Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 473 - 341. The first real kiss is gone.

The little hand quickly turned white from the cold as it was exposed to the air, but Xia Xiaoxiao seemed unfazed, still happily fiddling with the little keychain.

The blustery wind and the confessions of "I like you" echoed on the rooftop, making the bare grapevines seem as if they were reviving in the fresh spring.

Noticing the girl's trembling shoulders, Xu Qingfan hugged her even tighter.

"Let's go back, there's no more sun."

Xia Xiaoxiao really liked the atmosphere now, and even though she was shivering from the cold, she stubbornly said, "No, if there's no sun we can just enjoy the breeze."

"Look at your hands, they're going to freeze into ice sculptures."

Xu Qingfan's warm, large hand covered the girl's small hands, which would have surely made his own neck retract from the cold if they were placed on him.

Xia Xiaoxiao squinted her eyes in comfort, "No, my birthday wish is for you to accompany me here and enjoy the scenery!"

"Accompany you here to enjoy the scenery, and you want to accompany you to the hospital to register tomorrow?" Xu Qingfan flicked her on the forehead with his other hand.

"Hmph~"

Xia Xiaoxiao's gaze lingered on his down coat, suddenly struck with a brilliant idea.

The over-sized down coat Xu Qingfan was wearing was long enough to reach his thighs, so there was no problem fitting her inside too!

"If we wear your coat together, then we won't be cold," she said with a sly smile.

Xu Qingfan didn't understand what she meant, and asked puzzled, "How are we supposed to wear it together? My coat doesn't have four sleeves."

Xia Xiaoxiao glared at him and commanded, "Just unzip the zipper first."

Even though Xu Qingfan still didn't understand what Xia Xiaoxiao wanted to do, he still did as he was told, "And then..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xia Xiaoxiao had already plunged into his arms.

And she slipped through the down coat, wrapping her arms around his waist from the inside.

"What?" Xu Qingfan's movement to raise his hand froze in place, inhaling the unique fragrance at the tips of her hair, his heart uncontrollably thumping.

Taking a deep breath, Xia Xiaoxiao, with a red face, said, "Now zip the zipper back up... and... that's it."

"Okay…" Xu Qingfan had finally figured out what the girl meant and mechanically zipped up the down coat.

By the time the zipper was all the way up, Xia Xiaoxiao was shy, but her face bore a triumphant expression.

She loved this special birthday gift very much, super incredibly much!

"Ahem."

Thankfully, Xia Xiaoxiao was wearing a lot of clothes, so Xu Qingfan didn't react for the time being, but still felt quite awkward about the situation.

"Ss~"

"Hmm~"

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't care about all that; after putting away the keychain, her hands, cold from the loss of warmth, continued to explore inward until they rested comfortably on Xu Qingfan's warm back, and she emitted a comfortable hum.

Seeing that Xu Qingfan didn't speak, she began to ramble, "Now I'm not cold anymore!"

Xu Qingfan's coat was very stretchy; after finishing her sentence, Xia Xiaoxiao turned around on the spot, her head now against him.

"Xiao Fan…"

For once, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't call out his full name, and Xu Qingfan was actually a bit unaccustomed to it, "Hmm?"

"Thank you..."

Xu Qingfan thought she was talking about the birthday gift and readily accepted her gratitude.

"Hmm."

Xia Xiaoxiao clenched her fist, gathering courage to say,

"I know I was really bad that day, I shouldn't have spoken out in anger, and even smashed the keychain.

I really, really liked that keychain, and when I threw out the trash that day, I secretly cried because I couldn't find it in the garbage bag and thought you had thrown the keychain away."

The girl's eyes began to glisten with tears, thankfully he couldn't see them from this angle.

"I picked it up and put it in the drawer, I didn't throw it away," Xu Qingfan wanted to reach out and hug her but then remembered that Xia Xiaoxiao was inside his coat.

"Hmm, I know...sob... I later sneaked into your room and saw it in the drawer... sob sob... Xiao Fan, thank you... for treasuring it!" Xia Xiaoxiao said between sobs.

"Hmm, it's okay, but... just... maybe you should still call me by my full name, it sounds kind of awkward otherwise."

"Pfft~"

Xia Xiaoxiao burst into tears and laughter, her expression endearingly petulant, a pity he wasn't able to see it.

"You're so annoying~ You're not allowed to talk anymore!" she complained with pouting lips after sniffling.

[I hate it, Lin Wanning can call you Brother Qing Fan, and I can call you Xiao Fan without any awkwardness! Hmph~]

"Okay, okay, you speak, I'm listening." Xu Qingfan chuckled and shook his head.

"Hmph~"

Xia Xiaoxiao adjusted her emotions before she spoke again, "I was thinking, what if on a bright and sunny morning, you casually handed me the repaired little dinosaur keychain like it was just a fallen leaf you picked off the ground.

I thought if you really did that, then I would surely cherish the keychain ever since, never make a fuss for no reason, never... from then on, I'd listen to you for the rest of my life..."

"What did you say?" Xia Xiaoxiao's words at the end were so quiet, Xu Qingfan wasn't even sure she had spoken at all.

Xia Xiaoxiao's cheeks grew slightly warm, but she had already said it, and if that darn dog didn't hear it clearly, that was his problem!

[How could I say something so embarrassing out loud!]

"I've guessed the beginning of the story, although it's in the afternoon instead of the morning, but that doesn't matter, the end of the story is even better than what I imagined, Xiao Fan... sob sob... thank you."

It was already a matter of several months ago, and Xu Qingfan had long forgiven her. Now that she was bringing it up again, Xu Qingfan felt his heart melt.

You can't say he lacked backbone; any normal person would feel soft-hearted when seduced by a beautiful woman, and even more so when it was Xia Xiaoxiao, the stubborn Xia Xiaoxiao from his past life.

"Alright, I already said I forgave you, didn't I? And I was at fault that day too." He pulled up his sleeves, shrinking both arms back into them, and then wrapped his arms around Xia Xiaoxiao's slim waist.

"Mhm." The girl leaned her weight comfortably against him, covering the hands he had placed around her lower abdomen with her own.

"Hoo~" Xu Qingfan let out a gentle breath before continuing, "Xiao Xiao is very good, very well-behaved, very cute, not annoying at all, and certainly not a giant baby. She's a top student, a beauty, a gaming expert, and most importantly, my family."

"That's right!" Xia Xiaoxiao remembered the words Xu Qingfan had used to scold her on QQ, her little tiger teeth gleaming.

"Can't you be a little more modest?" He lightly bumped her head teasingly.

"Hmph~ Who told you to call me a giant baby, you don't know how upset I was when I saw that!" As she thought about it, her eyes began to water again.

"Alright, it's my fault, I shouldn't have said that, and I promise you, I will control my emotions in the future. I won't scold you, I won't say bad things about Xiao Xiao anymore, okay?"

"Ahem~ That's more like it!" Xia Xiaoxiao held back her tears and, after adjusting her tone, said with feigned arrogance.

Xu Qingfan smiled lightly, letting his chin rest comfortably on the girl's shoulder.

[This life's Xiao Xiao is definitely different; let's consider it as getting to know her all over again. I should stop projecting my old impressions onto her.]

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"Xu... Xu Qingfan, can you tell me the story of the keychain?" Xia Xiaoxiao felt a bit awkward herself, and in the end, reverted to calling him by his name.

"Ah? What story?" Xu Qingfan asked in surprise after a moment of confusion.

"It's... it's how you remade little bro, you dummy!" After saying this, Xia Xiaoxiao puffed up her cheeks, looking rather cute.

"Oh, you mean that. It's simple, actually. The material for plastic toys is usually PP, which is polypropylene, and its melting point is only around 160°C. First, I used..."

Speaking about a field he was truly an expert in, Xu Qingfan was enthusiastic, starting from organic compound extraction and purification as he described the entire process from purification to casting to Xia Xiaoxiao.

"Those force-sensitive transducers are programmed by a coder, but that's not important. It's a toy of just a few dozen yuan... The real cost was making the mold, which also didn't take much money. If there were a 3D printer available now, I could have..."

Xia Xiaoxiao turned her body back towards him, even though she couldn't understand what Xu Qingfan was talking about, her heart was somehow in disarray.

[He did so much for me...]

Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes gleamed with light, sparkling brilliantly.

"I later added vinyl chloride and acrylic acid to modify the PP, so the next time you try to break it, you'll..."

Xu Qingfan was still talking incessantly.

The next second, a pair of cherry lips sealed his.

Xu Qingfan's eyes widened in astonishment, [Again?]

Her lips parted slightly, her cherry lips unveiled, and her teeth like a row of delicate jade in the freshness of spring.

Their lips easily pushed open, teeth clacking together with a click.

"It's not... mmm!"

In the next moment, his pupils dilated even further.

It was like the Monkey King stumbling into the Flat Peach banquet, drinking the heavenly nectar.

It felt as soft as if Nobita were lying on clouds and drifting into sleep, with stars twinkling in his mind.

Before long, Xu Qingfan too closed his eyes, responding to the girl instinctively.

Both silent, like a flame on a candle flickered backward in a gust of wind, bending over.

In the winter afternoon, the shadows of the boy and the girl merged into one.

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