I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 19.19. Lin Wanning visits.

Sunday.

As Xu Qingfan and Xia Xiaoxiao were huddled side-by-side on the sofa watching a movie, a familiar voice caught their attention.

"Brother Qingfan!"

The two turned their heads to look at the door, and the owner of the voice was none other than Lin Wanning!

"Hello, sister! Come in and sit down." Wen Wanqing was standing at the door holding Xiao Wanning's hand when Xu Qingfan quickly got up to greet the two of them.

Upon seeing Lin Wanning, Xia Xiaoxiao's initially cheerful mood instantly soured, but she couldn't show it with adults present.

"Hello, Auntie." Xia Xiaoxiao nodded while sitting on the sofa and then didn't respond.

"Wan Ning is coming to visit you, so I won't go in. I have to go back to work." Wen Wanqing opened her hands and pinched Xu Qingfan's face, smiling broadly.

"Don't worry about your work, sister. I'll take good care of Wan Ning." Because her mouth was stretched out, her voice sounded rather strange.

“Our Xiao Fan is such a good boy! Where are your mom and dad?” Wen Wanqing let go of the mischievous hand and looked around the room, asking curiously.

"They've gone to work and haven't come back yet."

"Oh, have you eaten yet? I'll take you to KFC."

"I've already eaten, but if it were KFC, I could have another meal!" Xu Qingfan said with a smile.

Hearing that they were going to eat KFC, Xia Xiaoxiao also looked over.

"It's not even afternoon tea time yet, what if you overeat!" Wen Wanqing complained, poking Xu Qingfan's forehead with her finger. "Alright, Mommy has to go now. Wanning, you have to be a good boy and listen to your brother Fan, okay?"

“Okay! Goodbye, Mom!” Lin Wanning grabbed Xu Qingfan’s little hand and nodded vigorously.

After seeing Wen Wanqing off, Lin Wanning excitedly looked around the room, "Hello, little classmate!"

[Not good at all!] Xia Xiaoxiao crossed her arms and puffed out her cheeks in anger.

Xu Qingfan found a paper cup and poured Lin Wanning a glass of juice as well. The three of them huddled together on the sofa.

The movie being shown was The Shawshank Redemption. Perhaps because it was the overseas version, the scene on the TV that happened to be the one where Andy was being picked up by three muscular men was playing.

Xu Qingfan reacted quickly and grabbed the remote to turn off the TV.

Many childhood traumas were caused by watching television. For example, Xu Qingfan remembers having nightmares for a long time after watching the domestic abuser in the TV series "Don't Talk to Strangers" when he was a child.

"What are you doing?" Xia Xiaoxiao looked at Xu Qingfan in confusion.

"Brother Qingfan, were they about to fight?"

Xu Qingfan picked up his cup and drank it all in one gulp, then changed the subject, saying, "Let's go out and play!"

"Okay, okay!" Lin Wanning responded immediately.

"I'm not going!" Seeing Lin Wanning's enthusiasm, Xia Xiaoxiao decisively disagreed.

"Then you can take a nap at home, I'll take Wan Ning out to play," Xu Qingfan said with a smile, pinching Xia Xiaoxiao's cheek.

“Xu Qingfan!!!” Xia Xiaoxiao glared at him fiercely.

"Let's go play together. Let's see if the Totoro from last time is still there. I'll help you win one." It was a hot afternoon, and Xia Xiaoxiao's forehead was damp with sweat. Xu Qingfan thoughtfully tucked the ends of her hair behind her ears.

"Humph!"

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't say anything, but she still obediently stood up.

Just before leaving, Xu Qingfan thought of a very serious problem.

"Do you have money?"

He spent most of his money on CDs last time, and the few dollars he had left were used up this week on popsicles.

Not only that, ever since Aunt Xu switched from retail to wholesale, the money she takes in is all in green bills, and they're all bundled together in stacks of a thousand. Even if Xu Qingfan had ten lives, he wouldn't dare to take them! "Here!" Lin Wanning handed Xu Qingfan a small wallet with a pink Jigglypuff design on it.

"I still have eight yuan left." Xia Xiaoxiao handed her purse to Xu Qingfan.

The little student originally had a huge sum of twenty yuan, but after being persuaded by Xu Qingfan to buy a lot of snacks these past few days, he only had eight yuan left.

"Okay, very good. I'll keep them safe for you, make sure they don't get lost." Xu Qingfan nodded in satisfaction and put the two wallets into his pocket.

After putting on their shoes and closing the door, the three of them held hands and rushed towards Guagreen Square.

As I stepped into the mall, the powerful air conditioning quickly evaporated the sweat on my body.

[I must buy an air conditioner this summer!] Xu Qingfan silently vowed, thinking of the small fan he used at noon.

Lin Wanning had obviously been here quite a few times. After seeing the familiar scene on the first floor, he recalled, "I've been here before. There's a movie theater on the sixth floor. Last time, Wanning watched a movie there with my parents!"

With Lin Wanning present, Xia Xiaoxiao usually doesn't talk much. Xu Qingfan held the two of them's hands and walked towards the elevator. The elevator, which was originally only big enough for two adults, was just right for the three children.

The three of them first strolled around the second floor. When they passed a toy store, Xia Xiaoxiao and Lin Wanning pulled Xu Qingfan inside without prior arrangement.

The dozen or so counters were filled with crystal balls, figurines and other trinkets. The two looked at them excitedly, but were afraid of breaking them and didn't dare to touch them.

"Ah, this one!" Lin Wanning exclaimed excitedly as he picked up a figurine.

It is over 20 centimeters long, with a pink cane and a pair of white wings on top.

Xu Qingfan vaguely remembered it; it seemed to be the transformation wand from Cardcaptor Sakura.

Xia Xiaoxiao also turned her gaze over, but her face showed a puzzled expression, clearly not understanding why Lin Wanning was so excited about holding a broken stick.

"Let me see." Xu Qingfan picked it up and weighed it in his hand. It was quite heavy, so it must be made of solid wood.

He felt this thing would cost at least twenty yuan, so Xu Qingfan quietly took out Lin Wanning's wallet and opened it.

"Fuck!"

Good heavens, two red coins, one green coin, and a bunch of loose coins!
"What's wrong?" The two women looked at Xu Qingfan, who was hiding in the corner, with suspicion.

The proprietress, who had been sitting at the cashier, also got up and came over.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just saw a cockroach, bigger than my thumb!" Xu Qingfan calmly put his wallet back in his pocket.

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Upon hearing that it was a cockroach, both little girls automatically moved away from where Xu Qingfan was standing.

With money as a base, Xu Qingfan no longer worried about whether he could afford it, and asked generously, "Boss, how much is this?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the cane in Lin Wanning's hand and said, "Fifty."

"Vietnamese dong?" Xu Qingfan blurted out.

"What did you say?" The shop owner didn't understand.

"Sister, is ten yuan okay? I only have ten yuan. It's my sister's birthday today, and I collected bottles for a long time to save up ten yuan." Xu Qingfan pitifully pulled out a bunch of fifty cents and one yuan from Lin Wanning's wallet.

"No, no, the wholesale price is fifteen. If you don't want to buy it, put it back!" Perhaps because he was facing a child, the shopkeeper let slip the wholesale price.

"Then fifteen! I was originally planning to keep five yuan for my sister to buy a cake, but you can have it all!" Xu Qingfan sadly pulled out a five-yuan note from his wallet.

"Alright, alright, consider it our opening day, take it for fifteen." The proprietress softened at Xu Qingfan's pitiful little eyes and waved her hand in agreement.

"Thank you, sister!" Xu Qingfan handed a large pile of loose change to the proprietress and then coaxed her into going to the warehouse to get a new one.

After finishing everything, he smiled broadly and led the two little ones out of the toy store.

"Earning ten yuan isn't bad either." The proprietress casually put the money into the drawer and turned to the next page of the magazine she was looking at.

(End of this chapter)