NOVPUB"Xiao Yu doesn’t want to transfer schools?" Xu Qingfan embraced Wu Lingyu gently with opened arms after a moment of surprise.
"I... I don’t want to be separated from everyone..." Originally, she wanted to say she didn’t want to be separated from Xu Qingfan, but she changed it to everyone at the last moment.
"Brother Qing Fan, you see, Xiao Yu doesn’t want to transfer schools either. Brother Qing Fan, please think of something quickly!" Lin Wanning, with her little hands on their shoulders, excitedly jumped up and down on the spot.
"Brother, think of a way!" Zhang Yiyi pulled out a tissue to wipe the tears from Wu Lingyu’s eyes.
Xu Qingfan scratched his head; indeed, this was a difficult matter, "Let’s head to the bus stop; I’ll think on the way."
"Yes!"
"Brother Fan, you must think of something, I really can’t bear to see Xiao Yu leave either!"
Everyone huddled around Xu Qingfan and Wu Lingyu, chattering nonstop.
When he heard Wu Lingyu personally express her reluctance to transfer, Xu Qingfan felt a sneaky little thrill in his heart.
No matter how much he appeared to let go, he was actually also reluctant for Wu Lingyu to transfer and leave...
The fundamental reason Wu Lingyu had to transfer was that she was too young; Li Mei Juan was not comfortable leaving her daughter alone at full boarding school.
If a few more years passed, and Wu Lingyu reached middle school age, there wouldn’t be such concerns about her living tens of miles away from home for school.
Just like Xu Qingfan’s past life: he went home daily during elementary school, weekly in junior high, every half month in high school, and in university, it was only once every six months.
As everyone sat on a bench at the front of the bus station, Xu Qingfan spoke, "To persuade Aunt Li to allow Xiao Yu not to transfer, we first need to find a guardian for Xiao Yu. Aunt Li definitely won’t feel at ease with Xiao Yu sleeping alone in the dorm at night!"
"Then she could stay at Ningning’s house; Ningning has many empty rooms!" Lin Wanning immediately replied eagerly.
"Yiyi has them too!" Zhang Yiyi watched him unwaveringly. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
Xia Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and then said, "My house also has spare rooms."
"My grandparents also live at our house, so no spare rooms left, but Xiao Yu, you could sleep with me on the same bed!" Xiao Ruawen enthusiastically offered.
"Um..." Wu Lingyu looked at everyone gratefully.
Xiao Ruawen’s offer was immediately vetoed; having so many people at home, daily friction was inevitable and would inadvertently hurt Wu Lingyu’s pride, which would be terribly uncomfortable.
Living under someone else’s roof wasn’t pleasant at all!
If he had to choose, Xu Qingfan still thought that Xia Xiaoxiao’s house was the best option, with his own family as neighbors, Lin Jing and Wu Lingyu were already very familiar with it, so she likely wouldn’t feel that panic in a strange environment.
Moreover, Aunt Lin was an elementary school Chinese teacher. If Lin Jing could speak to Wu Lingyu’s mother, it would be highly effective and sure to succeed!
"Brother Qing Fan, say something!" Seeing that Xu Qingfan was silent, Lin Wanning couldn’t help but speak.
Everyone fell silent and turned to look at him, waiting for Xu Qingfan to make a decision.
"Well, let’s tentatively plan for Xiao Yu to stay at Xiao Xiao’s house. Next, we need to figure out how to convince Aunt Li to let Xiao Yu stay in school," Xu Qingfan said.
"Think of something, think of something, what can we do?" Lin Wanning pouted, deep in thought.
"We could use the quality of education as a reason; transferring might affect Xiao Yu’s grades!" Xiao Ruawen snapped her fingers as she spoke.
"Right! After transferring, her grades are sure to become so bad, so bad!" Lin Wanning nodded vigorously, agreeing.
"We’d better find a similar case to demonstrate!" Xia Xiaoxiao also spoke seriously.
"Find a bad example, find one!"
The youngsters quickly ironed out the details of their operation to save Xiao Yu, giving no chance for Xu Qingfan to interject.
"The bus is coming, get on and we’ll talk!"
Children rode the bus for half the price, one yuan; Xu Qingfan put in one five-yuan and one one-yuan note, and they all quickly boarded and settled in.
Since Jiaoshi Ridge was the bus’s starting point, apart from the driver, only they six were inside. Xu Qingfan continued the topic, "Aunt Lin is a teacher, if we let the aunt talk to Xiao Yu’s mom, it will surely work."
Everyone lit up and all eyes turned to Xia Xiaoxiao.
"I’ll talk to my mom." Xia Xiaoxiao nodded and said.
"With the aunt stepping in, it’s like doubling our chances!" Xiao Ruawen clapped and laughed.
"Yay~ Xiao Yu won’t have to transfer now!" Lin Wanning had already started celebrating ahead of time, even though it wasn’t finalized yet.
"..."
As they headed back, everyone was in high spirits, feeling hopeful about the outcome.
Wu Lingyu sat next to Xu Qingfan, unclear whether her insistance on not transferring was right or wrong. Being reunited with her family as when she was young was her dream, yet a voice inside her told her, if she just left like that, she would definitely regret it in the future.
Wu Lingyu couldn’t pinpoint what exactly her regrets might be, but she didn’t want to take the risk.
[Wu Lingyu first became aware of Xu Qingfan at the mid-term examination awards ceremony, where surprisingly, a boy tied with her for first place—her initial impression of Xu Qingfan.
The second time was on Monday during the flag-raising, when Xu Qingfan defended his classmates against unfair treatment, earning a demerit from the school.
She thought he was so cool; being only in the first grade and already doing so much. Yet getting a demerit was so tragic. The teachers said only bad kids got demerits and warned us to take it as a lesson, but he wasn’t a bad kid at all…
The third time was at the previous kebab stand, where her mother fainted, terrifying her, and she could hardly remember what the bystanders said, but Brother Fan, like a champion, broke through the crowd, and then Uncle Xu took her mom to the hospital.]
