Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts
Chapter 779 523: Confession!

"Hey, our school's online forum. I don't know who's so bored to Photoshop us together." Xiao Ruawen handed him her phone to look at; the screen showed a wedding photo of the two with a red background.

It was called a wedding photo because Xiao Ruawen had been Photoshopped with a white veil on her head.

Xu Qingfan looked at the photo and then glanced at her a few more times with an odd expression.

Xiao Ruawen understood his look and emphasized: "I just think the photo is funny!"

Lin Wanning was sitting beside them and naturally saw the photo on the phone too. She said: "Ruawen and Brother Fan's outfits tonight look like couple outfits, huh."

Xiao Ruawen was wearing a gray JK uniform tonight, coincidentally Xu Qingfan's casual Amara suit was also gray. Plus, both had styled their hair intentionally, so standing together really made them look like a couple.

Xu Qingfan made a hugging gesture with his hands; Xiao Ruawen understood it and quietly put away her phone.

[Ruawen, are you silly? Someone photoshopped a wedding photo with you and Brother Chou Fan, and you're still laughing!]

Xiao Ruawen blamed herself internally for a moment, but her carefree nature soon led her to brush it off and continue browsing classmates' comments.

Tonight on the Licheng Middle School forum, it was the special show for her and Xu Qingfan. Besides the discussion about the song "All Choose C", boys were debating "Who's the school beauty: Xiao Ruawen or xxx", while girls were discussing Xiao Ruawen's makeup tonight, and a few chimed in, "Isn't that guy really handsome, did you notice?"

At the same time, both Weibo and Xiaofen Book made it to the trending list. Apart from the rave about yet another new song, netizens marveled at the fact that Xiao Ruawen was still a high school student.

Even if she doesn't debut as a singer, based on her current fan base, Xiao Ruawen could command at least ten thousand yuan for a single advertisement.

Xu Qingfan looked at the smile blossoming on her face and couldn't help but smile as well. At this age, a girl having a bit of vanity is pretty understandable.

Each of the five girls had their strengths and weaknesses; their strengths were somewhat similar, but their weaknesses were distinctly different.

It was precisely because of these various flaws that Xu Qingfan found them more adorable and their souls interesting.

"Wanning is really cute."

"Huh?"

Lin Wanning blinked blankly.

"Cute!"

Xu Qingfan poked her nose.

"Hehe~ Yeah!"

...

After much anticipation, it's finally time for Xia Xiaoxiao's class performance.

Many classmates at the scene weren't even watching the program anymore; the only reason they were still lingering in the square was because they wanted to wait for the final scoring results.

The stage lights rekindled; initially, they thought it was the same boring performances as before, some buried in their phones, some playing cards and chatting with fellow classmates, too lazy to watch the performances.

"Wow!"

"Whoa!"

But after all, some classmates were watching the performance. So when they saw the real fairy standing on stage, the first exclamation led to subsequent ones. Within less than half a minute, everyone's attention remained locked on the stage.

Xia Xiaoxiao wore a red dance dress swirling like the morning clouds, while the others wore pink, naturally drawing initial focus on her, then unable to look away.

It's difficult to describe the dance seen at this moment using modern language; apart from saying "Fluttering like startled swans, meandering like swimming dragons," we could only use the word "graceful" to describe it.

"Good thing I didn't leave early, those legs, that face, it's worth braving the northwest wind tonight!"

"Anyone know which class this performance is from? I didn't pay close attention earlier, but isn't the girl in the red dress the real school beauty? I feel she's prettier than the one who just sang!"

"No wonder there were so many foolish emperors in ancient times!"

The surrounding murmurs were mostly self-talk, as everyone's focus was on the stage performance, accurately speaking, on Xia Xiaoxiao's performance.

Xu Qingfan's thoughts suddenly brought him back to his past life, the New Year's Eve gala in freshman year. After it ended, he strolled through the campus with Xia Xiaoxiao, telling her he missed her performance while playing cards with classmates.

In truth, he said playing cards was just a lie to Xia Xiaoxiao. He liked the girl so much back then, naturally, he wouldn't miss her performance, but maybe his brain cramped at the time with a sense of male pride unwilling to admit.

Yet Xia Xiaoxiao wasn't angry; she quietly walked to the streetlamp ahead, tossing her down jacket to him without waiting for Xu Qingfan to speak, then danced under the streetlamp wearing just her dress.

At this moment, memories from both lifetimes merged, Xu Qingfan's eyes felt sandy, and his vision blurred.

Looking back on those times now, he felt like he was pretty idiotic in his past life. It wasn't surprising that Xia Xiaoxiao silently went to study in the Beautiful Country.

"Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan!"

Lin Jing's voice pulled him back to reality. Before he could ask "What's up," he heard Auntie saying: "Why are you still sitting here? Hurry and go give Xiaoxiao the flowers; the performance is about to end!"

"Oh oh oh, right!" Xu Qingfan suddenly felt a tingling in his scalp, how could he forget such an important thing!

He placed his phone on Lin Wanning's leg and, without thinking twice, got up and sprinted a hundred meters to the backstage, clutching the bouquet.

"Hello, Senior, I'm here to give flowers." Xu Qingfan recognized only Chen Mengmeng, so he instinctively found her to say.

Chen Mengmeng glanced at the stage and patted his back reassuringly: "Don't worry, the performance isn't over yet. Wait until the music stops before you go on stage."

Xu Qingfan, after catching his breath, nodded gratefully at her: "Thanks, senior."

Chen Mengmeng pouted and casually asked: "The girl performing on stage, is she your girlfriend?"

The other two hosts had noticed Xu Qingfan earlier, and their gossip instinct kicked in, joining the conversation.

"Your girlfriend is really pretty, and what about the girl who sang just now? Are both of them your girlfriends?" another female host teased with a laugh.

"Wow, I'm in senior year and haven't even dated yet, so envious, so envious."

"Oh, senior, seniors, don't joke around, we grew up together as childhood sweethearts, just like family." Xu Qingfan waved his hand, feigning to slap the senior teasing him.

"So, haven't you dated any of them?" Chen Mengmeng pursued further.

"We agreed not to date in high school." Xu Qingfan felt he owed the person in front of him from a past life, so he remained friendly.

"What about college?" Chen Mengmeng pressed on.

The other two could see she wasn't quite right emotionally, but Chen Mengmeng didn't care; she just wanted to know if she still had a chance.

"College... oh, let's not talk about it. The music's about to end, senior, I have to go onstage to give her flowers, or else she might beat me up tonight." Xu Qingfan waved his hand and jogged up the steps.

"Are you okay?" the girl poked his arm.

Chen Mengmeng bit her lip lightly, shook her head, and watched Xu Qingfan's back in silence.

...

The performance ended, and the applause from the audience was thunderous, with some boisterous boys even whistling.

Xia Xiaoxiao's dance froze at the last second. When Xu Qingfan stepped onto the stage, she seemed to have some instinct, turning around immediately, and saw the stinker walking towards her with a bouquet of flowers.

The cameramen caught the little glances they exchanged, and if there were live comments, the screen would surely be filled with "perfect match."

What's more, Xu Qingfan was the first boy to give flowers to a girl tonight, which made the students even more excited.

"Get together!"

It was unclear who shouted this, but Xu Qingfan heard it even from a distance. Fortunately, no one followed suit, so he didn't have to worry about drama unfolding for now.

"For you." Xu Qingfan handed the flowers to Xia Xiaoxiao, for once choosing not to utter any flirtatious words.

"Hmm." Xia Xiaoxiao held the bouquet close and blinked at him.

Xu Qingfan restrained the urge to rush over and kiss her, giving a thumbs-up: "Great job."

"How great?" Xia Xiaoxiao asked.

Xu Qingfan was puzzled; since when did Xia Xiaoxiao talk this much?

"Very great!" he replied.

"Hmm!" Xia Xiaoxiao nodded.

"Then I'm going." Xu Qingfan pointed behind him.

"Hmm." Xia Xiaoxiao nodded again.

Like a scene from a drama coming to life, the classmates, judges, hosts, none urged them but instead enjoyed the spectacle.

Xu Qingfan also nodded, turned to leave the stage, but after just two steps, Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly called him.

"Xu Qingfan!"

"What...?"

As he just turned around, Xia Xiaoxiao appeared right in front of him.

Then.

The girl stood on tiptoe and kissed him on his right cheek.

"I love you!"

"???"

And then.

"Wow wow wow!"

"Ah ah ah ah!"

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!"

The whole place erupted.