NOVPUB"What are you doing?" With the back of her hand slapped for no reason, Xia Xiaoxiao looked at Xu Qingfan with a face full of disdain.
"Who let you drink ice-cold cola? Go drink some hot water!" Xu Qingfan snatched the canned Coca-Cola from her hand and put it back in the fridge.
"Tsk, it’s not like it hurts, what’s wrong with drinking ice-cold cola!" Xia Xiaoxiao, hands on her hips, argued righteously.
Xu Qingfan sneered to himself, thinking, "They don’t hurt now, but wait a few more years and you’ll be suffering!"
"Burp~ Anyway, you’re not allowed to drink it, go drink some hot water, or be careful that I won’t even have seasoning packets whenever I eat instant noodles in the future!" Xu Qingfan boasted smugly as he opened a can of cola, took a satisfying gulp, and belched loudly in front of the girl.
"You!" Xia Xiaoxiao stood there, annoyed, for a dozen seconds.
"What do you mean ’you’? Go drink hot water, you’re not allowed to drink cold beverages or eat ice cream for the rest of the week!" Xu Qingfan said to her after closing the fridge.
"Nagging grandpa, fine, I won’t drink it! I’ll drink boiling water at a hundred degrees and scald myself to death; that would satisfy you!" Xia Xiaoxiao huffily filled her cup with water from the thermos.
"You don’t recognize a kind heart. Aren’t your sanitary pads overdue? Hurry up and go to the bathroom to change them!" He tippy-toed to pat Xia Xiaoxiao on the head and then turned to walk out of the kitchen.
Xia Xiaoxiao gave him a strange look, washed her cup clean, and then snuck off to the bathroom.
The girl properly disposed of her used sanitary pad in the trash bin, washed her hands, dried them, and then took out her phone to start typing.
[Sunny Day: [Awkward][Awkward][Awkward] Xu Qingfan is definitely a big pervert, he reminded me to change that again!] Xia Xiaoxiao left a message in their private QQ chat group, comprised of just the five girls.
Xiao Ruawen quickly replied to the message, [The world is bad, I am tender: I’m actually more curious about how Brother Fan knows all this, it feels like he understands more than us girls! [Grin]]
[Xia Xiaoxiao: Please remove the ’feels like’, thank you!] 𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝙤𝙢
[The sugar of youth is so sweet it’s heartbreaking: Maybe Brother Qing Fan learned all this online for our sake, Brother Qing Fan is definitely not a pervert!] Lin Wanning, who was playing Speed Drifters at home and hearing the ding-ding sounds, also joined in.
[Xia Xiaoxiao: That still doesn’t mean he can be so blunt about that in front of a girl, it’s so embarrassing!]
[The Little Match Girl: Good morning everyone, I’m home safe!] Wu Lingyu, in her Hong Kong home, seeing the chat group lively, joined in by typing on her old-school keyboard.
Wu Lingyu’s QQ nickname and avatar were set up by Xu Qingfan; she figured there must be a reason why Brother Fan arranged it that way, so she never changed it.
[Xiao Ruawen: Yu, any improvement in your dad’s health?]
[Lin Wanning: Yu’s dad will definitely beat the sickness!]
[...]
All the girls sent their well-wishes for Wu Lingyu’s father to regain his health, and Xia Xiaoxiao also sent a blessing before chuckling and slipping her phone away as she stood up to leave the bathroom.
"Sss~ you’re so close, what are you doing?" Xia Xiaoxiao sat next to Xu Qingfan back in her room to watch him play QQ Speed Drifters and couldn’t help but shake her head at his glaringly bad moves.
"Stop yelling, am I not still number one?" Xu Qingfan said, not taking his eyes off as he maneuvered his virtual car.
"Damn!"
"See! Now I’m not number one anymore." With her hands gripping the chair and her feet dangling, Xia Xiaoxiao said triumphantly.
It was because Xu Qingfan had accidentally hit a wall while attempting to take a shortcut, causing three people to pass him by.
"If you hadn’t told me to take the shortcut, would I have crashed? Watch me seriously now!" Xu Qingfan said, straightening up.
"Pfft~ Could you be any worse, Xu Qingfan!" Seeing him crash even without taking shortcuts, Xia Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but tease.
"Your turn, your turn!" There were two laps in the Eleven Cities map and after finishing the first lap, Xu Qingfan stood up to give up his seat.
"Watch me, I’ve got this!" Xia Xiaoxiao bent down to take the keyboard, sat down, and began to focus wholly on the game.
There was no denying the girl’s gaming talent; her drifting was precisely calculated, skirting close to walls, with double shots followed by nitrous acceleration, and as one nitrous ran out, she immediately recharged with another.
Xu Qingfan had completed his first lap in one minute and thirty-eight seconds, while Xia Xiaoxiao finished with a total time of two minutes and forty-nine seconds, with the second place only crossing the finish line as the countdown was about to end.
"Hmph~" Xia Xiaoxiao tilted her chin defiantly.
"Impressive, impressive!" Xu Qingfan gave a thumbs-up in admiration from the side.
The Eleven Cities map was tough, and not many schoolchildren could make it under three minutes. Xia Xiaoxiao’s personal record was two minutes and eighteen seconds, which was without any fancy pets or gems, showcasing a professional level of play.
The game screen returned to the room setup, and having just won first place, Xu Qingfan’s account naturally became the room host. Xia Xiaoxiao kicked everyone out and invited herself from the friends list.
"Why don’t you buy clothes, this is so ugly." Xia Xiaoxiao was speechless at the random outfit assembled for Xu Qingfan’s character.
"I’d definitely use coupons to buy cars first. See, I even have a permanent B car now, and you all don’t!"
"Psh~ They wouldn’t be able to beat me even with race cars!" Keeping one hand propped against her cheek, Xia Xiaoxiao opened the game mall to help Xu Qingfan’s character choose some clothes, "Can I use your coupons?"
"Go ahead, use them. I’ve already bought the cars anyway." He said as his account had plenty, since he usually completed the daily quests. Aside from spending the expiring vouchers at the end of the month on items, he still had over ten thousand coupons left.
"How can you bear not to use them?" Xia Xiaoxiao expressed her amazement at his miserly ways.
"There’s nothing worth buying. Coupons don’t expire, anyway," Xu Qingfan replied casually.
