Kōyū's meaning was obvious, and Ai naturally understood it as well. So she rolled her eyes at Kōyū and said in a flat tone, "Dream on, impossible."
Ai turned her head, her eyes reflecting the animal-shaped plush toys in the claw machine, and said, "Besides, shouldn't the reward be given after you complete the goal?"
"I just wanted to get an advance..."
Guangyou sighed, slightly disappointed, but he quickly cheered up, put two coins into the claw machine, grabbed the joystick, and prepared for the next round of claw machine operations.
Controlling the grappling hook to aim, Guangyou focused intently on the kitten doll closest to the exit chute, letting out a long breath and muttering to himself, "This time, you'll definitely come out. I'm still waiting for my girl's reward."
Just as he was about to slam down the button, a fragrant breeze suddenly brushed against his face, followed by a cool sensation on his cheek. Guangyou felt that part of his face was slightly damp.
At that moment, his mind went completely blank, followed by a huge question mark: "What just happened?"
The suddenness of the event caused Guangyou's joystick to shake violently twice, and his hand, which had just been raised to press the button, fell back down, hitting the button instead.
The grappling hook moved downwards, but Guangyou didn't care at all whether it could grab anything. He turned his head and stared blankly at Xiao Ai.
"What are you looking at? This isn't the money you wanted to borrow in advance..."
Xiao Ai felt a little embarrassed by the stares and was about to say something when something surprising appeared in her field of vision. She pointed at the claw machine and said incredulously, "You caught it."
Guangyou snapped back to reality and turned around just in time to see a kitten doll fall from the hook and land right in the outlet.
"I think I've caught him?"
Guangyou was still a little incredulous. He had put in so much effort and still couldn't catch it, but he caught it just like that?
Is this what those big shots used to call "hook-throwing"?
There seems to be something there!
How did you just throw it out?
It seems that Ai kissed it, which caused the joystick to shake, and then she caught it.
Kōyū crouched down, took out the kitten plush toy, handed it to Ai, and said, "See, you caught it as soon as you gave it a reward."
Ai suppressed a smile, took the doll with a blank expression, and said, "It's just a coincidence."
"Maybe so. Anyway, they caught them, didn't they?"
Kōyū could tell that Ai seemed a little embarrassed, so he shrugged, turned around, and prepared to deal with the other puppy plush toy.
Insert a coin, aim carefully, then wildly swing the grappling hook, press the button—a complete sequence of actions in one smooth motion.
He attempted to replicate the previous scene, hoping to use his hook-and-sling technique to grab the doll he wanted once again.
However, history doesn't always repeat itself. The grappling hook grabbed the doll and was about to succeed when it suddenly let go, and the doll fell down, just a hair's breadth away from the exit.
Kwang-yu stared at the puppy doll, lost in thought.
He just wiggled the hook and pressed the button. If there's anything wrong with that, it's that Ai didn't kiss him this time.
Um?
It seems like something has been discovered.
Kōyū turned his head to look at Ai, winked at her, pointed to the spot where she had just been kissed, and said, "Can we do it again?"
"You wish!"
Xiao Ai spat, turned away from Guangyou's "pure" and "pure" gaze, and said, "That was just a coincidence."
"Whether it's a coincidence or not, we'll have to try to find out."
Kōyū leaned close to Ai's face, revealing an innocent smile, and said, "Give it a try."
The two looked at each other. Ai pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and said in a very low voice, "Then close your eyes."
Even though the voice was barely audible, Guangyou could still hear it clearly. He immediately closed his eyes and thoughtfully leaned his face closer.
Ai lowered her eyes, smiled, reached out and tucked her hair behind her ear, leaned forward, and left a faint mark on Kyou's cheek.
Feeling the moisture on his face, Kwang-woo opened his eyes and said playfully to her, "Watch, this time it'll definitely work."
"You're overthinking it. That was just a coincidence."
Xiao Ai didn't believe he could win the prizes from the claw machine so easily. If it were that simple, the store would have gone bankrupt long ago.
Guangyou didn't respond, but just hummed a little tune, gripping the joystick and controlling the grappling hook to aim at the puppy doll he hadn't caught before.
After aiming, he just waved around randomly. For some reason, Guangyou had a feeling that "I should press the button now, and I'll definitely catch it this time."
Follow your heart
For some reason, Kwang-yu suddenly remembered this sentence.
Following the voice in his heart, he slammed down the button. Watching the grappling hook move downwards, he slowly exhaled and thought to himself, "Give it your all, Qiu Li Gao."
The grappling hook successfully grabbed the doll and lifted it up, and Guangyou felt a great weight lifted from his shoulders.
"come on!"
Before he could even say those words, the grappling hook suddenly released its grip, and Guangyou's heart leaped into his throat, realizing something was wrong.
"Look, that was just luck..."
Ai's face initially showed an expression of expectation, but before she could finish her sentence, what she saw next left her somewhat incredulous.
"Is it fake?"
The doll fell from the grappling hook, and it seemed like a failure at first glance. However, the position where the doll fell was the key to changing the situation.
It landed right on the railing between the outlet and the place where the doll was placed, and the doll bounced up slightly due to its own elasticity.
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