Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 603 - 423. You can pursue love, but be mindful of the impact_2

Xiao Ruawen immediately reached out, but unfortunately, she couldn’t catch it.

"Brother Fan, why did the homeroom teacher want to see you?"

"Is it about singing?"

He had just sat back in his seat when Wu Shichong and Lai Chenglang started acting as Wang Xuan’s mouthpiece, being overly helpful.

"It’s nothing much, she asked why I didn’t participate in the competition, I said I didn’t want to join, and that was it."

"Awesome!" ×2

"Brother Fan, I can’t figure out this problem, can you help me take a look?" Taking advantage of Xiao Ruawen’s absence, Wang Xuan sat in her seat.

"Let me see..."

"Brother Fan, come out for a moment!" Before he could finish, Xiao Ruawen suddenly appeared at the door, calling for him.

Xu Qingfan gave Wang Xuan an apologetic look, "I’ll help you with it when I get back."

"Ah... okay." Wang Xuan’s mouth was slightly open as she returned to her seat with a hint of guilt.

"What’s up?" Once they were away from the class, Xu Qingfan turned his head to ask.

Xiao Ruawen pursed her lips, gesturing for him to look at the homeroom teacher.

Xu Qingfan was full of questions, but Guo Youcai quickly provided the answer, "I never would have guessed that ’Misaligned Time’ was a song you composed, Qingfan!"

"Uh... yeah." He gave Xiao Ruawen a confused glance, and the girl made a funny face back at him.

Guo Youcai saw their interaction but didn’t comment on it. Instead, he continued, "Here’s the thing, the school will be celebrating its centennial at the end of the month. The principal heard Xiao Ruawen sing ’Misaligned Time’ and wants to use this song as the new school anthem."

Licheng Middle School’s old anthem, still from before the founding of the country, had obscure and awkward lyrics, and the tune was quite gloomy.

Xu Qingfan thought back and remembered that there was indeed such a thing in his previous life. The whole school had a day off, and he played "Three Kingdoms Kill" with his dorm mates.

"Sure, if Ruawen agrees, I agree too." He nodded encouragingly at Xiao Ruawen.

"Hehe, then no problem, teacher. If the school wants to use it, they can use it, we will provide it to the school for free." With Xu Qingfan’s approval, Xiao Ruawen said generously.

Having completed the principal’s task, Guo Youcai was also in a good mood, "That’s great, the teacher thanks you both for your generosity on behalf of the school."

"Principal Song is still waiting for my reply. If you have time now, you can go to the administration building. If you’re free tomorrow, you can go then. There might be some parts of the lyrics that need revision."

Xu Qingfan and Xiao Ruawen exchanged glances, thinking that if they could get away with it, why bother with evening self-study?

"Let’s go now!" they said in unison.

After saying goodbye to their homeroom teacher, they leisurely walked downstairs shoulder to shoulder. There was no reason to rush as the principal would always be there regardless.

"Brother Fan, what should we change the second line to in ’But to create a new world in our dreams’?"

Xu Qingfan had some understanding of the history of Licheng Middle School. The school was originally established to respond to the Xinhai Revolution, aiming to awaken the people’s wisdom through education, enduring many hardships along the way.

"There’s no need to change the front part. I think we should revise the second verse to reflect what we should be doing now, and it can be used as the school anthem." He said.

"Hehe, that makes sense too. The first part reflects on the past, and the second part focuses on striving for the future. Not bad, not bad." Xiao Ruawen playfully nudged him with her shoulder.

"Just walk normally." Xu Qingfan put his arm around her shoulder, making Xiao Ruawen behave.

"Meow—"

The sound of stray cats in heat could be heard around the quiet campus. Because her little brother had an early operation, Xiao Ruawen asked in confusion, "Brother Fan, are they fighting? Why are they making such loud noises?"

"Our little brother never makes noise at home. He’s still the best!"

Xu Qingfan gave her a look and replied irately, "They’re not fighting; the female cats are in heat, and the noise is to attract male cats."

"Ah?" Xiao Ruawen was dumbfounded.

"More cats are good; they can eat the ’spicy strips’ in the school. Otherwise, who knows when someone might step on a snake and be scared to death."

Xu Qingfan had been considering using his student council power to neuter all the cats in the school.

But then he thought better of it. The cats avoided people anyway, and having more cats around to catch snakes and mice was beneficial.

"What spicy strips, do cats eat spicy strips?"

"Weilong or Spicy Explosion?"

Xiao Ruawen blinked blankly.

"It’s snakes. Aren’t little snakes the ’spicy strips’? How do you not know that? You’re so dumb." Xu Qingfan knocked on her silly head.

"You’re the dumb one. Let me finish first!" Xiao Ruawen pouted angrily and gave him an elbow jab.

Xu Qingfan blocked it, and Xiao Ruawen went for a lower target.

"Hey! You’re hitting there too!!"

"Hehe... oops."

They bickered and played, taking almost twenty minutes to reach the principal’s office.

"Come in."

After Xu Qingfan knocked, Old Deng’s voice rang from inside the office.

He opened the door and held Xiao Ruawen’s hand as they entered, getting straight to the point, "Teacher, you want ’Misaligned Time’ to be the school anthem, right? No problem, we fully support it."

"Hello, Principal Song."

"Come on in and sit down."

Song Dongsheng’s eyes lingered on their interlocked hands. Xiao Ruawen noticed and quickly pulled her hand away.

The three of them sat on the reception sofa, and Song Dongsheng poured two cups of tea before smiling and saying, "I didn’t know you could write such good songs on top of excellent grades, Qingfan."

Xu Qingfan smiled and nodded, thinking to himself: Old Deng, I can do even more impressive things.

"Of course, Ruawen’s singing was also delightful. I’ve had the melody stuck in my head these past few days."

"Thank you, teacher." Xiao Ruawen was usually unfazed by teachers, but because of the hand-holding incident, she felt unusually timid facing Song Dongsheng.

"Since you both are willing to provide the song to the school for free, I can’t just let it go unnoticed.

How about this: I’ll reserve a page in the centennial celebration booklet to introduce you both. After you graduate, I’ll put your names on the honorable alumni board."

As for titles like the school’s top students, we’ll definitely award those, but there’s no need to make a big show of it.

"We’ll leave it to your discretion, Teacher." Seeing that Xu Qingfan remained silent, Xiao Ruawen continued with a polite yet uncomfortable smile.

"I’ve heard you two have been friends since childhood?" Song Dongsheng suddenly changed the topic.

"Huh?"

"Uh... sort of."

Xiao Ruawen’s smile froze, puzzled as to how Song Dongsheng even knew this.

"There might be some minor changes needed in the lyrics. Please think it over carefully, but don’t worry if you can’t come up with anything. The current version is already great."

"Alright, sure."

Song Dongsheng spoke, and Xiao Ruawen nodded.

"You should head back to your evening self-study. I don’t want to delay your study time."

"It’s no trouble at all. Goodbye, Teacher Song." Xiao Ruawen felt like sitting on needles, secretly relieved they could finally leave.

"Goodbye, teacher. I’ll revise the lyrics and hand them in this week." Xu Qingfan finished his tea and stood up, nodding to Song Dongsheng.

"As long as you finish by the 20th, it’s fine. No rush."

After exchanging pleasantries, just as Xiao Ruawen was pulling Xu Qingfan out, Old Deng’s voice suddenly rang behind them:

"High school students are not prohibited from early romantic relationships, but be mindful of the impact."

Xiao Ruawen: ???

She thought Song Dongsheng’s comment was directed at her. Unsure whether it was due to a guilty conscience, she walked even faster, pulling Xu Qingfan along.

[Why am I nervous? Brother Fan and I aren’t even dating!]

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Only Xu Qingfan knew that Old Deng’s remark was actually directed at him.

The comment about being mindful meant dating was fine, but he should avoid dating multiple girls at once.

He was quite puzzled. Did his intention to juggle relationships really seem so blatant?

Concerning Old Deng’s advice, Xu Qingfan noted it but chose not to respond.

"Brother Fan, how did the principal know we’re childhood sweethearts?" Xiao Ruawen asked after they had walked some distance.

"It happened a few weeks ago. That time you sang on the broadcast and mentioned my name, the principal was there, and I told him we’re childhood sweethearts." Xu Qingfan explained.

"Oh, I thought..." Xiao Ruawen’s cheeks turned red.

"Thought what?"

"Nothing!"

"Hey, slow down!"

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