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

Chapter 194: Ah Fangs Secret Training

The intense back-and-forth positional battle finally ended with Mei Fang’s victory. Lin Youxi, exhausted from the struggle, ended up simply wrapping her arms around Mei Fang’s and lying obediently by his side, with warm breath blowing against Mei Fang’s ear.

Xia Yuan, who had been leaning against Mei Fang’s other side and holding his arm, fell asleep quickly but was awakened by the commotion between the other two.

With an embarrassed expression, she listened to the sounds coming from Mei Fang and Lin Youxi, and then discovered that in her sleep just now, she had already left a large hickey on Mei Fang’s neck.

Compared to Lin Youxi’s aggressiveness, Xia Yuan had been relatively quiet all along. After all, it was the first time she slept beside Mei Fang while he was awake since they entered high school—excluding the sneak attack before.

She pretended to still be asleep, hugging Mei Fang’s arm and continuously pressing his face against it, eventually reaching his face.

Taking advantage of the pitch-black darkness, Xia Yuan stealthily gave Mei Fang’s cheek a kiss, then continued to pretend to be asleep, her head lowered, resting on Mei Fang.

Mei Fang didn’t react to Xia Yuan’s special gesture. Or perhaps, licking was already a more intimate act than a kiss, so Mei Fang didn’t mind anymore.

However, how did it inexplicably turn out like this…

Sleeping with Ah Fang and Youxi when we were children was a cherished memory.

Even if Ah Fang is innocent, he can’t possibly be unaware of Youxi’s and my intentions anymore…

At nine o’clock in the evening, Mei Fang received a call from his cousin, Mei Yue. He quickly woke up Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi, who were still snuggling up to him. When Mei Yue arrived with Mei Ya, the three of them were sitting around the table, dressed and studying seriously.

Mei Ya jumped into Xia Yuan’s arms, pouting and grumbling at her, “Sister Yuan Yuan, you’re so mean! You three played together without me.”

“N-No, we were just studying here… High school students have a lot of academic pressure.”

Mei Ya listened to Xia Yuan’s explanation and suddenly sniffed her, “Sister Yuan Yuan, why you smell so good?”

“Ah… um, I just took a quick shower.”

“Did you shower in that transparent bathroom? So my brother saw you naked.”

“Your brother is not that kind of person.”

Xia Yuan calmly and politely smiled in response to Mei Ya’s scrutiny, although she was secretly panicking.

Meanwhile, Mei Yue’s first reaction upon entering the room was to check the trash can. Then she lay on the bed and sighed, “Ah… the king-size bed in this hotel is really comfortable.”

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

Lin Youxi propped her chin with her hand, smiling as she watched Mei Yue who seemingly doing an investigation. At this moment, Mei Yue reached into the blanket and felt for something, then glanced keenly at Mei Fang, who was watching her. Mei Fang felt a little embarrassed and touched his nose, then looked at Mei Yue and said, “Sister Yue Yue, are you done checking now? We really didn’t do anything.”

“Haha, it’s not that I don’t trust you guys, I just want to make sure.” Mei Yue patted Mei Fang’s shoulder. “It’s getting late now, let me drive you all back. Oh, Xiaoya, what’s your promise to me——”

“‘I’ve been playing with Sister Yuan Yuan, Sister Youxi, and Brother the whole night. I didn’t go anywhere!'”

With his cousin as the vanguard and his little sister as the rearguard, Mei Fang, the Duan Shui Master^[1], truly had powerful allies.

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

Although Lin Youxi said that she could go back on her own without any problems, Mei Fang of course wouldn’t just let Youxi go home alone. He first sent Mei Ya back home, while Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan were left alone, walking around the neighborhood for a few rounds while waiting for him.

Xia Yuan felt guilty about kissing Mei Fang secretly, so she tried to engage Lin Youxi in a conversation. “Today… today… was quite interesting, haha. It feels like it’s been a long time since we’ve done something like this…”

Instead of responding to Xia Yuan, Lin Youxi just smiled and kept staring at her.

“W-What’s wrong? Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“Did you have a good time today?”

“Mhm…” Xia Yuan nodded lightly. “You did too.”

“Do you think it’s fine if Ah Fang doesn’t choose and we just continue like this?”

“Um…” Xia Yuan hadn’t expected Lin Youxi to suddenly ask such a question. She hesitated for a while and then continued, “I think it’s not a bad idea, but Ah Fang might not agree. And convincing our parents… seems really difficult.”

“We do indeed need to find a way to convince our parents, but as for Ah Fang…”

As Lin Youxi was thinking, she suddenly shook her head and chuckled at Xia Yuan. “In my opinion, the one we don’t need to worry about the most is Ah Fang.”

“Really? But I feel like he doesn’t know what to do…”

Lin Youxi patted Xia Yuan’s shoulder and leaned closer to whisper in her ear, “Have you forgotten about that thing? Actually, since we were very young, Ah Fang has wanted to be together with the two of us forever…”

“Um…”

Blushing, Xia Yuan was about to ask further, but Mei Fang had already descended the stairs and waved at both of them, interrupting the topic for the time being.

Mei Fang and Xia Yuan accompanied Lin Youxi on the way back home, discussing matters related to renting a house and moving.

“Our ancestral home is going to be demolished soon. We need to clean up the things there tomorrow, so I won’t have time to go out with both of you.”

“It’s okay, we can help with cleaning your ancestral home.”

Smiling, Xia Yuan asked Mei Fang, “By the way, Ah Fang, your family doesn’t live in the ancestral home anymore, right? It should be filled with decades-old items. Is there anything specific that needs to be cleaned?”

“Yes, my mom left many things from my childhood there, asking me if there’s anything I want to keep as a memento.”

“Oh, really! Then I’ll also come and help tomorrow.”

Xia Yuan smiled faintly and said, “Maybe we can uncover more of Ah Fang’s dark history.”

“If that’s the case, then you shouldn’t go.”

“What? Dark history is fun! Youxi are you coming too?”

“I’ll check the situation at home first. If my uncle doesn’t come to make trouble tomorrow, then I’ll go.”

“Your uncle… sigh, Youxi, you really have a tough time.”

Mei Fang also held Lin Youxi’s hand and said, “If you encounter any difficulties, remember to contact me. Once I receive your message, I’ll come to help you immediately.”

“Mhm… Thank you.”

Xia Yuan glanced at Mei Fang and Lin Youxi, who had a tacit hand-holding gesture and thought about what Lin Youxi said earlier.

When Mei Fang and Xia Yuan walked back home together, it had started snowing lightly. Xia Yuan happily reached out to touch the falling snowflakes, while Mei Fang cautioned her from behind not to run around to avoid slipping.

Both of them returned to the neighborhood, with snowflakes melting into water in Xia Yuan’s warm palm. Xia Yuan turned around and reached out to wipe it on Mei Fang’s face.

“Is it cold?”

“Damn, it’s cold!”

Xia Yuan pouted and said angrily to Mei Fang, “Why do you swear at me? Ah Fang, you’re not civilized.”

“Haha, I can’t help it. I can’t survive without making jokes.”

“Ah Fang always says strange things.”

Xia Yuan cupped Mei Fang’s cheek with one hand and suddenly felt a mix of emotions.

“What’s wrong?”

“I… when we slept together earlier, I secretly kissed you. Didn’t you notice?”

“Ah… that, well,” Mei Fang scratched his head, “of course I noticed.”

“Then… don’t you have any reaction?”

“…”

Mei Fang took a slow step forward and gently kissed Xia Yuan’s rosy cheek.

“Give me one more, I want it on this side.” Xia Yuan really enjoyed the feeling of Mei Fang initiating intimacy. After being kissed on one cheek, she let Mei Fang kiss her other cheek as well. But after Mei Fang actually kissed her, she started bargaining again, “You owe me one more kiss!”

“Here we go again…”

So, Xia Yuan cupped his face, and Mei Fang, with great understanding, allowed her to do as she pleased. She tiptoed and held his cheek.

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

Slowly, she leaned in, getting closer to Mei Fang’s lips.

Just as she was about to kiss him, Mei Fang also sensed Xia Yuan’s passion. He turned his cheek at the last moment, gently touching Xia Yuan’s cheek and softly whispered in her ear, “Although we’ve done many shameful things, and I know it sounds like a scumbag to say this, but kissing…kissing on the lips is no longer something that can be done innocently between childhood sweethearts…”

“Haha… that’s true… After all, if I took advantage of the opportunity and cheated, I would be too unfair to Youxi.”

“Cheating?”

“Ah, no, it’s nothing!”

Xia Yuan patted her own cheek and then smiled at Mei Fang.

“Forget about what happened tonight, including just now. I’ll come to see you tomorrow. I’ll go home for now.”

Xia Yuan spoke quickly, and as soon as she finished, she turned to leave, as if deliberately avoiding something.

Why did I suddenly…suddenly do such a thing?

Clearly, the facts are as Youxi said, and it is best to maintain the status quo.

But I always want to secretly go further…

Is it because of my pitiful pride? I have lost to Youxi too many times already, and no matter what, I don’t want to lose to her again.

But now, taking advantage of Ah Fang’s doting on me, and pushing him to deepen our relationship, isn’t that already going against our original agreement of letting Ah Fang choose for himself?

And also, Ah Fang’s reaction just now.

It was quite obvious.

If he had to choose, he definitely wouldn’t choose me…

I’m a bad girl who only thinks about myself.

Completely disregarding Youxi’s feelings…

I…

I am simply not worthy of competing with Youxi for Ah Fang’s affection.

In a short period of time, Xia Yuan thought about many pessimistic things, mainly regretting why she suddenly had a moment of impulsiveness and made a move to monopolize Mei Fang.

Just as she turned to leave, Mei Fang grabbed Xia Yuan’s hand.

“Yuan Yuan, wait a moment.”

“W-What’s wrong?”

“Turn around and look at me.”

“What’s the matter… all of a sudden…”

“Just look at me.”

“Fine, I’ll… I’ll look then…”

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

At this moment, Mei Fang leaned down and lightly kissed Xia Yuan on the lips.

Of course, it was just a simple touch of lips, without deep intimacy.

But, this could already be considered a kiss.

After kissing Xia Yuan, Mei Fang froze for a moment, and he awkwardly touched his nose.

“This… I did it because it seemed like something you really wanted.”

“I-I didn’t want it that much! Don’t make it sound like I’m some pervert!” Xia Yuan angrily pounded Mei Fang’s chest, and as she kept pounding, she threw herself into Mei Fang’s arms, wanting to enjoy the warmth a little longer.

As a novice in love, Mei Fang didn’t have any innate understanding of a woman’s heart. All he had was his understanding of Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi.

Based on his understanding of Xia Yuan, if he didn’t hold her and give her what she wanted at this moment, with her timid and weak personality, she would find it difficult to try or progress in the future.

He just felt that at this moment, he should hold Yuan Yuan, that’s all.

Xia Yuan hugged Mei Fang for a while, then raised her head and said, “Let’s make it clear first, that peck just now doesn’t count as a kiss between couples.”

“Then how should we define it?”

“Mmm…” Xia Yuan propped her cheek and pondered for a while. Finally, with a flushed face, she explained, “Let’s call it ‘Ah Fang’s Secret Training.’ I want to practice with you first, so that in the future, I can do it properly with you—um, I mean, with my future boyfriend—it sounds weird when I say it like that too… Ah, never mind.”

Xia Yuan pinched Mei Fang’s cheek. “Anyway, I want to do it, but I want to do it with you specifically. It’s not something that I want to do with anyone else. Only you. Do you understand what I mean?”

“Mhm… I understand.”

“I also know that you want to focus on your career and studies right now and don’t want to be in a relationship. So, I won’t force you to be responsible for me because of this… Oh, by the way, when you kissed me just now, were you happy or reluctantly doing it? We’re childhood sweethearts, so you must not lie to me.”

Mei Fang smiled and shook his head. “How could I have done it reluctantly? You’re so cute, and I do want to——”

“Enough! Let’s not talk about it anymore!” Xia Yuan’s face flushed red, then she lowered her head.

“It’s better this way. I’m happy, and you’re also happy. I…I should be even happier than you. A little kiss is enough, don’t ever bring up this up again…Absolutely, absolutely do not tell Youxi.”

“If you tell her, she will resent me for life, do you understand? If that really happens, I will also resent you for life.”

“Mhm, I promise… I won’t say a thing,” Mei Fang nodded. “By the way, will you… still want to continue with this ‘Ah Fang’s Secret Training’ in the future?”

“Umm… let me think…” Xia Yuan pursed her lips and frowned. “Let’s not do it anymore in the future. Otherwise, Youxi will definitely find out one day.”

“Alright… that makes sense.”

“But today is not over yet. We can continue the training a bit more.” Xia Yuan angrily tapped Mei Fang’s head. “Your actions just now were too quick! I didn’t even have time to react before it ended.”

“Isn’t it normal to not be very skilled since it’s my first time?” Mei Fang scratched his head.

“It’s my first time too. Give me a good experience! Let’s go sit in the pavilion over there and continue the training a bit more. We won’t do the training anymore in the future…okay?”

“Um… alright.”

Led by Xia Yuan, Mei Fang went to the pavilion. Xia Yuan asked Mei Fang to sit first and then sat on his lap.

“Do you still remember? The couple we saw sitting on the bench in the north district before, they were being affectionate like this…”

“I don’t recall that incident at all… How long have you been thinking about that?”

“Hmph.”

Xia Yuan puffed her cheeks and rubbed her nose against Mei Fang’s nose. Then she sweetly smiled at him and circled her arms around his neck, leaning in for the “Ah Fang’s Secret Training.”

She only gave Mei Fang a few light and gentle kisses before their lips met and stayed that way for a long period, without any further intimate actions.

This was a secret training session, filled with romantic feelings.

Translator's Notes:

This is the last chapter of the day.

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