Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts

Li City, the old house.

The alarm set for twelve o'clock just rang, and Xiao Ruawen was the first to give in.

"Ahhh~~ To hell with exams~ I want to go home~" She leaned back, sliding silkily from the chair onto the floor.

The next second, Lin Wanning also followed suit, sitting on the floor, and after they made eye contact, both girls shared a smile.

"Hee hee~"

Xia Xiaoxiao, with one hand propping up her cheek, was still intently thinking hard about the problem.

Wu Lingyu closed her eyes feigning rest, her pen scrawling ghostly symbols on the paper, which upon close examination was the "Pipa Poem" by Bai Juyi being copied from memory.

Zhang Yiyi had an Alpenliebe candy in her mouth; after finishing the candy, she was only left with a misshapen wooden stick.

The girl had a habit of biting her pen when pondering, and to correct this bad habit, Xu Qingfan initially suggested she either chew gum or something else while working on problems, which eventually turned into a candy-eating habit.

Although eating candy isn't exactly a good habit either, at least there's no need to worry about hygiene issues or some pervert wanting to steal Zhang Yiyi's saliva-covered pens.

"What are we eating later? Why isn't anyone talking?" Xiao Ruawen complained, seeing that no one except Wanning was responding to her.

After ticking "C" for the last multiple-choice question, Xia Xiaoxiao reached out and pulled on Xiao Ruawen's collar from the back: "Behave, the floor's dirty."

Wu Lingyu finished copying the ancient poem around the same time, first getting up to turn off the alarm at the TV cabinet before returning with their five mobile phones.

"It's twelve now, I wonder if Brother Fan is done yet." She unlocked her phone to check if Xu Qingfan had sent them any messages on WeChat.

"Did Brother Qingfan say anything in the group chat~" Seeing Wu Lingyu return with the mobile phones, Lin Wanning quickly sat upright again.

"Brother Fan is definitely going to be last if he's not studying hard for this midterm!" Xiao Ruawen got up too as soon as she saw Wanning rise, slapping her own behind.

No one replied to Xiao Ruawen, as everyone was busy checking their phones.

Xu Qingfan had posted a dashing photo of himself giving a PPT presentation in a meeting room with a group of smartly dressed business elites sitting below.

All five girls did the same thing: download and save the photo, then zoom in on it again and again.

"Brother Fan is showing off again." Xiao Ruawen double-tapped the photo to restore it and looked up to gauge everyone's reactions.

"Brother Qingfan looks so handsome in a suit!" Lin Wanning said while typing in the chat box.

"He looks even better in a school uniform." Xia Xiaoxiao said indifferently, but that didn't stop her from taking a separate screenshot of the man in the suit.

[Brother is so cool!]

[Brother Fan is so amazing!]

Zhang Yiyi and Wu Lingyu simply typed their messages in the group chat, each wearing a faint smile on their face.

Unfortunately, Xu Qingfan's phone was on Do Not Disturb mode, so he had no idea that everyone was frantically @-ing him in the group chat.

Without the man himself appearing, the five girls chatted in the group for a while before losing interest and putting down their phones to talk face to face.

"I don't know what Brother Fan is up to; I'm getting hungry~ What are we having for lunch?" Xiao Ruawen patted her flat stomach. Studying made her hungry, and she felt like she could eat a cow right now!

Zhang Yiyi glanced at the blinding sun outside and really didn't want to go out in the baking heat.

"Let's order takeout," she suggested.

"Yes please~ You can order so many tasty things with takeout!" Lin Wanning had already opened the Good Taste Takeout app as she spoke.

"I'm craving snail rice noodle soup with extra stinky tofu; maybe I should drop out and sell it instead. Why doesn't Li City have any places selling snail rice noodle soup!"

"Snail rice noodle soup is so delicious!"

Ruan Wen, the foodie, put down her phone and started to grumble and complain.

"Go for it; I support you." Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at her best friend's puffed-up chest, envying her despite claiming otherwise.

Although her own weren't exactly small, they still paled in comparison to Xiao Ruawen's.

"Xiao Xiao, come drop out with me, and I'll do it. I'll take care of slicing the snails, and you can handle steeping the noodles." Xiao Ruawen hugged Xia Xiaoxiao's waist, clinging on to her for energy like a leech.

"Alright, get up and see what you want to eat." Xia Xiaoxiao patted her back and handed her the phone Lin Wanning had passed over.

"Eat!" Xiao Ruawen took the phone, and the moment she saw it was Pizza Hut, she was instantly revitalized.

...

Hong Kong.

Zhang Chunxue kicked Xu Qingfan, who was crouched down on the ground claiming he wanted to massage her legs.

"Hungry? Auntie will take you out for a big meal."

Xu Qingfan helped her put her high heels back on and patted his own thighs before getting up.

"Ah?"

"I thought auntie you were going to be busy for a long time, so I asked Juan to order takeout just now."

Ever since Lin Juan was transferred to Haowei Cloud, Zhang Chunxue had not recruited a new personal assistant.

"Wash your hands!" Zhang Chunxue glared at him.

"No... Auntie, my eye itched." Xu Qingfan had a constipated expression on his face, but he really hadn't done anything!

After he washed his hands and came back, Zhang Chunxue said with a smile: "Does your eye still itch, or do you need auntie to scratch it for you?"

"No need, no need, I already scratched it, after washing my hands!" Xu Qingfan flicked water droplets at her, eliciting an eye roll and a scolding from Zhang Chunxue.

"Since we've ordered takeout, let's eat that. I haven't been paying much attention to your Haowei Cloud recently; how is it now?" Zhang Chunxue handed him a tissue to dry his hands.

"First of all, it's not my Haowei Cloud; it's auntie's and mine, our Haowei Cloud." Xu Qingfan frowned, facing off with her eye to eye.

"Pfft... okay, okay, it's our Haowei Cloud." Zhang Chunxue couldn't hold back her laughter and chuckled lightly.

"That's better."

Xu Qingfan then proudly declared, "It's going well. We've got 30% of the mobile market share now, and aside from buying rights which is costly, we haven't spent much on marketing."