Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Operation Save Childhood Sweetheart

Xia Yuan had good relationships with her classmates. When she cried in class, many girls came to comfort her after class.

“Mei Fang, move over!”

Her deskmate and the main character, Mei Fang, was pushed out of his seat.

The girls gathered around Xia Yuan. At this moment, Xia Yuan was lowering her head and sobbing slightly.

Some patted Xia Yuan’s shoulders while others patted her arms, saying encouraging words. Soon, Xia Yuan regained her composure, wiped her eyes, and told everyone she was fine, asking them not to worry.

Such a warm scene was truly beautiful.

Unfortunately, I am the culprit, so naturally, I have no face to appreciate this scene.

After the others left, Mei Fang also sat down to comfort Xia Yuan.

“I’ve told you, I’ll try my best to find a way to stay. Now, my dad is only temporarily planning to move there, and it’s next year’s matter.”

“Why…”

Xia Yuan drew circles on the draft paper with a pen and then stared at Mei Fang with a look of grief.

“Why… didn’t you tell me right away?”

“Aren’t we the best friends?”

“I…”

Mei Fang scratched his head. “I didn’t want to ruin your mood seeing you so happy this morning.”

“Does You Xi know about this?”

Mei Fang nodded. “She was at our house for dinner last night, and my dad said it in front of her.”

“How could you do this!” Xia Yuan suddenly got angry. “You two knew but didn’t tell me right away. Aren’t we the best friends?”

She really cared about how much Mei Fang and Lin You Xi valued her.

“It was really late last night, and I was also very confused…”

Mei Fang sighed. “I don’t want to leave Baimei County, and I’m also reluctant to leave everything here.”

He thought for a moment and added shamelessly, “Of course, the person I’m most reluctant to leave is you, Yuan Yuan… and You Xi.”

Xia Yuan’s anger instantly dissipated because of Mei Fang’s words.

She patted Mei Fang’s hand as if to comfort him and then said seriously,

“Well, then don’t go. Let’s think of a solution together. At first, I always thought that Dad wouldn’t listen to me. But you encouraged me to tell Dad my thoughts, and eventually, I succeeded, and Dad understood me.”

“Besides, Uncle Mei is a reasonable person. As long as we explain our situation, he will understand.”

Xia Yuan thought for a moment, “And if it doesn’t work out in the end, we can run away again. This time, we can go further away, and bring You Xi along. We can go—”

“You’re addicted to running away!”

Today had physical education class. During free activity time, Xia Yuan politely declined an invitation to jump rope with her friends and instead discussed battle plans with Mei Fang in the classroom. Then, she went to Lin You Xi’s class to greet her and signaled her to come to the multimedia classroom after school to discuss the plan.

Lin You Xi was also in a bad state today, her hair messy, clearly having not washed it last night. Hearing Xia Yuan say they should think of ways to keep Mei Fang, Lin You Xi immediately agreed.

Although they were just kids, brainstorming together with them wasn’t a bad idea when Mei Fang couldn’t come up with any good ideas.

“Uncle Mei was promoted due to his hard work and transferred to Baizhou City for work… This is the reason for the move.”

Xia Yuan pondered and said, “Afang, has Uncle Mei definitely been promoted? Does he have to go?”

Mei Fang shook his head. “Once something is decided by the organization, it usually won’t change.”

“Can’t Uncle Mei apply to stay in Baimei County? Why does he have to go to Baizhou City?”

Lin You Xi interjected, “I heard from my dad that each position in the unit is like a carrot in a hole; there’s no extra work available. Uncle Mei must have filled an empty position in the city to be able to transfer.”

“In that case… isn’t it inevitable that he has to go?”

Xia Yuan started crying again, “Afang, can’t you live separately from your family?”

“It’s not necessarily so…”

Mei Fang thought for a moment, “It’s fine even if I live alone. But my family probably won’t agree.”

Lin You Xi quickly shook her head. “Then how pitiful! At least I still have my dad. You could… stay with your grandparents?”

“My grandma is not in good health, and I don’t want to trouble her.”

Mei Fang rested his chin on his hand. “Actually, I prefer living alone. But my parents are planning to sell this house and buy a bigger one in Baizhou City, so I would have to move back to the old house.”

“I can try to help!”

Xia Yuan immediately raised her hand, “I’ll try to persuade my parents to lend money to your family to buy a house. My dad recently sold the restaurant, so he should have plenty of money… He mentioned fifty thousand before…”

Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan, who knew you were such a filial daughter!

Mei Fang tapped Xia Yuan’s head and criticized her, “You don’t have any sense of the amount. With so much money, your family’s financial situation isn’t good recently. Your parents won’t lend us money.”

“But… maybe a small loan… should be…”

Xia Yuan almost cried out of frustration, “I just want to help you. I still have some New Year’s money, which I can lend to your dad. Don’t let them sell your house.”

Six thousand yuan is not a small amount, little sister!

Lin You Xi also fell into deep thought, “Whether staying in the old or new house, or having your grandparents come to take care of you, we need to first confirm whether Uncle Mei and Auntie Mei are willing to let Afang stay here alone. Otherwise, all these discussions are meaningless…”

“I think it’s difficult, but according to my mom’s personality, she won’t leave me behind. I can only follow her.”

Mei Fang suddenly had a clear idea, “But we can talk to Mom and convince her to stay in Baimei County. Let Dad work in Baizhou City for a few years until things stabilize, then we can discuss later. Anyway, it’s not far, and Dad can come back by car in an hour.”

Dad’s job in Baizhou City might not be stable. If he gets transferred to Jiangcheng later, would they need to buy a house there?

If they maintain the status quo, let Dad go to work first, and wait until middle school or high school, even if the family decides to move to Baizhou, Mei Fang can still stay here with Xia Yuan and Lin You Xi.

Because by then, he will be able to “take care of himself,” and Mom won’t worry about him as much.

“That’s right, Auntie Mei is the real decision-maker in Afang’s family!”

Xia Yuan nodded in agreement, “We should try to persuade Auntie Mei not to buy a house in Baizhou City and stay in Baimei County. My dad used to travel a lot, and my mom used to complain, saying that the family was the same with or without him, as long as he sent money home.”

“But, a family definitely needs to live together…”

Lin You Xi hesitated. Family was a very important word to her.

“So, do you mean Afang has to leave us next year?”

Facing Xia Yuan’s question, Lin You Xi shook her head vigorously.

She thought for a moment, recalling what Mei Lijun said to her yesterday, and cleared her throat softly, saying:

“After all, Uncle Mei is an adult, he should be more mature and steady. This is just a temporary arrangement, and weekends can be spent here for holidays, there’s no difference…”

Wow, she convinced herself…

Mei Fang nodded, “I also think there’s no better way.”

So Mei Fang, Xia Yuan, and Lin You Xi reached a consensus:

Let Dad go to Baizhou City to work for a while, temporarily giving up the plan to move. But they needed to find a way to persuade Auntie Xiangxia to firmly decide to stay in Baimei County, so Afang wouldn’t have to leave next year.

“Let’s give this operation a nice name? How about…”

Xia Yuan raised her hand high, “Operation Save Childhood Sweetheart, okay?”

“No objection!” Lin You Xi also raised her hand in agreement.

“It’s Afang’s turn!”

“Me? If you like, the name is up to you.”

Mei Fang raised his hand and began to ponder the next steps, “There’s no time to waste. Let’s start thinking about the specific action plan today?”

“Okay!”

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