Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts
Chapter 781 - 524: I Like You Too

Chapter 781: Chapter 524: I Like You Too

Xiao Ruawen bit her lip lightly, staring blankly at the screen, as if she was lost in thought.

Zhao YueMin looked at her daughter with "anger at her failure to meet expectations," unable to say anything with so many people present.

Lin Wanning, Zhang Yiyi, and Wu Lingyu connected glances, all thinking about the aftermath of this situation.

Wu Lingyu knew everything and was actually handling it quite well, but Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi were kept in the dark, so they didn’t have as good a mindset, inevitably overthinking.

[What if Qingfan agrees to be Xiaoxiao’s boyfriend?]

[Won’t brother choose Xiaoxiao, not me and Wanning.....]

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As the two people everyone was concerned about, Xu Qingfan held onto Xia Xiaoxiao and ran, ran, ran until they reached the gate of the school’s sports field.

After seven, the sports field locks its gates, which is why it’s deserted at night, devoid of any souls.

Xu Qingfan slowly slowed down his pace and, after arriving near the climbing frame for fitness, suddenly pinned Xia Xiaoxiao against the climbing frame.

Xia Xiaoxiao didn’t resist, nor did she speak, their eyes so close they could see every expression on each other’s face.

Xu Qingfan pulled down the zipper of the down jacket, and Xia Xiaoxiao’s memory was instantly brought back to the day of her birthday two years ago.

She slipped her arms through the coat to wrap around Xu Qingfan’s waist, leaving enough space, and then Xu Qingfan zipped the jacket back up.

The two were squeezed into one down jacket, nose to nose, forehead to forehead.

Their urgent breathing gradually drowned out the microphone sounds from afar, and the two gazed at each other for a long time, Xu Qingfan made his response.

"Me too," he said.

"Mm~" Xia Xiaoxiao breathed lightly, feeling a bit suffocated, and before she could respond, Xu Qingfan had already lowered his head to kiss her lips.

Xia Xiaoxiao closed her eyes slightly, chin slightly lifted, responding to him with inexperienced but passionate feelings.

Everyone who kissed knows that standing for a long time makes legs easily numb, and leaning against the wall, squeezing hands while hugging is also very uncomfortable.

However, leaning on the ladder, the space between the railings is just right to sit half your butt on it, while the hollow railings also take away the worry of squeezing your hand.

In short, just one word, awesome!

"Tsk~"

Lips parted, the two leaned on each other’s shoulders, breathing rapidly.

Xu Qingfan, who just couldn’t help himself, was about to get going when Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly pushed him back to neutral.

"You ate the lipstick off my lips," Xia Xiaoxiao said in a tone that sounded like she was pouting, with a hint of modest pride.

Xu Qingfan heard the underlying meaning in her words, afraid that others might notice they had swapped spit.

"I have lipstick in my pocket," he said.

"???"

Xia Xiaoxiao was taken aback, who would carry lipstick in their pocket for anyone, clearly he had already planned something sneaky!

"Alright." Noticing the pesky guy wanted to shift gears again, she stifled her embarrassment and said.

"Ahem..." Xu Qingfan too was embarrassed, but this couldn’t be blamed on him, he was still just a rookie who hadn’t seen much, "Well, I don’t want to rush into love too early; living together might ruin everyone’s feelings."

Xia Xiaoxiao, although having thought the same way, felt displeased hearing it from Xu Qingfan.

"Hmph~ I wasn’t thinking about dating you anyway!" she said, sounding proud.

"Come on, I know all about it, if not me then who else do you want to date?" Xu Qingfan nudged her.

"Tsk you..... Hmph!" Xia Xiaoxiao was too embarrassed to face anyone, luckily they were embracing face to face, so Xu Qingfan couldn’t see her flushed and burning face.

"What are you...doing...mm....."

Xu Qingfan wouldn’t spoil her, held her face, and kissed her again.

"Tsk!"

Separated again after the second manual neutral, the two once more parted lips.

"Hmph~ bite you to death!" Xia Xiaoxiao proudly lifted her chin, hand still on the gear.

"Don’t make a fuss, you know how much trouble it is." Xu Qingfan tapped her nose.

Xia Xiaoxiao’s mind instantly flashed back to some unpleasant memories; that time when she shelled hundreds of little crayfish in a day as a child was exhausting!

"Gross." Xia Xiaoxiao obediently tucked her hands back.

Xu Qingfan leaned his forehead against Xia Xiaoxiao’s again, watching her with a smile.

Xia Xiaoxiao’s eyes dodged his, and after her head was cornered against the climbing frame, she said impatiently, "What are you doing~"

"What’s our relationship now?" Xu Qingfan raised the corner of his mouth, countering her question.

"I don’t know!" Xia Xiaoxiao turned her head away, thinking to herself, how dare you ask me this!

Xu Qingfan wanted to kiss her cheek, but remembering that she was wearing makeup, he restrained himself.

"Don’t go study abroad, don’t leave me, alright?" The rascal’s tone suddenly turned tender.

"God... why would I go study abroad for no reason, that’s weird." Looking into his eyes, Xia Xiaoxiao wanted to call him a "nutcase," but she held back.

"Then promise, I, Xia Xiaoxiao, promise Xu Qingfan that I won’t study abroad in this lifetime, promise not to leave Xu Qingfan in this lifetime." Xu Qingfan demanded unreasonably.

"Why should I promise not to leave you? If you... hmph, let’s see how you behave!" Xia Xiaoxiao wanted to say just like her dad, but she thought better of it.

"Forget the last part, just promise you won’t study abroad, that’s doable, right?" Xu Qingfan knew how to compromise; he never expected Xia Xiaoxiao to agree to the latter.

"No." Actually, it wouldn’t matter, but Xia Xiaoxiao just didn’t want him to think she’s that easy to coax.

"Oh come on, you already said you wouldn’t study abroad, just make a promise, good Xiaoxiao, sweet Xiaoxiao, beautiful Xiaoxiao, lovely Xiaoxiao..."

"Alright, alright, gross, I promise, okay?" Xia Xiaoxiao really couldn’t take it, such a big guy acting coy with her, "I promise I won’t study abroad, okay!"

"Pinky swear." Xu Qingfan extended his pinky finger in front of her eyes.

Xia Xiaoxiao’s expression was indescribable, the first time she found Xu Qingfan childish and ridiculous, but actually... quite adorable too.

"My hand’s inside my clothes, how do I pinky swear?"

Xu Qingfan unzipped half of his down jacket, and once their pinkies were hooked together, he looked at their fingers and said, "Repeat after me, pinky swear, I, Xia Xiaoxiao, promise Xu Qingfan, I guarantee this lifetime I won’t study abroad, a promise for a hundred years!"

With a mix of disdain and a bit of fondness, Xia Xiaoxiao followed along and said, "Pinky swear, I, Xia Xiaoxiao, promise Xu Qingfan, guarantee this lifetime I won’t study abroad, a promise for a hundred years!"

"What now?" Seeing Xu Qingfan staring at her with a silly grin, Xia Xiaoxiao really couldn’t stand him.

"You’re really pretty." Xu Qingfan’s vision was a bit blurry, suddenly seeing the image of Xia Xiaoxiao at age twenty-six.

"Ahem... who needs you to say that." Xia Xiaoxiao actually felt a bit flustered, turning her gaze away to hide a giggle.

"Xiaoxiao."

"What?"

"私もあなたが好き (I like you too)."

"Hmm?" Xia Xiaoxiao looked into Xu Qingfan’s eyes, and after a long while, she blushed and nodded gently, "Hmm!"

Xu Qingfan didn’t say anything more and kissed her for the third time.

This time, they invested more emotion than ever before, experiencing an unprecedented feeling that filled both their hearts, like rainwater nourishing cracked earth, their souls intermingling.

If this moment were the end of the world, then let it be, who cares?

The end of the world didn’t come, but Xu Qingfan’s phone did.

When the ringtone sounded for the third time, he reluctantly took out his phone to answer it.

"Hello?"

"Where have you and Xiaoxiao been, the performance is about to end?"

The voice of Yao Jinping came through the receiver, startling Xia Xiaoxiao back to her senses as she pushed away the rascal still leaning toward her lips.

"On my way back." Xu Qingfan’s mind went blank for a second, unable to think of an excuse, so he simply didn’t, and hung up after that.

"Aunt, aunt, what did Qingfan say?" Seeing Yao Jinping put down the phone, Lin Wanning nervously asked.

"The brat hung up on me, just said he’s on his way back." Yao Jinping said.

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