Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts

"This one is yours, Xiao Fan, this one is Ningning's, and this one is Yiyi's. The password is your date of birth. Take good care of them!" Zhang Chunxue said as she handed out three bank cards that she had applied for using their respective identity information. "Thank you, Auntie!" The three kids eagerly took the bank cards. Xu Qingfan held the bank card in his hand and saw that it was a limited edition of the Year of the Sheep from the Construction Bank, with a golden lamb printed on a white card body. "Auntie, how much money is in it now?" Xu Qingfan curiously asked. "For now, it's just the initial settlement of 100,000 books, which after taxes is 270,000 yuan, so split between the three of you, that would be 90,000 yuan each," Zhang Chunxue patiently explained. "Auntie, that's not right. Didn't we agree that you were supposed to first deduct the 100,000 yuan you lent us? How come you didn't deduct it!" "Ah! I forgot. Bank card transactions are expensive and troublesome, I'll just deduct it next time, along with the other amount," Zhang Chunxue said, pressing her index finger to her lips in an emblematic absent-minded manner. Xu Qingfan blushed a bit from Zhang Chunxue's stare, turning his face away shyly, "Then remember to deduct it next time." "Hahaha~Alright, our Xiao Fan is blushing." Zhang Chunxue playfully pinched Xu Qingfan's cheek. "Hahaha Brother Qing Fan is blushing, Brother Qing Fan is a big shy cat!" Lin Wanning clapped her hands and teased on the side. "Big shy cat!" Zhang Yiyi also joined in, chanting word by word. Xu Qingfan pretended to be angry and frowned, but after holding it in for a long time, he couldn't help but laugh along with everyone else. "Alright, stop laughing at Fanfan. Remember to take good care of your bank cards. Don't let someone scam you out of your money." No sooner had she spoke than the mobile phone Xu Qingfan had in his pocket suddenly rang. "Whose call is it?" Xu Qingfan wondered, taking out the phone to look—it was a call from a number starting with 00. "Auntie, you just finished saying it, and here comes a scam call!" He held up his phone in front of Zhang Chunxue to show her. "You haven't even answered, how do you know it's a scam call?" Zhang Chunxue curiously asked. "Right, Brother Qing Fan, how do you know the person on the other end of the phone is a scammer? It might be someone we know," Lin Wanning also asked. Xu Qingfan smiled and said nothing, then picked up the phone and switched it to speakerphone: "Hello, I'm Wang Meiling, I am 28 years old. My husband is a billionaire from Xiangjiang. Due to some health issues, we cannot have children and are currently seeking healthy males under 40 inland to fulfill my dream of becoming a mother...Are you there?" The awkward Mandarin came from the other end of the line. Xu Qingfan gave everyone a knowing look and shouted into the phone: "Mom, mom, where are you, mom? Please, come pick me up mom!" "Idiot!" The call abruptly ended, and after exchanging glances for a couple of seconds, the room erupted in laughter. "Hahahahahahaha!" "Hahahaha—I can't take it, you're going to kill me with laughter, Xiao Fan! You are so funny!" Zhang Chunxue laughed till tears nearly came out, clutching her stomach feebly. "Alright, I'm entrusting you with the money, oh~," catching the helpless shrug from Xu Qingfan, Zhang Chunxue couldn't hold back and burst out laughing again, "Hahaha...Xiao Fan, turn your head away, hahaha...let me finish talking, hahahaha...." After laughing for several minutes, Zhang Chunxue finally managed to control her laughter and sternly told the trio, "If you need to use more than 10,000 yuan from the card, you have to report to me first, otherwise, I'm going to tell your parents about the bank card. Can you do that?" "Auntie, don't worry, Ningning will definitely not squander the money. Ningning wants to save it for marrying and getting a wife later!" Lin Wanning earnestly said, recalling an article she read in the newspaper about needing 880,000 yuan as a bridal dowry. "Hahahahaha~ Silly girl, it's the boys who need to get a wife, hahahahaha~" "Is it really that funny, Auntie? You laugh so easily!" Xu Qingfan said dryly, looking at Zhang Chunxue. "Hahaha~ Xiao Fan, hahaha, don't make that face, it's so funny!" "Mom?" Xu Qingfan tried to stir the fire from the side. "Hahaha, don't talk anymore, I'm going to die laughing!" "Mom!" "Hahaha...." After almost five full minutes, the geese-like laughter in the room finally stopped. Zhang Chunxue lifted Xu Qingfan onto her lap and covered his mouth with her hand, finally stopping the source of the laughter, "Right, Wanning, you just said you wanted to save money to get a wife, Xiao Fan is the one who needs a wife, not you and Yiyi since you're girls." "Then I'll save money for Brother Qing Fan to get a wife!" Lin Wanning looked at the bank card in her hand, then at Xu Qingfan, and said. "I, too, will give!" Zhang Yiyi placed her bank card on top of Lin Wanning's, saying earnestly. "Mmmph~" Xu Qingfan tried to speak, but his mouth was still covered by Zhang Chunxue. "Hahaha~ then Xiao Fan would have two dowries, but he can't marry two wives," Zhang Chunxue teased while laughing. "Ah? Why not? If there are two dowries, why can't he marry two wives!" Lin Wanning anxiously clutched Zhang Yiyi's hand, waiting for Zhang Chunxue's reply. "Because only those who truly love each other can be together, see, your dad only has your mom as his wife, and Xiao Fan's dad also only has your Aunt Yao as his wife," Zhang Chunxue gently patted Lin Wanning's head and explained patiently. "Only those who truly love each other can be together," Lin Wanning murmured. "Yes, only those who truly love each other can be together," Zhang Chunxue repeated. "Only those who truly love each other can be together! Thank you, Auntie, Ningning understands!" Lin Wanning's expression changed from puzzled to resolute as she earnestly nodded. Lin Wanning remembered the last time she pointed at the newspaper and asked her mom what it meant to get a wife, and her mom told her: To get a wife means to be with the person you love forever, just like dad and mom. [As long as Ningning and Yiyi always always like Brother Qing Fan and Brother Qing Fan also always always likes Ningning and Yiyi, everyone can be best friends forever and never be apart!] Lin Wanning took Zhang Yiyi's hand, thinking about the promise they made to the sun last time. "What are you two up to?" Seeing Lin Wanning leading Zhang Yiyi to the room, Xu Qingfan asked curiously. "I am a little blue dragon~ I have many little secrets~ I won't tell you~ I won't tell you!" Lin Wanning made a cute face at Xu Qingfan and started singing the lyrics from "Little Blue Dragon." "Hahaha~ Ningning and Yiyi have little secrets they're not telling you, Xiao Fan," Zhang Chunxue teased. "You haven't been told either, Mom!" "Pfft~" The living room erupted into another round of geese laughter. Much later, Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi sneakily opened the door of the room, and seeing Zhang Chunxue and Xu Qingfan still chatting in the living room, the two little ones exchanged smiles. I have a little secret, I won't tell you.