After being reborn, I gained a childhood sweetheart who appeared out of nowhere.

Today is National Day, October 1st.

Lin Chuan found the streets more bustling than he had imagined, teeming with people. It was a rare long holiday, and both office workers and students were out shopping. Various shops had their doors wide open, with small red flags hanging on the doorframes.

As he watched the flow of people passing by, he would sometimes think that every seemingly insignificant person who walked by had their own story and life, which was quite interesting to think about.

Chen Xiyu was holding takoyaki in her hand, eating as she walked.

"Where are you going this afternoon?" Lin Chuan asked. As a qualified "businessman," since he had agreed to come out with Chen Xiyu today, he would definitely fulfill his obligations.

"Hmm," Chen Xiyu thought for a moment, seemingly considering, and after a while, she made her choice, "How about an arcade?"

Lin Chuan actually remembered that when they were at the pizzeria, one of the guys suggested going to a karaoke bar or an arcade together, which would be free. Why are you only mentioning it now?

However, he didn't say it aloud, instead asking, "Arcade? Not the movie theater or something?"

"There aren't any good movies lately, so I'm not really interested," Chen Xiyu said. "Right now, I just want to go to the arcade because I've never been before."

"Okay." Lin Chuan nodded.

For him, it doesn't really matter where he goes; in fact, he's not particularly enthusiastic about traveling or going anywhere for fun.

The two stopped at the intersection. Lin Chuan was thinking about where the nearest shopping mall was. Since they were going to the arcade anyway, they decided to go to one in a shopping mall.

Although there are underground arcades in the city, those places are utterly chaotic and smoky, and he rarely went there before, so he decided not to take Chen Xiyu with him.

Lost in thought, my gaze wandered aimlessly and was soon drawn to a new store—a newly opened burger joint.

A girl was standing at the store entrance handing out flyers. She wore light blue school pants, a simple white T-shirt, and a plaid shirt. She held flyers in her hands and handed them out to passersby one by one.

Lin Chuan patted Chen Xiyu on the shoulder.

"What?" Chen Xiyu turned around.

"Look at that person, doesn't he look like your deskmate?" Lin Chuan reminded him.

Chen Xiyu looked in the direction he was pointing, and after a while, she said, "Hey, it really is."

Zhou Yun held flyers in her hand and kept handing them out to passersby, saying, "Hello, we have a newly opened burger shop. Would you like to learn more?"

Her family was already poor; she lived with only her grandparents. So, whenever she had free time, she would come to the city to work part-time.

Last night, when her deskmate called her, she actually really wanted to go to the pizza shop because she had never eaten pizza before. However, since it was National Day, the part-time job would pay very well, so she decided to take the job instead.

"Xiaoyun!" someone suddenly called out.

Zhou Yun was taken aback and turned around. Seeing a man and a woman walking towards her, she asked in surprise, "Xi Yu, class monitor, what are you doing here?"

"The literary society gathering was nearby; I just attended it," Chen Xiyu said, looking at the form in her hand. "Any part-time jobs?"

Zhou Yun lowered her head slightly and hummed in agreement.

To be honest, she didn't like being seen by her classmates while she was working part-time, especially with the class monitor present.

"Are you promoting the new store?" Lin Chuan said. "To be honest, I've done this kind of work before."

Zhou Yun was taken aback. "The class monitor also had a part-time job?"

"Yes, I did a lot of things, handing out flyers, but the most tiring job was as a waiter in a restaurant. I didn't even have time to sit down for a while all day," Lin Chuan said with a slight sigh.

"Did you have lunch?" Chen Xiyu asked.

"No... but I'll eat it later," Zhou Yun said.

"Oh, here you go, it's still warm." Chen Xiyu handed over the half-eaten takoyaki.

"Huh? No need..."

Chen Xiyu didn't refuse her and directly stuffed it into her hand, saying, "Don't be polite, we're like family."

"Thanks."

"This wasn't bought by me?" Lin Chuan said. "My money, in your name?"

"That's about it," Chen Xiyu said with a smile.

Zhou Yun looked at Chen Xiyu and then at Lin Chuan, seemingly at a loss.

"It's nothing, I was just joking with her," Lin Chuan said to Zhou Yun. "You go ahead and get back to work, we won't chat anymore." She's working in front of the shop right now, it wouldn't be good for the two of them to linger here.

"it is good."

"Xiaoyun, we're leaving now. Let's meet again in a couple of days if we have time," Chen Xiyu said, waving goodbye.

"Okay, goodbye," Zhou Yun said, watching the two leave.

Lin Chuan led Chen Xiyu to a nearby shopping mall. The top floor was an arcade and amusement park, which was crowded with people during the holiday. Most of the people there were young people and parents with children.

The arcades in 09 didn't have as many fancy games as they do now. Chen Xiyu browsed for a while and found a racing game.

After inserting coins, the two people sat down at the machine. The screen refreshed, displaying a racing car they could control. The numbers on the screen began counting down: 3, 2, 1… They simultaneously started racing, accompanied by a computer-controlled robot.

As a former video game expert, Lin Chuan found playing a racing game quite easy, and he left everyone else behind as soon as he started.

At first, Chen Xiyu didn't play very well; Lin Chuan often finished the race but she was still half a lap behind.

"Why are you running so fast?" Chen Xiyu asked, pursing her lips.

"If you can't go fast in a race car, what's the point?" Lin Chuan said.

"Wait for me."

"No, I refuse."

After playing a few rounds, Chen Xiyu's skills gradually improved. After all, it wasn't a very difficult game, and Lin Chuan, who had always been number one, started to relax a bit.

As they entered the third lap, Chen Xiyu caught up for the first time, and the two cars raced side by side.

"Hehe, I caught up with you." Chen Xiyu said with a smile.

"Keep it up!" Lin Chuan said, accelerating again and widening the distance between the two.

Chen Xiyu also accelerated his car, and after the two entered the corner together, only the final straight remained, with the two being almost the same distance apart.

At this moment, Chen Xiyu suddenly swerved his race car to the side, bumping into Lin Chuan's race car. Lin Chuan's race car instantly went out of control and crashed into the wall next to him.

By the time he had turned around, Chen Xiyu's car had already reached its destination.

"We won!" Chen Xiyu said happily.

"Is this a prop race?" Lin Chuan said.

"It didn't say we can't crash." Chen Xiyu revealed a sly smile.

In another corner of the arcade, Xiao Yu was playing billiards with a few of his underlings. Perhaps because he was in a bad mood, he was hitting the cue with a lot of force, making the cue balls clang loudly.

"Brother Xiao, look over there, isn't that Lin Chuan and Chen Xiyu?" A boy next to him suddenly said.

Xiao Yu was taken aback and turned to look in the direction of the arcade machine. Sure enough, he saw the profile of a girl, with a boy sitting next to her.

The two had just finished playing a racing game when they went to the Contra machine, inserted coins, and started playing a new game.

"Should we go over and say hello?" the boy asked.

"Are you stupid? Go over and say hello now?" another boy couldn't help but say.

I was at the pizzeria just now, and I called out to come to the arcade, but they said they were busy. Then they came with someone else.

Wouldn't it be awkward for me to go over and say hello now?

"Oh, okay." The boy gave an awkward laugh.

Xiao Yu remained silent throughout. He frowned, completely losing his motivation to play ball.

He tossed the cue stick aside and said, "You guys play, I'm leaving." Then he turned and walked out.

Seeing this, the two boys, though they still wanted to play a little longer, quickly followed after them.

"Brother Xiao, wait for us."

"Brother Xiao, wait a minute..."