Chapter 30 Shall we go pick up my sister together? ...

After a half-hour break, the host gathered everyone together again.

"Next, our game will move into the second phase, and the scores will be reset for the following games."

"To thank everyone for their participation, we have prepared extra generous prizes for you."

"Given the varying levels of physical strength among the participants, the prizes will be divided into three categories."

"After the game ends, the child with the highest score can play the snack-grabbing machine one more time."

As soon as the host finished speaking, the children started shouting "Wow wow wow!" and "Yay yay yay!"

"In addition, the girl and boy with the highest scores will each receive a top-of-the-line iPhone."

Just like the children, the volunteers cheered as soon as the host finished speaking.

"Let me state in advance that friendship comes first and competition second. If anyone intentionally harms their opponent, they will be disqualified."

As the providers of the prizes, Tang Ran and Qiu Yuan voluntarily withdrew from the competition, and the children in their group were led by two staff members from the planning team to play the remaining games.

The freckled girl and the tall girl had barely recovered from the shock of the expensive gifts when they discovered that Tang Ran and the others had withdrawn from the competition.

If Tang Ran and Qiu Yuan don't participate, then all the preparations they made will be useless.

The tall woman was still indignant, but the freckled woman gave her a cryptic look.

"Why are you looking at me like that..." The tall woman hadn't finished speaking when she realized what she was saying.

Two girls from Xia Xin'er's team didn't participate. If Tang Ran and her team also withdraw, then only the three girls will remain to participate.

You can win a mobile phone worth over 10,000 yuan by simply playing a few games and beating the other two people.

This temptation is truly irresistible.

"I'm not strong enough, I definitely can't beat you guys." Ye Xiaoyu was the first to admit defeat, indicating that she wouldn't compete with them.

Having been by Song Wuqi's side for so long, she had worn high-end custom-made dresses worth tens of thousands of yuan, so a mobile phone was nothing to her.

The freckled woman and the tall woman stared at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

They all wanted that phone.

Balloon popping, name tag ripping, rock-paper-scissors water splashing, and fun tug-of-war—with gifts added as stakes, the subsequent competitions became even more competitive.

Needless to say, the freckled woman and the tall woman used every trick in the book, pulling each other's hair in every single encounter.

There are three girls in the group. If they want to win more points, they will have a greater chance of winning by getting the points from Ye Xiaoyu.

So even if Ye Xiaoyu conceded defeat early, the two men would rush towards her first every time the game started, taking the points from her hands.

The two of them worked on either side of her, and even if Ye Xiaoyu stood still, her clothes were still torn and her feet were stepped on.

In the third round, Ye Xiaoyu stopped trying to maintain her image as a loving classmate and angrily withdrew from the competition.

Looking at their disheveled clothes and dripping hair, Ye Xiaoyu was utterly speechless.

It's just a cell phone, why fight so fiercely and make such a mess of things?

Even if you associate with someone who is so easily swayed, it won't be of much use.

After two rounds of fighting and getting splashed with water by each other, the freckled woman and the tall woman stared intently at each other, their eyes filled with hatred as if they wanted to tear each other apart.

Ye Xiaoyu suddenly paused for a moment.

She suddenly realized what was happening and turned around to look for Tang Ran.

Tang Ran is watching the children play games.

Perhaps noticing her gaze, Tang Ran turned to look at her.

In the instant their eyes met, Ye Xiaoyu seemed to see the mockery in her eyes.

Ye Xiaoyu's back stiffened, feeling as if she had been seen through.

Tang Ran knows everything.

I learned about the things they were saying behind my back, and I also learned about the freckled woman's plan.

The addition of a mobile phone as a prize was something Tang Ran deliberately arranged.

I just wanted to see them tear off their masks and start fighting.

Ye Xiaoyu was startled.

She remembered the tall woman's sarcastic remark: "Being rich is really something."

Isn't what they're doing now proving Tang Ran's words?

Having money is impressive; the price of a mobile phone can turn them against each other, causing them to use the underhanded tricks originally intended for Tang Ran and her group against each other.

Tang Ran glanced at her indifferently and then looked away.

That feeling of being ignored resurfaced.

Tang Ran let them fight each other, but didn't pay attention to how they fought.

To her, they were all insignificant people.

Tang Ran didn't care at all.

But if they scheme against her, she will retaliate in full.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiaoyu felt a little flustered.

If Tang Ran found out that she was already with Song Wuqi, Tang Ran would definitely retaliate against her.

Ye Xiaoyu felt a chill run down her spine. She needed to be more careful, at least until Tang Ran was able to deal with her, so that Tang Ran wouldn't discover her relationship with Song Wuqi.

Ye Xiaoyu was afraid of Tang Ran, but at the same time, she felt even more resentful.

New City Clubhouse.

Xia Mo put down his teacup, glanced at his watch, and said, "It's almost time. I need to go to the orphanage to pick up Xin'er."

Lu Shuyang went on a business trip, and Xia Mo was worried about her younger sister.

Murong Yi stood up, trying to stop her, "Didn't we agree to go to 'Crane' for a drink together?"

"I'll go over after I've eaten." Xia Mo got up to leave.

Murong Yi didn't believe that Xia Mo, this little sister, would come back to find them after picking up her sister.

She thought for a moment and called out to Xia Mo, "I'll go with you. I haven't seen Xin'er in a long time either. Let's have a meal together."

Xia Mo didn't have any objections, but since she and Murong Yi had already left, she couldn't leave Song Zhixu sitting alone waiting for them to come back for dinner.

Murong Yi understood what she meant, turned around, and looked at Song Zhixu with longing, "It's boring to stay here, why don't we go pick up our sister together?"

Xia Mo had broken her promises to her sister many times, so Murong Yi dared not let her go alone.

However, the welfare home is in the northern suburbs, and it takes at least an hour and a half to go there and back, so Song Zhixu probably wouldn't want to go.

Murong Yi was prepared to forcefully drag Song Zhixu along.

Unexpectedly, Song Zhixu put down his cup, stood up, and calmly suggested, "Then let's go to Taoyuan for dinner tonight."

Taoyuan is an organic farm in the northern suburbs, not far from the welfare home.

"Sure, it's on my way anyway."

When Xia Mo and the others arrived, the competition had already ended.

The freckled girl and the tall girl got more and more carried away with the game, and eventually they started fighting. Both of them were disqualified, and their phones were given to the boys' group.

To liven up the atmosphere and wrap things up perfectly, everyone present, including the planning team members, could play the snack-grabbing machine, except for their phones.

Directly below the snack machine is an inflatable mat filled with various snacks. People are suspended and lowered down, and can take away as many as they grab.

Tang Ran was suspended in mid-air, holding a large pile of snacks in her arms.

She looked up, wanting to show off to the children who were constantly crying, but unexpectedly met a pair of smiling almond eyes.

She froze for a moment, then her hand loosened, and all the snacks fell to the ground with a clatter.

Looking down at her empty arms, she was dumbfounded.

Tang Ran blinked, then looked up at the front.

The smile in the eyes of the person opposite them deepened.

Her gentle smile was like a spring breeze sweeping through the alleys of Jiangnan, and her tenderness filled my heart in an instant.

A note from the author:

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Murong Yi: No wonder Song Zhixu agreed so readily; it turns out he was also going to pick up his sister.