Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 621 - 436. Friendship lasts forever_2

As she would put it, "Yu loves eating carrots."

This wasn't a sweet nothing meant to cheer Xu Qingfan up, but Wu Lingyu's sincere thought.

Because even if Qingfan was not fickle, to stay by Brother Fan's side forever, she would find ways to make him "fickle."

She might be plagued by guilt and give up halfway, or perhaps Qingfan was a man of indomitable spirit and integrity—success wasn't certain.

But now it was fine, Brother Fan himself was a fickle big carrot, Yu didn't have to fear being abandoned and crying anymore, nor did she have to play the villainess.

[But Xiao Xiao...]

Wu Lingyu felt like a thief, having stolen the happiness that should have belonged to Xiao Xiao.

"What's wrong, Yu?" Xia Xiao Xiao suddenly felt a gaze on her and remembered Wu Ling was also in the room.

"Ah... No... Nothing." Not knowing how to explain, Wu Lingyu nervously faked eight different actions in a second.

Fortunately, Xia Xiaoxiao was also quite flustered; she had been gazing at Xu Qingfan so intently her eyes almost melted, afraid that Yu might notice her affection for this stinky dog.

Actually, everyone could see she liked Xu Qingfan; only she herself was oblivious.

"Hmm... It's a bit cold with the air conditioning on..."

"I'll turn it off!" Finding something to do, Wu Lingyu quickly got up.

...

After lying down comfortably for almost an hour and nearing nine o'clock in the evening, Xu Qingfan woke up rubbing his shoulders, rising from Xia Xiaoxiao's thigh.

"Ha~ How long have I slept?"

"Not long, it's only eight fifty-eight," Xia Xiaoxiao said faintly.

"Ouch! What are you doing?"

Xu Qingfan unexpectedly punched her thigh, causing Xia Xiao Xiao's legs to go numb, unable to stretch out.

"It's numb, right? Let me massage it for you." Xu Qingfan looked around the room and didn't see Wu Lingyu, so he squatted down and began massaging her legs.

"Hmm hmm~"

Xia Xiaoxiao hummed comfortably, still in a pretty good mood.

"Where's Yu?" He lifted the girl's feet and started pumping them up and down like she was pedaling a bicycle.

Xia Xiaoxiao put down her phone and gripped the bedsheet tightly, "She... Hmm~ went to the bathroom."

Sure enough, in the next second, the sound of a toilet flushing could be heard.

"Brother Fan, you're awake!" Wu Lingyu came out and exclaimed with delight.

"Yeah, Xiao Xiao's legs are a bit numb, I'm trying to help her out," Xu Qingfan explained.

"I'm fine now, I don't need your help." Xia Xiaoxiao was really afraid this dog of a man would pull something like last week's hair drying stunt; her heart couldn't take that excitement.

Xu Qingfan reluctantly withdrew his hands; Xiao Xiao's feet were cool and ice-cold, still very pleasant to hold.

"Wash your hands!"

Xu Qingfan stopped himself from touching his nose, turned, and silently headed to the bathroom.

"Pervert." Once he was inside, Xia Xiaoxiao muttered under her breath with a reddened face.

Wu Lingyu cast a surreptitious glance at Xiao Xiao's foot that was resting on her slipper, then looked down at her own - not inferior to Xiao Xiao's at all!

"It's only nine o'clock, shall we play games or go down to the park for a walk?" Xu Qingfan, having washed his hands, came out of the bathroom and looked at the two women in the room.

"Not playing games."

"I'm okay with anything."

Xu Qingfan raised his head, "Then what are we waiting for? Put on your shoes!"

"Yes!" Wu Lingyu was the first to get up and respond.

Xia Xiaoxiao put on her slippers, tested her legs to make sure they weren't numb, and quickly left the room.

The night at Licheng Square was bustling—there were elderly dancers dominating the square, seesawing bumper cars as a mandatory activity for parents with kids, and attractions like hook-a-duck, merry-go-round, and hoopla, as well as singers belting out karaoke with microphones.

The three of them crossed the street and reached the square. Perhaps because it was Friday evening, Licheng Square was crowded with people as far as the eye could see.

Xu Qingfan suddenly came up with an idea, not giving Wu Lingyu or Xia Xiaoxiao a chance to refuse, he took both their hands.

"There are many people in the square tonight. Let's hold hands so we don't get lost. It would be troublesome," he said.

Xia Xiaoxiao was still wondering how this stinky dog dared to be so bold in front of Yu, when, upon taking a sidelong glance, she realized—so he didn't leave out Yu's hand either!

Since Wu Lingyu had been mentally prepared, she wasn't too perturbed.

Xia Xiaoxiao wanted to object, thinking it's not like when they were children; what trouble could getting lost possibly cause?

But seeing Wu Lingyu's nonchalant demeanor, she also kept quiet.

Because she feared that once she spoke up, the jerk would leave her behind and just hold Yu's hand.

"Ahem... There are fewer people by the lake. Let's walk over there," Xu Qingfan, seeing that neither of the women opposed, happily led them on their way.

They were not children anymore, and the three of them already stood out in a crowd, Now, with Xu Qingfan, a man leading two women, attracted envious or jealous stares from passersby.

Wu Lingyu and Xia Xiao Xiao, both embarrassed, wished they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, yet they were reluctant to let go of Xu Qingfan's hand, hurriedly pulling him to move faster away from the crowd.

"Don't walk too fast; watch out for bumps on the ground."

"Look, there's a water buffalo over there!"

"There are so many lotus leaves in the pond. I wonder when the lotus flowers will bloom?"

Xu Qingfan, intentionally slowing down his pace, would insist on stopping to check out anything interesting with the two of them in tow.

It wasn't that he enjoyed the envious gazes of the onlookers, but Xu Qingfan thought, if Xia Xiao Xiao and Wu Lingyu got used to this situation, would they be less resistant to his fickle behavior in the future?

Essentially, it was a desensitization training—an opportunity that came in handy!

A distance they could have covered in five minutes took twenty minutes to walk because of Xu Qingfan.

Once they reached a less crowded street, Xia Xiao Xiao stealthily pinched his arm.