Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 348 - 253.Love hidden at the bottom of the heart

After leaving the restaurant, it was already past eight in the evening. Xu Qingfan, Xia Xiaoxiao, and Wu Lingyu were the last to return to Lianhua Courtyard after dropping off the three girls at their homes.

"Eating there is too expensive. We could have made a meal at home for less than three hundred yuan." After everyone had left, Wu Lingyu whispered to Xu Qingfan.

The girl’s hair had naturally dried in the wind. As the evening breeze passed by, strands of her hair brushed against Xu Qingfan’s cheeks. Seeing this, Wu Lingyu took the hairband off her wrist and retied her hair.

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"Money is meant to be spent, and besides, wasn’t the food delicious? As long as it’s good, it’s worth it," Xu Qingfan said with a smile, patting her head.

"It was just alright. That White Swan restaurant we ate at last time was really bad, even their char siu was worse than what you can buy at the market," Xia Xiaoxiao also commented.

Wu Lingyu pursed her lips and said nothing more. Although she couldn’t quite accept such spending habits—a meal costing over three thousand yuan, enough for a month’s worth of food expenses—since it was with good friends, it was worth it.

"The most important thing is to enjoy yourself. Did you have fun today?" Xu Qingfan patted her head again as he asked.

Thinking back on the day’s events, everyone playing in the water, the water fights... and riding on Brother Fan, Wu Lingyu smiled sweetly and said, "Fun!"

"That’s the spirit. Our parents work so hard to earn money just so we can enjoy ourselves. We should spend it with a grateful heart," he glanced around guiltily, making sure the coast was clear before continuing, "Er... of course, my mom and dad nibbling away at my earnings are an exception."

Wu Lingyu, expecting some secret after seeing Xu Qingfan acting all sneaky, couldn’t help but laugh out loud when she heard what he said.

"Hahaha... mmm-hmm." She nodded with her hand over her mouth, letting out a light affirmation.

"Hey, my uncle and aunt worked hard selling sweet soup, alright!" Xia Xiaoxiao was unhappy with his derogatory comment about her aunt and countered.

"Right, my aunt working at the shop was hard too, and also my uncle... er... my uncle worked hard too!" It was Wu Lingyu’s turn to defend Xu Aiguo, but she found it hard to come up with a good argument on the spot.

Xu Aiguo had sold his taxi last year. He originally bought the car for one hundred fifty thousand yuan and the license for six thousand, but when he sold it, he actually got two hundred thousand yuan. The reason was that many people belatedly realized that driving a taxi could be profitable. However, by then it was too late to apply for a new license, which made previously cheap licenses skyrocket to over one hundred thousand yuan each.

"Alright, alright, I misspoke. I’ll shut up," he always felt weird, like he was badmouthing his own parents then his wife would scold him for it.

"Hmph~" Xia Xiaoxiao gave him a contemptuous look, "When I start working and earning money, I’ll make sure my mom gets to live like your aunt does!"

"Rather not. My mom keeps saying she’s bored these days. People need to find something to do. Besides, being an elementary school language teacher is pretty easy. I’ve never seen my aunt bring work home or grade homework since it’s managed by the class leader."

Although Xia Xiaoxiao thought Xu Qingfan made a lot of sense, she couldn’t help but want to argue back, "By then my mom will naturally find something to do!"

"Like what, you gonna give her a grandkid to look after?" Xu Qingfan’s retort slipped out.

"I’ll give you a grandkid to look after!" Xia Xiaoxiao retorted fiercely.

"If you have a grandkid and then give him to me, wouldn’t I become your dad?" Xu Qingfan laughed heartily after figuring out the relationship scenario, pointing at the silly Xia Xiaoxiao, "Hahaha~ Come here, my good daughter, let daddy pat your head."

"Xu Qingfan!!"

"Haha... What do you want to do, you brat, think you can fight the heavens?"

"Just go die!"

The two of them ran upstairs, one after the other, while Wu Lingyu stood dumbfounded on the spot for two seconds until their figures disappeared around the corner, but their voices could still be heard. Only then did she helplessly spread her hands.

[Every time Brother Fan was with Xiao Xiao, he always acted like a kid who never grew up.] She actually envied him deep down.

Wu Lingyu turned and looked at the night sky above her head, the bright moon hanging high in the deep blue firmament, regrettably missing a piece.

She thought, [Perhaps the moon has its own troubles too, that’s why it secretly hides a corner...]

Just like how she secretly harbored feelings for someone, day by day, and yet another day, with no idea how many more ’day by day’ there would be in the future.

Wu Lingyu shook her head, smiled to herself in a deserted corner, and then she walked up the stairs.

...

This semester, because school started early, the final exams were also scheduled ahead of time.

Monday, May 24 was the start of the eighteenth week after school began; with exams in the twentieth week, it meant there was only a half-month left before finals.

In addition, there were three particularly important exams next week—these were the final exams for geography, biology, and history.

As mentioned before, the middle school exams in Li City don’t include history, geography, or biology, but correspondingly, students must score above 80 in the final exams for these subjects. Otherwise, even if they pass the high school entrance exam, they’re not qualified to attend.

For some schools with higher admission standards, they even require students to score above 90 in all three final exams.

So, from this week on, history, geography, and biology became the highest priority in studies: morning reading was for geography, reading during the day was for history, and evening reading was for biology. The previous schedule of two classes per week was changed to one class per day.

As the first major test of middle school, all five girls were giving it their all.

"Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Even if you don’t pass this time, you’ll still have a chance to retake it in the third year," said Xu Qingfan, who had taken the exams before and was nonchalant about it, holding a geography book during the evening study while eating snacks and reading.

"If you can’t speak properly, speak less!" Xia Xiaoxiao, the discipline commissioner, glared at him while writing on a piece of scratch paper.

During their home study sessions, like in school, they were not allowed to chat besides asking necessary questions.

Even Lin Wanning, who loved him the most, didn’t engage in conversation, covering her ears with both hands and mumbling to herself, seemingly using this silent reading method to cram knowledge into her brain.

Xu Qingfan could only stick out his tongue helplessly, pop a strawberry into his mouth, and turn the geography book to the next page.

As he read the textbook, suddenly he remembered the review weeks from college in his past life. Whenever they were short on time, his roommate would joke, "If you sleep with the calculus book under your pillow at night, the high concentration of knowledge will seep into your low-concentration head."

Thinking about it, Xu Qingfan began to laugh to himself. He was about to share the joke when he looked up and saw Xia Xiaoxiao staring fiercely at him.

Xu Qingfan had no choice but to put the smile away as if nothing had happened and to stifle his urge to share.

He managed to hold it in until the bell rang for the end of evening self-study and couldn’t resist bursting out laughing, "I have a joke for you guys..."

"I know one too. Hang a Detective Conan poster, ’hang’ Conan, and it’ll be hard to even ’fail’!"

"Hahaha....."