Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 435 : 315. Won’t indulge this Xia Xiaoxiao anymore!_2

As for whether Xia Xiaoxiao would see, Xu Qingfan knew Wu Lingyu well enough to be sure that Wu Lingyu would definitely not let her see, so there was no need to worry.

"Oh~" Lin Wanning indeed no longer focused on this, and she said, "Brother Qingfan, let's go to the kindergarten after the rain stops, Yiyi hasn't been there yet!"

Zhang Yiyi's knuckles turned slightly white as she grasped her chopsticks. It wasn't the memory of her unhappy time in kindergarten that she had thought of, but rather, if only she had gone to Sunshine Kindergarten back then...

"Sure, I still remember the teacher who led our class was Teacher Xiaoyu, and then your class was taught by someone with the last name Wang, I'm not sure if they're still there now..."

Xu Qingfan didn't finish his sentence because his phone in his pocket was vibrating nonstop; worried something might be wrong, he quickly took it out to check.

Then he was dumbfounded.

Because the message on the screen was Xiao Ruawen scolding him, and given his daily interactions with the five girls, he could easily recognize it was from her.

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But this wasn't the key issue at the moment because if Xiao Ruawen had seen it, it meant that Xia Xiaoxiao had definitely seen it too, otherwise, she wouldn't have erupted in fury and sent him such a lengthy message.

Xu Qingfan instantly understood the crux of the problem: he had made those remarks out of anger, not really believing Xia Xiaoxiao was such a person, but it seemed as though any explanation was useless now.

The hand holding the phone trembled slightly as he typed several lines to defend himself, but in the end, he deleted everything.

[Since it's all been seen, just let her, Xia Xiaoxiao, throw her tantrums, break things, and say nasty words. It was indeed all about creating drama and self-centeredness; I wasn't wrong!]

He steeled his heart and put the phone away without replying.

"Brother Qingfan, what's wrong with you?" Lin Wanning, noticing that Brother Qingfan's expression was changing unpredictably, asked with concern.

"It's nothing, Lingyu said they all got drenched in the rain. I told them to take a shower quickly so they don't catch a cold," Xu Qingfan said with a deep breath, lying.

"They should drink some ginger soup, Brother Qingfan, you should tell them to make some," Lin Wanning suggested and then took out her own phone to leave a message in their six-person chat group.

Zhang Yiyi blinked in confusion; she had a hunch that her brother had just lied, but still, she said nothing and asked nothing.

It didn't take long for the three of them to finish breakfast. Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi cleaned up the dishes and took them to the kitchen to wash, while Xu Qingfan went out to watch the rain in the courtyard.

Little White was tied under the eaves; upon seeing him come out, the dog glanced up, shifted his bottom, and continued sleeping.

Xu Qingfan wasn't in the mood to scare the dog; he felt his current mood was like the rain: new worries an inch deep, old ones a thousand threads.

He reached out his hand, letting raindrops fall onto it until they accumulated enough to playfully flick at the dog.

Little White looked up at him, the look in its eyes almost human with disdain and speechlessness. After yawning, the dog tucked its head back into its body.

"Annoying," he muttered softly under his breath, but unfortunately, the spell didn't work, and the steady rain continued.

Xu Qingfan began to mentally replay the day's events: first, Wanning came to celebrate his birthday. The girl definitely wasn't there to crawl into his bed; he was sure of that.

Then the two of them horsed around on the bed, which he found to be quite normal because that's how they usually interacted. Xu Qingfan had similarly 'punished' the other four girls in the same way, except that the location had shifted from the living room sofa to his bed this time.

Then Xia Xiaoxiao entered; he wanted to explain, but she wouldn't listen and started acting out.

Xia Xiaoxiao probably thought he had promised not to let Wanning crawl into his bed and had gone back on his word, so she was angry.

Xu Qingfan was also speechless because Wanning really hadn't crawled into his bed this time; they were just horsing around when they were caught by Xia Xiaoxiao. He felt that if the location had been the living room sofa or somewhere else, this kind of playful interaction wouldn't count for anything.

But Xia Xiaoxiao didn't see it that way; she was convinced that Wanning was there to crawl into his bed, not listening to any explanations, as if she were the one grievously wronged, accusing him and Wanning.

[Then I don't know why, but I remembered her past life's studying abroad, and out came my outburst, followed by her breakdown, throwing things and saying we should never see each other in this life, before running out of the house.]

[First, there's distrust among partners; second, being unreasonably troublesome; third, throwing things around; and always talking about 'this lifetime, this lifetime.' And fourth, not caring for one's health, causing others to worry!]

Xu Qingfan silently listed Xia Xiaoxiao's seven deadly sins in his head: pride, envy, wrath, and lust, all touched upon!

As for why lust had anything to do with it, pitching a tent in the morning is clearly a normal phenomenon for a normal man. If it weren't for her, Xia Xiaoxiao, and her filthy thoughts leading her astray, would there be a need to get so angry?

As for whether he, Xu Qingfan, was at fault, aside from the fact that yelling at her was not right, he felt the rest of his actions were simply saintly!

"If you have the guts, don't apologize to me, because I certainly won't go easy on you!" he said resentfully to the air.

[I haven't even settled the debts from my past life with you, and you expect me to continue indulging you in this one? No way!]

He indulged Xia Xiaoxiao when they were kids, treated her well, because back then Xia Xiaoxiao was still a cute little girl, carved in pink and white, not to mention the relationship with Lin Jing and Xia Guofu.

And to be honest, using an adult's mindset to bully a five or six-year-old girl, he found it quite boring.

So apart from bullying her a few times when he first came back to life, Xu Qingfan had always doted on her as if she were a sister or a daughter ever since.

But now that Xia Xiaoxiao was all grown up, whether it was in terms of height, figure, or mental age, she had matured in every aspect.

And she still expected him to continue indulging her like in the old days?

He wouldn't dare even dream of such a thing!

Xu Qingfan wasn't taking advantage of the situation to get revenge for the deceit he experienced in his past life, and that was already showing great magnanimity on his part.

He made up his mind there and then, starting today, right now, he would simply ignore any of Xia Xiaoxiao's unreasonable demands, without hearing, caring, or accepting them!

If Xia Xiaoxiao kept refusing to apologize to him, he would just ignore her indefinitely; let's see who can outlast whom!

"Playing hard to get, huh? I don't believe I can't deal with that!" Xu Qingfan said with hands on his hips, gazing in the direction of Lianhua Courtyard.

"Brother Qing Fan, what are you mumbling about?"

The two girls, having finished washing the dishes, walked out from the living room and stood beside him, one on each side.

"Oh~ Nothing, I was just wondering if it rained this hard on the day Yiping asked her dad for money."

"Pfft!" The two girls had thought Xu Qingfan was pondering some profound question and had pricked up their ears to listen, but it turned out to be this!

"Brother Qing Fan, how's Xiao Xiao and everyone else doing now?" Lin Wanning, more concerned about Xiao Xiao and the others, asked as she hooked her arm through Xu Qingfan's.

Zhang Yiyi also looked up at Xu Qingfan, surprised to discover that the worried expression on her brother's face seemed to have vanished, replaced by an indescribable sense of relaxation and contentment.

"Brother, have you thought of a plan?" she tugged at Xu Qingfan's hem, inquiring.

"What plan?" Xu Qingfan looked at Yiyi with confusion and took out his phone to answer Lin Wanning's question.

"Pfft~ Hahaha..." The moment he saw the message from Wu Lingyu, Xu Qingfan burst into laughter.

"What is it, what is it, what's so funny, Brother Qing Fan?" Zhang Yiyi and Lin Wanning both stood on tiptoe, leaning in to look.

"They were caught by Aunt Lin, Aunt Lin wanted Xia Xiaoxiao to apologize to me, and she wouldn't, and even ended up crying, laughable to death!" Xu Qingfan pointed to the message for the two of them to see.

Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi exchanged glances; something seemed off with Brother Qing Fan's/Brother's current vibe.

"Damn!" Xu Qingfan suddenly burst out with a national treasure of a curse.

"What now?" the two girls leaned in again to look.

"This damn Xia Xiaoxiao, she wants to complain about me to my mom, damn!"

"Um..."