After leaving Grandpa's house, the two did not return to the Qiu family villa, but drove towards the city.
Xia Tian asked as he drove, "Why are we going here? Do you really want to buy something?"
Qiu Mengyun lazily replied, "If you're not buying anything, can't you just go shopping? Do you like going home and listening to my mom urging you to get married?"
Xia Tian shook his head decisively: "Then let's continue to go out and play."
After parking the car in the underground parking lot, the two entered the mall.
Qiu Mengyun originally suggested taking Xia Tian, a foreigner, for a tour of West Lake.
But in the summer, he thought the weather outside was too hot and refused to go no matter what.
After entering the mall, Xia Tian asked, "Where are we going next? Should we go shopping for clothes or watch a movie?"
Qiu Mengyun thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "How about we go to the movies? I heard there's a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster coming out recently that's pretty good."
Xia Tian nodded: "No problem, as long as you don't watch those stupid youth movies."
When the two of them arrived outside the cinema, Qiu Mengyun was staring at one place without moving.
Xia Tian followed her gaze and found several claw machines across the street.
At this moment, in front of the claw machine, there is a young couple who look like students, grabbing dolls there.
"What? Want to try it?" Xia Tian asked with a smile.
Qiu Mengyun said embarrassedly: "Let's not do it. These seem to be toys for children."
Xia Tian didn't say much. He took Qiu Mengyun's hand and walked straight towards the claw machine.
"Hey! What are you doing? There are so many people watching us here." Qiu Mengyun said embarrassedly.
Xia Tian: "I'll take you to catch dolls, don't you want to play?"
"I may not be able to afford you a luxury yacht, but I can still take you to have fun playing with dolls."
Qiu Mengyun followed Xia Tian forward and asked anxiously, "We're already this old, will others laugh at us if we do this?"
Xia Tian: "Who cares what others do? As long as you have fun, that's all that matters."
"Then, let's try it?" Qiu Mengyun asked expectantly.
Xia Tian took out a few coins from his pocket and stuffed them into Qiu Mengyun's hand: "Here! Play with these first and get a feel for them. I'll go over there and exchange some more coins for you."
Qiu Mengyun dissuaded him, "Don't bother. I just thought I'd give it a try because I was curious. We still have to go to the movies soon. Let's go after we finish playing these!"
Xia Tian ignored her dissuasion and said with a smile: "It's okay. If you can't use it all, the worst that can happen is that you can continue playing after watching the movie."
Qiu Mengyun followed the example of others, put the coins into the claw machine, then moved the handle to the doll and pressed the switch button suddenly.
As her hand slapped the switch, the mechanical claw inside the claw machine began to slowly descend.
Soon he landed in the pile of dolls and successfully grabbed one.
"Wow! I got it! I got it!"
Seeing that she had caught a doll for the first time, Qiu Mengyun even forgot her identity and the occasion, and shouted out excitedly.
Fortunately, although there are people coming and going here, everyone is already accustomed to people becoming obsessed with catching dolls, so no one pays too much attention to it.
After shouting, Qiu Mengyun realized that she had lost her composure.
She secretly turned her head and looked around, and found that no one was paying attention to her, so she stuck out her tongue guiltily.
However, her good mood did not last long. Just when the mechanical claw was about to reach the doll's exit, the claw suddenly loosened.
The doll that had just been caught fell back into the pile of dolls as expected.
"Oh my! How could this happen? I was just one step away from success. What a pity."
Looking at the reset mechanical claw, Qiu Mengyun complained dejectedly.
"Why do you look so depressed? Did you fail?"
Xia Tian came back from exchanging coins, put a small basket of coins on the claw machine, and asked with a smile.
Seeing Xia Tian return, Qiu Mengyun immediately complained, "I think there's something wrong with their claw machine. Just now, the claw clearly grabbed a doll. But just as it was about to throw it out, the claw suddenly loosened its grip, and the doll fell back to its previous position."
Xia Tian smiled and said comfortingly: "This is not a machine malfunction. Most claw machines will have this problem. It is normal."
"Think about it, if it was so easy to grab a doll with just a coin, wouldn't the person who set up the claw machine be losing a fortune? Just keep trying. With more practice, you'll definitely get the doll you want."
Qiu Mengyun nodded: "Yeah! What you said seems to make sense, then I will try again."
Qiu Mengyun put in the coins again and pressed the power button again.
The result this time was even more disappointing to him. After the mechanical claw fell down, it caught nothing and came up empty-handed.
"What? It's not as good as the first time. Let's do it again!"
Insert the coin again and press the switch.
Although it did not miss this time, the doll fell back down when the mechanical claw was halfway up.
"Oh no! I failed again. I don't believe it's so difficult to catch a doll."
After saying that, he quickly put a few coins into the claw machine.
Ten minutes later.
Xia Tian: "You keep staring at it like that, don't your eyes get tired? Otherwise, sit down and rest for a while before catching it!"
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