Undercurrents surge beneath the peaceful daily life, and people step on the ups and downs of the undercurrents, moving forward as if they were walking on flat ground.

Under pressure from all sides, Qiaomu Private High School had to issue a notice, saying that it would give students a one-week college entrance examination holiday in advance, with no homework, so that students can adjust their mental state before the college entrance examination.

As soon as the news came out, all the students, whether they were involved in the incident or not, cheered wildly. Some students even started tearing up their papers to celebrate in advance.

Snow-white pieces of the examination paper fell down from the tall teaching building. Amid the cheers of "Liberation", Bai Liu calmly turned his gaze back from the window. He returned his gaze to the math problem he had only finished halfway and wrote a solution.

Everyone else in the class was hurriedly packing their bags with happy faces, but it seemed like all this had nothing to do with Bai Liu. He remained indifferent and continued to work on this big question.

The students gradually left the classroom. The noisy classroom gradually became quiet. The sky outside darkened. When Bai Liu raised his head again, the classroom was empty.

Bai Liu spent half an hour on this math probability problem and just got the answer right.

His accuracy rate in answering questions is much higher than before, and his scores in major exams are now consistently above 400.

"Bai Liu!" Fang Dian, wearing a sports uniform and carrying a shoulder bag, appeared at the door of Bai Liu's classroom. She poked her head in and exclaimed, then laughed, "Are you still working hard on your homework?"

"Are you going home yet?"

——When we say “go back”, we usually mean going back to the small house in Fangdian.

Bai Liu looked around Fang Dian and asked, "Where's Lu Yizhang? He's not with you?"

"He had something to deal with, so he went back to the welfare home to deal with it." Fang Dian walked in naturally and sat in front of Bai Liu. She stared at Bai Liu's expression for a while, and suddenly narrowed her eyes sharply, "What's the matter? Don't you want to go back with me?"

Bai Liu paused and said, "I want to stay in school and study."

Of course, the real reason was not this. Bai Liu glanced at the spade that had just appeared in the corner of the wall, and then disappeared with the square dot. He pursed his lips.

...Recently, there are too many people gathering around him, including unknown people who care about him, teachers sent by the welfare home to observe his situation, and Hou Tong from the class who has been paying attention to him. She runs down the mountain almost every day to feed his Fangdian and Lu Yiche...

Bai Liu really didn't have much time to be alone, which meant that Hei Tao appeared around him less and less.

This seven-day holiday is just right... for him and Spade to be alone.

"You're lying." Fang Dian exposed Bai Liu's lie without hesitation. She seemed to have sensed something and moved very closely to observe Bai Liu's expression as he turned his face away. Then, as if testing or confirming, she asked hesitantly, "Bai Liu, you don't want to go back..."

"Is someone in school in love?"

Bai Liu didn't answer, but he turned his face to the other side where Fang Dian couldn't see.

"Wow, is that true?!" Fang Dian pinched Bai Liu's chin in surprise, forcing Bai Liu to look at her. She smiled narrowly and teasingly, "Who is it? Who is it, who is it, who is it, who is it~"

"Do I know him?"

"Which class is this girl from?"

"How tall is she? Is she pretty? When did you start dating? Have you held hands?"

Bai Liu raised his head and glanced at him coldly.

Fang Dian stopped her gossiping desire in time. She raised her hands in surrender and said with a smile: "Okay, this is the last question. If you answer it, I won't ask any more questions and I won't tell Lao Lu!"

Bai Liu paused for a moment: "What's the problem?"

"This person..." Fang Dian's tone and eyes suddenly became very gentle. She rested her chin on the desk and turned her head to look at Bai Liu. "This is the person you want in your future, right?"

Bai Liu was silent for a moment, his eyes fell on the corner where the spade disappeared, and he hummed softly.

"OK." Fang Dian rubbed Bai Liu's head, and only stopped when her well-behaved hair was messed up. Then she lowered her head, opened her shoulder bag, took out a hundred yuan note and placed it in front of Bai Liu, "This is the commission you paid me for helping me to have an affair with Lu Yizhan before."

"I've been waiting for the right time to give you this, and I think now is the right time."

Fang Dian smiled and said, "Let's take it out for some fun during this holiday!"

Bai Liu's eyes swept over the money and he paused: "Thank you, I owe you..."

Fang Dian waved her hand to interrupt Bai Liu's words. She quickly slipped away with her shoulder bag on her back, her voice full of lightness: "At least give me the chance to kiss each other, newbie in love~bye~"

As soon as Fangdian disappeared, Heitao appeared. He leaned on Bailiu's shoulder and asked in confusion, "What does boo mean?"

Bai Liu: “…”

It means the reward you ask for every day.

The next day, Sunday.

Bai Liu, wearing his school uniform and invisible spades, appeared beside a busy commercial street.

Spade felt extremely confused: "Where is this?"

"This is a street with a high flow of people and money." Bai Liu replied calmly, "Many young people come here to waste their useless energy and time."

Spade became more and more confused: "Then why are we here?"

Bai Liu was stunned.

This goes back to last night.

Bai Liu used the computer in the school's computer room to search for terms such as [Where is the best place for a first date] and [What are some recommended date spots within 100 yuan]?

The replies I got were like [Don’t take your girlfriend out for a hundred bucks, brother. It’s a bit shabby. ]

[No, you may not have a girlfriend after the date. Listen to my advice. Give your girlfriend to me after the breakup. I will take her out to play.]

[Nowadays, if you go out to play, the average cost of a meal is more than 100 yuan per person...]

But there are also some more well-intentioned ones: [The nearby xx commercial street is pretty good, there are a lot of activities going on, if your girlfriend doesn't mind discounted products and discount activities, you can take her there, the budget is enough. ]

Bai Liu was originally going to ask Hei Tao if he minded the discounted items, but after explaining for a long time, there was only one message in this person's mind - [I want to go out and play].

So Hei Tao stayed with Bai Liu for half the night with an expressionless face and didn't listen to a word she said.

This is a street with ancient-style buildings and a lot of people. There are many small shops and stalls around. The prices are not too expensive, and as the post said, there are indeed discounts and promotions.

But even so, there are only a few items that Bai Liu can afford.

"You can tell me if you like anything." Bai Liu said calmly, "But I may not be able to afford it."

Spade said "oh" and asked, "What kind of money can I afford it?"

"It's on sale." Bai Liu looked at Heitao's pointed eyes and pursed his lips. "See that red sign? [On sale], those with that sign can consider it."

"But some of the lower-priced items don't need discounts..."

Before Bai Liu could finish his words, Hei Tao grabbed Bai Liu's hand and ran all the way, then stopped at a large video game arcade.

"Can I buy this?" Spade asked.

Bai Liu looked over and his eyes paused - it was a projected horror game where zombies were killed with guns. The game room was inside an arcade with a dark green half-length curtain hanging, so the situation inside could not be seen clearly.

The game screen was projected outside on the street. It should be a newly introduced game console, which is in the promotion period. There was a big on sale sign next to it - [Shocking price: 20 yuan! ]

"You like..." Bai Liu's tone became subtle, "playing horror games?"

Spade hummed without hesitation.

Bai Liu paused for a moment and said, "Then let's go with this one."

The owner of the computer mall looked at Bai Liu strangely and said, "Are you sure you want to play the two-player version? But you're alone?"

"I hit my left and right hands." Bai Liu said expressionlessly.

Arcade boss: “…”

Okay.

"By the way, this is a new machine. For publicity, when you play it, the screen will be projected onto a large screen on the street outside, and people will watch." The arcade owner asked, "Do you mind?"

Bai Liu: “I don’t mind.”

"Okay." The owner of the arcade collected the money. He lazily helped Bai Liu open the curtain of the game machine and yawned, "Come in."

"Let me make it clear first, student boy, the game on this new machine is difficult, and you insisted on trying to play the two-player mode. If you lose after playing for one minute, we won't refund your money."

Bai Liu glanced at the game notes posted behind the curtain and asked, "If you play this game for more than 30 minutes, will there be a reward?"

"Yes, there is." The boss laughed nonchalantly, "But you probably won't be able to get it."

Bai Liu asked, "What is the reward?"

"If you play the two-player mode, you'll get couple rewards," the boss said. "If you play for more than 30 minutes, you'll get a pair of movie tickets. If you play for more than 45 minutes, you'll get movie tickets plus a 50-dollar meal voucher that can be used all over the street."

"If you can make it to more than an hour, you'll get a full couple's date package reward, including a movie, drinks, balloons, flowers, and a 300-dollar meal voucher."

Bai Liu opened his eyelids, his eyes dark: "More than an hour?"

The boss was stunned by Bai Liu's look. He felt that this look carried a murderous aura of determination to win. He stuttered before replying, "Yes, yes, but the current highest record in the two-player mode is thirteen minutes, and I haven't received the reward yet."

"And this challenge only comes once..."

Before the boss finished speaking, Bai Liu opened the curtain and went in. Through the curtain, the boss heard this outstanding student calmly answer him: "I only have one day off today, and I will not challenge you a second time."

“Can the movie tickets and meal coupons be used today?”

"..." The boss was surprised by such a bold statement, but still replied, "You can use it if you win."

Does this mean that he will win today in one go?

Why doesn't he believe it?

Twenty minutes later.

On the commercial street, more and more people gathered around a large game screen, and people kept shouting:

"Fuck, this is awesome."

"...These two haven't used up any of their lives yet. Holy shit, is this really the game I'm playing?"

On the screen, two game characters with guns on their backs were jumping and moving quickly in an empty building. There were zombies wandering on the ground. Before the crowd of onlookers could even get a good look at the zombies, they were killed by the two players.

The score bars of the two game characters, one on the left and one on the right, were rising rapidly, so fast that it seemed like they were cheating.

The owner of the video game arcade was stunned and rubbed his eyes. If he hadn't seen Bai Liu go in alone, he would have thought that these were two top players who came here to practice.

"The life bars of these two players are connected. Isn't this couple mode?" A boy who had been watching suddenly remembered and his expression turned horrified. "Shit, could one of them be a girl?"

"??? Which guy's girlfriend is so awesome?!"

"Fuck, this operation is killing me, and you told me there is a woman?!"

The discussion below the big screen gradually went off topic. Everyone went from being shocked by the god-level player's operation to being curious about what the girl who pulled off such a move looked like. They all gathered at the door, waiting for someone to come out and take a peek at her true face.

Hou Tong happened to be on vacation and came out to play. When she passed by the crowded video game arcade, she was originally going to walk straight in - she was not interested in these things. She had come here before specifically for Bai Liu to practice horror games, but was scared out in less than three minutes, which caused her to have a strong resentment towards this place.

"Hey!" The girl next to Hou Tong pulled her back and shook her arm excitedly, "Hou Tong, wait a minute! Look at the player's name on the big screen, isn't it Bai Liu?"

Hou Tong turned away in astonishment.

Sure enough, on the left side of the big screen, there was a name above the player with flexible operation: [Bai Liu].

"Wait, this seems like couple mode, right?" The girl noticed something was wrong. She glanced at Hou Tong, complaining in her heart and regretting asking Hou Tong to stop.

Bai Liu actually came out to play the couple mode game with other girls!

Hou Tong suddenly shifted her gaze and looked sharply at the player's name on the right - [Spades].

???

What kind of girl would be named like this?

An hour passed, both game characters stopped where they were, and the game ended.

The crowd of onlookers immediately swarmed towards the exit of the game machine. Most of the spectators who had been watching were teenage boys. It was a very exciting and noisy time. Some people were talking as they squeezed:

"It's coming out, it's coming out! I bet five dollars whether this female game expert is a dinosaur or a beauty!"

"dinosaur!"

"Beauty!"

Under the colorful lights in the arcade, the dark green blackout curtain was gently opened by a slender white hand. Mottled light and shadow and wind penetrated through the gap, blowing the soft and delicate black hair of the person inside.

Everyone held their breath waiting for this person to come out, and one boy even swallowed nervously.

The clear and neat school uniform wrapped around his slender waist. He lowered his eyes, a layer of broken light fell on his long eyelashes, the ends of his hair and collar were very wet, probably because of the high intensity of the previous hour that made him sweat a little. His collar was also open, so the thin and clear lines of his clavicle could be seen, the lines of his jaw were soft, his lips were bright red, and his skin was so white that it almost reflected the light.

Bai Liu raised his eyes and said, "Boss, it's been an hour."

All the boys were stunned for a moment, some even gasped, and one boy jumped up and screamed: "I won the bet, I said it was a beauty!"

This look, appearing here, is really out of place and a bit inappropriate.

The boss helplessly drove away the group of boys who came to watch the excitement: "There is no beauty. I am just a boy, playing the two-player mode by myself. Go away!"

"One person playing two-player mode?!" The boys were greatly shocked both physically and mentally. They stared at Bai Liu blankly.

At this time, only by looking carefully can you confirm that this person is indeed a boy.

Bai Liu glanced at them coldly, then extended his hand to the boss: "My complete couple's meal."

The boss helplessly handed the sorted coupons to Bai Liu and said, "I didn't see your girlfriend with you, so you went to use these coupons alone?"

Bai Liu paused: "Yeah."

He got the ticket and turned to leave, but was stopped by the group of boys.

A boy rushed out and spoke incoherently, standing in front of Bai Liu. He stood in front of Bai Liu with an expression of respect, admiration, and confusion: "Beauty, no no! Handsome guy, handsome guy!"

"You should date me tonight instead of yourself. No no! Let's play another game!"

"I don't want to play anymore." Bai Liu wanted to walk aside.

A group of boys followed and stood in front of Bai Liu. They put their hands together as if praying, and their expressions looked a little pitiful: "Handsome brother, handsome brother, play with us! Just one time will do. You played really well just now."

Realizing that the group of boys in front of him had no ill intentions towards him, Bai Liu paused for a moment and made up an excuse: "My coupons are all for tonight. If I don't use them, they will expire and be wasted."

"Yes, yes! Why not!" The boys were eager to try, their eyes sparkling, "We pay for you to go on a date, and then you play games with us, how about that?"

"Who do you like among us? Pick one and we'll go watch a movie now."

"Is it your turn to spend money to date him?" Hou Tong's voice came from behind coldly. She walked to Bai Liu with her head held high and looked down at Bai Liu, but there was clearly grievance in her eyes, "You came here alone and didn't even want to bring me along."

Seeing another (?) beautiful girl, the group of boys were stunned again. They turned to look at Bai Liu with admiration in their eyes.

Wow, this guy is really good. He even dumped his girlfriend just to have fun.

"Your girlfriend?" The boy who had just chatted with Bai Liu asked in a complicated tone, "She's a beauty just like you."

Heitao stared straight at Bai Liu: "Girlfriend?"

Bai Liu: “…”