Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts

Groggily, Xu Qingfan felt something heavy pressing down on him. His mind was clear, but his body felt as if it were pinned under a massive weight, completely unable to move. Dimly, Xu Qingfan heard the clamor of adult conversations and Lin Wanning's baby voice calling him "Brother Qing Fan." Lin Wanning's voice grew louder and clearer. Xu Qingfan, with sleepy eyes, opened his eyes and found Lin Wanning lying on top of him. "Brother Qing Fan is such a lazy pig, not getting up even at ten o'clock!" Lin Wanning teased, sweeping Xu Qingfan's nose with the strings hanging from her jacket hood. "Cough cough cough~" Xu Qingfan doubted he was fully awake, rubbed his eyes, and confirmed it was indeed Lin Wanning. "Good morning! What brings you here?" he asked after yawning. "I missed you and came to play, duck!" Lin Wanning fluttered her hands on his blanket, rubbing it several times. "Cough cough cough~ Get up, you're going to crush me!" Xu Qingfan struggled to sit up, flipped the blanket to cover Lin Wanning on the bed, and playfully spanked her twice. Lin Wanning pouted as she watched Xu Qingfan put on his shoes and leave the room, "Brother Qing Fan really is a big lazy pig!" she muttered softly and then neatly folded the blanket before following him out. "Three of tubes, bump! Xiao Fan, come over, your sister will give you a big red envelope!" Without knowing when, the living room had turned into a mahjong play area, and upon seeing Xu Qingfan come out, Wen Wanqing waved at him with two red envelopes from her bag. "Happy New Year! Wishing sister to always be beautiful, forever eighteen!" Xu Qingfan gleefully accepted the red envelopes. That thickness! The moment he took them, Xu Qingfan had an idea; setting aside the unlikely scenario of it being all one-dollar bills, there was definitely at least a thousand yuan in there! Wen Wanqing was utterly delighted by Xu Qingfan's barrage of flattering compliments, chuckling, "How can it be forever eighteen, you flatterer!" Yao Jinping and Lin Jing, sitting at the mahjong table, glanced enviously at him. What's the matter? Think my red envelope is too small? "Eh~ yes, indeed, Auntie is old now, you've never complimented me for being young and beautiful." Lin Jing said teasingly with a sidewise glance. "Exactly, I've been a mom for so many years now, but I've never heard a word of praise from him about that." She rolled her eyes, just like a group of women gossiping secretly. Xu Qingfan: ... "I'm deaf, I can't hear, can't hear!" Xu Qingfan covered his ears, pretending to be foolish as he ran to the bathroom. "Hahahaha..." The women shook with laughter at his antics. While brushing his teeth, little Wan Ning peeked at the door, "Brother Qing Fan, what flavor is your toothpaste, duck? Have you ever used strawberry-flavored toothpaste? Ningning's toothpaste is strawberry-flavored!" "Prince Frog?" Xu Qingfan's muffled response came through. "Yes! It's pink, Prince Frog toothpaste!" Xu Qingfan looked down at the China toothpaste in his house, hmm, it works. "Step outside for a bit," Xu Qingfan turned and motioned to Lin Wanning. "Why, duck? Ningning standing here doesn't hinder your washing up!" Lin Wanning looked at him with a pitiful expression. "I need to pee!" Xu Qingfan glared at her. "Hehe, then I'll wait for you in the living room. What would you like for breakfast, Brother Qing Fan?" The little girl embarrassingly stuck out her tongue and closed the door again. "There are noodles in the pot, if it's cold just heat it up." After washing up and coming out to the living room, his mom called out to him, hearing him move. "Got it, Mom, do we have a place to go for lunch?" It was already the eighth day of the new year. They couldn't return to Chuxi Village, and in Li City, they had finished paying all their New Year's visits. Since the fifth day of the new year, Xu Qingfan's home had been eating leftovers they brought back. "Where do you want to go for lunch?" Yao Jinping asked back. "Mom, can't you go buy some groceries and cook? I don't want to eat leftovers anymore!" Xu Qingfan called out from the kitchen as he tackled the noodles. Yao Jinping was frustrated, mentioning these things with guests around, wasn't he just losing face for her as a mom? "Hahaha, Fanfan, come to Auntie's place for lunch. We won't eat leftovers at home!" Lin Jing laughed as she teased her best friend. "Mom, are we also having lunch here?" Lin Wanning, clinging to Wen Wanqing's arm, cooed. "Yes, let's see if your dad and the others can catch any big fish, and then have your two aunties cook a whole fish feast for you." "Yay! Fishy fish!" Lin Wanning excitedly ran to the kitchen to share the good news with Xu Qingfan, "Brother Qing Fan, Wanning is having lunch here too! We can play together in the afternoon!" Xu Qingfan patted her head, "Let's go. Do you want to play Snow Brothers or Super Mario today?" "Snow Brothers! Brother Qing Fan, you can't steal my red potion! And the blue potion is also Ningning's!" Mentioning the game, Lin Wanning couldn't wait to drag Xu Qingfan out of the kitchen. "Hold on, let me wash the dishes first, you go turn on the TV." "Okay! (◦˙▽˙◦)" When they reached the living room, Lin Wanning indeed had already turned on the TV, and she had also taken out the Subor learning console from the box, just waiting for Xu Qingfan to connect the cables to start playing the game. Xu Qingfan found the corresponding cartridge and inserted it into the console, connected the cables, and the TV quickly switched to the Subor's startup screen. "Here you go." Xu Qingfan handed one of the controllers to Lin Wanning. "Is this the blue snowman? Ningning wants the blue snowman!" Before Xu Qingfan could respond, the game screen had already loaded, and Lin Wanning focused intently on controlling the character. "Let me do it! Brother Qing Fan, let me push! (o｀ε´o)" Not long after the game started, Xu Qingfan quickly froze all the monsters, then pushed a snowball from above to below, easily clearing the level, leaving little Wanning without much of a gaming experience. "It's your turn, I'll freeze them for you. Go freeze the one at the top." "Hehe, okay!" Lin Wanning climbed the steps with great enthusiasm, "Oops!" She accidentally bumped into an irregularly moving monster, and the blue snowman Lin Wanning was controlling immediately turned into a snow pancake and floated off the screen. Xu Qingfan effortlessly cleared the level alone, and in the next one, Lin Wanning's snowman was revived, "This one doesn't count! Ningning will definitely make it in the next level!" "The next level is the BOSS now, you stay at the bottom, be careful not to get hit by the monsters it shoots out." Xu Qingfan reminded. "Ningning can definitely do it!" Lin Wanning gripped the controller earnestly, focusing on the long-legged monster on the screen. Xu Qingfan controlled his character to jump and attack, directly freezing the incoming monster. Two snowballs fell and heavily hit the monster. Lin Wanning stood on the first layer, frantically trying to freeze the coming-down monster, but Xu Qingfan's pushed snowball had already rolled it over first. "Brother Qing Fan, let me help you!" As Lin Wanning controlled the blue snowman to move upward, she was just about to jump next to Xu Qingfan when the monster BOSS launched its second attack, and little Ning incidentally became Xu Qingfan's shield, "Ah! That doesn't count!" Lin Wanning scrolled through the keyboard, trying to dodge with her snowman, but it was still inevitable. Xu Qingfan effortlessly fought the monster while little Wanning looked at him helplessly, "Brother Qing Fan, I'm out of lives." Snow Brothers had only two lives in total, and little Wanning had used them both up; even if Xu Qingfan cleared the next levels, the character couldn't be revived. "Let's start over." Xu Qingfan gave up healing, placing the controller on his thigh, allowing the BOSS to attack him. "Brother Qing Fan is the best!" The little girl "smooched" a kiss on Xu Qingfan's right cheek. He guiltily looked back to see if any adults had seen them playing mahjong, but no one was looking in their direction, thank goodness! "This time you have to follow the command, okay!" "Okay! Ningning will definitely follow the command!" "....." "Waa~ Brother Qing Fan, I'm out of lives again!" "Again!" "Brother Qing Fan!" "Again!" The two played until nearly noon, but the second BOSS still never appeared...