Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts
Chapter 22: I Am Truly a Deeply Sinful Boy

Mei Fang and Lin Youxi were stunned for a moment when they heard this, then immediately nodded frantically, “Yes, yes, yes, we are playing hide and seek!”

Mei Fang explained, “We have to let your sister Youxi leave the house without being seen by anyone else for us to win.”

“But can’t Mom and Dad see?” Mei Ya turned back and looked at the door, “Mom is still watching TV in the living room, so you won’t win.”

The living room in Mei Fang’s house is connected to the entrance hall, so if they want to escape from the house, his mother Xiang Xiaoxia will definitely notice.

Although Mei Ya is young, she is very clever. When she heard that her older siblings were facing this problem, she immediately volunteered, “Let me help, watch me!”

Mei Ya hurriedly ran to the living room and grabbed Xiang Xiaoxia, who was watching TV.

“Mom, I need to go poop!”

“You can do it yourself now, right? You’re going to kindergarten soon, you need to be able to take care of yourself.”

“But, but I’m scared of mice… Mom, can you come with me, please?”

Mei Ya tugged at her mom’s arm and acted cute.

“I really can’t do anything with you… You’re so big but still so timid…”

Helplessly, Xiang Xiaoxia followed her daughter into the bathroom. Meanwhile, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi took this opportunity to sneak out of the room and nervously arrived in the living room, where they could reach the victorious entrance hall.

Lin Youxi quickly put on the sandals that Mei Fang had hidden under the cabinet. At this moment, Mei Fang whispered, “I don’t think this can go on… We should find an opportunity to confess to Xia Yuan.”

“Aren’t you afraid that she will be angry at us for this?”

Lin Youxi whispered, “I think Xia Yuan will definitely be angry.”

Mei Fang nodded, “She will be angry… but it’s better to tell her early than later. It’s better to confess on our own than to be discovered. Xia Yuan is easy to talk to, and you don’t want to lose her as a good friend, right?” Sᴇaʀch* Thᴇ NovᴇlFɪre .ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

“Um…”

After a moment of contemplation, Lin Youxi said, “Then you don’t have to say it, let me go… After all, it was me who didn’t let you tell Xia Yuan from the beginning. It’s my responsibility.”

“Okay…”

“Mei Fang, where are you? Let’s look for the mouse’s traces together!”

Xiao Yuan’s voice came from the study. Mei Fang and Lin Youxi hurriedly said goodbye and rushed to the study to pretend to investigate the situation together.

After half an hour of searching, they still couldn’t find any trace of the mouse, so they finally gave up.

Mei Ya was proud of herself for completing the hide-and-seek challenge, and Mei Fang rewarded her with milk candy as a thank you, asking her to keep this secret deep in her three-year-old mind.

“You see… it’s already so late. Why don’t you just have dinner at our house, Yuanyuan?”

“Ah, what are you saying? Teacher Yu will definitely not agree—”

“It’s okay! It’s been a long time since I’ve had Auntie’s home-cooked meals. Let me call my mom. Um… also, I wanted to say—”

Xia Yuan seemed a bit hesitant, “Uncle, Auntie, after dinner, can I play computer games with Mei Fang for a while?”

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Mei Fang tilted her head and looked at Xia Yuan, “I mean… Xia Yuan, are you serious?”

“Oh Mei Fang, don’t interrupt. I’m asking Uncle and Auntie for their opinion.”

“Ahaha… Yuanyuan, it’s fine. You can play computer games if you want. Our family is quite casual. You can play for as long as you want, and if you get tired, you can sleep at our house too!”

Little Mei Ya jumped up excitedly after hearing this, “Can I sleep with Sister Yuanyuan? Yay!”

Xiang Xiaoxia pushed Mei Lijun angrily, “Don’t say that! It makes us look like we have no manners and embarrasses Yuanyuan.”

Then she told Xia Yuan, “You can only play for a maximum of 2 hours.”

“Thank you, Auntie! I’ll go home after playing for 1 hour.”

Saying that, Xia Yuan gently touched Mei Ya’s cheek, “Little Ya, when you grow up a bit more, I will definitely sleep with you.”

“Yes yes! Sister Yuanyuan should sleep with me. After all, Brother is already sleeping with—wuwu!”

At the critical moment, Mei Ya’s mouth was tightly covered by Mei Fang. The child’s deceitful mouth nearly pushed Mei Fang into an irreversible situation.

“Milk… candy…”

This magical spell finally made Mei Ya quiet down.

After Mei Fang let go, Mei Ya repeated like a robot, “Little Ya doesn’t know anything and didn’t say anything!”

After having dinner at Mei Fang’s house, Xia Yuan followed Mei Fang to the study to play.

Because she was afraid of mice, Xia Yuan asked for a blanket and wrapped herself tightly before watching Mei Fang turn on the computer.

“You don’t really hate it when I play games, do you? You even said you wanted to check on me during the day… Ah, I know! You actually wanted to play games with me, right?”

Xia Yuan nodded, not denying it.

“Because… you always accompany me to do things like roller skating, doing homework, going to the mall, buying things… I thought I should also accompany you to play something, otherwise I wouldn’t be a good friend.”

Mei Fang was deeply moved after hearing these words.

I have never seen such a reasonable girl in my two lifetimes!

“Why didn’t you play with me when you first came to find me?”

“At first… I was a bit conflicted, and your parents weren’t home. Playing computer games with you was like playing secretly. I had to make sure to get your mom and dad’s permission first before I could play.”

This girl, why is she sometimes so slow-witted…

“But if Teacher Yu finds out about this, we might get scolded, right?”

“Let’s just not tell my mom, anyway we have so many little secrets…”

Xia Yuan glared at Mei Fang angrily, “Yes, it’s because of you that I’ve become like this. I used to tell my mom everything… Where did these secrets come from?”

“Haha… that’s true… What type of game do you want to play?”

“I don’t know what types are… I don’t know how to play, but I like cute things.”

“In that case, let’s play this one!”

Mei Fang decided to play the casual competitive game “Bubble Gum”^[1] published by Shengda Games with Xia Yuan. This was also the first game Mei Fang played when he entered the online world in his previous life, and it was a childhood memory for many people born in the 80s and 90s.

In this game, the player controls a character to place bubble bombs and kill the enemy team. It can support up to eight players playing together, and its cute art style and simple gameplay attracted many people, especially children.

Of course, the most important thing is that because it only requires a few keys, it was one of the few online games that could be played by two people on one computer during that era of online gaming.

This means that you can even squeeze with a friend and play this game on one computer.

When most children had to go to internet cafes to play games, this great game saved a lot of money.

As soon as the game interface opened, Xia Yuan was immediately attracted by the lively and cute background music and cartoon art style of “Bubble Gum”. Mei Fang even felt that Xia Yuan’s eyes were sparkling.

A few years ago, I corrupted Lin Youxi, and now Xia Yuan couldn’t escape my clutches either.

I am truly a deeply sinful boy.

Mei Fang couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Translator’s Notes:

1. “Bomb and Bubbles”, similar to Bomberman, is one of the game modes of Crazy Arcade, a South Korean online game. (ref: https://en. wikipedia.org/ wiki/Crazy _Arcade) ↩︎

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