Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 378 - 275. Following him, I am satisfied even without fame or status.

Several years ago, Wu Lingyu bought a house in a high-end district near Sports West, when the house prices were just over six thousand. Now, three years later, the prices had more than doubled.

The security recognized Zhang Chunxue’s car, so they opened the gate without asking any questions.

Xu Qingfan couldn’t help but think of a scene from "No Thieves," wondering if driving a nice car really meant someone was a good person?

Of course, he just thought about it. A salary of two to three thousand was just to make ends meet. What more could they expect, for people to go above and beyond?

"Auntie, would you like to come up and sit for a while?" Wu Lingyu asked in an expectant tone after parking the car in the garage.

There was still some time before she had to go back to work in the afternoon, so she smiled and said, "Sure, I’m quite thirsty actually."

Wu Lingyu’s eyes flashed with delight and she said, "I’ll make tea for you, Auntie!"

"Let’s go then, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen Uncle and Auntie," Xu Qingfan said, unbuckling his seatbelt and getting out of the car first.

After picking up Wu Lingyu’s suitcase from the trunk, the three of them took the elevator to the eighth floor, to apartment 803.

Xu Qingfan remembered a time during his childhood at Chinese New Year when Wu Lingyu had taken him to her old home, which seemed to be also number 803.

Back then, Wu Lingyu pointed at a stick figure drawn with a paint pen on a wall near the door, telling him she had drawn it when she was a child.

Wu Lingyu took out her keys to unlock the door, opening only the first one as the second was opened from inside.

It was Li Meijuan who opened the door. Upon seeing her daughter and two others behind her, she immediately greeted warmly, "You’re back… oh~ Sister Zhang, you’re here too, please come in and have a seat."

"Mom."

"Hello, Auntie."

Zhang Chunxue nodded and smiled, "Xiao Fan said it’s been a while since he’s come to visit."

Li Meijuan simply took it as a mark of respect from Zhang Chunxue and treated her with immense respect.

"Oh... Haha, I forgot how that saying goes, it’s been so long since I’ve seen Xiao Fan. You’ve grown a lot taller."

"It’s ’guests bring honor to our home, Mom.’" Wu Lingyu wasn’t embarrassed by her mom; after finding slippers for them from the shoe cabinet, she stood up and corrected her.

"Haha yes, that’s it—guests bring honor to our home. Sister Zhang, please sit down, I’ll go make some tea."

"Mom, where’s Dad?" Wu Lingyu looked around the house but didn’t see her father anywhere, so she asked.

"He just went down for a nap, Yu’er, go to the room and wake him up," Li Meijuan paused her steps, turned her head, and said.

Zhang Chunxue patted Xu Qingfan’s hand as a sign for him to speak, "Auntie, there’s no need to bother him; we’re only staying a little while. Let Uncle rest."

"Haha, it’s okay, he’s been sleeping for almost an hour now; it’s not a big deal," Li Meijuan said without looking back and went into the kitchen to make tea.

Wu Lingyu glanced at her mother’s retreating figure, then at Brother Fan. Just as she hesitated whether to wake her father, she heard Xu Qingfan say sternly, "Come sit down."

"Okay." The girl obediently sat down on the sofa he pointed to, like a well-behaved little daughter-in-law.

That was Wu Lingyu’s guiding principle: to listen to Brother Fan’s words. Even if her mother and Brother Fan had conflicting opinions, she chose to follow Brother Fan’s!

Zhang Chunxue found it quite amusing, and she playfully smacked the back of his head, "You only know how to bully girls."

Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes, his expression seeming to say, "Aren’t you the one who made me do it?"

"Pfft~" Zhang Chunxue’s face lit up with both joy and annoyance. After pursing her lips lightly, she used her finger to straighten his head.

Xu Qingfan, and even Wu Lingyu, who was sitting next to him, were somewhat stunned, their hearts filled with emotions:

[Aunt Zhang is so beautiful....If only I could grow up to be like her one day...]

Li Mei Juan quickly returned with the tea she had prepared; seeing her husband had not yet emerged, she couldn’t help but ask, "Is your father still in bed, Yu’er? Go and call him again."

From Li Mei Juan’s point of view, Zhang Chunxue had no blood relation to their family; her involvement was merely due to her daughter being classmates with their daughter, yet she had offered shares and even arranged for doctors to treat her husband.

Such favors, she thought, could not be cleared even if they were to serve diligently in the next life.

She did not wait for Wu Lingyu to respond and, after setting the teapot down, returned to the bedroom.

Zhang Chunxue looked helplessly at Xu Qingfan, who then cheekily tapped her hand.

"Thank you, Yu." Xu Qingfan tapped the tea table three times, performing a tea-knocking gesture as a sign of gratitude.

The couple soon emerged together from the bedroom, and perhaps because they had just woken up, Yu’s father looked refreshingly spirited and appeared as healthy as any normal person.

"Hello, Sister Zhang, Xiao Fan."

"Hmm."

"Hello, uncle."

Wu Suowei seemed reticent, and after a brief greeting, he sat down on the sofa without saying anything further.

Wu Lingyu sat between her parents, occasionally refilling their teacups and glasses; throughout, Xu Qingfan did mostly the talking about the fun incidents from their trip, with the two aunts occasionally chipping in.

"On our first day at Disney, we asked a group of passersby where there were restrooms, and of course, I started with a polite greeting, saying, ’Are you okay?’, guess what he replied?"

Xu Qingfan narrated animatedly, captivating everyone in the room, even Wu Lingyu who had experienced it firsthand.

"You okay?"

"What’s the matter?"

Zhang Chunxue and Li Mei Juan asked simultaneously.

Xu Qingfan shook his head, laughing as he said, "Hahaha....he said ’thank you!’"

Everyone was slightly bewildered, not catching the joke’s humor at first, only to hear Xu Qingfan explain, "It later dawned on me that they might also be tourists from the mainland, thinking ’thank you’ in Cantonese was a catch-all phrase, hahaha...."

Initially, it was just an average pun, but given his colorful storytelling, the living room erupted in laughter once everyone caught on.

Wu Lingyu’s eyes sparkled as she watched the young man in front of her, feeling as if his presence alone could hold any situation together.

Brother Fan was genuinely respecting her parents, which moved her deeply.

Wu Lingyu knew Brother Fan did not have to act this way; like during parent-teacher meetings in their childhood, many classmates might not have said it aloud, but she could feel they looked down on her mother for being a coarse woman.

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But Brother Fan never acted that way, and neither did Xiao Xiao, Wanning, and the others, because they were her parents, and so they naturally respected them.

This recognition made Wu Lingyu emotional, yet, it also made her feel more inferior within their small group of six.

She always felt that she contributed the least yet gained the most, and thus always wanted to give a little more where she could.

Just like the young man in front of her, if one day all five of them fell for Brother Fan, she would definitely be the first to step back.

Looking at the young man, one she adored in every way, she thought in her heart: [Being able to be by Brother Fan’s side...and with everyone...is enough for me...]