Five minutes passed.

"I'm full too. Mom, Uncle, Aunt, you can continue eating." Xia Xiaoxiao swallowed the last bite of rice and stood up to say.

"Isn't Xiaoxiao getting any more rice?" Yao Jinping asked, acting like an NPC.

"No more, thank you, Auntie." Xia Xiaoxiao shook her head decisively and hurried upstairs without stopping.

Lin Jing smiled as she watched her daughter's retreating figure, thinking to herself: [Even now that she's grown up, she's still so clingy to Xiao Fan.]
Xia Xiaoxiao had no idea what her mother was thinking. After she went up to the second floor, she deliberately slowed down her pace, walking lightly on her toes like a little brother, without making a sound.

"Uh-huh~"

"Brother Fan, no! Ah, it hurts! Mmm!"

When Xia Xiaoxiao reached the half-open door, she was completely dumbfounded.

What did she hear?
She heard something!
Xia Xiaoxiao's first thought was disbelief, and her second thought was still disbelief.

It wasn't that she trusted Xu Qingfan's character; on the contrary, she trusted him the least in this respect, otherwise she wouldn't have come up here secretly.

As for why she still didn't believe it, it was mainly because she didn't believe Xu Qingfan would dare to do such a thing without locking the door.

Why are you in such a hurry?
But whether she believed it or not, the strange noises in the room continued.

"Ah, ah, Brother Fan, please be gentle! Not here!"

"Let's go somewhere else."

Xia Xiaoxiao pushed the door open. Inside the room, Wu Lingyu was sitting on a stool, and Xu Qingfan was squatting on the floor, holding her feet and massaging them.

"Forehead"

"Ok?"

Xu Qingfan and Wu Lingyu stopped what they were doing and looked at Xia Xiaoxiao who had appeared at the door.

"Foot care should be done in order of priority." Xu Qingfan gestured for her to come in, and suddenly pressed hard on Xiaoyu's Yongquan acupoint.

"Ah~" Wu Lingyu was caught off guard and cried out in surprise, instinctively kicking her foot towards Xu Qingfan's face.

Xu Qingfan was prepared and easily raised his right hand to support her foot.

Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at the stinky dog, then at Xiaoyu, hesitated for a few seconds, and quickly closed the door to come in and queue up.

"I just finished eating, why would I need a massage?" she said casually, trying to ease the awkwardness.

Xu Qingfan and Wu Lingyu smiled without saying a word. The two had just made a bet on whether Xia Xiaoxiao would sneak up without making a sound.

However, the bet did not go through, because both of them had already placed their bets.

After briefly massaging Wu Lingyu's left foot, Xu Qingfan stood up and asked, "Are you coming? I'll go wash my hands and massage you again."

Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at him. No one paid attention to her when she was speaking, and now she's not saying anything either. He's holding a grudge!
"Fine, I won't say anything then. My hand is getting tired anyway," Xu Qingfan said again.

Xia Xiaoxiao remained silent, leaning against the wall and playing on her phone while tucking in her stomach.

You shouldn't lie down immediately after eating. It's best to stand or walk around for half an hour. Otherwise, over time, you'll easily develop a big belly.

Xu Qingfan washed his hands and came out of the restroom, then went straight to the computer desk.

Every night at this time, the two of them would be in his room, doing their own thing without communicating. Xu Qingfan had gotten used to it.

While waiting for his computer to boot up, he picked up his phone and saw that Zhang Chunxue had sent him a message, so Xu Qingfan immediately clicked on it.

Why didn't you come over this afternoon so Auntie could check on you all and tell you you're going to the hot springs next week?

A few smirking emojis were added later.

Xu Qingfan guessed that the afternoon Zhang Chunxue was referring to was when he took Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi back to Bigui Garden, so he replied: [I thought Auntie hadn't gotten home yet. Would Auntie like to come to the hot springs with you?]

After sending the message, he glanced at the time: 8:10 PM. At this hour, Zhang Chunxue should be snuggled up on the sofa with Zhang Yiyi watching a TV series.

Sure enough, Zhang Chunxue replied in the blink of an eye.

I got off work early today, so I'll come over tomorrow and let the housekeeper take a look at Xiaofan. I haven't seen him for a few days.

It still ends with three laughing emojis.

After reading the message, Xu Qingfan guessed that the aunt's eyes were probably smiling. He found a salute emoji and sent it, typing: "[Okay, I'll come as soon as I wake up tomorrow. Do you want me to bring breakfast?]"

Zhang Chunxue handed her phone to Zhang Yiyi and said, "Yiyi, take a look and see what you want for breakfast tomorrow."

"Huh?" Zhang Yiyi initially thought her mother was ordering breakfast for the next day in advance, but she burst out laughing after reading the chat history.

She rested her head on Zhang Chunxue's lap. Time never diminishes beauty; the mother and daughter seemed to be cut from the same mold, one a youthful version, the other a mature version.

"How about we have your brother come over?" Zhang Yiyi rubbed his head against her thigh.

"It's fine as long as you don't feel sorry for your Qingfan brother getting up early." Zhang Chunxue tapped her head.

Although she had never asked, she was still quite curious about the fact that Lin Wanning called Xiao Fan "Brother Qingfan," while her own daughter only called him "Brother."

Zhang Yi pursed her lips, and the slight pity she had just felt vanished instantly when she thought about how her bad brother was a womanizer.

“My brother has a very healthy routine. When he was in school, he would get up at five o’clock every morning, exercise for an hour, and then start preparing breakfast for us at six o’clock!”

Zhang Yiyi remembered that Xu Qingfan had said that when he was bragging, and she was just repeating it.

Zhang Chunxue was slightly surprised, but didn't suspect that her daughter was lying to her, so she asked with concern, "You got up at five o'clock, aren't you sleep-deprived?"

Zhang Yi shook her head three times: "Ruan Wen said that her brother would catch up on sleep during class when he was sleepy."

"Pfft, Xiao Fan probably wouldn't be sleeping openly in class, would he?" Zhang Chunxue found the thought of Xu Qingfan secretly sleeping in class inexplicably amusing. "Yi Yi didn't catch up on sleep in class, did she?"

"Mom, I didn't get up until 6:30, and I still have an hour for my afternoon nap, so I'm not sleepy!" Zhang Yiyi shook her head firmly.

"Then ask Xiaofan to cook breakfast tomorrow, since we don't get up until nine o'clock anyway." She said, while running her hand through Zhang Yiyi's hair.

As the company grew larger, there were fewer things that Zhang Chunxue needed to do personally, so she took a day off every Sunday.

"Okay!" Zhang Yi replied to Xu Qingfan immediately using her mother's phone.

"I want to eat the noodles Xiaofan cooks," she muttered to herself as she typed.

Zhang Chunxue glanced at her, then refocused her attention on the TV series.

the other side.

Xu Qingfan waited a few minutes and finally received a reply from his aunt, but he was dumbfounded when he saw the reply.

"Want some noodles I cooked?" He just did a quick calculation and realized that if he wanted to get up in time for his aunt to have breakfast, he would have to get up at least around 8 a.m.

It wasn't that early, but the problem was that he didn't sleep in on Saturday; he originally planned to sleep in on Sunday.

"Brother Fan, did you just say something?" Wu Lingyu asked, as if she had heard him muttering to himself.

"Oh no, I was just reading something." Xu Qingfan replied by typing, "[No problem, I guarantee Auntie will have freshly made noodles as soon as she wakes up!]"

Although I really wanted to sleep in, the little pleasure of staying in bed was nothing compared to fulfilling my aunt's wish.

After seeing this, Zhang Yi covered her mouth and chuckled. She was sure that if she had sent the same message to Xu Qingfan using her own phone, her bad brother would have said something very dirty like, "Yi wants to eat my noodles, so I'll give Yi some noodles to eat."

Zhang Yi sent his mother a dog making an OK sign emoji using his own phone, and then forwarded it to her, humming and hawing as if in a very good mood.

Xu Qingfan couldn't help but smile after receiving the emojis. [Auntie has such cute emojis on her phone!]
He didn't suspect that Zhang Chunxue's phone was being used by Zhang Yiyi; he simply assumed that his aunt was still young at heart and, after searching around, sent her what he considered the cutest emoji.

After receiving the message, Zhang Yiyi covered her mouth and chuckled. After thinking for a moment, she replied with only three words.

[Childish ghost. 】

When Xu Qingfan saw the 'childish devil' appear on the screen, his eyes widened instantly. How could this auntie be the one to accuse him first?

[I'm such a childish person, and you're the mother of this childish person, Auntie!]

After saving the cute emojis that Zhang Yiyi had just posted, he frantically clicked to send them.

"Hahaha, Mom, look! My brother is so childish!" Zhang Yiyi burst out laughing and showed the chat history to Zhang Chunxue.

After reading their chat, Zhang Chunxue playfully tapped her daughter's head and said, "I think Yi Yi is the childish one."

Zhang Yiyi stuck out her tongue, rolled over, buried her face in Zhang Chunxue's lap, and said in a spoiled tone, "I'm just a childish little devil, Mommy~"

“He’s also my brother’s childish self,” she added.

Zhang Chunxue smiled and gently rubbed her daughter's head without saying anything more.

She is incredibly grateful that she didn't send her daughter to a special school, but instead had her meet Xiaofan, Wanning, and other children at the Experimental Primary School.

I hope my precious daughter can stay a happy little kid forever.

[Yiyi was playing on her phone just now. Xiaofan doesn't need to get up early to make breakfast. Just buy us some steamed buns and fried dough sticks at the door.]

Xu Qingfan waited for a long time, and after seeing the latest message, he suddenly realized what was going on.

I said, "Auntie, you can't be that kind of person." He typed it and then deleted it, because "childish" doesn't seem to be a derogatory term, right?

[I already guessed it was Yi-yi; I was just teasing her. The buns sold at the entrance are all pre-made and unhealthy. I'll come over tomorrow morning to make noodles for Auntie and Yi-yi.]

"Mom, my brother is lying! He definitely didn't guess it was me!" Zhang Yiyi heard the notification sound on her phone and leaned over to look.

"Tomorrow I'll ask Xiaofan if he gets up at five in the morning at school, exercises for an hour, makes breakfast for you, and catches up on sleep during class."

Zhang Chunxue pulled her into his arms. The two were wearing the same style of pajamas, and the two of them, one big and one small, looked very pleasing to the eye together.

If Xu Qingfan comes early tomorrow, he might be able to enjoy such a beautiful view. Isn't that a kind of alternative, the early bird catches the worm?
“It was my brother who said it when he was bragging last time, I wasn’t lying.” Zhang Yiyi pouted.

"Pfft, cough cough, you two." Zhang Chunxue had just taken a shower and was wearing nothing underneath; when she coughed, her pajamas billowed like waves.

Zhang Yiyi glanced at it enviously. Her bad brother liked big ones, but she was only of a certain size and couldn't compare to her mother's.

However, she couldn't confide these girlish thoughts to Zhang Chunxue, otherwise she could have asked her mother for advice.

As Zhang Yiyi's mother, Zhang Chunxue could easily see through her little secret, but in order to save face for her daughter, she didn't expose it.

[Does Xiao Fan like big things?]
Xiao Ruanwen's face naturally appeared in her mind.

Zhang Chunxue's idea of ​​having Xiaofan marry both Wan Ning and Yi Yi at the same time was just the worst-case scenario, but now, she seems to have discovered an even worse possibility.

[You can't have chosen neither Yi Yi nor Wan Ning, and then picked Ruan Wen in the end, right?]
Or perhaps...
Zhang Chunxue suddenly thought of a bold hypothesis.

[Was Xiao Fan joking when he said he wanted to marry five wives?]
“Yi-yi, tell your mother about your relationship with Xiao-fan,” Zhang Chunxue suddenly said.

"what?"

Xu Qingfan waited for a long time but still didn't receive a reply from Zhang Chunxue.

He guessed that the mother and daughter had forgotten about him while chatting, so he had to emphasize again that he would cook breakfast tomorrow before closing the chat window.

(End of this chapter)