Chapter 195

Chapter 195 – Afang’s Secret Training

The intense back-and-forth battle for the position finally ended with Mei Fang’s victory. After all the commotion, Lin You Xi simply wrapped her arms around Mei Fang’s arm and lay down beside him to rest, her warm breath gently blowing against his ear.

Xia Yuan had been lying next to Mei Fang with her arm around him, but she woke up due to the noise made by Lin You Xi and Mei Fang’s struggle.

She listened with a sense of shame as Mei Fang and Lin You Xi made noises, only to realize later that in her sleep, she had left marks on Mei Fang’s neck.

Unlike Lin You Xi, who was more active, Xia Yuan remained quiet. This was her first time sleeping next to Mei Fang while he was awake since middle school—assuming the earlier incident didn’t count.

Pretending to still be asleep, she continued to hold onto Mei Fang’s arm until she eventually rested her head on his face.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Xia Yuan secretly kissed Mei Fang on the cheek and then pretended to be asleep again, snuggling closer to him.

Mei Fang did not react to Xia Yuan’s actions. Or perhaps, hugging was already considered more intimate than kissing, so Afang wasn’t bothered by it.

But how did they end up like this…

Sleeping with Afang and You Xi was a childhood memory.

But now, at their current age, sharing a bed took on a completely different meaning.

Even if Afang was still innocent, he couldn’t possibly be unaware of what she and You Xi meant…

At nine o’clock in the evening, Mei Fang received a call from Sister Yueyue. He quickly woke up Xia Yuan and Lin You Xi, who were still cuddling him. When Mei Yue brought Mei Ya to find the three of them, they were sitting around a table, fully dressed, reading books seriously.

Mei Ya ran into Xia Yuan’s arms, pouting and complaining,

“Alright! Sister Yuan Yuan, you’re so sneaky, playing together without me!”

“There’s no, we were just studying… high school students have a lot of pressure.”

Mei Ya sniffed Xia Yuan, “Sister Yuan Yuan, why do you smell so nice?”

“Oh… I, I just washed up.”

“In that transparent bathroom? Wouldn’t my brother have seen everything?”

“He’s not like that.”

Xia Yuan faced Mei Ya with a composed smile, although internally she was quite flustered.

Upon entering the room, Mei Yue’s first reaction was to check the trash bin before lying on the bed and sighing,

“What a comfortable king-size bed in this hotel.”

“Really? I want to play on the bed too.”

Lin You Xi propped herself up with her chin, smiling at Sister Yueyue. At this moment, she reached into the blanket, then looked keenly at Mei Fang, who rubbed his nose uncomfortably and looked at Mei Yue,

“Sister Yueyue, have you checked everything? We really didn’t do anything.”

“Haha, cousin, I’m not doubting you, it’s just for peace of mind.”

Mei Yue patted Mei Fang’s shoulder, “It’s getting late, I’ll drive you guys home. Oh, Xiao Ya, what did you promise Sister Yueyue?”

“I’ve been playing with Sister Yuan Yuan, Sister You Xi, and Brother all night, I haven’t gone anywhere!”

With both cousins and younger sisters, Mei Fang’s friends who helped him were truly formidable.

Mei Yue drove everyone to the neighborhood where Mei Fang and Xia Yuan lived.

Although Lin You Xi said she could walk home, Mei Fang wouldn’t let You Xi go alone. He first sent Mei Ya home, and then You Xi and Xia Yuan walked around the neighborhood together.

Xia Yuan felt guilty about secretly kissing Mei Fang. She tried to find a topic to get closer to Lin You Xi again, “Today… today was pretty interesting, feels like it’s been a long time since we did this…”

Lin You Xi didn’t respond to Xia Yuan’s words but kept smiling at her.

“What’s wrong… why aren’t you talking?”

“Did you have a good day?”

“Yeah.”

Xia Yuan nodded slightly, “You feel the same way, right?”

“Is it because you think things will be fine if Afang doesn’t choose, and we can just continue like this?”

“Eh…”

Xia Yuan hadn’t expected Lin You Xi to ask such a question. She hesitated for a while before responding, “Of course, I think there’s nothing wrong with this, but Afang might not agree. Also, Mom and Dad might be hard to convince…”

“For family matters, we need to find a way. As for what you said about Afang—”

Lin You Xi thought for a moment, shook her head, and smiled, “In my opinion, Afang is the least of our worries.”

“Really? But I feel like he’s a bit lost…”

Lin You Xi patted Xia Yuan’s shoulder and whispered,

“Have you forgotten that when we were little, Afang wanted to be with us forever…”

“Mm…”

Xia Yuan blushed and was about to ask further, but Mei Fang had already come downstairs, waving at them and signaling the conversation to pause.

Mei Fang and Xia Yuan accompanied Lin You Xi home and talked about moving into a new house.

“The ancestral house is about to be demolished, I need to clean out the old stuff tomorrow, so I won’t have time to hang out with you guys.”

“It’s okay, cleaning the ancestral house, we can help.”

Xia Yuan asked Mei Fang, “By the way, your family doesn’t live in the ancestral house, right? It should be filled with old items. Is there anything specific you need to clean out?”

“Yes, my mom put many of my childhood items in the ancestral house, saying she wants to see if I want to keep any as souvenirs.”

“Really? Then I’ll help tomorrow too.”

Xia Yuan smiled, “Maybe we’ll find some of Afang’s black history.”

“If that happens, don’t go.”

“What do you mean, black history is fun! Are you going, You Xi?”

“Let me see the situation at home, if Uncle doesn’t come to cause trouble tomorrow, I’ll go.”

“Your uncle… oh, You Xi, you really have it tough.”

Mei Fang also pulled on You Xi’s hand and said, “If you run into any trouble, remember to contact me, I’ll come help you right away.”

“Mm… okay.”

Xia Yuan noticed the默契 between Mei Fang and Lin You Xi, and she recalled what You Xi had said earlier.

As they walked home together, small snowflakes began to fall.

Happy Xia Yuan reached out to touch the falling snowflakes, and Mei Fang warned her not to run around to avoid slipping.

They returned to the neighborhood, and the snow melted in Xia Yuan’s warm palm. She then wiped the melting snow on Mei Fang’s face.

“Is it cold!”

“Wow, it’s freezing!”

Xia Yuan pouted at Mei Fang, “Why do you say such rude things, Afang is uncivilized.”

“Haha, can’t help it, can’t survive without playing along.”

“Afang always says weird things.”

Xia Yuan cupped Mei Fang’s cheek, suddenly feeling a mix of emotions.

“What’s wrong?”

“I… when we slept together tonight, I secretly kissed you, you must have felt it, right?”

“Ah… yeah,” Mei Fang scratched his head, “I definitely felt it.”

“Then… didn’t you show any reaction?”

“…”

Mei Fang slowly approached Xia Yuan, gently kissing her rosy cheek.

“More, I want more, over here.”

Xia Yuan enjoyed being kissed by Mei Fang, and after one cheek, she asked for another. But once Mei Fang actually kissed her, she started bargaining.

“You kissed me too much!”

“Again?”

Xia Yuan cupped Mei Fang’s face, and Mei Fang let her do as she pleased.

She stood on her tiptoes, cupping his face.

Mei Fang was her childhood friend and the only boy she liked.

Slowly, she leaned toward Mei Fang’s lips.

Just as she was about to kiss him, Mei Fang sensed Xia Yuan’s passion and turned his face slightly, gently rubbing her cheek and whispering in her ear,

“Although we’ve done many embarrassing things, I know it sounds like a jerk, but a kiss… a kiss isn’t something just a childhood friend can do…”

“Haha… is that so… after all, if we were to run off, it would be too unfair to You Xi.”

“Run off?”

“Nothing!”

Xia Yuan patted her cheeks and smiled at Mei Fang,

“Let’s forget about what happened tonight and just now, I’ll find you tomorrow, I’m heading home now.”

Xia Yuan spoke quickly and was about to leave, as if trying to avoid something.

Why did she suddenly…

Do such a thing.

Clearly, maintaining the status quo was the best choice.

Yet, I always want to take it further…

Is it because of my fragile pride? I’ve lost to You Xi too many times, I don’t want to lose to her at all.

But now, relying on Afang’s indulgence, forcing Afang to deepen our relationship, isn’t this going against our original intention of letting Afang choose freely?

And Afang’s reaction…

He’s made it very clear.

If he has to choose, he definitely won’t choose me…

I’m a selfish bad girl.

Not considering You Xi’s feelings at all…

I—

Don’t deserve to compete with You Xi for Afang’s affection.

In a short time, Xia Yuan thought about many things, mainly regretting why she suddenly had the impulse to monopolize Afang.

Just as she was turning to leave, Mei Fang grabbed her hand again.

“Yuan Yuan, wait.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Turn around and look at me.”

“Why… why suddenly—”

“Just look at me.”

“Fine, just look.”

Xia Yuan rubbed her slightly red eyes and looked up at Mei Fang.

At this moment, Mei Fang bent down and gave Xia Yuan a light peck on the lips.

This was just a simple lip touch, not a deep kiss.

But it could be considered within the realm of kissing.

After Mei Fang kissed Xia Yuan, she froze for a moment, and Mei Fang rubbed his nose awkwardly.

“This… this is because you seemed so eager, so I gave it to you.”

“I, I wasn’t that eager! Don’t make me sound like a pervert!”

Xia Yuan punched Mei Fang’s chest angrily, then hugged him tightly, wanting to stay close for a moment.

As a novice in love, Mei Fang didn’t understand women well, but he understood Xia Yuan and Lin You Xi.

Based on his understanding of Yuan Yuan, if he hadn’t stopped her and given her what she wanted at that moment, she might never try or push forward again due to her timid nature.

He just felt that he needed to stop Yuan Yuan at that moment, nothing more.

Xia Yuan held onto Mei Fang for a while, then lifted her head and said, “We should clarify, that kiss just now doesn’t count as a couple’s kiss or kiss.”

“How should we define it?”

“Mmm…” Xia Yuan pondered for a long time, then blushed and explained, “This counts as ‘Afang’s secret training’. I need to practice with you, so that when we… when I’m with my boyfriend in the future—but it sounds odd… oh well.”

Xia Yuan pinched Mei Fang’s cheek, “Anyway, I really want this, but only from you, not anyone else, do you understand?”

“Mm… I understand.”

“I know you want to focus on your career and studies, and you’re not ready for a relationship, so I won’t force you to take responsibility because of this… By the way, were you happy or forcing yourself when you kissed me just now? We’re the best childhood friends, don’t lie to me.”

Mei Fang laughed and shook his head, “How could I be forcing myself? You’re so cute, I can’t resist—”

“Okay! Don’t say anymore!”

Xia Yuan blushed and lowered her head.

“That’s best, I’m happy and you’re happy too, I should be even happier. A kiss is enough, let’s not mention this again… absolutely, absolutely don’t tell You Xi.”

“If you tell her, she’ll hate me forever, do you understand? If that happens, I’ll hate you forever too.”

“Mm, I promise… I won’t say anything.”

Mei Fang nodded, “By the way, do you still want to do this ‘Afang’s secret training’ in the future?”

“Eh… mmm… let me think…”

Xia Yuan pouted and frowned, “No, better not. Otherwise, it might be discovered by You Xi someday.”

“Mmm… that makes sense.”

“But we haven’t finished today, we can train a bit more.”

Xia Yuan angrily tapped Mei Fang’s head, “Your action was too quick! I didn’t have time to react.”

“It’s my first time… it’s normal to be a bit clumsy,” Mei Fang scratched his head.

“I’m also a first-timer, give me a good experience! Let’s find a place to sit, at the pavilion, and train more, then we won’t need to do this anymore… okay?”

“Mm… okay.”

Mei Fang let Xia Yuan lead him to the pavilion, where Xia Yuan made him sit and then sat on his lap.

“Do you remember? In the North District, we saw a couple sitting on the bench, doing something like this…”

“I don’t remember this… how long have you been thinking about this?”

“Hmph.”

Xia Yuan puffed up her cheeks, rubbing her nose against Mei Fang’s, then smiled sweetly at him. She then wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned in for Afang’s secret training.

She lightly kissed Mei Fang a few times, then their lips met, staying in that state for a long time without any more intimate movements.

This was a romantic secret training.

This is Yuan Yuan’s surprise chapter!

Also, the V group is almost ready to be officially launched. Those who haven’t accumulated enough fan points can wait a bit longer. For now, there’s not much in the group anyway.

(End of Chapter)