Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 651 - 450. Yu catches a cheater! _2

"Ah?" Wu Lingyu blinked.

Although she didn't understand what the aunt meant by asking that question, she honestly said, "I am the class president, so everyone knows me."

Yao Jinping was really anxious, that wasn't what she wanted to ask!

"Does Yu'er have any close friends in school?"

"Like Xiao Xiao, Wanning, and my bratty kid!" she added.

"Yes!" Wu Lingyu answered, only having listened to the first part, and immediately thought of Xie Rui.

"Ah?"

"Really?"

Yao Jinping instantly lost her composure, fearing that someone might inadvertently whisk away her prospective daughter-in-law!

Wu Lingyu was also confused, looking at what was being said, "Really?"

Ah?

Is Yu'er some terribly bad person?

Can she not make good friends?

"No, no, that's not what Auntie meant!"

"What Auntie meant to say... is to say..."

Yao Jinping immediately panicked, recalling a phrase Lin Jing often complained of: if you can't speak, better to stay silent.

"Auntie didn't mean that, Auntie just worries you might make some bad opposite-sex friends, and since Yu'er's mom isn't around here, I definitely need to care more!"

"Pfft." Wu Lingyu's shoulders shook as she tried not to laugh aloud.

She found such an aunt adorable, just like the naughty Brother Fan she had caught doing something bad that night!

"I haven't made friends with boys..." Wu Lingyu's face felt hot, she didn't understand why Yao Jinping had to emphasize the word "opposite-sex," but she still felt a secret hope.

[Could it be, Auntie wants me to be Brother Fan's bride, so...]

Yao Jinping's eyes sparkled, but soon, a strange smell wafted into her nose.

Following the smell, she turned around, looked down, and saw the goose in the pan sizzling away.

"Goose, goose, goose!"

"My goose!"

Yao Jinping hurriedly used the spatula to flip it over, but the small piece of goose that had just been heated had completely turned black.

Wu Lingyu hastily came over to check, and fortunately, it was just a small spot that was burnt. It could still be edible after scraping it off with a knife.

"Auntie, just scrape it clean with the knife," she considerately offered a small knife.

Yao Jinping regained her composure, picked up the knife, and removed the burnt piece.

"High school is still primarily about academics, Auntie just worries Yu'er might fall in love early. Since you haven't made any opposite-sex friends, that puts your mother's mind at ease for me," she awkwardly explained.

"I get it!" Wu Lingyu's eyes curved into crescents.

[Focusing on academics but love with Brother Fan on the side!] Yu silently added in her mind.

"Yu'er has always been so well-behaved, never causing anyone worry."

"Tell Auntie about things happening at school."

Yao Jinping began humming Liu Dehua's "Forget Love Potion," evidently in a great mood.

"Sure!"

"Auntie, let me tell you..."

Wu Lingyu immediately began relating the matter about her classmate Xie Rui to Yao Jinping.

"Brother Fan suggested that the school issue scholarships based on unusual cafeteria card spending. Now Xie Rui gets sixty yuan added to her card every week, so she doesn't have to secretly eat plain rice anymore!"

Unable to reveal that Xu Qingfan donated money to the school, Wu Lingyu reservedly told the story.

"Done good deeds and didn't even tell his own mother!" His Majesty Mother remained arrogantly proud.

Yao Jinping was quite pleased inside; she had been thinking of sponsoring this child herself after hearing half the story, but her clever son had solved it just by smooth-talking.

"Because it's just a small thing in Brother Fan's eyes!" Wu Lingyu's eyes lit up.

Yao Jinping silently noted the name Xie Rui in her heart, [Next time I prepare things for the kids, I can prepare an extra portion for her.]

"If she wants to work over the summer break, she could come to Auntie's store, I'll pay her a high wage!"

"Thank you, Auntie!"

"I'll tell her when I return to school this week!"

Wu Lingyu remembered Xie Rui mentioning that trimming pant hems paid a penny per, and working for an hour might not earn even five yuan.

[Xie Rui is hardworking; introducing her to work at Auntie's store is a win-win!]

"By the way, Yu'er," Yao Jinping suddenly spoke.

"What is it?" Wu Lingyu looked up, puzzled.

"That classmate Xie Rui, is she pretty?" Yao Jinping asked a bit sheepishly.

Wu Lingyu: ...

"She's tall, just like Xia Xiao."

"Being tall is good," Yao Jiping knew Wu Lingyu wouldn't lie. When she said she was tall but didn't comment on her beauty, it must mean she wasn't pretty.

...

The two of them were busy from seven until eight-thirty, finally managing to prep all the ingredients.

"Hah~ Auntie's going back to sleep now. If I'm not awake by twelve, Yu, you yell at that stinker to cook." Yao Jiping yawned, having woken up at six to shop for groceries; by now, she was utterly exhausted.

"Got it!"

After watching Yao Jiping leave, Wu Lingyu first went to the restroom to thoroughly wash her hands.

Only after confirming her hands didn't smell of fish did she dry them and exit the restroom.

The clock on the wall showed it was already nine o'clock, but aside from her younger brother getting up, everyone else was still asleep.

[How come no one else is up yet?]

Wu Lingyu tilted her head in confusion. She remembered everyone went to bed at eleven last night; even if they slept in for nine hours, they should be awake by eight o'clock.

Plus, during the first night sleeping in a new place, shouldn't everyone wake up unusually early?

With puzzlement, Wu Lingyu went back upstairs.

Upon arriving at the room where the six of them clustered, unsurprisingly, all the doors were closed tight.

Wu Lingyu bit her lip softly. At 9:10, it was about time to wake everyone up for breakfast.

Of course, the first person she wanted to wake was Xu Qingfan!

With the idea in mind, she acted on it. Although Xia Xiao and Ruan Wen's room was the closest, Wu Lingyu walked a couple extra steps to Xu Qingfan's door.

[Brother Fan is definitely going to kiss me again—no brushing, no kissing for you!]

Wu Lingyu recalled the past scenes of waking up Brother Fan in her mind—either he held her tightly and wouldn't let go, or he would bury his head into her body and inhale deeply.

Although Xu Qingfan had promised not to do anything inappropriate without her permission, Wu Lingyu still decided to lock the door from the inside immediately after entering the room!

Because she had permitted it.

The thoughts in her mind occurred in a split second, her face beaming with a smile.

Then.

Her smile froze.

Damn, the door was locked from the inside!!!

Wu Lingyu hadn't kept a spare key to Xu Qingfan's room and couldn't mangage as Xia Xiao did by locking doors and having a backup plan.

[Bad Brother Fan, you're banned for a week!]

Feeling aggrieved, Wu Lingyu turned to call Lin Wanning.

The door to Lin Wanning's room opened easily with a twist, and Wu Lingyu poked her head inside to check.

The girl was embracing her blanket, sound asleep, and it seemed she wouldn't wake up anytime soon.

[Wanning usually sleeps till past ten.] Wu Lingyu gently closed the door, deciding not to wake Wanning for now.

She looked left and right outside the room—on the left was Xiao Ruanwen, on the right was Zhang Yiyi.

Just as Wu Lingyu was pondering whom to wake first, a sudden voice in her mind told her to wake Yiyi first.

It wasn't really a mystical voice; rather, it just suddenly occurred to her subconsciously to do that first.

Wu Lingyu took a few steps and reached the entrance of Zhang Yiyi's room, placed her hand on the doorknob, and with a light push, the door was unlocked.

She opened the door slightly and, just as before, peeped inside first. If Yiyi was also deep asleep, she would then check Xia Xiao and Ruan Wen's rooms.

However.

Wu Lingyu thought she had seen incorrectly; she blinked and blinked again, but the bed was still empty.

Refusing to believe it, she rubbed her eyes; the room was still empty.

"It can't be..."

Wu Lingyu was dumbfounded. Where could such a big Yiyi be?

She searched the room thoroughly, checking even under the bed, but Zhang Yiyi was nowhere to be found.

Suddenly thinking of a possibility, she dashed out of the room without even bothering to put on her shoes.

The restroom, no.

The balcony, no.

Ruan Wen's room, no.

Xia Xiao's room, still no!

After searching everywhere, Wu Lingyu finally returned to Xu Qingfan's bedroom door, her eyes as if they could see through, staring intently inside.

She was certain.

[Yiyi is here.]

[In Brother Fan's room!]

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