I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 31. Grouping
in the afternoon.

The small group, which had just gotten to know each other in a limited amount of time, was hit with a piece of bad news: they were going to be officially divided into groups!

"Students, please pack your belongings and sit in your assigned seats according to the instructions on the projector." Guan Bianyue projected the group assignments she had drafted at noon onto the big screen. "Xu Qingfan, you come here. You are the group leader for the first group."

She pointed to the first group that came in through the front door, signaling Xu Qingfan to hurry up and come over.

"Waaaaah~ Brother Qingfan, don't go!" Lin Wanning grabbed Xu Qingfan's hand, not letting him leave.

"Are you stupid? You're sitting right next to me, why aren't you packing your things?" Xu Qingfan flicked the little girl's forehead and picked up his schoolbag, saying.

"Wow! Yes, that's great!" Lin Wanning looked closely and realized that she was indeed Qingfan's deskmate! "And Yiyi, Yiyi is in our group too!!!" Little Wanning excitedly packed her things, eager to join the first group.

Xia Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ruanwen were the group leaders of the second and third groups, respectively. Although Xiaoxiao was frustrated that she couldn't be in the same group as the little rascal, she wasn't too upset because she was sitting right behind Xu Qingfan and could easily pinch his face to get revenge.

When the two arrived at the first group, Zhang Yiyi and the remaining group member had already arrived.

The last group member was also a girl, named Chen Qiuyue.

It is said that a person's name reflects their character, and Chen's appearance is indeed round and plump, very much like the autumn moon.

Perhaps because she was too concerned about her figure, Chen Qiuyue appeared very restrained in her movements and expression after Wan Ning also sat down.

After Xia Xiaoxiao and her group members sat down, Xu Qingfan was suddenly surrounded by girls, and he had a sudden feeling that he was in a land of women.

He looked around and saw that all the other groups had two men and two women, and it seemed that only his group was special.

Guan Bianyue clapped her hands to signal everyone to quiet down. "I'll give you all half an hour to get to know your new classmates. Next class, I'll introduce our school to you."

Without the homeroom teacher's prompting, Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi had already started chatting in their notebooks. When they encountered words they didn't know how to write, the quick-witted Wanning simply drew pictures to represent them, which made their conversation flow more and more smoothly.

After Lin Wanning told Chen Qiuyue that Zhang Yiyi was hard of hearing, the latter covered her mouth in surprise and repeatedly said that she knew.

Wan Ning invited Chen Qiuyue to join, but the latter only wrote her name on a piece of paper and then nothing more.

Xu Qingfan guessed that the other person didn't know many characters. He suddenly recalled that there seemed to be a chubby girl like that in his elementary school in his previous life.

Because of the immense popularity of "Flirting Scholar," everyone in the class called her "Ru Hua" (meaning "flowery"). Most of the boys and a few girls in the class ostracized her. Girls who befriended her were isolated, and boys who got close to her were loudly mocked for liking her.

Not only that, if anything is damaged in the class, or if any item is lost among classmates, suspicious eyes will be cast on her first.

Of course, she wasn't the only one who was isolated. There was another girl who, because she often had to help with chores at home, had tanned skin and often had an unpleasant odor, and was jokingly called "Sister Feng" by her classmates.

In his previous life, Xu Qingfan was a typical good boy who never bullied others and was worried about being isolated by his classmates. When they were mocked for playing pranks, he always remained a bystander.

Later, one thing he remembered very clearly was that when he graduated from elementary school, two girls used a red pen to cover up the heads of all the boys and some of the girls in the graduation photo, and then posted it in the most conspicuous place on the day they returned to school to check their grades.

Xu Qingfan thought to himself: I have never mocked you, never thrown away your schoolbags, and never put trash in your lockers. Why did you erase my picture?

He later learned that in school bullying, standing by and watching is also a form of bullying.

What has happened cannot be changed, so let the light of righteousness shine on Class 16 of the Experimental Primary School first!
The afternoon sun shone through the glass window onto him. Because the classroom was air-conditioned, Xu Qingfan felt warm all over and suddenly felt sleepy.

Xu Qingfan yawned and unconsciously slumped onto the table, closing his eyes.

When I woke up again, the homeroom teacher was already standing on the stage explaining the many things to pay attention to after the start of the school year.

"There are two school buses in the morning. If you miss both, your parents will have to take you to school."

After school in the afternoon, please line up in the square. The school bus will only leave after everyone is in line, so please don't waste everyone's time. If you are delayed by even one minute, dozens of children taking this bus will be delayed by tens of minutes in total.

"Did you all hear me clearly, kids?" "Yes, we heard you!"

[What the hell? Did you hear me?] Xu ​​Qingfan stretched comfortably, not taking it to heart. Anyway, he would just follow Xia Xiaoxiao when the time came.

"Brother Qingfan, we can't go to and from school together anymore. Wanning and Yiyi are both on bus number two!" Lin Wanning said pitifully when she saw Xu Qingfan wake up.

"Which bus number am I on? Did they just say anything else?"

"Brother Qingfan, you and Xiaoxiao are both on bus number four. The teacher just showed us the music room, gymnasium, and library. We're also going to learn broadcast gymnastics in PE class tomorrow, I think it's called something like 'Calling'! And we have to hand in the elective course forms tomorrow, Brother Qingfan, what are you going to choose?" Lin Wanning chattered on and on.

"The teacher also said that it's our group's turn to be on duty this week," Chen Qiuyue added, mustering her courage.

"I understand, thank you for reminding me." Xu Qingfan smiled at her.

"It's okay!"

"What elective courses did Wan Ning choose?" He looked away and poked Lin Wan Ning's ahoge (cowlick).

“We’ve all chosen painting, but there’s one person we haven’t decided on yet. Brother Qingfan, do you want to choose painting too?” Lin Wanning looked at him expectantly.

"My drawing is really bad, you guys go ahead, I'll find another one."

"Okay~" the little girl pouted.

Guan Bianyue packed up the projector and announced with a wave of his hand, "That's all for now, school's out!"

"Yay! Time to go home and watch Ultraman!"

"A new storm has arrived—how can we stand still!"

"I'll travel through time to start missing you~ I'll come to your side!"

After someone started it, several pairs of lively characters began to sing along loudly.

Then things got chaotic, with everyone singing all sorts of things in the classroom.

"I'll love you even if it kills me~"

Happy breakup~ I wish you happiness~

Having a child doesn't necessarily bring happiness!

"Hahahaha!"

"If you want to take a new wife, you must live separately!"

Lin Wanning probably found it amusing too, and added out of the blue, "The worst thing is having to make delicious soup every day!" The soft, sweet child's voice sang this Cantonese line, instantly melting Xu Qingfan's heart.

"Let's go, let's go home and enjoy some delicious soup." He took Lin Wanning and Xia Xiaoxiao by the hand and led them downstairs.

Lin Wanning took Zhang Yiyi's hand, and Xiao Ruanwen also came over and took Xia Xiaoxiao's hand. The five-person team blocked the corridor.

Holding hands with two children felt fine, but holding hands with five at once made Xu Qingfan feel too conspicuous. She had no choice but to let go of the two little ones' hands and walk slowly to follow behind the four.

He suddenly felt like he was the male lead in a school beauty's personal bodyguard. He was over twenty years old and still so immature. Xu Qingfan shook his head helplessly.

(End of this chapter)