Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 344: Auntie is really so fragrant.

After half an hour, Xu Qingfan finally fell asleep, but the alarm rang not long after he had lain down.

Since it was just a nap, it didn’t matter much. Waking up after a half-hour nap was the most refreshing.

The tap water ran cool since the pipes were buried underground; despite the scorching sun outside, the water felt ice-cold and extremely pleasant flowing over the skin.

"Brother Qingfan, washing your face with your hands isn’t clean. Do you want to use my towel too?" Lin Wanning, having just used her towel, wet it again, wrung it out, and passed it to Xu Qingfan.

The girl’s skin appeared rosy and fair right after washing her face, flawless even up close, as if a light pinch could squeeze water out of it.

"I won’t mind as long as you don’t mind." Xu Qingfan indeed pinched it, but no water came out, he said.

"I would never mind Brother Qingfan!" Lin Wanning pouted, expressing her dissatisfaction.

Xu Qingfan’s skin didn’t get very oily; essentially, a quick rinse with water was enough. However, he couldn’t reject the girl’s kindness; otherwise, she might misunderstand and think he was rejecting her, which would make Wanning very sad.

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Anyway, it wasn’t the first time he used her towel. Whether it was psychological or not, the girl’s towel always seemed to carry a faint scent.

"Okay, let’s go find Yiyi," Xu Qingfan stated after wiping his face and washing and hanging the towel neatly.

"Okay!" Lin Wanning, holding his wrist, bounced out the door with him in tow, hopping and skipping full of energy.

The sun at 3 PM was the most poisonous time of day, and the two shared an umbrella as they walked.

Small stands selling dried vegetables for soup and cotton-tree flowers, which Xu Qingfan heard was a kind of herbal medicine, though he had never tried it, were a common sight beside the greenery.

Lin Wanning was messaging Zhang Yiyi that they were on their way, while on the other side, the fully-awake Zhang Yiyi, who was originally reading a book, picked up her phone immediately upon hearing the QQ notification.

[Brother Qingfan and I will be there in three minutes. It’s so hot today, Yiyi.]

"Wanning is coming over to play with you?" Zhang Chunxue, who was working from home, saw her daughter’s actions and asked with a smile.

"Yeah, Brother, and him too," Zhang Yiyi replied, looking away from her phone to nod with a smile.

Zhang Chunxue glanced down at her lace negligee; because she was at home, she wasn’t wearing anything underneath it, revealing a beautiful hint of her red coral bra.

"The air conditioning is a bit cold; I’m going to put on some more clothes in my room," she said.

Women are quite sensitive to the male gaze, and Xu Qingfan’s gaze had not rarely wandered over her. Zhang Chunxue disliked being scrutinized by other people’s eyes, but it didn’t really matter if it was Xu Qingfan looking.

After all, who could fault such an intelligent and handsome little friend? After all, everyone has a love for beauty, don’t they?

Sometimes, when Xu Qingfan came over to play, she would intentionally wear just a thin nightgown; then, she could enjoy the sight of a young boy blushing and looking embarrassed. However, such incidents stopped before he turned ten.

Truth be told, Zhang Chunxue didn’t mind Xu Qingfan sneaking glances at her, whether in his childhood or as he grew older. Yet, as they entered adolescence, such things done too often could be harmful to one’s health.

Zhang Yiyi blinked as she watched her mother leave, [If it’s cold, why not just raise the air conditioner’s temperature a bit?]

"Hello, Auntie!"

"Wanning, Brother!"

"We’re here."

It didn’t take long for Lin Wanning and Xu Qingfan to arrive at their destination. They changed their shoes and ran into the living room as if it was their own home.

Zhang Yiyi emerged from the kitchen, holding two cups of chilled black liquid in her hands.

"Sour plum juice." She explained before Xu Qingfan even asked.

"Hehe~ Thank you, Yiyi." Lin Wanning took a cup and gently sipped, finding the sour and sweet taste very refreshing.

After taking the sour plum juice, Xu Qingfan ruffled the girl’s hair, and Zhang Yiyi smiled with her eyes squinted in enjoyment.

Zhang Chunxue quite enjoyed watching the subtle interactions among the three of them. What used to be the daily warmth during Nuannuan’s childhood, now seemed like sweet little moments of love as they grew up.

Once Xu Qingfan finished the sour plum juice, he handed the cup back to Zhang Yiyi. The girl, like an affectionate cat-like maid, took the cup back into the kitchen to wash it clean.

Lin Wanning followed into the kitchen as well, and soon there was the sound of the girls’ crisp and sweet laughter.

"Auntie, how many university city markets in different provinces have we captured now?" He sat on the sofa and leaned in to look at the computer on Zhang Chunxue’s lap.

Zhang Chunxue switched back to the desktop and opened a map of Huaxia to show him, "Here, here, and these provinces close to Hong Kong have all been completely secured, next up is taking over the markets in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"Shanghai too?" Xu Qingfan blinked, because, as a middle school student, he seldom paid attention to company affairs.

Especially since the nationwide coverage of 3G licenses began, smartphones had almost become a standard for university students, making it urgent to capture the college student market without a second to lose.

"Mhm, there was a local company similar to ours, but it wasn’t very big, so we acquired them for three million." Zhang Chunxue nodded.

"Ele.me?" Xu Qingfan blinked again, incredulous.

"Yeah, it’s called that. You’re usually in class; how do you even know about it?" Zhang Chunxue rested her hand on Xu Qingfan’s shoulder, finding it easier to pat his head.

It was only fitting for Xiao Fan to pat his daughter’s head, and for her to pat Xiao Fan’s head.

Xu Qingfan was momentarily speechless that one of the future blue-and-yellow giants had disappeared just like that.

But he soon came to terms with it, considering the size of Good Taste Takeout now, it would take a big shot entering the fray personally to give them a challenge, otherwise it was a death sentence for any competitor.

"What about miHoYo, Auntie? Did you invest in it?"

"Don’t you trust me with my work? You’ve been mentioning it to me every day, of course, I sorted it out as soon as I could," Zhang Chunxue said while stroking his hair.

"Auntie, we’re going to be rich. If we become the world’s richest people, will others be jealous?" Xu Qingfan thought back to the companies they’d invested in over the years. Just a quick tally would show that they owned assets worth hundreds of billions quite effortlessly.

"Hahaha..." Zhang Chunxue burst into laughter as if she’d heard a particularly funny joke and continued intermittently, "Haha... Our combined wealth wouldn’t even make us the richest in Hong Kong; Xiao Fan, aren’t you thinking too much? But being the richest in Li City, that’s more like it hahaha...."

"Bill Gates has assets worth just over a hundred billion. If Good Taste Takeout goes public and reaches a trillion in market value, wouldn’t our combined shares make us the world’s richest?"

"It’s not so easy. We don’t know how policies will change in the future. As long as we can benefit more people through the network we’ve built, we don’t have to worry about future changes. Besides, it’s not like we don’t have connections..." Though she thought Xu Qingfan might be dreaming a bit too big, Zhang Chunxue still patiently explained after her laughter.

"Mhm." Xu Qingfan felt reassured, as he often heard jokes about the so-called ’slaughter list’ in his previous life.

Leaning on Zhang Chunxue’s shoulder, he felt incredibly secure.

[Auntie really smells amazing...]

"Brother Qing Fan, can you come in for a moment? We accidentally put too much sugar in the cake."

"Go ahead," Zhang Chunxue patted Xu Qingfan’s head one last time.

"Coming."