On summer nights, dots of neon lights illuminate the streets and alleys of Yuzhou.
Compared to the bustle of the food street, this street full of entertainment venues is much quieter, and the scent of food is gone in the air.
Xue Yuantong, who was sitting on the back seat of a mountain bike, looked at the brightly lit arcade on the street, and her heart shrank, as if there was something sinister and ominous hidden there.
She was a little hesitant. After all, she had never been to that kind of place.
Growing up, people around her warned her that game arcades were not a good place, they would only make people corrupt and addictive, and their learning would plummet, and there would be no recovery.
It is a place where wild beasts and monsters cannot be touched. There are gangsters with extremely low moral quality there. It is very dangerous for girls to enter.
Various thoughts were intertwined in her mind.
But there is another thought that keeps confusing her, 'Let's take a look, just once, if Jiang Ning is here, there is no danger!"
Xue Yuantong grabbed the corners of Jiang Ning's clothes with her small hands, feeling tangled in her heart.
Jiang Ning glanced back and noticed her confusion, 'I want to go, but I'm afraid.'
He didn't wait for her answer, so he simply stopped waiting and went straight to the door of the game arcade.
Xue Chuchu didn't say anything. She also stopped riding a battery car.
She is just a guest tonight, let him arrange it. Most of the time, Xue Chuchu has no idea.
Outside the arcade, a building similar to a shed with eaves was built. There were several billiard tables in the space below, and several boys who looked like students were having a great time playing.
When they saw the three of them, especially the outstanding-looking Xue Chuchu, their eyes were all sure.
In order to look cool, a boy used the technique of hitting the ball with his back, but his technique was too bad.
Jiang Ning led Tongtong across the billiard table and walked into the lobby, where the proprietress at the counter was watching TV.
"How to sell game coins?" Jiang Ning asked.
"One dollar and four." The landlady said, "It costs three yuan an hour to surf the Internet."
It's quite cheap...Jiang Ning gave me two yuan in exchange for 8 game coins.
He gave Tongtong three, and Xue Chuchu waved her hand to refuse, but Jiang Ning still gave her two.
Xue Yuantong weighed the game coins and looked down. There was a pattern printed on the game coins, which was slightly lighter than a one-yuan coin.
Jiang Ning followed the passage next to him and took a few steps in. The environment became dim and the air became a lot turbid. Jiang Ning mobilized his spiritual power and a wave of air rolled out.
Game music and the murmur of button joysticks emanated.
Where you enter, there are four or five rows of about 30 arcade machines, with seven or eight boys sitting on round stools and playing happily.
Xue Yuantong stared at the picture on the arcade screen. She felt confused at first. Her eyes were dazzled by the display of the smartphone and Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning's consciousness was fully activated, and he scanned several arcade machines like a detector. He chose the two machines near the corner.
I don’t know how many people have touched the button rocker in the game arcade. The boss rarely cleans it, and there are many sweat stains on it.
Jiang Ning took out a bottle of alcohol, sprayed it a few times, and wiped it with paper.
Xue Chuchu was surprised, did he like to be clean so much? He actually carried alcohol with him.
After sitting down, she started choosing a game. Xue Yuantong said she wanted to play King of Fighters because she had often heard her classmates talk about these games in the past.
Jiang Ning said: "Are you playing?"
Xue Yuantong was stunned on the stool for a while, couldn't hold it in any longer, and said, "How do you insert coins?"
Jiang Ning helped her choose King of Fighters 97 step by step, and she picked up the joystick and joined the battle.
As for Xue Chuchu, after being asked by Jiang Ning, she said she could play anything.
Jiang Ning chose the War of the Three Kingdoms. This is the "fast Qi" version. It has a lot of "Qi" and you can enlarge your moves at will, making the game more enjoyable.
Xue Chuchu didn't know how to play games. It happened that this game was for two people. Jiang Ning invested two game coins and sat down with Xue Chuchu to play for two people.
When choosing a character at the beginning, Jiang Ning chose Ma Chao, and Xue Chuchu asked him what he should choose.
Jiang Ning said: "Zhuge Liang, it's relatively simple."
Xue Chuchu obediently chose Zhuge Liang.
Jiang Ning taught her to move the joystick up and down, and then press the button. Suddenly, with the sound of "Thunder!", thunder and lightning fell all over the screen, hitting the soldier.
Listening to the game music, Xue Chuchu found it quite fun.
Jiang Ning controlled Ma Chao and enlarged his move "Hide and Bend the Plains", and a bunch of flaming leopards rushed towards the enemy.
Their two group attack skills cleared the area very quickly, and most of the minions were killed as soon as they appeared and before they even launched an attack.
On the other side, Xue Yuantong, who had been training hard for the King of Fighters, had improved her skills rapidly. With her strong gaming talent, she actually defeated the final boss. After all, she was not familiar with the mechanism and fell there.
Xue Yuantong was full of confidence and lost the timidity she had when she first entered the arcade. She raised her chin and said provocatively:
"Jiang Ning, do you dare to challenge me?"
"Why don't you dare?" Jiang Ning gave up on Xue Chuchu and sat down with Xue Yuantong in front of a game console.
The game Jiang Ning chose was not a pure King of Fighters 97, it was called The King of Fighters 97 Rise Again, and it was an infinite version.
After putting in the coins, it came to the selection stage. Xue Yuantong chose three girls, Mai Shiranui, Athena, and Lianna.
Jiang Ning chose Orochi, Kusanagi Kyo, and Iori Yagami, who can be called the most shameless heroes.
"Hmph, I'll beat you up later." Xue Yuantong was very proud. Her gaming skills were quite impressive, and Jiang Ning had only seen a few of them.
Today, she is bound to let Jiang Ning know how terrifying and powerful she is.
Seeing her arrogant look, Jiang Ning suddenly laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Xue Yuantong asked ignorantly.
"It's nothing, just play games." Jiang Ning said with a straight face.
Xue Yuantong: "Look at me alone and beat you three!"
At this time, Chu Chu also came to watch the battle. Without Jiang Ning's help, she was quickly beaten to death by the rebels.
At the beginning of the game, Xue Yuantong controlled Fire Dance and approached flexibly.
Jiang Ning pushed back a quarter of the joystick, the big snake raised his arms, and a white light suddenly lit up on the screen, 'The sun is shining'!
Huo Wu lost a lot of health in an instant, and Xue Yuantong was confused. Is this hero that powerful?
She resisted the blow and tried to charge forward again, but the big snake sent out another black particle, creating a circle of black holes.
Huo Wu lost a lot of blood again.
Jiang Ning added another hit, Sunshine Shining, and Huo Wu died.
Xue Yuantong was completely stunned. When the next character came on stage, she still had no power to resist and was in a hurry.
This time, she woke up and accused Jiang Ning:
"You are a scumbag, you choose a scumbag hero."
Under her strong protest, Jiang Ning manipulated Orochi to be killed and replaced with Kusanagi Kyo.
Xue Yuantong looked at the man on the screen, wearing a jacket, trousers and a white headband. He felt that this man looked normal and shouldn't be a bug.
As a result, Jiang Ning shook the joystick and hit a super kill. A big flame flashed and most of Xue Yuantong's Lianna lost most of her blood.
She huddled in a corner and held on to defend herself, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. Then Jiang Ning fired four times, directly breaking through the defense and burning her to death.
Xue Yuantong is loveless, she is a game genius, but Jiang Ning actually takes advantage of the game mechanism, which is too abominable.
She also wanted to get the game currency to continue fighting Jiang Ning, but when she touched her pocket, she found that it was gone.
However, Xue Chuchu still had one coin, so she advised: "Tongtong, let's fight the Three Kingdoms War."
Jiang Ning handed the last coin on hand to Tongtong and asked them to play together.
Xue Yuantong chose Zhuge Liang and frantically played with the joysticks and buttons, 'strike with thunder' and 'call for wind and rain', and kept using them.
They fought all the way through the level and actually passed it successfully.
Jiang Ning looked at the time and saw that it was already past 12 o'clock. All the people who had been playing games had left. Except for them, there were only two new men in their early thirties.
Xue Yuantong was still unfinished, and her fingers hurt a little when she rubbed them.
After playing the game, Jiang Ning went to the front desk and got three cups of ice cream. They sat on the bench at the door, taking advantage of the dark night sky and the moon hanging in the sky, using wood chips to scoop out the ice cream and eat it.
After eating the ice cream, Xue Yuantong glanced at her thumb. It was red. She said pitifully: "Jiang Ning, you have blisters."
Jiang Ning took a look and saw that it was true.
She is a talented person. She can make blisters by playing arcade games.
Xue Chuchu: "It's okay, it will be gone tomorrow."
After a few words of comfort, Xue Yuantong felt much better. She looked at the billiard table, with the neatly arranged billiard balls on it, and suddenly asked:
"Jiang Ning, can you play billiards?"
"Yes."
Xue Yuantong was tempted, but it was too late today, so he had no choice but to give up.
After eating the ice cream, Jiang Ning did not stop and rode home.
Because it was too late and there were only a few pedestrians and vehicles on the road, Xue Chuchu’s battery car came from behind and ran parallel to Jiang Ning’s mountain bike.
The city was much emptier late at night, and the temperature was no longer sultry. As the car was driving, the wind blew in front of her, cooling and refreshing Xue Chuchu, and at the same time, it blew away the twists and turns that happened during the barbecue.
Xue Chuchu's heart felt clear, and she quietly admired the night view of Yuzhou.
She has been in Yuzhou city for more than a year, and she is like a caged bird. She has never gone out in the middle of the night. Yuzhou at 12 o'clock in the morning is very strange to her. Although she lives here, there are many things she has never seen.
She actually likes freedom very much, but she always sets up shackles for herself.
Xue Chuchu opened her mouth and took a deep breath of cool air. She twisted the handle and the battery bike flew out with a "whoosh!", leaving Jiang Ning's mountain bike behind in a few seconds.
Xue Chuchu’s black battery bike is a large battery bike that can ride up to 60 yards!
Xue Yuantong was passed, and she quickly poked Jiang Ning:
"Quickly pass Chu Chu!"
"Jiang Ning, hurry up and overtake her!"
She wanted to see Jiang Ning racing.
Jiang Ning adjusted the transmission, exerted force under his feet, and pedaled twice. The car body rushed. Xue Yuantong almost fell off, but luckily he hugged him tightly.
Two cars started a race in the night.
…
In the bungalow under the river dam, the lights were dimly lit, and those were the lights of my own home.
Xue Yuantong felt warm in her heart. No matter when, her mother was always waiting for her to come back.
The mountain bike swooped down the dam, getting closer, closer, and closer.
Xue Yuantong saw the vague figure of his mother waiting at the door of his home.
She felt warmer in her heart. She recalled carefully that her mother was always ready after evening self-study every time she came home, whether it was to drink hot water or eat snacks.
Even though she played outside until 12 o'clock today, her mother was still waiting for her to come home.
This is her real mother!
It was the feather duster her mother was holding that made Xue Yuantong feel a little embarrassed...
"You came back so late, what did you do? Do you know what time it is?" Aunt Gu stared at her daughter, a little angry, and just went out to play. With Jiang Ning here, she was not worried.
But my daughter has been out for so long without calling her, sending a text message, or saying when she will be home. She is going crazy.
Aunt Gu only found out about her daughter's situation through a phone call from Jiang Ning.
"Tell me, what did you do at night?" Aunt Gu glared at Tongtong and waved the feather duster.
Xue Yuantong immediately argued: "Mom, I didn't go to the arcade to play games!"
Xue Chuchu: "..."
Jiang Ning: "6."
Xue Yuantong was taken away, and Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu went back to their respective homes.
…
Xue Yuantong used the smell of barbecue as an excuse to take a shower and wash his hair.
She changed into loose and cute pajamas, put on her slippers, and walked out the door.
Aunt Gu said: "It's late at night, what are you doing out there?"
"I'm asking Jiang Ning to blow dry my hair."
Xue Yuantong felt the warmth and kindness of his mother and decided to play with Jiang Ning.
"I'll blow it for you." Aunt Gu said, "It's time for Jiang Ning to go to bed."
"Mom, Jiang Ning feels comfortable playing." After saying these words, Xue Yuantong left the house.
Aunt Gu looked at her daughter's back and wanted to say something, but didn't say anything and let her go.
Jiang Ning used his spiritual sense to detect the situation on their side clearly. When Xue Yuantong arrived, he plugged in the hair dryer.
Xue Yuantong huddled on the exclusive throne, leaning back lazily, with thick hair hanging down.
Jiang Ning picked up a bunch of hair and when blow-drying it, he did not use the wind from the fan, but chose to release wind spells to condense the moisture in the air and dry Xue Yuantong's hair bit by bit.
The gentle breeze made Xue Yuantong itch, which was particularly pleasant. She gently squinted her eyes in comfort.
After blowing for ten minutes, Jiang Ning turned off the hair dryer used to cover up.
Xue Yuantong touched her hair. It was no longer wet as before. It became clean and especially soft. She circled it twice with her fingers.
Jiang Ning is so awesome, she blowdrys her hair so well.
In the past, blow-drying your hair was the most troublesome thing every time you washed your hair.
She wished she could come to him for a blow dry every time she washed her hair.
Without waiting for Jiang Ning to remind him, Xue Yuantong said, "I will charge it to your account once you blow dry your hair."
She would not let Jiang Ning boast in vain. For this, she had to pay a price. This was Xue Yuantong's principle of conduct, equal exchange.
"Withdraw now, or deposit first?" She turned her chair and faced Jiang Ning.
"Withdraw it." Jiang Ning said.
Xue Yuantong entered working mode and said seriously: "Hello, what services do you need now?"
At this moment, her attitude was that of a dedicated waiter.
It's just the baggy pajamas that betray Xue Yuantong's appearance.
Jiang Ning had finished taking a shower. He leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and worked for a while. It was his turn to enjoy.
"First tell me what you know?" Jiang Ning said in a lazy tone.
Talking about the things he knows how to do, Xue Yuantong's eyes lit up, "I know how to cook. Whether it's cooking or making snacks, I can do it all. Whatever you want to eat, I'll cook it for you tomorrow."
As she said this, she couldn't help but be greedy.
"Well, what else?"
Xue Yuantong added: "I know how to do my homework. No matter which subject paper I write, I can finish it easily!"
She looked at Jiang Ning expectantly, hoping that he would choose this, so that he could pay off Jiang Ning's debt quickly.
"anything else?"
"I'm great at gaming. I'm a king. Playing Hearthstone, I can climb the ladder without paying any money!"
"Huh? Continue?" Jiang Ning asked.
Xue Yuantong kept bragging about her advantages. Jiang Ning asked Jiang Ning more than a dozen times. She talked eloquently, which showed how good she was. During the process, Jiang Ning secretly ate two pieces of candied fruit and drank half a glass of water.
Jiang Ning listened for a while and suddenly asked: "Since you know so many things, is there anything you don't know?"
He wanted to see how Xue Yuantong dealt with her own shortcomings.
Xue Yuantong glanced sideways at him and saw through his thoughts.
She knows astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom, and she has three hundred and sixty skills. She is the number one scholar in each of them. Is there anything in the world that she doesn't understand?
Of course, these words must not be said to Jiang Ning now. She strictly adheres to her status as a debtor.
Xue Yuantong was sitting cross-legged on a chair. She had just taken a shower, and her skin was slightly pink. She felt ethereal under the bright moonlight outside the window and the lights in the house.
The soft and small body exudes a light fragrance.
"Things I don't know how to do..."
Her clear and bright eyes sparkled with intelligence. After a while, she raised her eyelashes lightly and thought of a way to have the best of both worlds:
"No...I won't leave you."
PS: Thank you ‘Nuan Yang 1314’, Nuanyang Ju’s Silver Alliance!
