Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 675 - 464. The Self-Cultivation of a Bootlicker_2

Xu Qingfan had thought that by not attending the competitive extracurricular classes, he could keep high school competitions at bay. However, after the teachers reviewed his file, they all vied to give him personal coaching.

[Yu and Xiao Xiao are probably receiving the same treatment.]

Xu Qingfan didn't take it too seriously. When he had free time, he would do some exercises, and if the timing didn't conflict, he wouldn't mind participating in a few competitions.

When he returned to the classroom, the bell for the last class of the day rang just in time.

The corridor was like a swarm of locusts passing through, and soon not a single student could be seen.

Embodying knowledge with action, Xu Qingfan rolled up his test paper into a stick and tapped Xiao Ruan Wen's head with it before sitting down.

"You got what you deserved, didn't you? Got scolded, didn't you?" Xiao Ruawen teased him with a shaky shoulder, but unfortunately, she had already taken off her glasses at this point.

"Shallow," Xu Qingfan tapped her head again and held down the girl who tried to pounce on him and bite with one hand.

"Another special session for you, I've done it. Come and ask me if you hit a question you can't solve," he said as he threw the test paper to Xiao Ruawen.

For the problems Xiao Ruawen knew, Xu Qingfan knew them all. When she hit a snag, he would step in; it was killing two birds with one stone.

"Don't be so smug, I won't compete with you academically. Let's compete in...," Xiao Ruawen's originally confident voice gradually quieted down as she helplessly discovered that apart from her pecs being larger than Brother Chou Fan's, she was utterly outmatched in every other aspect.

Luckily, she still had her bestie—Xia Xiaoxiao!

"If you want to compete, compete with Xiao Xiao!" she said quickly, reviving her confidence.

"Yeah, yeah, don't compete with me in studies; compete with me in wolfing down food, I definitely can't outeat you," Xu Qingfan said, patting her with the back of his hand, infuriating Xiao Ruawen to the point where she felt like rewarding him again.

Unfortunately, the teacher had already taken a stand at the podium.

"Class, stand up."

"Hello, Teacher!"

[Damn Brother Chou Fan!]

...

The last class of the morning passed by quickly.

"Shall we go eat together?" Xiao Ruawen nudged him with her hand after class.

Both were awkward and bumbling in their actions (only towards each other) and were accustomed to interacting in this way.

"Let's go, let's go, together!"

"Right! Our group hasn't had a meal together in a long time, right?"

Hearing the chance to dine with the beautiful class president, Wu Shichong and Lai Chenglang immediately got excited.

Xu Qingfan made two round circles with his hands, intending to place them over Xiao Ruawen's eyes, but midway, she swatted them away.

"Then let's do it together, Class President is treating us to chicken legs," Xu Qingfan raised his hand and declared.

"I will treat!" Xiao Ruawen stood up, hiked her backpack onto her shoulders, and held the straps, looking rather like an elementary school student.

Wang Xuan and Chen Qi exchanged glances, both tacitly staying silent.

As each other's inseparable best friends, Chen Qi knew about Wang Xuan's secret crush on Xu Qingfan because Wang Xuan had told her herself.

In truth, Chen Qi didn't speak up because she too harbored a secret crush on Xu Qingfan, but she knew whether she put it into words or not, the result would be the same.

Chen Qi glanced at He Caiting subconsciously, and as expected, the latter was once again looking at Brother Fan.

During the most frustrating year, she had counted He Caiting sneaking looks at Xu Qingfan one hundred and thirty-two times in a single class.

[At least compared to Caiting, Xuan and I are already quite fortunate.]

Only after Xu Qingfan's group left the classroom did He Caiting reluctantly divert her gaze.

At the beginning of the school year, she had confidently devised many plans to pursue her male god.

However, since the military training incident, when she accidentally discovered that Xu Qingfan was actually running a company, He Caiting couldn't show off anymore.

While she was thinking about using her mother's connections to soak her male god, the god was already pondering how to undercut her mother's business.

He Caiting had been utterly dazed by Xu Qingfan's allure, and now, she dared not even contemplate the idea of a toad desiring swan meat.

Being simple classmates with Brother Fan for three years, watching him every day, that was already excellent!

...

Xu Qingfan had no idea about He Caiting's inner turmoil; at this moment, he was pondering over an issue that plagued countless students: what to have for lunch!

"Spicy diced chicken, greens, and that braised potatoes, just these three dishes," he concluded.

After ordering his meal, Xu Qingfan went back to his seat to save spots, and shortly the other five returned as well.

"Here, take these," Xiao Ruawen said, holding six fried chicken legs, each wrapped in a clear plastic bag.

"Thanks, class president!"

"Class president is awesome!"

"Thanks, Ruan Wen."

After distributing the chicken legs, Xiao Ruawen naturall grabbed some vegetables from Xu Qingfan's bowl and shared some from her own bowl with him.

Xiao Ruawen's movements were smooth and fluid, and only after she had added a spoonful of rice from her own bowl to his did she seem satisfied.

"After the exams next week, the school anniversary and the athletic meet will be combined either over two or three days the following week—I wonder if they will last two or three days," Wu Shichong said, his mouth never idle as he immediately enlivened the conversation upon sitting down.

The week after the mid-term exams is the time for the athletic meet, a tradition at Licheng Middle School.

"It would be great if it's three days—we wouldn't have class for three days, and then plus Saturday and Sunday we'd have five days off without having to make up for it, even better than the National Day holiday!" Lai Chenglang said longingly.

"We'll find out next week," Wang Xuan said, a bit displeased. She was slightly unsatisfied with the two talking so much during meals. What if it affected Brother Fan's eating!

[Look, Brother Fan doesn't talk when he eats!]

Xu Qingfan tried to recall his previous life's memories; alright, he had forgotten such trivial matters.

"This year the student council has to help out with the athletic meet and school anniversary. You two definitely won't be able to wander around—just work honestly for the school and forget about it," Xu Qingfan said.

[Look, Brother Fan is thinking about student council business even while eating!]

Wang Xuan put down her chopsticks and listened to Xu Qingfan with stars in her eyes.

"What are we in charge of?" Xiao Ruawen asked, looking into his eyes.

"Umm... moving stuff," Xu Qingfan had a lot more to say, but felt like these three words summed it up well enough.

Everyone: "..."

Xu Qingfan attempted to list more work content: "Moving stuff, helping teachers record scores, tallying class points, but well, it's still mostly moving stuff."

She shrugged helplessly.

"Brother Fan, are you good at track and field? I ran one kilometer in 3 minutes 18 seconds during the middle school fitness test. I think I could go for the 800m or 1500m and absolutely smoke them!" Wu Shichong changed the topic.

"You're so bad. I did it in 3 minutes 10 seconds. How dare you talk about smoking anyone?" Lai Chenglang gave a thumbs-up, but in the opposite direction.

"That was when I didn't try hard in the middle school exam. I can shave off two seconds if I really run!"

"Yeah right, don't believe you!"

"Fuck you, let's practice next PE class!" Wu Shichong became angry.

"Let's practice then!"

The two completely ignored everyone else and started bickering on the spot.

Luckily they were sitting opposite to each other, so there was no worry about saliva spraying into anyone else's bowl.

Xiao Ruawen poked Xu Qingfan's rice bowl with her chopsticks and asked, "Brother Fan, are you going to sign up for an event in the athletic meet, like sprints? High jump? Long jump?"

All six of them had distanced themselves from the group during middle school and hadn't participated in the athletic meet in three years.

Xiao Ruawen remembered that the last time Xu Qingfan participated in an athletic meet was when he was in fourth grade.

After that, because he stopped growing taller, he didn't take part in the athletic meet during fifth or sixth grade.

Xu Qingfan was startled for a moment because he, too, was trying to remember when he last participated in an athletic meet.

"Then I'll sign up for the sprints," he said.

"Oh good, then I'll sign up for sprints too!" Xiao Ruawen suddenly said excitedly, even though there didn't seem to be anything particularly exciting about it.

"You, in sprints?" Xu Qingfan looked skeptical.

"What's wrong with me running sprints? I could run faster than you with one foot tied!" Xiao Ruawen puffed up with her hands on her hips, tightly gripping her uniform, and other places puffed up as well.

"Ah yes, yes, yes!"

Chen Qi and Wang Xuan sat in the middle of the four, with Wu Shichong and Lai Chenglang babbling on one side, and Xu Qingfan and Xiao Ruawen speaking their minds on the other.

Only the two of them sat in the middle, silent as if they were lonely sufferers.

Chen Qi shook her chicken leg, and Wang Xuan closed her eyes and nodded in agreement.

The two sat quietly in the middle, silently nibbling on their chicken legs.

Today's fried chicken legs seemed particularly bittersweet.

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