Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 439 : 318. Favorite Fifteenth Birthday

"Hmph—she's always been like this since we were young, I'm used to it." Xu Qingfan sheepishly put away his phone, not intending to share the conflict between them with the teacher in front of him.

"Teacher Xiaoyu, let me introduce you to someone, this is Lin Wanning, she was in Class B of our grade." He reached out and rubbed Lin Wanning's head.

"Hehe~ Hello, Teacher Xiaoyu, we were taught by Teacher Wang." Lin Wanning immediately refocused and politely greeted the teacher.

"Teacher Wang Ning, ah, she got married a few years ago and hasn't been teaching since then." Teacher Xiaoyu twirled the ring on her finger, nostalgically recalling.

Xu Qingfan didn't pick up on her remark but continued to introduce Zhang Yiyi: "Teacher Xiaoyu, this is Zhang Yiyi, she's our elementary and middle school classmate."

"Hello, Teacher Xiaoyu." Zhang Yiyi greeted with a polite smile too.

"Hello," she said, her gaze lingering on the two girls—one serene and elegant, the other lively and cute. Both were school beauty material.

[This kid sure knows how to make friends.]

"Hehehe—no wonder you don't mollify Xiaoxiao when she gets angry. Turns out you have two pretty classmates here." She looked at the three and laughed, her mouth wide open with amusement.

"Pfft!" Xu Qingfan rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Teacher Xiaoyu, please don't talk nonsense. That Xia Xiaoxiao has been unreasonable since childhood. Now she's grown up, still the same at fifteen. I won't indulge her. And moreover!"

He paused his words, attracting the other's attention before continuing: "Moreover, it's not just two. There are three more at home to count!"

To show off, he included Xia Xiaoxiao in the count.

"Hahaha, you kid!" Teacher Xiaoyu was amused to tears, laughing and slapping her thigh continuously.

Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi both looked at Xu Qingfan with odd expressions. Whenever he chatted with any attractive young woman, his mouth was always wide open with laughter.

Don't get the wrong idea; they're talking about the mouth.

Don't get the wrong idea again; this refers to laughing so hard that one can't close one's mouth!

[Brother Qingfan is at it again.]

[Brother always does this!]

After making a few more witty remarks, Xu Qingfan smoothly changed the subject, casually inquiring about the current state of the kindergarten: "Teacher Xiaoyu, didn't the kids use to be doing outdoor activities around this time before? How come I haven't seen anyone around for so long?"

Xu Qingfan pointed to the desolate play equipment nearby—the swing and the seesaw were strategic spots during his school days, often the cause of squabbles between children over who got to play first.

"Hmph, don't get me started." Teacher Xiaoyu's face clouded over, "Parents nowadays, I don't know what they're thinking, pushing a bunch of four- or five-year-olds to learn this and that. When they should be enjoying their childhood, they are forced to recognize words, learn math, memorize vocabulary, and recite classical poetry."

"Ah?"

The three looked at each other, but aside from expressing sympathy, it seemed there was nothing they could interfere with.

"It was more relaxed when I was teaching you all. Nowadays, kids are under too much pressure." Teacher Xiaoyu sighed helplessly.

After chatting with her for a while longer, the three said goodbye to Teacher Xiaoyu and continued to walk around the campus.

"Kids nowadays are really pitiful. Brother Fan, we didn't have to study so much back then, right? I remember we only had cram sessions before graduation." Lin Wanning, arm in arm with Xu Qingfan, chattered away.

"If I ever have kids in the future, I'll definitely let them grow up carefree, right, Yiyi?"

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"You're still a kid yourself, dreaming about having kids. Aren't you thinking too far ahead?" Xu Qingfan looked sideways at her.

Lin Wanning stuck out her tongue, "I'm just imagining it, Brother Fan, do you like kids?"

After she asked, she suddenly held her breath, as did Zhang Yiyi; both girls eagerly awaiting Xu Qingfan's answer.

"Kids, well, if they're as adorable as Wanning and Yiyi were when they were little, of course I like them. But if they're as ugly as that little fatty, or as unreasonable as Xia Xiaoxiao, then not so much."

As Xu Qingfan spoke, he unwittingly brought up Xia Xiaoxiao again, but in truth, Xiaoxiao was quite likeable when she was little.

"Brother Fan, don't talk about Xiaoxiao like that, she's very cute too!" Lin Wanning shook his arm and cooed.

[Hehe... But Brother Fan said if they were as cute as me and Yiyi when we were young, he would like them!]

"Stop shaking, stop shaking, the kids are still in class, so we can't go inside to visit," Xu Qingfan had been defeated by the young girl but wasn't about to change his tune.

"Hehe~ It's okay, I'm very happy that Brother Qing Fan could come here with me!" Lin Wanning let go of his hand and ran around the two of them like a fighter jet about to engage in battle.

"You're so old and still so childish," Xu Qingfan couldn't bear to watch, but this side of Lin Wanning was very cute—it was just the way Wanning was.

"It's fun!" Lin Wanling said as she pretended to crash her plane into him.

"You're flying a tractor, watch my J-20 fighter jet!" Xu Qingfan declared, extending his arms behind him as if they were wings, and began to battle with the young girl.

"Aaah~ Yiyi, come help me, summon Yiyi!" Lin Wanning was retreating step by step after being hit, calling for backup from outside the field.

Zhang Yiyi crossed his index fingers over his chest, made a face of refusal, showing he wasn't as childish as the other two.

However, a moment later.

"Brother Qing Fan, let's crash into Yiyi together!"

"Okay!"

Zhang Yiyi dodged left and right, but in the end, he had to give in and join the fight, transforming into a raptor fighter jet for the battle.

"Hmph~ My turn!"

"Roar~ Yiyi, I was wrong, it was all Brother Qing Fan's fault!"

"..."

The old man outside looked at the three of them from a distance, a serene smile on his face.

He bent down, pulled out a lotus cigarette, lit it, and placed it in his mouth.

After taking a deep drag, he looked up again at the three people, his gaze passing through them to the distance.

"Good smoke."

The voice seemed to be talking about the cigarette, but it also seemed to be talking about the distance.

Unbeknownst to when it had started, the kindergarten had lost the noisy sounds of active children, replaced by their babbling reading aloud.

Their chase, laughter, and noise seemed to fill a gap that had been missing for a long time.

"Brother Qing Fan, you're picking on me!"

"Boohoo~ Brother Qing Fan, please don't crash into me anymore, okay?"

"I surrender, white flag, Wanning surrenders!"

Lin Wanning, resigning herself to defeat, sat down on the soft, cushioned floor, shaking a little twig at him.

"But if you surrender, I'll have to sell you as a piglet!" Xu Qingfan sat down next to her with a plop.

"Heehee~ Then I'll help Brother Qing Fan count the money!" Lin Wanning leaned her head on his shoulder, "Yiyi, come and sit in a row!"

"Yeah!" Zhang Yiyi grinned and also sat down beside Xu Qingfan.

"Brother Qing Fan!" Lin Wanning suddenly shouted his name.

"What is it?" Xu Qingfan turned his head in confusion.

Lin Wanning gestured to Zhang Yiyi and pointed to her face, and he nodded in understanding.

The next second, both of them kissed him on the cheek at the same time.

Before Xu Qingfan could recover from his surprise, Lin Wanning shouted again:

"This is Wanning's favorite fifteenth birthday!"