"Hello, uncle and auntie," Zhang Yiyi grinned with a smile.
"Xiao Fan is here, why didn’t you come in for a glass of water, child," The villa’s sound insulation is quite good, so the three of them had just said goodbye without the two elders inside hearing it.
"Brother Qing Fan is also in a hurry to go home for dinner, mom, I’m hungry!" Lin Wanning couldn’t wait and pulled her good friend to go wash their hands, her voice defending Xu Qingfan coming from the bathroom.
Wen Wanqing exchanged a look with her husband, "Okay~ Mom will serve the rice now."
Because Zhang Yiyi came over for dinner, the meal was very lavish, with five dishes, one soup, and also lobster.
But the two girls had matters to discuss, so after simply finishing a bowl of rice, Lin Wanning hurriedly pulled the equally done-eating Zhang Yiyi upstairs.
"Dad, Mom, Yiyi and I are full!"
"Why aren’t you adding more rice, does dad’s cooking not suit your taste?"
"Yiyi hasn’t finished eating yet, there’s still soup left!" Wen Wanqing called out helplessly to her daughter.
"We ate fried skewers in the afternoon, we’ll drink the soup for a late-night snack, thanks, dad and mom!" The voices came down from the second floor, the two girls having already disappeared from sight.
Wen Wanqing chided her husband helplessly, "Look at how you spoiled her." But as she said this, her face carried not a single complaint, but was full of a mother’s pride.
Lin Qiaoshan was equally helpless, spreading his hands and saying, "What’s it got to do with me, it’s all Xiao Fan’s fault, if anyone’s spoiled her, it’s him!"
When Lin Qiaoshan said this, he had only the helplessness and bitterness of an old father, his little cotton-padded jacket unknowingly taken away by someone else.
"Pfft~" Wen Wanqing laughed, "They’re all grown up, and you’re still jealous over Xiao Fan, didn’t you used to say that having Xiao Fan as a brother meant our girl wouldn’t be bullied at school?"
"Sooner or later our daughter will be taken away by that brat!" Lin Qiaoshan said indignantly.
"Good, from a school uniform to a wedding dress, I really like that kid Xiao Fan," Wen Wanqing continued to poke at her husband’s sore spot.
"Good is good, but..." Lin Qiaoshan speechlessly held up five fingers, "isn’t that too many!"
"Pfft!" Wen Wanqing couldn’t help but laugh again, "Haha... But it’s true, ha, do you think our girl might clash with other girls because of Xiao Fan?"
"They’re all still in high school, what’s there to clash about," Lin Qiaoshan looked upstairs and said, "I don’t know what the future will hold, but with Yiyi, there shouldn’t be any problems, right."
"I think so too, given how close they are, even if they came to me in the future and said they want to marry Xiao Fan together, I wouldn’t be surprised," Wen Wanqing nodded thoughtfully.
"What are you talking about," Lin Qiaoshan slapped his thigh, "If that brat really dares, I’ll risk my old life if I have to, to exchange one for one!"
Wen Wanqing angrily pinched his flesh, frowning and said, "What do you mean by one for one, don’t talk about such ill-omened things, and don’t even speak of it—spit it out!"
"Ouch~" Lin Qiaoshan made an apologetic gesture with a sheepish laugh, "They can’t both marry that brat, it’s not ancient times!"
"I’m just making a comparison, not really letting our girl marry him, and even if we agreed, Sister Zhang wouldn’t agree, Yiyi is such a good girl," Wen Wanqing withdrew her hand.
"But what if that day really comes?" Lin Qiaoshan suddenly felt a sense of crisis—if that became a reality, it would drive him, an old father, to his wits’ end.
The living room fell into a brief silence.
"Dad, mom, please let Yiyi and I be with Brother Qing Fan..."
"If you don’t agree, I... I won’t come home anymore..."
Both imagined a future scene that might unfold in their minds, and truth be told, it seemed entirely possible.
The two girls had been eating and sleeping together since they were young, inseparable, and the thought of them wanting to marry the same man in the future seemed unsurprising, especially when that man was Xu Qingfan.
"Ouch... Maybe we should just make our girl move back in," Lin Qiaoshan suddenly suggested after a long silence.
Without a second thought, Wen Wanqing opposed the idea, frowning and saying, "What are you talking about, all these are our speculations, we can’t just break up their little group of six because of this. Her achievements are all thanks to Xiao Fan, and don’t forget about our garment factory,"
After successfully weathering the 2008 financial crisis, the Lin family’s garment factory expanded nearly tenfold in two years, and with Xu Qingfan’s advice to start an online store, its annual output has already reached hundreds of millions, becoming a local leader in the textile industry.
Lin Qiaoshan naturally appreciated Xu Qingfan’s favors, but that didn’t mean he could let his precious daughter fall into a trap.
If Wanning knew what her dad was thinking at the moment, she would surely retort, "Brother Fan is not some sort of fiery pit, but a super invincible, warm big furnace!"
"So we’re just going to let things slide?" Lin Qiaoshan sighed in dismay.
Raising a daughter is wonderful in every way, the only downside is that someday your precious vegetable might get scooped up by some pig.
Wen Wanqing had already figured it out, worrying about it now was like crying wolf, she said:
"Not to mention that Xiao Fan couldn’t possibly be that kind of person, besides, he’s always taken care of Wanning as a sister, he might not even have those intentions, I think chances are higher for Dian Dian."
Lin Qiaoshan was instantly discontent, slapping his thigh, "He wouldn’t dare not to like our girl!"
"Pfft— don’t be so outraged!" Wen Wanqing helplessly held her forehead, clearly at a loss for words with her own husband.
Lin Qiaoshan also realized he had overreacted, so he took a couple of sips of soup to relieve the awkwardness.
"You’re the one who brought up the topic." He said weakly.
"All I wanted to say is that our girl and Yiyi get along well, what, you have a problem with that?"
Seeing her husband back down, she transformed into a lovingly dependent wife, wrapping her arms around Lin Qiaoshan’s waist, consoling, "Thinking about all this is pointless right now. Don’t we still have Sister Zhang? With how formidable Sister Zhang is, what problem can’t she solve? If that day really comes, let her deal with the headache... "
"Hmm." Lin Qiaoshan wrapped his arm around Wen Wanqing’s shoulder, inhaling the fragrance of his wife’s hair.
The couple had been married for twenty years and always treated each other with respect, thanks largely to Wen Wanqing’s ability to back down appropriately after being strong-willed.
"What if Sister Zhang agrees when the time comes?"
"Alright, alright, let’s not talk about it anymore..."
"Yiyi, what do you think would make a good birthday surprise?" Wanning placed a little yellow duck atop Zhang Yiyi’s head, leaning on the edge of the bathtub to ask.
A thought about wedding photos flashed through Zhang Yiyi’s mind, and with a little yellow duck still on her head, she said seriously, "Mushroom picking?"
"Ah~ Yiyi, you’re making fun of me again!"
In an instant, the bathtub was splashing with water, two adorable little yellow ducks were caught adrift, slapped onto the floor by the flutters.
"Haha... I’m sorry, Yiyi, I won’t do it again..."
The bathtub was filled again, intrusive bubbles vanished from the surface, and the beautiful bodies of the two girls were completely exposed, a pity that there was no audience to appreciate them.
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"Brother Fan said any request is acceptable, I wonder if crawling into a quilt is too?" Wanning twirled her best friend’s hair, and without waiting for Zhang Yiyi to speak, she answered her own question, "Probably not, last time I promised Brother Fan I wouldn’t crawl into a quilt anymore."
Zhang Yiyi squinted, recalling the brief quilting scene on her birthday, no wonder Wanning was so fondly nostalgic, it must be so comfortable to sleep cuddled with Brother in the winter!
"Brother said that Chinese people like compromises."
"What does that mean?" The clueless girl obviously didn’t understand.
Zhang Yiyi straightened her legs, splashing the water and explained, "Wanning could say, she wants to see her brother as soon as she wakes up!"
Wanning’s eyes lit up, "Yeah, yeah, that’s right! As soon as I wake up I want to see Brother Fan, saying it like that should work!"
"Yiyi, you’re so smart!"
She excitedly hugged the person before her, and quickly, the bathtub stirred up a second wave of splashes, pushing the little yellow ducks farther away.