Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 623 - 437. Xu Qingfan has changed, but not muChapter

Uncertain whether Xu Qingfan was insinuating something, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't throw a temper tantrum.

Feeling annoyed, however, was inevitable.

[Eternal friendship, friendship your dead noggin!]

The more Xia Xiaoxiao thought about it, the angrier she became. They had kissed and hugged, and still this talk of friendship!

[If you dare, tell Yu about what happened on the rooftop! See if she mentions friendship!]

"There are ice-sugar gourds over there, shall we go..."

"No!" Before Xu Qingfan could finish, Xia Xiaoxiao retorted.

Yet Xu Qingfan wasn't displeased, instead, his eyes lit up: the original Xia Xiaoxiao, she had returned!

"How about hoop toss, wanna play..."

"Don't wanna!"

"Wow~ There's even an art exhibition over there, shall we..."

"Don't want to!"

Xu Qingfan felt gratified, for after several attempts, Xia Xiaoxiao had rebutted him at the first chance each time.

Wu Lingyu remained silent on the side. As long as she had a name in the trio's movie, that was enough for her.

Despite Xia Xiaoxiao saying no, Xu Qingfan still led the two to the place selling sugar gourds.

"One skewer of strawberries, one skewer of hawthorns, how much?" He let go of the girls' hands, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a ten yuan note.

Xia Xiaoxiao curled her lips, she did want that skewer of strawberries: [For the sake of the sugar gourds, I'll forgive you temporarily!]

"Two yuan, three yuan, here's your four yuan change," the sugar gourd vendor rattled off the prices as if they were lines in a tongue-twister, taking the ten yuan and giving back four yuan change.

Xu Qingfan left with two skewers of sugar gourds, naturally handing the hawthorn-flavored one to Wu Lingyu.

"Here you go, Yu."

"Thanks, Brother Fan!" Wu Lingyu also thought the remaining skewer was for Xia Xiaoxiao and naturally took it.

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't say a word, but her gaze stayed fixed on the last skewer of sugar gourds in Xu Qingfan's hand.

Wu Lingyu bent down to open the plastic wrap, ready to feed the first sugar gourd to Brother Fan, when she looked up and found that he'd already started eating.

"?"

Xia Xiaoxiao thought that Xu Qingfan would give her the sugar gourd after finishing the first piece, but after he chewed and swallowed it, the scoundrel continued to eat the second, then the third.

"?"

Xia Xiaoxiao clenched her fists in irritation, ready to confront him, when Xu Qingfan preemptively chided, "Why do you keep staring at me eating sugar gourds if you said you didn't want any?"

"Pfft... hehe." Wu Lingyu immediately covered her mouth with both hands, but her puffed cheeks gave her away.

Xia Xiaoxiao's chest heaved with anger. When had she said she didn't want any?

"Hmph~"

She wouldn't accept charity; she couldn't be bothered to argue with Xu Qingfan, crossing her arms and turning her head away.

Xu Qingfan just wanted to confirm whether Xia Xiaoxiao had reset to factory settings, and now that it seemed she had, he naturally knew when to stop.

"What's wrong~ Can't take a joke?"

"I was just testing whether it was too sour for you. One piece wasn't enough to be sure, so I ate two more."

Xu Qingfan dangled the sugar gourd in front of her, but Xia Xiaoxiao ignored him, remaining silent.

"What, do you want me to feed you?"

Xia Xiaoxiao sneered with contempt.

"Bullying me and then offering a sweet date, what do you take that for? Don't think I'll forgive you just because you talk like that!"

"How old are you, still such a handful," Xu Qingfan sighed, picked up the candied haw, and bit one to hold in his mouth.

The next second.

"Ah~ what are you doing!"

In full view of the public, Xu Qingfan suddenly leaned in and even steadied her waist with his hand.

"Playing dumb, here, have a bite," he mumbled, moving his mouth closer.

"Get lost!"

Everyone was watching them, Xia Xiaoxiao felt her face burning hot.

"It's your favorite strawberry, come on, open your mouth." Xu Qingfan had no other strengths but a thick skin.

"I don't want it!" Xia Xiaoxiao desperately tried to distance herself from his irritating face.

Wu Lingyu was standing by, watching Brother Fan and Xiao Xiao interact. The originally sweet and sour candied haw suddenly tasted bitter.

But the path was her own choosing, she could only swallow the tears and finish it.

At least, compared to Xia Xiaoxiao who was kept in the dark, Yu felt she was already very fortunate.

"Leave me alone!"

"Eat it, and I'll leave," the shameless dog of a man said with a smirk.

Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at Yu, her face reddening, but still she bit off half of the candied haw he held in his mouth.

"So annoying~"

She chewed on half a strawberry, pretending to look around nonchalantly.

"Here, take it." Xu Qingfan handed over the half-eaten string of candied haw he was holding.

"Hmph~ Yu, let's go!" Snatching it quickly, Xia Xiaoxiao took a couple of steps forward, grabbed Wu Lingyu's hand, and trotted away.

Wu Lingyu looked back innocently, and after Xu Qingfan smiled, he quickly followed them.

...

On the way home, the three were unusually quiet.

The blush on Xia Xiaoxiao's face hadn't completely faded, her eyebrows and eyes sometimes relaxing, all grace and charm.

The candied haw in Wu Lingyu's hand was only half-eaten, with the remaining half being too tart, she couldn't finish it.

Only Xu Qingfan looked refreshed, holding the hand of a young lady, the timing was just right.

"It seems like we're out of sugar at home, let's go to the convenience store to buy some," Xu Qingfan suddenly said after reaching the convenience store downstairs.

"Oh."

"Hmm."

Neither of them had stayed at home for a week, how would they know if the sugar had run out, naturally, they just went along with whatever he said.

Moreover, Wu Lingyu and Xia Xiaoxiao didn't think that Xu Qingfan would make such a boring joke. What was he plotting?

Plotting what?

"Of course, to show off in front of that meddlesome female store clerk!"

Upon reaching the convenience store's entrance, Xu Qingfan instantly recognized the female store clerk sitting at the cash register, it was her, it was her, indeed her!