I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 90. A Little Secret

"This is yours, Xiaofan; this is Ningning's; and this is ours, Yiyi's. The passwords are your birth dates, so keep them safe!" Zhang Chunxue said, taking out three bank cards registered with their individual identity information.

"Thank you, Auntie!" The three little ones eagerly took the bank card.

Xu Qingfan took the bank card in his hand and looked at it. It was a limited edition for the Year of the Sheep from China Construction Bank, with a small golden sheep printed on the white card.

"How much money does Auntie have in there right now?" Xu Qingfan asked curiously.

"We've only settled the initial 100,000 books so far, which is 270,000 yuan after tax. If you three split it equally, that's 90,000 yuan each," Zhang Chunxue explained patiently.

"Auntie, that's not right! Didn't we agree that you'd pay me back 100,000 yuan first? Why didn't you deduct it?"

"Oh! I forgot. Bank card transfers are expensive and troublesome. Let's save the 100,000 yuan for next time. Auntie will deduct it all next time." Zhang Chunxue put her index finger to her lips, looking like a forgetful idiot.

Xu Qingfan blushed slightly under Zhang Chunxue's gaze and shyly turned his face away, saying, "Then remember to deduct it next time."

"Haha~ I know, why is our Xiao Fan blushing?" Zhang Chunxue chuckled and pinched Xu Qingfan's cheek.

"Hahaha, Brother Qingfan is blushing! Brother Qingfan is such a shy cat!" Lin Wanning clapped and laughed from the side.

"You shameful cat!" Zhang Yiyi chimed in, uttering each word clearly.

Xu Qingfan pretended to be angry and kept a straight face, but after holding it in for a long time, he couldn't help but laugh along with everyone else.

"Alright, stop laughing at Fanfan. Remember to keep your bank cards safe, or someone will scam you out of your money!" Just then, the cell phone that Xu Qingfan had kept in his pocket suddenly rang.

"Whose call is this?" Xu Qingfan asked, pulling out his phone in confusion. He saw a number starting with 00 calling him.

"Auntie, you just finished speaking, and here comes the scam call!" He held up his phone and showed it to Zhang Chunxue.

"How do you know it's a scam call before you've even listened to it?" Zhang Chunxue asked curiously.

“Right, Brother Qingfan, how do you know the person on the other end of the phone is a scammer? Maybe they’re someone you know?” Lin Wanning asked.

Xu Qingfan smiled without saying a word, then answered the phone and put it on speakerphone: "Hey, this is Wang Meiling, I'm 28 years old. My husband is a billionaire in Hong Kong. Due to this health reason, we are unable to have children. We are currently looking for a healthy man under 40 years old in mainland China to fulfill my dream of becoming a mother. Hello, are you there?"

A broken Mandarin voice came from the other end of the phone. Xu Qingfan gave the others a knowing look and shouted into the phone, "Mom, Mom, where are you? Mom, come pick me up!"

"Shabi!"

The phone call abruptly ended, and the people inside the room looked at each other for a couple of seconds before bursting into laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Hahaha~ I can't take it anymore, you're making me laugh to death, Xiao Fan, how can you be so funny!" Zhang Chunxue laughed until tears were streaming down her face, clutching her stomach and saying weakly.

"Alright, here's the money for you to keep, pfft~" Seeing Xu Qingfan's helpless shrug, Zhang Chunxue couldn't help but burst out laughing again, "Hahaha~ Xiao Fan, turn your head away, hahaha~ let me finish what I have to say, hahahaha!"

After laughing for several minutes, Zhang Chunxue finally stopped smiling and said to the three children with a stern face, "If you need to use more than 10,000 yuan in the card, you need to report to Auntie. Otherwise, I will tell your parents about the bank card. Can you do that?"

"Don't worry, Auntie, Ningning definitely won't waste money. Ningning will save it for when she gets married!" Lin Wanning said earnestly, recalling the 88 yuan dowry she had read in the newspaper last time.

"Hahaha~ Silly girl, only boys need to get married, hahaha~"

"Is it that funny? Auntie, you have such a low threshold for laughter!" Xu Qingfan stared at Zhang Chunxue speechlessly.

"Hahaha~ Xiao Fan, don't make that face, it's so funny!"

"Mom?" Xu Qingfan chimed in, adding fuel to the fire. "Hahaha, stop talking, I'm dying of laughter!"

"mom!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

After almost five minutes, the honking of geese inside the house finally stopped.

Zhang Chunxue pulled Xu Qingfan onto her lap, covered his mouth with her hand, and the laughter finally disappeared. "By the way, Wanning, you just said you wanted to save money to get married. Xiaofan is the one who needs to get married. You and Yiyi are girls, so you don't need to."

"Then I'll save money for Qingfan's wedding!" Lin Wanning looked at the bank card in his hand, then at Xu Qingfan, and said.

"Me too!" Zhang Yiyi reached out and placed her bank card on top of Lin Wanning's, saying earnestly.

"Mmm~" Xu Qingfan opened his mouth to speak, but his mouth was covered by Zhang Chunxue.

"Haha~ Then Xiao Fan will have two betrothal gifts, but he can't marry two wives." Zhang Chunxue joked with a laugh.

"Huh? Why not? Why can't I marry two wives if there are two dowries!" Lin Wanning nervously grabbed Zhang Yiyi's hand, waiting for Zhang Chunxue's reply.

“Because only people who truly love each other can be together. Look at your father, he only has your mother as his wife, and Xiao Fan’s father only has your Aunt Yao as his wife!” Zhang Chunxue patted Lin Wanning’s head and patiently explained.

"People who truly love each other can be together," Lin Wanning murmured to himself.

“Yes, only people who truly love each other can be together,” Zhang Chunxue repeated.

"People who truly love each other can be together! Thank you, Auntie, Ningning understands!" Lin Wanning's expression changed from confusion to determination, and she nodded seriously.

Lin Wanning recalled the last time she pointed to the newspaper and asked her mother what it meant to get married. Her mother told her: Getting married means being with the person you love forever, just like your father and mother.

[As long as Ningning and Yiyi continue to love Qingfan, and Qingfan continues to love Ningning and Yiyi, then everyone can be best friends for life and never be apart!]
Lin Wanning took Zhang Yiyi's hand, thinking about the promise the three of them had made to the sun last time.

"Where are you going?" Xu Qingfan asked, puzzled, as Lin Wanning pulled Zhang Yiyi toward the room.

"I am a little green dragon~ I have many little secrets~ I won't tell you~ I won't tell you!" Lin Wanning made a funny face at Xu Qingfan and sang the lyrics of "Little Green Dragon".

"Haha~ Ningning and Yiyi have a little secret I won't tell you, Xiaofan," Zhang Chunxue teased.

"I didn't tell you, Mom!"

"Pfft~" A new round of goose calls began in the living room.

After a long while, Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi sneakily opened the door to the room and saw Zhang Chunxue and Xu Qingfan still chatting in the living room. The two little ones smiled at each other.

I have a little secret, but I'm not going to tell you.

Thank you Jiu Meng for the 100 book coins.

Thank you Shangxue Mengshang for the 100 book coins.

Thank you godgun for the 500 Qidian coins.

Thank you to Suyi Tanfengsheng for the 233 book coins.

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