Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 398 - 290. Birthday Battle

Xu Qingfan, having just gotten back from buying groceries, happened upon Xia Xiaoxiao right at the entrance of Lianhua Courtyard. Seeing her damp, long hair trailing behind her, he couldn’t help but frown.

On a bright day, going out to bathe, it was hard not to let one’s thoughts drift in an unsavory direction.

"Where have you been all day, and why is your hair still wet?" he asked with a stern face.

Xia Xiaoxiao put on her usual haughty expression and snapped back, "None of your business, I fell into a river!"

"You weren’t meeting some shady online friend, were you? I’m telling you... hey, you stinky Xia Xiaoxiao, stop right there!" Xu Qingfan hadn’t finished speaking when the girl had already run out of sight.

[Blabbering old lady, just because you meet online friends, you think everyone does!] Xia Xiaoxiao inwardly grumbled about this annoying dog, realizing that today was already the 28th. Couldn’t he guess she had gone to prepare a birthday surprise for him?

"Be honest, where did you run off to all day?" Xu Qingfan quickly caught up with the girl at the third-floor corner, grabbing her clothes and questioning her.

"Why are you so annoying? You went to meet an online friend, your whole family went to meet online friends!" Xia Xiaoxiao truly wanted to kick this annoying dog. After laboriously baking a cake all day and even decorating the house, what was wrong with sweating and taking a bath?

"Then how did your hair get wet?" Xu Qingfan was still skeptical.

"I told you, I fell into a river, okay!" Xia Xiaoxiao swatted his hand away and turned to leave.

"If you fell into the river, how come your clothes aren’t wet?"

"Xu Qingfan, you’re really annoying. I went to Ruan Wen’s house to play, then I took a shower, okay?" Xia Xiaoxiao stopped in her tracks and turned around, glaring at him. The following Xu Qingfan nearly bumped into her.

"You could have just said you were at Ruan Wen’s house, I was worried sick not seeing you all day." Xu Qingfan ruffled the girl’s hair and pulled her hand to head home together.

"Pfft, " Xia Xiaoxiao let him lead her on, thinking to herself that she just hadn’t thought of a good enough excuse earlier!

"Hey, Xu Qingfan."

"What now?" He turned around, puzzled, to look at the girl.

"If me, Wanning, Yiyi, Yu, and Ruan Wen all fell into the river at the same time, who would you save first?"

Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes, resigned to the typical nature of such questions from girls. He said, "First off, only Wanning can’t swim, and second, you should think about why all five of you would end up in the river at the same time."

"So, it’s just saving Wanning first, I knew it." Xia Xiaoxiao didn’t listen to the latter half and her jealousy nearly sent her lips to the sky.

"You know nothing, after disappearing all day, you don’t forget to steal from my game farm!"

"Pfft~obviously... It’s your own fault for being dumb!" Xia Xiaoxiao really wanted to tell him that it was your dear Wanning who had us steal the vegetables, but saying so would reveal their delightful gathering of the five sisters.

Once Xu Qingfan was sure Xia Xiaoxiao had just been at Xiao Ruawen’s house today, he also felt relieved.

Primarily, it was because many of Xia Xiaoxiao’s actions in this life seemed peculiar to him, making him worry during her rebellious phase.

"I’m not that hungry, half a bowl of rice will be enough." Arriving at their house, Xia Xiaoxiao gave him a shove and took out her keys to go inside.

"You and your snacks."

After entering her home, Xia Xiaoxiao stuck half her body out, "Mind your own business!"

After securely closing the door, she leaned against the wall and took out her phone to report the situation.

[He doesn’t seem to have guessed where I had been, over!]

All four girls were probably busy, and none had replied yet.

Xia Xiaoxiao tilted her head and thought for a moment, then simply went to her room to write in her diary.

She opened the diary to the most recent page and, after pondering for a moment, quickly began writing in an elegant font:

[It’s going to be the fifteenth birthday spent with this annoying dog.

Even though he always infuriates me, when I think about it, it seems there have been more happy times.

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The violet wreath he gave me when I was five is long gone, the melody of Dragon Cat he played for me on the radio when I was six, the cicada he used to scare me on my seventh birthday before finally giving me a birthday present...

All this time, it seems you have been taking care of and teasing me.

Even though you are extremely annoying, a real nuisance!

Still, I can’t help but like you...

Happy 15th birthday, silly dog.

2010.6.28.]

Xia Xiaoxiao put the pen down, looked down at her diary, and seemed to recall those past moments. Her eyes slightly teared up, but a beautiful crescent smile formed on her lips.

...

June 29.

At exactly seven in the morning, the five girls were all neatly gathered in Xia Xiaoxiao’s living room.

This early hour meant both Xu Qingfan and the adults were still asleep; the girls were about to begin their first birthday mission of the day—sneaking into the bed covers!

"When do we start, huh?" The activity hadn’t even begun, and Lin Wanning was already jumping around, unable to contain her excitement.

Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at her and thought to herself: The annoying dog promised me, after today poor little Wanning won’t have any bed to sneak into anymore!

"Let’s go now." She took out Xu Qingfan’s house key from her pocket and whispered.

"Do we really want to draw on Brother Fan’s face?" Wu Lingyu held up edible paint pens specifically bought for this purpose, sounding a bit fearful.

What if Brother Fan gets angry and spanks her? Brother Fan has never spanked her before.

"Yu, what are you afraid of? There are five of us and only one Brother Fan, just suppress him easily!" Xiao Ruawen dismissively flicked her bangs.

"I recorded it; if Xu Qingfan asks, we’ll just let Ruawen suppress him." Xia Xiaoxiao raised her phone and said.