Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts

Chapter 210: If You Want to Call Him Ah Fang, Go Ahead

I was supposed to post this chapter yesterday but I was a little busy, so there are 2 chapters today.

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Since Mei Fang shared the Ximilu Studio’s monthly financial report, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi could now view and access Mei Fang’s financial status at any time.

Currently, the income from various games was just barely profitable, with a monthly surplus of only a few thousand yuan. The account that Mei Fang showed to Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi had a balance of over 500,000 yuan (around $68k). However, both of them were aware that Mei Fang likely had a private account. They didn’t ask much about it, and Mei Fang also preferred they not know that their beloved was already a millionaire, as it might hinder enjoying their high school life.

From Xia Yuan’s perspective, her concern about Mei Fang’s spending wasn’t unfounded. “With no new games developed, C Site still has significant monthly expenses, and other game revenues are mediocre. I’m not saying you can’t spend money, but at least wait until my new album is released.”

“When your new album is released, will you support me?”

“Of course, I will support you.”

Xia Yuan pinched Mei Fang’s cheeks, looking a bit unhappy. “Why are you being so polite? It’s clear that most of the credit for the album goes to you.”

“I’m not being polite.” Mei Fang, pinching Xia Yuan’s nose, smiled cheekily. “Who wouldn’t want to be supported by a cute little rich lady?”

Without that ten yuan, there would be no football betting, no birth of Mei Ya, no rise of Mei Lijun, no home computer for Mei Fang, and no future story of him getting into coding and games with Lin Youxi.

Of course, saying this would reveal Mei Fang’s identity as a reborn person, but even without saying it, Xia Yuan would still get all flustered when Mei Fang teased her by calling her a “little rich lady.”

“What rich lady?! Compared to Boss Mei, I’m still poor.”

Lin Youxi had been quietly watching Mei Fang and Xia Yuan’s interaction, not feeling jealous but rather enjoying it. Once Xia Yuan and Mei Fang finished talking, she chimed in:

“Anyway, let’s first check with a few tent suppliers at Mulan Heaven Lake. If both classes go together, we should be able to negotiate a good discount.”

“If Youxi organizes it, I think we can convince the class committee. In a collective vote, the only opposition might come from Shang Qin. She likes to go against Youxi.”

Shang Qin, the sports representative of Class 5 and a teammate of Xiang Bingbing on the basketball team. As mentioned before, due to the class monitor election, she had been at odds with Lin Youxi for a while now.

Xia Yuan tilted her head and asked Mei Fang, “You’re not a class monitor or a committee member. How do you plan to persuade your classmates to go to Mulan Heaven Lake?”

“Me? I may not be a committee member, but I’m a three-good student, and our class’ sports representative Xiang Bingbing is my good friend. We have a responsibility and obligation to lead our class to a meaningful and fun spring outing.”

Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi both gave Mei Fang a look of disdain.

“Are you referencing that broadcast script from when you were a flag-bearer in elementary school?”

“Isn’t it quite funny? Haha!”

In elementary school, being a flag-bearer was a great honor and recognition. Before each flag-raising, the broadcaster would read out the flag-bearers’ daily deeds, written by the bearers themselves.

Of course, everyone followed a template, so the stories were quite similar.

After skipping over Mei Fang’s cold joke, Lin Youxi continued, “Bingbing should be popular in your class. If she’s willing to help you, it shouldn’t be hard to persuade the class committee and the students to support it. Besides, everyone wants to go to Mulan Heaven Lake; they’re just worried about the cost.”

“So, let’s contact them tonight and look for contact information online.”

After contacting several shops at Mulan Heaven Lake and confirming their discounts, Mei Fang decided to subsidize about a third of the camping costs to create a memorable spring outing.

Xia Yuan calculated that Mei Fang’s subsidy would only be around one or two thousand yuan, which wasn’t too big an expense, so she agreed to Mei Fang’s plan.

The next day, Mei Fang told their class monitor, He Luoyun, about having a relative running a shop at Mulan Heaven Lake and explained the travel costs and discounts.

According to Mei Fang, they needed at least 100 people to get the discount, and since he was close with Lin Youxi, the class monitor of Class 5, they also wanted to go to Mulan Heaven Lake for their spring outing.

After hearing Mei Fang’s explanation, the class committee was also excited about Mulan Heaven Lake. During the break, they organized a class meeting to vote on the spring outing destination, and nearly 80% voted for Mulan Heaven Lake.

“In that case, we’ll set our spring outing destination to Mulan Heaven Lake.”

“Great! We get to go on a trip and ship some couples at the same time. This is awesome!”

Wang Jiayu’s teasing caused the class to burst into laughter, and many turned their attention to Mei Fang, the key player in the Mulan Heaven Lake plan. The thick-skinned Mei Fang didn’t blush at all.

With the financial aid, Class 5 also voted for Mulan Heaven Lake, solidifying the joint spring outing plan for Classes 3 and 5.

Lin Youxi, Xia Yuan, and Liu Xiaoyu came to Class 3 to discuss the collaboration. Usually, Lin Youxi would just drag Mei Fang out of class, so the students rarely saw her directly.

Liu Xiaoyu quietly followed Lin Youxi, noting important points, while Xia Yuan, uninterested in the meeting, immediately started chatting with Xiang Bingbing—but her eyes remained on Mei Fang.

“Wow, Bingbing, you and Ah Fang are deskmates again?”

“Of course.”

Xia Yuan then whispered to Xiang Bingbing, loud enough for Mei Fang to hear, “Let me ask you, has Ah Fang been particularly close with any girls in your class recently?”

“Of course! Mei Fang is quite popular in our class right now.”

Hearing this, Xia Yuan became immediately alert. She shot an annoyed glance at an innocent-looking Mei Fang and continued, “Who are you talking about? Can you point her out to me?”

“Of course! Right now, the girl Mei Fang is closest to in class is… is… is…”

“Ta-da!”

Xiang Bingbing grinned and pointed to herself. “I, Xiang Bingbing, am the girl Mei Fang is closest to in the class!”

“Stop joking around, I’m serious,” Xia Yuan said grumpily. “I’m asking about someone other than you.”

Xiang Bingbing looked a bit unhappy after hearing that. “Why exclude me? Mei Fang and I are super close.”

“?”

Xia Yuan didn’t want to deal with Xiang Bingbing initially, but hearing this, she frowned slightly. “What do you mean by ‘super close’?”

Sensing danger, Mei Fang quickly interjected, “She helps me get breakfast and saves a spot for me in the cafeteria. The fried noodles in the morning are hard to get, but Bingbing gets them easily. In return, I lend her my homework and notes.”

“If it’s just that, then I guess it’s fine…” Xia Yuan muttered.

Xiang Bingbing, knowing that Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi liked Mei Fang, felt a bit left out and grumbled further. “What’s ‘just that’? Other people want to get breakfast for Mei Fang but can’t, okay? I always share the best Shennongjia chestnuts with him first. And——”

“Okay, okay, I get it. Bingbing is already doing a great job,” Xia Yuan said, patting Xiang Bingbing’s head gently. “Just keep being the girl Ah Fang is closest to in Class 3. If anyone gets closer to him than you, let me know.”

“Don’t worry, no one will get closer to him than me. They can’t compete with my relationship with Ah Fang.”

“It’s Mei Fang, not Ah Fang,” Mei Fang reminded from the side.

“Aiya, it’s really easy to say the wrong thing when they always call you Ah Fang.”

“Let Bingbing call you what she wants,” Xia Yuan smiled. “If you want to call him Ah Fang, go ahead.”

“So you really don’t mind?”

“Because Bingbing is cute and also our good friend,” Xia Yuan said, putting her arm around Xiang Bingbing’s shoulder and leaning in close to her affectionately. Xiang Bingbing was also very happy. “Then I’ll call him Ah Fang like you guys. Calling him Mei Fang is a bit awkward, hahaha.”

Lin Youxi, having finished discussing the details with He Luoyun, watched Xia Yuan chat happily with Mei Fang.

After the class committee finalized the plans, Lin Youxi called Xia Yuan to go back to their classroom together. On the way up, she suddenly stared at Xia Yuan and said, “We were supposed to discuss the spring outing, but you were just chatting with Ah Fang.”

Xia Yuan sheepishly stuck out her tongue, “I just wanted to say hi… and then got carried away.”

“Tonight during the evening self-study break, Ah Fang is all mine, okay?”

“N-No problem… sorry,” Xia Yuan said, lowering her head in contrition at Lin Youxi’s stern demeanor, which shocked Liu Xiaoyu so much she didn’t dare say a word.