The girl hadn't expected the young girl in front of her to be so quick-witted. To put it bluntly, she was also working for someone else; these kinds of entertainment projects made money by arousing people's competitive spirit.
Knowing that the other person was a young girl, she didn't hold back anymore. "Who doesn't try to win a prize several times? If you can't bear to spend three yuan, why are you even here? Why are you such a petty girl? You look so serious, why are you so greedy for cheap things!"
There weren't many people at the card counter, but the girl's shouting got louder and louder, attracting the attention of people nearby.
Lu Chuqing was truly furious now. Not only did they not give her the doll, but they also made sarcastic remarks about her!
Just as I was about to argue with them again, two boys wearing arcade uniforms pushed a large cart over, which was full of plush toys to replenish the claw machines.
The older boys heard the noise and came over to ask what was going on.
As soon as Lu Chuqing opened her mouth, the girl interrupted her loudly, "This little girl didn't win any prizes from the claw machine, so she came here and started arguing with me, saying I'm scamming her!"
"So young yet so cunning, unwilling to spend money yet still wanting to take advantage, it's truly an eye-opener for me."
After hearing this, the boy looked at the girl wearing a simple white mid-sleeve light-colored straight-leg jeans, and his expression relaxed a little when he saw her face.
"Little sister..."
Lu Chuqing saw the two boys standing one in front of the other, and her gaze fixed on Xi Qingxu.
The boy looked at her too, and their eyes met in mid-air.
“It’s this older sister who’s talking nonsense,” Lu Chuqing interrupted the boy. “I’ve already explained it to this older sister three times, and I don’t mind explaining it again.”
"I managed to grab a plush toy, but it got stuck when it fell, which is why I came here to talk about it."
"But this lady didn't seem to believe me. She kept saying that if the doll didn't come out, I hadn't succeeded in winning the lottery, and that if I wanted the doll, I should swipe my card again."
"The plush toy is stuck in the drop channel. Even if I swipe the claw again, I can't reach it. The sign says it's for one-time use only. I swipe once and the plush toy won't come out. If I hadn't grabbed it, I would have let it go. But the fact is, I did grab it, but it got stuck for some reason."
"The problem could be a machine malfunction, or the dolls being placed are too big and can't get out of the passage. That's your problem."
"This woman not only didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but also said that I was just showing off because I didn't have money, looked down on me, and verbally humiliated me."
"I just want to ask, is this the attitude of your staff? You look down on us consumers while making money off us. Are we consumers just innocent victims?"
The girl remained calm and composed, her logic clear, and her unhurried pace made it easy for people to understand the reason behind the matter.
The boy was stunned by what she said, and the girl's face also looked very unpleasant.
She hadn't expected this little girl to be far more difficult than she appeared.
Only Xi Qingxu reacted after the girl finished speaking. He walked to her side and stood there, his voice low and deep, "Which claw machine is it? Take me there and I'll take a look for you."
Lu Chuqing was furious with that girl. She glanced at her with her eyes down and led Xi Qingxu in that direction.
"Are you working for that woman?" she asked after walking a short distance.
Sensing the girl's displeasure, Xi Qingxu answered truthfully without hesitation, "No, she's just temporarily in charge."
Lu Chuqing turned to look at him, "If I said bad things about her, would you think I'm bad?"
Xi Qingxu shook her head. "No."
The boy had complained to him privately that the girl always wanted him to treat her to meals, and when he casually suggested that she treat him to a cup of milk tea, the girl was extremely unwilling, saying that the boy, a man, was always trying to take advantage of her, a young girl.
He heard the girl in front of him say, "I don't like that girl. She's a bit chubby and her skin isn't fair, but she insists on wearing a pink cardigan, which shows all her figure flaws and makes her look even darker."
"The makeup was also bad. The double eyelid tape was too obvious, the eyeshadow was too heavy and too bright, the powder on my face was cakey and powdery, the foundation wasn't evenly applied, the lipstick color was too red and too earthy, and the corners of my lips were also very dark. In short, it was really ugly."
Lu Chuqing finished speaking in one breath, still seething with anger.
Xi Qingxu saw her slightly puffed-up cheeks from the side and behind, and suddenly thought of a cute rabbit.
For some reason, before he could even react, the corners of his mouth had already curved slightly.
"Yes, she is not thin, her skin is yellowish-black, and the pink makes her look old. She is not good-looking."
The boy echoed her words, and Lu Chuqing stopped and turned around.
"What's wrong?" Xi Qingxu asked her.
Don't you think my words just now were very malicious towards her?
The boy paused for a moment, then replied, "It's alright."
“You only told me bad things about her, but not long ago she deliberately said bad things about you in front of so many people.”
Looking at his still emotionless face, Lu Chuqing asked, "Don't you think I'm a bad person?"
Xi Qingxu looked into the bright, clear eyes in front of him and said sincerely, "You're not bad."
After being told "you're not bad" by a handsome guy, Lu Chuqing's anger at being humiliated subsided considerably, and she turned around and continued walking towards Qu Fusang.
From the side and behind, Xi Qingxu saw that the girl's slightly puffed cheeks had now subsided, and a slight upward curve of the corners of her mouth could still be seen.
Qu Fusang waited for a while but Lu Chuqing didn't return, so she thought Lu Chuqing was lost and couldn't find her.
Just as he took out his phone to call her, the girl returned, followed by a very handsome boy.
"The weather cleared up..."
Lu Chuqing noticed the doubt in Qu Fusang's eyes, as well as the strange, almost imperceptible light.
She didn't know if Xi Qingxu would mind if she revealed their relationship, so she didn't explain or say anything more.
He only said to Qu Fusang, "He's coming over to help take a look at this machine."
"Oh." The little girl clearly didn't quite believe it.
Xi Qingxu nodded to Qu Fusang as a greeting, then looked her up and down before using the key to open the glass door of the claw machine.
The two little girls watched as he reached out from the passage where the dolls had fallen, easily touched the dolls, and pulled them out. There was a little resistance, but he got them out without much effort.
"The suction cup got stuck in the gap, that's why the doll couldn't fall down," the boy explained, handing the doll he had just taken out to Lu Chuqing.
The dolls all have rope loops sewn on their heads, with plastic suction cups attached to them.
Thank you.
After taking the doll, Lu Chuqing looked at him again and asked, "Are you busy right now?"
"Not busy," Xi Qingxu said.
This job is quite easy; it's just about helping to pull some plush toys and put them into various machines, and restocking them from time to time.
Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Lu Chuqing's eyes, and she asked him, "You work here, so you should know how to win at the claw machine, right?"
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