"These two look familiar." Xiang Xiaonan opened her eyes wide and leaned closer to take a closer look.

Hey! It really is the two of them.

Actually, I didn't see the photo on the wall at first, but unfortunately, this photo was so conspicuous that anyone who looked at the photo wall could see the one in the middle at a glance.

"They're actually quite good-looking, you know what." Qin Zhou nodded thoughtfully, pointed at the photo, and turned to the shop assistant at the counter to ask, "Dude, have these two been in the store before?"

The shop assistant, now free, put his hands on his hips, then reached out and grabbed a bunch of game tokens, smiling as he handed them to the customer in front of him. Hearing someone calling his name, he instinctively turned his head to look.

"Oh—I have a deep impression of these two."

The clerk's smile never faded; it seemed she really enjoyed her job as a receptionist at the arcade. Taking advantage of the fact that there weren't many customers, she started chatting with Qin Zhou.

"These two just left not long ago. Oh, by the way, they almost emptied the entire claw machine!" The clerk exaggeratedly spread his arms to show the scene at the time, where the plush toys were piled up so high that there was almost no room to put them.

Qin Zhou looked at him strangely. As far as he knew, Wen Mo didn't know how to play claw machines at all. Last time the three of them came here, they basically ignored the whole series of claw machines.

The reason is simple: boredom.

The three unanimously rejected this money-losing deal, which involved spending so many coins to let a robotic claw grab the object twice, with no guarantee of success.

"Has this guy become this powerful now?" Qin Zhou muttered to himself.

Do you know them?

"Oh, this guy is our friend," Qin Zhou introduced casually. "The girl next to him is his cousin. I guess they were just bored and came out to hang out."

He said it casually, but didn't notice that the shop assistant's expression was getting stranger and stranger. She nodded first, and then her eyes widened involuntarily after hearing the word "cousin".

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Qin Zhou asked with concern when he noticed that something was wrong with him.

Xiang Xiaonan was extremely nervous. She had promised Wen Mo that she would keep her relationship with Xia Lian a secret from everyone.

Unfortunately, I had terrible luck today! They had just left when these two walked over right after them.

It's fine to just have fun, but you had to take a picture and post it in such a conspicuous place! It's impossible for it not to be seen!

The shop assistant looked at her strangely and pointed to the photo, "Aren't they a couple?"

"Couple?"

This time it was Qin Zhou's turn to be surprised. Looking at the other photos on the wall, there were indeed all sorts of couples. These two in the middle didn't look out of place at all, and were even incredibly pleasing to the eye. High looks make you photogenic.

After thinking for a while, Qin Zhou slammed his fist in his hand, rubbing his forehead in frustration, as he came up with an extremely reasonable possibility.

These two were probably trying to scam game currency. They thought there would be a discount for couples, so they just made up a lie. They didn't expect to run into me right after they left.

Looking at the poster at the front desk, it did indeed mention a rule that couples would receive an extra five game coins, which made pretending to be a couple seem perfectly reasonable.

"It's okay, it's okay, never mind, they are indeed a couple."

Qin Zhou nodded with a grin, no longer thinking about it so much, and even tried to smooth things over.

There's no way around it; he's my good brother, so I have to spoil him. It's just a little bit of game currency he cheated out of; it's not a big deal. It's only right that I help him cover up the lie.

This scene left Xiang Xiaonan and the shop assistant completely stunned.

Goodness, this kid not only didn't think in that direction, he even helped by speaking up. Nobody knows what kind of scenario he imagined. Anyway, the crisis was averted.

While trying to smooth things over, Qin Zhou gave Xiang Xiaonan a wink, signaling her to come over and help.

Xiang Xiaonan's eyes twitched slightly, giving him a look as if he were an idiot, but he had to do something after all, so he could only stand beside him and nod with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, actually we are too..."

"We're not a couple." Before Qin Zhou could finish speaking, Xiang Xiaonan immediately denied it, her eyes narrowing as if hiding a knife.

Qin Zhou looked embarrassed, and the two whispered to each other with their backs to each other, "Give us some face! Five game coins! That'll allow us to play for a long time."

"You're taking advantage of me." Xiang Xiaonan rolled her eyes.

"Let's just stay here for a while and see how much we can gain."

"...Buy me a cup of milk tea and I'll agree."

"Damn it, you're raising prices on the spot! The price of a cup of milk tea is more than five game tokens!" Qin Zhou glared at Xiang Xiaonan angrily, but then thought better of it. It's a rare opportunity to have fun, so he should make the most of it.

"Okay, I promise you."

"Really?! Then I want taro boba!"

"Okay, okay, I'll take you to drink that mud bubble tea in a bit."

Qin Zhou echoed sarcastically, then dragged Xiang Xiaonan back to the front desk.

"We're a couple," Xiang Xiaonan said, but her grip on Qin Zhou's arm was so rough that it didn't give the impression that they were a couple at all.

"But didn't you just say that?"

"Oh, he just asked me if I could be his girlfriend, and I said yes."

"..."

You're going to confess your feelings right there on the spot?

The clerk seemed amused, but didn't care too much. He was only responsible for exchanging game tokens, so it didn't matter if they were a couple or not, as long as they had fun.

"Here you go, these are five extra game coins."

"Okay, thanks!" Qin Zhou smiled as he took the five game coins, clutched them in his hand, and put them in his pocket. He couldn't help but dance with pride, "See? I got five extra game coins just by saying a few words. What a steal!"

"Then I'll have my taro boba..."

"I'll buy you a drink when we get home soon, there's no rush now." Qin Zhou held out his hand and twirled five game tokens, his gaze sweeping across the game machines in front of him, his final target settling on an arcade machine in the corner.

"Want to play King of Fighters?" he asked, turning his head.

"Want me to beat you up again?" Xiang Xiaonan cracked her knuckles and sat down in front of the arcade machine before Qin Zhou could finish his question.

"You're praising me again, and you're making me feel so bad."

The two skillfully inserted game coins, stared at the screen, and began to select characters—a rather unusual scene in this arcade frequented by couples.

The shop assistant chuckled and shook his head.

They were a ridiculous couple; he had never seen a couple come to the arcade to play King of Fighters together.

These kinds of fighting games are basically deserted; the couples all went to play other games. Only Xiang Xiaonan and Qin Zhou sat in front of the machine, shouting out the names of moves and having a great time.

Xiang Xiaonan was relieved and spent time with this silly boy at the arcade. The two played until dark before reluctantly going home.

Just before heading home, Xiang Xiaonan put down her schoolbag and stretched, as if she had forgotten something very important. She only realized it after taking a shower...

I forgot to buy taro paste from Qinzhou.

She clicked her tongue in annoyance.

Tsk, I got a freebie.