I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 76. The First Fan

On Friday, May 30th, all students of the Experimental Primary School celebrated Children's Day early.

Each grade level brainstormed and came up with five programs, and in the end, the six grades across the school organized more than thirty games for the students to enjoy.

"Brother Qingfan, Ningning doesn't know the answer to this question. It says 'Fifteen days, what character is it?'" Lin Wanning racked her brains for a while but still couldn't come up with the answer, so she showed the slip of paper with the riddle to Xu Qingfan.

Xu Qingfan took the note and looked at it. He originally thought that Lin Wanning hadn't finished reading the content, but he didn't expect that it really was only one word every fifteen days.

"Ahem, well, I think...it should be..." Xu Qingfan coughed tactically, thinking to himself: [Won't my omnipotent image in Lin Wanning's mind be ruined by a little riddle?]
"Even Brother Qingfan can't figure it out?" Xiao Wanning looked at the Audi Double Diamond 4WD car in the prize area with a sense of dejection.

"Brother Fan, you dropped something!" Suddenly, a student volunteer who was working at the stall pointed to a piece of paper on the ground and said to Xu Qingfan.

"Huh? I didn't drop anything!" Xu Qingfan said, but he still bent down and picked up the A4 paper on the ground. Then he saw the words "Complete Collection of Riddle Answers" in bold black letters.

[83! 83! The riddle Wan Ning just drew was number 83!]
Xu Qingfan quickly scanned the number 83. Fortunately, the answer was not "omitted"; it simply read "fat".

"This is yours. What's your name, classmate? I'll treat you to a Coke another day!" Xu Qingfan patted the person's shoulder calmly and returned the paper he had just picked up.

The man felt a surge of energy as Xu Qingfan touched his shoulder. His eyes lit up as he looked at Xu Qingfan: "Brother Fan, my name is Zhao Wumian, from Class 10, Grade 1! Brother Fan, you don't know, the way you flipped your bangs and turned to go on stage to receive an award last semester was so cool! Brother Fan, you're my idol! Brother Fan, what's your QQ number? Brother Fan, I..."

Xu Qingfan awkwardly hung in mid-air as he handed over the paper, listening to his classmate, who claimed to be his fanboy, chatter on for almost a minute.

Fortunately, he didn't say, "Brother Fan, let's fencing together," otherwise Xu Qingfan would have definitely run away.

Nantong Copper and such, that's terrifying!
"This is my QQ number, thanks." Xu Qingfan picked up the pen on the table and wrote his seven-digit QQ number on a sticky note.

Actually, this QQ number only appeared after he registered dozens of accounts. Back in 02, the number of newly registered QQ users was already generally nine digits.

"Brother Qingfan, if you can't think of anything, then forget it. There's a water ping-pong ball game over there, Wanning wants to play too!" Lin Wanning tugged at Xu Qingfan's school uniform hem and said.

"Cough cough, how could such a simple riddle be difficult for you, Brother Qingfan? Fifteen days is half a month, right? What character is 'half a month'?" Xu Qingfan asked back.

"Fatty!" Lin Wanning jumped up in surprise.

"Brother Qingfan is awesome! And we couldn't guess this one either!" Lin Wanning pulled Zhang Yiyi to Xu Qingfan's side, while he excitedly ran forward to claim his prize.

"No." Zhang Yiyi smiled sweetly, held out the note in her hand, and tilted her head to look at him.

[Oh no, there's another gank!]
Xu Qingfan nervously took the note, picked it up and read: It wasn't bamboo growing taller and taller, guess a plant.

Thankfully, he knew how to do it, and it was a false alarm. Xu Qingfan confidently took out the small notebook from Zhang Yiyi's pocket and wrote on it: It's sugarcane, you silly girl!
As he handed the notebook over, he also patted the little girl on the head.

"Oh!" The little girl nodded, looking at the contents of the notebook as if she understood but not quite.

Having never been to the countryside, she had no idea what sugarcane was. After all, as far as fruit is concerned, sugarcane doesn't taste that great.

Most importantly, it's not elegant to be chewing on a stick!
Therefore, Zhang Chunxue never bought sugarcane to eat at home. No one explained it to her, and even when she saw it on the road, Zhang Yiyi didn't know what those long, black sticks were for.

The two children went to redeem their prizes with their answers, and sure enough, they soon returned to Xu Qingfan's side with their desired prizes. "Brother Qingfan is the best!" Lin Wanning shouted, holding up her newly won four-wheel drive car.

"Amazing, Brother Qingfan is amazing!" Zhang Yiyi also took out her notebook and wrote it down, waving it up and down in front of Xu Qingfan's eyes.

Remembering the help Zhao had given him earlier, Xu Qingfan stepped forward again and asked, "Do you know about 'Hilarious Daily Life'?"

"I know! I love watching it!! I've visited every bus stop in Licheng these past few days. Brother Fan, do you want to hear a joke? I'll tell you one!" Zhao Wumian said excitedly.

Xu Qingfan:
[It seems she's encountered a fan with double the buffs.]
He had originally planned to randomly check how much attention the students at the Experimental Primary School paid to "Hilarious Daily Life," but he ended up encountering a big fish right away.

"Really! You think our comics are good too?" Lin Wanning asked excitedly, pulling Zhang Yiyi's hand forward.

"It's definitely true! Here, look at this, it's all mine. What?! You're saying you guys drew the comics?!" Zhao Wumian had just pulled a notebook out of the bag with his left hand when he realized what was happening and pointed at the three of them in disbelief.

"Of course, we drew it. The pen name is Yiwangqingshen, Yiyi, Wanning's 'Wang' and Qingfan's 'Qing'!" Lin Wanning said with a smug little expression, counting on his fingers as he introduced it.

Zhao Wumian was so surprised he was incoherent: "You, you guys, me...comic book"

"Thank you for liking our comics. We'll send you a signed copy next Monday." Xu Qingfan patted the other person on the shoulder and smiled as he took the notebook the other person had taken out.

Upon opening it, I found it was filled with battle-damaged excerpts from the comics.

He smiled and signed the cover with a pen: Unwavering Devotion – Xu Qingfan
Zhang Yiyi and Lin Wanning couldn't stop laughing after seeing the appalling fan-made comics in their workbooks.

The two children followed suit, taking a pen and writing below Xu Qingfan's signature:
Deeply in love – Lin Wanning
A Deep and Unwavering Affection – Zhang Yiyi
2003.5.30
Looking at the three extra signatures on his notebook, Zhao Wumian couldn't calm down for a long time: "Brother Fan, don't worry, I will definitely help you promote the 'Hilarious Daily Life' comic at school!"

"No need, no need. Don't end up like me, getting punished by the school." Xu Qingfan waved his hand with a smile.

"Why wouldn't I use it! Mind your own business with the fans!! I'm definitely promoting 'Hilarious Daily Life,' not even Jesus could stop me!" Realizing he might have raised his voice a bit, he added quietly, "Don't worry, Brother Fan, my dad's on the school board, the school won't punish me!"

Seemingly worried that Xu Qingfan wouldn't believe her, Zhao Wumian left after saying "You wait" and ran out.

"Brother Qingfan, where is he going?" Lin Wanning shook his head in confusion.

"My hen!"

A few minutes later.

"Hey, hey, hey, I have an announcement to make here. Fan Ge's 'Hilarious Daily Life' comic will officially go on sale on Children's Day, June 1st. Everyone must go then... Ah... let me finish."

Suddenly, the loudspeaker above my head started playing, then abruptly stopped.

All the teachers and students participating in the event were completely bewildered, except for the three little ones still at the booth who looked at each other in confusion.

(End of this chapter)