On the way to the mall just now, Peng Jingyang sorted out his thoughts and guessed why Qin Yu called two girls over. Considering that Qin Yu had eaten the shrimps from Pu Chen's plate before, every time he went to the cafeteria and saw Pu Chen, Qin Yu would always ask Pu Chen to sit at the same table with them, and he would patiently explain math problems to Pu Chen, although it was always in his name.
He had reason to suspect that Qin Yu seemed to have a good impression of Pu Chen.
Although he himself was shocked by this absurd idea, he always trusted his intuition.
Since his best friend has racked his brains to ask the girl he likes out to play, it is his duty to help.
In order to give Qin Yu and Pu Chen a chance to spend time together alone, Peng Jingyang put aside his past grudges and said to Zhao Shu, "Let's go and find a game for us to play alone."
In terms of study, Zhao Shu couldn't compare to Peng Jingyang, but when it came to playing, she had never lost to anyone. "Just have a one-on-one duel, don't cry secretly when you lose."
She spoke the last three words very quietly, and only Peng Jingyang could hear them.
The two are at loggerheads and neither of them likes the other.
Pushing each other, the two went to the service desk to exchange currency.
Qin Yu and Pu Chen were still there. He watched Peng Jingyang and Zhao Shu leave, and he couldn't pull Peng Jingyang back. He glanced at Pu Chen, wondering if she would be sad.
Pu Chen was looking at so many claw machines, still in shock, and didn't even pay attention to when Peng Jingyang and Zhao Shu left.
She counted silently in her mind. There were a total of fifty-five claw machines of various sizes, arranged in two large rows. It was quite spectacular.
"What do you want to play? I'll accompany you." Qin Yu's tone was much gentler than in the morning.
Pu Chen shook her head. She was not a child and did not need someone to accompany her all the time. Many times she did not want to communicate with others because she was afraid of causing trouble to others and becoming annoying over time.
I want to catch the doll, you go play with what you like. When I catch the doll, I will find you. She was going to type "find you", but maybe because she felt guilty, she changed it to "you all".
Qin Yu followed her and went to exchange coins. He recharged a lot of money and planned to give some to Pu Chen, but Pu Chen didn't want it and insisted on buying coins himself, so he had to give up.
Pu Chen looked at the price list and found that the more money you top up, the better the deal. Just now, she saw Qin Yu top up 2,000 yuan into his membership card. Peng Jingyang and Zhao Shu also got membership cards and topped up a lot of money.
She heard that Peng Jingyang's family and Zhao Shu's family were both in business and lived in a villa area. Not to mention Qin Yu's family. The money they had for that car alone was more than many people could earn in their entire lives.
She can't compare with them.
But since they were out to have fun, she couldn't spoil their fun, so she exchanged a hundred yuan.
Pu Chen was holding a small basket with less than half a hundred coins in it. She was not interested in other games and went straight to grab dolls.
It was her first time playing this, and she didn’t figure out the pattern at first, so she switched machines when she couldn’t catch any dolls. She watched the coins in the basket become fewer and fewer, and she didn’t catch any dolls.
When there were only more than twenty coins left, she still had nothing.
Pu Chen stood in front of his favorite claw machine and comforted himself that it was just a doll and it wouldn't be that expensive even if he bought it online.
At this moment, there seemed to be another voice in my heart saying that what you buy is different from what you catch, and the more you catch, the more sense of accomplishment you feel.
She told herself to try to catch the last three, and if she couldn’t catch anything, then forget it.
Good luck finally came and she caught the doll she liked.
In a moment of excitement, she moved to another claw machine and found that the dolls there were also her favorites.
What Pu Chen didn't know was that this machine had just been caught by someone else two minutes ago and could not be caught in a short time.
As the coins in the basket became less and less, he was soon running out of money.
She still had nearly a thousand yuan in her mobile phone, but she was reluctant to recharge it.
It's been less than half an hour and the hundred yuan is about to be spent. Dad is busy all day and sometimes can't even earn a few hundred yuan. He doesn't know how many cars he has to repair to earn the hundred yuan.
The family has become much more well-off in the past few years. Since my aunt started working, she has given my father tens of thousands of yuan every year, but my father has not touched a penny and has put it all in the bank. My father said that he did not have the ability to save up a dowry for my aunt, and that this money would be for her to buy her favorite things when she gets married.
Pu Chen looked at the coins in the basket and decided not to catch the doll. If the coins were all spent, she would have nothing to do and it would affect the mood of the other three.
Don't be too shabby when you go out to play. This is what her father repeatedly reminded her before they left, telling her not to be reluctant to spend money.
Pu Chen finally gave up catching the dolls. She had to make sure there were always coins in the small basket so that she wouldn't be embarrassed when she met the three of them later.
She sat in front of a small game, watching the constantly changing images on the screen, pretending to figure out how to play, but she never put in any coins.
All her movements and expressions over the past half hour were seen by Qin Yu.
He couldn't bear to watch her standing in front of the claw machine for such a long time before, holding the coin between her fingertips and hesitating whether to continue inserting the coin.
He regretted bringing her here, he should have taken her to a place where she didn't have to spend money. Her family only had her father's income from car repairs, she was so sensible, naturally she wouldn't spend money lavishly.
Whether it was him, Peng Jingyang or Zhao Shu, they were used to spending money like water.
Qin Yu stood up and walked to the claw machine.
He knew a little secret to catching dolls. Actually, there was no secret. Just stand there and keep grabbing until you catch one. Each machine had a probability set, and you would always win if you kept grabbing.
Half an hour later, he caught five.
There are special bags for dolls in the arcade, which can be carried diagonally on the shoulders. He asked for two bags, intending to grab one for all the good-looking dolls.
Pu Chen looked up and saw the tall figure. He also likes dolls
Peng Jingyang and Zhao Shu came over. He had just competed with Zhao Shu and was badly beaten by her. He came over to take a breath and see how Qin Yu and Pu Chen were doing.
"Damn, you're so good!" Zhao Shu picked up the bag and looked at it. She had already caught the sixth one. "Tell me the truth, do you have a girlfriend in Beijing?" There would be no other reason for a boy to catch a doll except for the girl he likes.
Pu Chen heard Zhao Shu say this when he walked over.
Qin Yu was concentrating on catching the dolls, and after a long while he said, "Yes."
Pu Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't tell what he felt. But then he thought, it's not strange that he has a girlfriend. It would be abnormal if he didn't have one, since he's so handsome.
There was a pause of less than three seconds, and Qin Yu pressed the confirm button, then turned around and said to Zhao Shu, "Several."
Have several girlfriends.
His tone made people feel that he was trying to cover up something.
Pu Chen was not sure whether it existed or not.
"Another one caught!" Zhao Shu exclaimed.
Qin Yu stuffed the captured doll into the bag and went to the next claw machine. He took out his membership card and handed it to Peng Jingyang: "I don't know when I will come next time. You should use up the coins here. It's a waste to keep them in there."
Peng Jingyang and Qin Yu have never been shy with each other. Qin Yu still hasn't applied for a campus card, so they share one.
Zhao Shu was even more impolite. She decided to save the coins in her card for the winter vacation. "Thank you, Boss Qin, for the treat. Chenchen, let's go and exchange the coins."
Pu Chen was embarrassed to take too much. Her situation was different from Zhao Shu's. She didn't have the financial ability to return the treat, so she lost the confidence to have fun when others treated her.
She took a symbolic amount and used it all to catch the dolls.
They played until seven o'clock in the evening. Qin Yu caught a total of thirty-five dolls and put them in two bags.
Pu Chen only caught two in an afternoon, but she was already very satisfied.
As the night deepened, they separated downstairs in the shopping mall.
Zhao Shu's father came to pick her up. Peng Jingyang was her neighbor, so he took a ride with her.
Pu Chen kept looking at the backs of Zhao Shu and Peng Jingyang as they left, but what she was thinking in her heart was that if Zhao Shu didn't go with her, it would be very awkward for her and Qin Yu to be the only ones in the car.
Qin Yuze looked at Pu Chen thoughtfully.
On the way home, Pu Chen was accompanied in the back seat by two bags of dolls, which she glanced at from time to time.
Without Zhao Shu, the car was particularly silent.
The phone in Pu Chen's pocket vibrated. Qin Yu sent her a message. She looked up at him. He was slumped in the passenger seat, blocked by the backrest. She could only see his shoulders.
Maybe the driver was in the car and it was not convenient for him to say it in person.
Where do you want to go tomorrow? he asked.
Pu Chen refused him without a second thought: I have to go to my relatives' house tomorrow and I don't have time. She wasn't going anywhere, she just didn't want to stay with him any longer.
Maybe he really has a girlfriend.
Another point is that the three of them have good family conditions and can spend money freely wherever they go, but she doesn't have the conditions to go out and play every day.
Qin Yu: I'm sorry to spoil your fun today. I'll take you somewhere else to play later.
Pu Chen was afraid that Qin Yu would see through his worries, so he quickly explained: No, I had a lot of fun, thank you.
Qin Yu wanted to say, your disappointment is written all over your face, you just didn't notice it. If he had known that Peng Jingyang and Zhao Shu were inseparable for the whole afternoon, he shouldn't have asked Zhao Shu to come.
However, Peng Jingyang didn't find it strange that he liked Zhao Shu, a beautiful and cheerful girl like her.
The car stopped at the entrance of the alley. The road inside was narrow and difficult to turn around. Qin Yu did not let the driver get in. He unbuckled his seat belt and pushed the door to get out.
Pu Chen got off the car holding the two dolls she had caught.
Qin Yu walked to the back door of the car, opened it, and took out two large bags of dolls.
Pu Chen looked surprised.
Qin Yu walked around to her side and said, "Let's go, I'll take you back."
Pu Chen: No, my dad is still in the store. It's only a few dozen meters long, and there are a lot of people coming and going on the road. It's just after seven o'clock, so there's really no need to send me off.
Qin Yu carried two bags of dolls and walked straight forward.
Pu Chen strode after him and asked, "Why don't you put these dolls in the car?"
Qin Yu turned his head to look at her and said, "This is a gift for you. How can I give it to you if I put it in the car?"
Pu Chen always remembered what he said in the video game arcade that he had a girlfriend. She refused: Thank you, I have a doll, you can give it to your girlfriend.
Qin Yu: "I have never been in a relationship, how can I have a girlfriend?" He realized why Pu Chen asked him to give the doll to his girlfriend, and explained: "If I don't say that, Zhao Shu won't believe it and I will have to interrogate her." Maybe Zhao Shu will even snatch the doll he caught.
When Pu Chen heard that he didn't have a girlfriend, he felt relieved and his steps became lighter. The depressed mood of the whole night disappeared in an instant.
There's the repair shop in front, and the lights inside are on.
Qin Yu stopped and stood face to face with Pu Chen. He handed her two bags of dolls and said, "I'm not interested in stuffed toys. I just grab dolls for fun. My mother will throw them away if I take them back. She doesn't like to have them at home. Please help me keep them."
Facing the light of the street lamp, he could not find any trace of unhappiness in Pu Chen's eyes. The previous loss on her face was swept away, and a smile appeared in the corners of her eyes.
It turns out that the doll can cure all her unhappiness.
Peng Jingyang didn't like her, but he was powerless and couldn't help.
But he could still make her happy. He often took her to catch dolls. He heard that the dolls in the doll machine would be replaced with new ones after a while, so she could never catch all the dolls.
He could keep catching her.