Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 222 Lin Ruoxi collects protection fees

"Is there anyone else playing the claw machine in this store?" the girl who came out of the cinema asked with a smile.

"This claw machine is such a rip-off. It costs two dollars to grab one, and it takes more than ten tries to grab one. I could have just bought it directly." The girl traveling with me complained.

They found that each of these people was holding a handful of coins.

"I guess they will only catch three or four." One of the girls laughed. She had also suffered a loss before and spent dozens of dollars to catch a little baby.

Yes, once there is a sunk cost, the thought of catching the doll will always be in your mind.

In fact, it would be better to stop the loss in time, but the merchants’ tricks are so disgusting.

Xue Rui sighed and threw coins into the coin box, but he couldn't catch any, and he often caught nothing.

"Young man, stop playing." A spectator on the side advised.

Xue Rui's skills are so poor, isn't this just giving away money?
Chen Tingting, on the other hand, was concentrating on staring at the claw in the claw machine.

Adjust, aim, lower the claw, and the doll falls...

After repeating it many times, eat a guaranteed meal...

It also seems boring.

But because Chen Tingting used her claws so many times, she still caught a few dolls.

Including the three dolls that Lin Ruoxi had given to Chen Tingting before, there were already 6 dolls at Chen Tingting's feet.

"Wow, the beauty is so stunning?" someone asked in surprise.

They often come to this cinema to watch movies, and have never seen anyone catch so many dolls.

"Hehe!" Chen Tingting raised the corners of her mouth, and a small sense of vanity surged in her heart.

She is in a good mood now.

"Why didn't you catch any?" Chen Tingting asked.

"My skills are not as good as yours." Xue Rui tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth.

I thought to myself, I can’t catch it, doesn’t this show that you are more accurate in catching it?
"Hehe." Chen Tingting laughed. She was better than Xue Rui.

Xue Rui turned his head to look at Lin Ruoxi. Lin Ruoxi got a large cardboard shell from somewhere and placed a lot of dolls on it. There must be about 60 or 70 dolls...

Xue Rui's eye twitched. Are you buying goods here?

How can you play like this?

The girls around just glanced at Lin Ruoxi. They subconsciously thought that she was the staff in charge of the claw machine and was probably restocking the goods.

After all, this row of claw machines looks empty today.

But they soon discovered something was wrong. There were many people surrounding Lin Ruoxi and watching her.

"Wow, that's awesome! Can it be done this way?" a boy shouted.

"This is the first time I've seen this in my life. Using a clamp to move up and down to push a doll?" someone murmured.

Xue Rui also watched for a while, and he found that Lin Ruoxi had been grabbing dolls and the coins in her hand were almost gone.

In an instant, all the onlookers on Xue Rui and Chen Tingting's side ran to Lin Ruoxi's side.

Chen Tingting pouted. Lin Ruoxi was too powerful. She couldn't catch her...

The movie had just ended, and many people were attracted by the pile of dolls around Lin Ruoxi that was as high as a mountain, and they stopped to watch.

Lin Ruoxi remained unmoved and continued to hold the doll as usual.

She is almost done with all the doll types here, except for the last few.

Xue Rui squeezed over to take a look. Lin Ruoxi's slender fingers slightly moved the joystick and slowly pressed the claw button...

Below the claw is the center of the two dolls, and it does not hold either doll.

The new spectator couldn't help but sigh: "What a pity."

"What a pity! Take another look?" someone said with a smile.

Two seconds later, the claw was raised upwards, and the rubber ring at the front of the claw hooked the label ropes of the two dolls, and dropped the two dolls down.

"Oh my god! Can we play like this?" someone else exclaimed.

As we all know, the claws are just for show. They are slippery and can't grab anything, but the strength of the claws doesn't change. Lin Ruoxi uses this to hook the string of the doll's tag...

Xue Rui's mouth twitched as he watched. The little girl had unlocked a new operation.

"Beauty, why are you catching so many dolls?" someone asked.

Before Lin Ruoxi could answer, someone said, "I've been watching for quite a while. She can catch at least two at a time. The purchase price is less than one dollar each. She can make money even if she sells them on the street."

"Hahaha."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around laughed.

Yes, no matter from which angle you look at it, Lin Ruoxi's catching dolls is clearly a positive return.

Among the onlookers were cinema staff.

The girl in the cinema slowly left the crowd and pressed the intercom after walking away: "Jiangdian, come over here and take a look at the claw machine. Someone has cleared out our claw machines."

"Isn't that a good thing? Just find someone to restock the stock." A calm voice came from the intercom.

"She only spent a few dozen dollars. You can come if you want."

"The machine is broken? I'll be there right away." A surprised voice came from the intercom.

The girl was speechless. There was nothing wrong with the machine. It was just that the girl’s skills were too superb.

The ability to catch that girl should be none of her business. She doesn't have to pay any money anyway. She is just responsible for informing the store manager.

……

"Beauty, I'll give you five dollars, just help me catch one." Someone said.

"I'll give you a hundred, beauty, can you teach me?" a boy said, rubbing his hands.

Xue Rui's eyebrows jumped. Are you studying technology?
He walked up to Lin Ruoxi and said with a smile, "Is it fun?"

Lin Ruoxi saw Xue Rui coming too, and raised her eyes slightly: "Yeah, it's fun."

She picked up a bunch of dolls from the cardboard: "All for you."

The little girl's eyes were filled with autumn water, as if she was confessing her love while holding a bunch of doll bouquets, and there was a look of doting in her eyes.

Why don’t people around me understand?

Someone sighed and took a step back.

Xue Rui glanced at him indifferently. This is the consensus of all men with normal values. When they see a girl with a boyfriend, they will subconsciously stay away from her.

Chen Tingting pouted. She was also holding a few dolls, but compared to Lin Ruoxi, they seemed too few... No one paid any attention to her now.

"Sorry, sorry, excuse me."

A man in a suit and tie walked through the crowd with a forced smile on his face, accompanied by a man in work clothes.

When the man in work clothes saw such a large pile of dolls, he immediately understood something and began to check whether there was any problem with the program of the claw machine.

The man in the suit said to Lin Ruoxi, "I'm sorry, I'm the store manager here. There's something wrong with our claw machine. I'll refund your money. Can you pick a few more that you like and take them away?"

Lin Ruoxi had a dazed expression, she caught it herself.

She hid behind Xue Rui holding the doll and secretly glanced at the man.

Xue Rui smiled, thinking that Lin Ruoxi's outrageous behavior finally attracted the staff.

He had actually anticipated this.

He was also quite satisfied with the man's attitude. After all, there was no one who couldn't speak and could be a store manager in the service industry.

However, before Xue Rui could speak, the spectators around him were already dissatisfied: "Your broken machine should have been fixed long ago. You haven't caught a single person in seven or eight attempts."

"This girl caught it with her own ability, why should she give it back?" someone said dissatisfiedly.

"That's right, why not give a few to get rid of the beggars?" someone else followed suit.

……

Manager Jiang smiled bitterly, thinking what was going on...

He turned around and looked at the staff who were checking the machine: "What went wrong?"

The staff member looked confused: "There is no malfunction, the program is running normally."

"Beauty, show him another one!" someone shouted.

Xue Rui touched Lin Ruoxi's head and stuffed two coins into Lin Ruoxi's pocket: "Go ahead."

Under the shocked gazes of Manager Jiang and the maintenance worker, Lin Ruoxi once again picked up the two dolls.

"Hiss~" The maintenance worker took a breath of cold air. Can it be operated like this?

How to fix this?
Manager Jiang immediately understood that he had met an expert today and this kind of problem could only be solved by dealing with humans.

He looked at Lin Ruoxi and found that this girl seemed to only accept Xue Rui's opinion.

He smiled and held out his hand: "My last name is Jiang, and I'm the manager of the cinema. May I ask your last name, sir?"

Xue Rui smiled and shook his hand: "Excuse me, my last name is Xue."

"Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea and chat?" Manager Jiang said with a smile.

Xue Rui reached out and pressed down, signaling Lin Ruoxi to put the doll down.

The little girl was a little reluctant, but after seeing Xue Rui's signal, she put down the things and followed Xue Rui obediently.

"Oh, that's boring, let's go." Everyone shook their heads and left. They could all guess that these people must have some other transactions behind them.

Manager Jiang ordered a drink for each of the three people, and also sent a few large buckets of American popcorn. In the end, he not only refunded Xue Rui the money he had exchanged for coins, but also gave him a membership card for the cinema, saying that he could watch ten movies for free...

"Beauty, next time you come to the movies, don't grab the dolls." Manager Jiang gave Lin Ruoxi and Chen Tingting each a large doll.

"Don't come here." Xue Rui smiled and pinched Lin Ruoxi's face.

"Well, then I won't play anymore." Lin Ruoxi said obediently.

"Take care, everyone." Manager Jiang smiled and waved his hand.

After a few people left, he rubbed his face. It was the first time he encountered such a thing.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s the boss’s money anyway.

Chen Tingting was holding a huge teddy bear doll, whose feet were almost dragging on the ground. She was still a little dazed.

How can I get such a big doll without spending a penny?
Lin Ruoxi also looked dazed: "Why did he give me something?"

There is no reward without merit. She did nothing, but received a lot of things.

This made her feel weird. She always felt like something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

Xue Rui smiled and said, "This is protection money for you."

He didn't expect the little girl had this ability. She didn't spend a penny and got a lot of things from the cinema for free.

"Protection money?" Lin Ruoxi was stunned. She knew that only bad people would collect protection money.

The little girl looked panicked, as if she had done something bad.

"Of course it's protection money. He's afraid that you'll keep coming to their house to take advantage of them." Xue Rui said.

"Well, shall we go back?" Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice.

"No." Xue Rui said.

How can I return something like this?

He thought about it and said seriously, "Don't play with the claw machine in the future."

This time, it was because the cinema was located in a large supermarket with a large business premises and was run by a professional team, so Lin Ruoxi received such polite treatment.

If it is a small shop where the boss is directly in charge, the little girl might be bullied because it is directly related to the boss's own interests.

"Well, I don't dare to play anymore." Lin Ruoxi said softly.

Xue Rui frowned. Why didn’t he dare to play anymore?
Was the little girl frightened just now? No, she wasn't.

Could it be that he has thought through the interests involved?

Chen Tingting hugged her teddy bear and her belly bulged as she went down the stairs. She was afraid that the bear would be caught in the gap of the escalator, making her look even more naughty and cute.

Xue Rui smiled and said, "Your father called me just now and said he would pick you up at the door."

In fact, he felt that Chen Tingting was in a good mood now that she had received the free doll, and she was not going back empty-handed. He took this opportunity to ask Chen Shen to come and pick her up. Doesn't this show that he is serious and responsible in taking care of the child?

Chen Tingting pouted, feeling that she had been suppressed by Lin Ruoxi all day...

When she saw the light at the entrance of the mall, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Shen was already waiting at the door at this time. Seeing the three people coming over with a lot of things in their hands, he walked forward to help them lift the heavy transparent door curtain.

When Lin Ruoxi saw the police walking towards her, her face turned pale. She grabbed Xue Rui's arm with her little hands, and the popcorn bucket in her hand shook.

Xue Rui was slightly surprised. Why was the little girl so startled?

Lin Ruoxi's voice trembled a little: "Police..."

(End of this chapter)