Chapter 38, Playing

Although it was already autumn, the sun was still shining brightly, warming Zhang Youyou. In a great mood, Zhang Youyou followed Li Donghao to the car with the things. After looking around, he insisted on taking him to the nearby arcade. Li Donghao naturally agreed—the key was that there was no point in refusing.

"Exchange tokens! Exchange tokens!" Zhang Youyou urged, clinging to his arm. Li Donghao patiently exchanged a large bag of game tokens, then Zhang Youyou dragged him off to play games.

Although many girls like dolls, she insisted on doing the opposite and took a big bag of game tokens to shoot hoops.

"Let's have a contest and see who can shoot more!"

Place the game tokens in the middle, and the two people each put their tokens in to start the game.

Perhaps because she was in a bad mood and not in good form, Zhang Youyou kept missing shots at first, and despite her strong shots, the basketballs bounced back quickly. Seeing this, Li Donghao was afraid that if she didn't vent her emotions, it would cause her to get even angrier, so he secretly let her win. Unfortunately, Zhang Youyou ignored him and continued to shoot one after another. After a while, she seemed to get into the zone, and the basketballs went in one after another, and her score gradually increased. Li Donghao would observe her condition from time to time, and only shoot when she was in good form. In the end, she had 42 points and he had 36 points. Zhang Youyou proudly raised her chin and instructed him to take the game tokens to play the next game.

It was Saturday, and the arcade was packed with people, especially the dance machine. Zhang Youyou stopped dancing on the dance mat, and Li Donghao, knowing she wanted to play, waited patiently.

Zhang Youyou grew up in the Li family and learned a lot about music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Although she didn't stick with any of them to the end, she had dabbled in them all. However, Li Donghao didn't know how good she was until she stepped onto the dance mat, did some simple hand and foot movements, and started dancing along with the instructions when the rhythm started.

There were already many people gathered around the dance machine, but now there are even more.

Although Zhang Youyou has a bob haircut and a baby face, she has a good talent for dancing. Although she often stumbles and falls, when she dances, it's as if her limbs are her own. She moves freely to the rhythm of the music, using her hands and feet and twisting her waist. Every movement is precise and powerful, and Li Donghao is somewhat mesmerized.

He hadn't spent much time with Zhang Youyou before and didn't know her abilities. Now that he saw them, he couldn't help but sigh: she has talent, but she's just too lazy to work hard.

As the song ended, beads of sweat appeared on Zhang Youyou's face, but she didn't care. She gently wiped the hair stuck to her face, smiled, and walked up to Li Donghao, saying triumphantly, "Let's go!"

He shot at the balloons with a gun, then grabbed two big bears and went to play the claw machine.

If Zhang Youyou was somewhat adept at the first few games, the claw machine was a complete nightmare for her. Seeing a bag full of tokens go in but not a single plush toy come out, Zhang Youyou panicked and yelled at Li Donghao, "You do it!"

Li Donghao, who was holding two large teddy bears in his arms, glanced at her and waited for her to take them before trying to grab the claw machine.

Since it was his first time using the machine, he wasn't familiar with it. After using four or five tokens, he gradually figured out how to use it. Li Donghao patiently followed her instructions to try and win some plush toys. After winning two, she wanted more plush toys, so they switched to another machine. In the end, the game tokens in their bag helped them win seven or eight plush toys.

Because they had too many plush toys, they couldn't carry them all, so they went to ask the arcade staff for a bag. Then, some children took a liking to the plush toys they were carrying. Li Donghao kept a close eye on Zhang Youyou, worried she might get angry, but unexpectedly, she knelt down, asked the children which one they liked, and then gave them that plush toy. Seeing the beaming smile on her face, Li Donghao knew she was having fun, and he felt much relieved.

When the two of them finally got back, the back seat was piled high with dolls. Zhang Youyou, having had so much fun, fell asleep as soon as she got in the car. Li Donghao tried to talk to her every now and then, but it didn't stop her from having a date with the Duke of Zhou (a figure in Chinese mythology associated with sleep).