Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts

The processed turtle stew with chicken soup was golden yellow, with a few goji berries floating on the oily surface. It was appetizing, complete with color, fragrance, and taste. "Brother Qingfan, what's this?" Lin Wanning picked up a yellow spherical object the size of a lychee from her bowl with her chopsticks and asked. "That's a turtle egg. If you don't want it, give it to Dad!" There were only three turtle eggs in total, and Lin Qiaoshan had searched for a long time when dishing out the soup without finding them—only to discover his daughter had scooped them up. "Ah? Isn't that just a turtle egg? Dad, you mustn't eat it. Ningning is going to throw it away!" Lin Wanning pretended to throw it. "Don't throw it away, don't throw it away!" Xu Aiguo, Xia Guofu, and Lin Qiaoshan all hurriedly brought their bowls over to catch it. It was clear that this thing must be really nourishing, seeing how anxious it made the three grown men! You might dismiss herbs and dietary supplements, but if it's about nourishing yin and supplementing yang, you'd definitely be eager. One must start investing from childhood. Xu Qingfan stood up, opened his mouth, and directly ate the turtle egg that Lin Wanning was holding with her chopsticks. "Ah! Brother Qingfan, you have to spit it out, eating it will turn you into a turtle!" Lin Wanning, remembering Spirited Away she had seen, where the protagonist's parents turned into pigs after eating pig's trotters, became frantic. "You little brat, why are you eating this stuff? What a waste, what a waste!" Xu Aiguo and the others looked at her with an expression of disappointment. Xu Qingfan chewed and swallowed the turtle egg in just a few bites, thinking it was some sort of yang-strengthening delicacy—but it turned out to be merely an egg yolk. Such a fuss over nothing! Xia Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, [Taking cartoons seriously? Can't she be mature like me?] Lin Wanning soon showed her with her actions that she couldn't: "Key that holds the power of darkness, reveal your true form before me. I, Ningning, who have made a pact with you, command you, release the seal! Whooosh! Alright, Brother Qingfan, you won't turn into a turtle. Wan Ning has lifted the curse for you!" "Hahaha~" The adults burst into laughter at Lin Wanning's adolescent antics. "Alright, alright, thank you, Ningning. Let's eat," said Xu Qingfan, pulling her back into her seat with a laugh. Not sure whether it was the turtle soup being too potent or the turtle eggs having a delayed effect, Xu Qingfan soon felt a warmth pervading his body. Wearing only a hand-knit sweater from Yao Jiping, he still felt a bit hot. The adults didn't eat much of the ordered dishes, but a whole big pot of turtle stewed with chicken was devoured, not even leaving the medicinal herbs behind, their expressions showing a certain excitement. It seemed likely that there would be stiff battles to be fought later that night. When leaving, Yao Jiping carried two big bags of leftovers; Xu Qingfan's woeful fate of eating leftovers was set to continue. The fishing trio wouldn't buy into the superstitions and after dropping Xu Qingfan and company off at Lianhua Courtyard, they went fishing together again. The mothers continued their morning mahjong game, and the three little ones suddenly had nothing to do. Xu Qingfan took out the Subor learning console and set it up: "What game do you want to play?" "Squirrel Wars!" said Xia Xiaoxiao. [I've completed this game in one life before. Let me show you how it's done!] "What kind of game is this? Is it as fun as Snow Bros?" Lin Wanning, having played only a few single-player games, asked doubtfully. Xu Qingfan immediately selected the game and clicked on two-player mode. The television quickly loaded the game screen. "Wow, I want to play, I want to play!" Lin Wanning was instantly captivated by the two adorable little squirrels on the screen. Xu Qingfan handed a controller to her, while Xia Xiaoxiao also picked up another one. Then Xu Qingfan saw Xia Xiaoxiao, controlling the squirrel wearing a hat on the screen, lifting up Lin Wanning's hatless squirrel. "Which squirrel is Ning's? Why are they all moving? I'm definitely not moving it!" Lin Wanning looked at the controller and then at the screen, ultimately turning to Xu Qingfan with confusion. "Xiao Xiao lifted your squirrel. If you press jump, you'll come down," Xu Qingfan explained with a smile. Xia Xiaoxiao moved even faster. Before Lin Wanning could jump, she had already thrown the other squirrel out, hitting a steel monster directly. "Ah! It wasn't me!" Lin Wanning pouted in distress as she saw a heart disappear from the top-left corner of the screen. "Play nicely, don't bully Wan Ning!" Xu Qingfan slapped Xia Xiaoxiao's head lightly, both amused and resigned. "Lalala~" Xia Xiaoxiao continued to do as she pleased, picking up a wooden box and throwing it, knocking out Lin Wanning and incidentally killing the still-living monster. And then Xia Xiaoxiao realized that being good at games wasn't necessarily a good thing. "Brother Qing Fan, teach me how to play!" Lin Wanning handed the controller to him. "Hmm, I'll teach you. This is for picking things up, press it again to throw it, this one is...." Watching Xu Qingfan wrap his arms around her from behind and hand-in-hand teach Lin Wanning how to play the game, Xia Xiaoxiao felt an inexplicable sourness! "Ah! I got electrocuted again, Brother Qing Fan, you play for me!" "Passed, passed!" "..." Xia Xiaoxiao's grip on the controller grew unintentionally tighter, and once the 'couple' had lost their last life, she decisively chose to quit the game. "This isn't fun, let's switch!" Xia Xiaoxiao said. Xu Qingfan assumed Xia Xiaoxiao was tired of playing Squirrel Warfare and wanted to switch to another game, "Then what shall we play?" "Let's play something we haven't played before!" Xia Xiaoxiao was determined, she also wanted to be the little devil teaching hand-in-hand! "Contra?" Xu Qingfan asked. "No, it's ugly!" "Played that already!" "Ninja Turtles?" "No!" After picking for over ten minutes, either Xia Xiaoxiao had played the game or Lin Wanning found the characters ugly; none of the two-player games satisfied the two little Misses. In the end, they had no choice but to search through the single-player game catalog: "How about this one?" Xu Qingfan asked, loading up Kirby. "Wow! So cute, Brother Qing Fan, pick the pink one!" Lin Wanning was immediately attracted to the four adorable Kirbys on the screen. After Xu Qingfan selected the game, he passed the controller to Xia Xiaoxiao: "You show Wanning how to play for a bit, I'm going back to my room to play on the computer." Xia Xiaoxiao: "???" "Xiao Xiao, you have to move quickly, the monsters are coming!" [Xu Qingfan is a big baddie!!!] Xia Xiaoxiao turned her grief into strength, her cosmos exploded, and she beat the game in one life, with Lin Wanning clapping excitedly on the side. "Xiao Xiao, you're amazing! Way better than Brother Qing Fan, he couldn't even get past the second level when he played Snow Bros with me!" Lin Wanning clapped and complimented. "Of course!" Xia Xiaoxiao lifted her head arrogantly. The two then switched from Kirby to Snow Bros, and when the final boss was defeated, Lin Wanning finally smiled contentedly as she saw a princess standing next to each of the two snowmen on the screen. "We finally rescued the princess, Miss Xiao Xiao is incredible!" Lin Wanning gave two thumbs up, and at some point, her way of addressing Xia Xiaoxiao had changed from classmate Xiao Xiao to Miss Xiao Xiao. "Xu Qingfan is just a noob, playing games with him, of course you won't be able to clear them!" Amidst Lin Wanning's repeated praise of Miss Xiao Xiao, Xia Xiaoxiao completely lost herself. [Actually, maybe, Lin Wanning isn't that hateful after all, Xu Qingfan the big baddie is the most detestable!] "What's a noob?" "It means someone who's not good at games." "Right! Brother Qing Fan is a noob!!" The two little ones exchanged glances and smiled at each other.