Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 449 - 324. The Tears of a Young Girl

It wasn’t until Xu Qingfan put herself on the bed and turned to leave that Xia Xiaoxiao’s head cleared.

Xu Qingfan seemed to have said something afterward, but she couldn’t hear it anymore; all that remained in her head were the stinking dog’s "knowing you’re wrong is good" and the sensation of the palm landing on her rear.

[Did I apologize like this?]

Time passed without her knowing how long, Xia Xiaoxiao opened her eyes again and stared blankly at the pure white ceiling.

The other girls beside her had already fallen asleep, but she kept tossing and turning, unable to sleep with all the random thoughts in her head.

[Knowing you’re wrong is good... Does that mean he forgave me or not, he didn’t make it clear!]

Without personally hearing the words "I forgive you" from Xu Qingfan’s mouth, Xia Xiaoxiao always felt somewhat uneasy.

Normally, "knowing you’re wrong is good" should mean that she was forgiven, but Xu Qingfan’s tone was very flat when he said it, which troubled Xia Xiaoxiao.

[Is it just knowing you’re wrong is good, or do you also know you’re at fault? What do you mean exactly!]

Chinese culture is profound and extensive; the same sentence can have completely opposite meanings in different contexts.

Although Xia Xiaoxiao was 90% sure that Xu Qingfan meant the former, she didn’t dare gamble on the 10% uncertainty concerning their relationship.

Losing face was actually the least of it; what mattered most was that she really didn’t want to experience that feeling of being ignored by the stinking dog like she did at noon, that empty feeling in her heart, a second time.

Xia Xiaoxiao picked up her phone again to check the time; it was now three-twenty in the afternoon, an hour had passed, and everyone was in their deepest sleep.

She quietly got up from the bed, looking left and right, and as expected, the four girls were all sleeping soundly.

"Hee hee... Brother Qing Fan... the best…"

Lin Wanning suddenly spoke and startled her, but when she saw that the girl’s eyes were still closed, Xia Xiaoxiao let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing Lin Wanning smile even in her sleep and even mumble Xu Qingfan’s name, Xia Xiaoxiao pouted in jealousy.

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[If you can snuggle under the covers, so can I!]

As soon as she thought it, Xia Xiaoxiao carefully got off the bed.

Only when she stood on the ground did she remember that her foot was still injured, almost causing her to cry out in pain.

"Hm~"

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, she bit her silver teeth and only let out a faint hum.

Xia Xiaoxiao turned back to the sleeping girls on the beds, confirming she hadn’t awakened anyone, and then she took a long breath.

What followed was a familiar scene; the girl held a pair of slippers in her hand and tiptoed out of the room.

Standing again where the argument had taken place that morning, Xia Xiaoxiao’s heart grew unusually calm.

She remembered hearing their whispers right here before impulsively pushing the door open and starting the quarrel.

Xia Xiaoxiao looked at the scab on her right arm and suddenly realized she had overlooked something.

Others may not know the significance behind that keychain, but Xu Qingfan, who had personally given it to her, must know!

Xia Xiaoxiao still remembered the first time her little dinosaur ran out of power; she had dragged Xu Qingfan to search through all the watch shops in Li City until they finally found the right button cell in an old shop.

[Maybe he picked it up and put it away; perhaps the keychain wasn’t abandoned!]

Thinking of this possibility, Xia Xiaoxiao’s heart couldn’t help but thump wildly.

[If you really didn’t throw it away... then me... then I won’t make you angry anymore.]

She stood dumbly outside the door for a few minutes; naturally, no whispers came from the room since all four girls were still sound asleep. It couldn’t possibly be Aunt Zhang inside, right!

[What the heck, what the heck!]

Xia Xiaoxiao fiercely shook her head, casting away the strange thoughts that had inexplicably arisen.

She gently turned the doorknob and pushed open a crack, poking her head inside.

Thankfully, only Xu Qingfan was in the room. For some reason, Xia Xiaoxiao inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. After quietly stepping inside, she softly closed the door again.

Xu Qingfan’s room was very bare, with just a wardrobe, a desk, and a one-meter six bed—there was nothing else.

[If the keychain is still here, then it must be in the desk drawer.]

Xia Xiaoxiao approached the desk with a nervous heart, bent over, and slowly pulled open the drawer.

The next second.

"Wuu~" Tears that had filled her eyes began to swirl.

Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly felt as if she had gone deaf because her eyes recognized the plastic pieces lying quietly—it was the little dinosaur keychain she had smashed.

Within the drawer, plastic fragments, circuit boards, and button batteries were neatly arranged, making it clear that the person who placed them there did so with care.

"Wuu wuu... Xu Qingfan...."

Xia Xiaoxiao couldn’t suppress her emotions any longer, and tears streamed down her face.

If she weren’t worried about waking Xu Qingfan, she really wanted to give herself a good slap in the face right then.

Even though the keychain was smashed, Xu Qingfan had still taken such care to keep it, while she...

Moved and guilty feelings surged simultaneously, and Xia Xiaoxiao cried even harder, yet managed to keep herself from making a sound.

She touched each fragment methodically with her hand, instantly grasping the significance of them being laid out separately.

[He must have wanted to glue the little dinosaur back together, but there were too many broken pieces... wuu wuu wuu... I’m sorry, Xu Qingfan... I realize my mistake...]

Xia Xiaoxiao took out two tissues and, folding them, intermittently sniffled her runny nose away.

The shattered keychain was beyond repair, but her relationship with Xu Qingfan still had a chance to mend.

Xia Xiaoxiao, with red eyes, wiped her tears dry. She told herself that she must remember the little keychain in the drawer, she must keep her temper in check, and also...

She must win Xu Qingfan’s forgiveness!

At the same time, she wondered if Xu Qingfan would secretly spend time putting the little dinosaur back together, and then on a beautiful sunny morning, gently hand her the keychain.

"Take good care of it, don’t break it again."

Just the thought made Xia Xiaoxiao’s heart feel as sweet as if she had tasted honey.

[If he really does that, then I... then I... then I will listen to him for the rest of my life... and never call him a stinky dog again...]

Xia Xiaoxiao propped her chin with her hands, her lips curling slightly, her eyebrows and eyes crinkling, a tear gleaming at the corner of her eye as if after a clearing rain.

After aimlessly daydreaming for a while, she was really getting so sleepy she could hardly keep her eyes open.

There was a soft bed nearby, and the most comfortable pillow in the whole world.

At that moment, only one thought occupied Xia Xiaoxiao’s mind:

[Humph~ I’m going to snuggle under the covers too!]