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"Hurry up, why aren't you coming out? Weren't you just clenching your fists tightly?"

"Stop arguing. I've done my best. What can I do if it won't come out? It's too loose, so it's hard for it to come out."

"Miscellaneous fish~"

"ha?"

The first doll came out quickly, but it started to get stuck from the second one onwards, and Lin Zhou began to wonder if there was something wrong with the machine.

Ye Zhiyu took the doll into her arms, her eyes filled with amusement, and said, "Then I'll take it."

"..."

Lin Zhou ignored Ye Zhiyu, while Luo Xiaoke pointed to a spot inside the machine where a doll's head was protruding. "Zhouzhou~ try this one, it seems okay!"

Lin Zhou glanced at the location Luo Xiaoke pointed to and thought it looked alright.

Manipulating the joystick, Lin Zhou roughly aimed at the position, and then—

Let's go straight in!

The robotic claw wobbled, yet with perfect precision, gripped the doll's head and lifted it up.

When the claw of the claw reaches the top of the plush toy, it vibrates. At that moment, the plush toy usually falls because the claw is too loose. But this time, it was just right, and the plush toy didn't fall.

"Phew, the second one." Lin Zhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't care how the second doll was distributed, but simply placed it on the control panel and pretended not to care as he continued to pay to play the claw machine.

After struggling for more than half an hour, I finally managed to get all four dolls out.

"Okay, one for each of you," Lin Zhou said.

Moreover, he used the same type of sandwich, so there's no question of which one looks better.

yooooooooo~

solved.

Seeing that the four girls were all holding dolls, Lin Zhou glanced at the time and asked, "How about we all go have dinner together?"

"Let's go, let's go~" Luo Xiaoke said, "I know some good restaurants~"

"Hey, let's eat at a farm."

"The farm...where?"

"The usual place, over in Heshan."

"I didn't drive out, and it would take an hour or two to get there anyway."

The group casually discussed what they wanted to eat that night. Gu Yuning saw everyone laughing and joking, and although their date had been ruined, it didn't feel so bad.

At the very least, from morning until noon when he went to the movie theater, Lin Zhou was his own time.

This feels good; she's not a greedy person to begin with.

"Let's go home and eat, I'll cook," Gu Yuning said. Her cooking seemed to suit everyone's tastes, so instead of discussing it like this, they decided to go home first.

"Isn't this too much work for you?" Lin Zhou asked.

"Won't."

"Os, I agree."

"I have no objection..."

"Yu Ning's cooking is delicious!"

After discussing it, the group decided to go to Yu Ning's house to cook.

……

As night deepened, after dinner, everyone washed the dishes together and prepared to go home.

"Thank you for your hard work, Yuning." Lin Zhou said with a smile as he stood at the door of Gu Yuning's house.

"No, I'm very happy today," Gu Yuning said calmly. "Although I didn't stop working all day... I feel much more relaxed and not as tired."

"Really?" Lin Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "Then what I did had meaning. Don't tire yourself out so much; everyone is worried about you."

"Zhouzhou~ What are you whispering about~ Let's go~" Luo Xiaoke's voice came from the courtyard gate behind us.

"See you tomorrow," Lin Zhou said.

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

After Lin Zhou left with Bai Wanwan and the others, Gu Yuning watched them leave before reluctantly closing the door.

The living room fell silent; his parents had not yet returned home.

Gu Yuning picked up the plush toy from the sofa and went upstairs. Then she opened the door to her room and placed the plush toy on the bedside table.

The bed was covered with dolls. Gu Yuning sat on the edge of the bed and skillfully took out a needle and thread from the drawer.

After unraveling the doll's stitches, the girl felt in the pocket of her skirt and took out a few strands of hair—which she had secretly taken from Lin Zhou. She stuffed the hair into the doll and then skillfully sewed the stitches back on.

There were many dolls on the bed, and each doll had something about Lin Zhou sewn inside.

It could be a single hair, a piece of fingernail... it could be worn underwear or something like that, in short, there are quite a few items.

"Hoo..." Gu Yuning lay on the bed, almost burying herself in a sea of ​​dolls. She hugged the dolls tightly, or stepped on them, breathing in their scent. A sickly flush appeared on her face.

"Good baby~ Good baby~ Come drink~"

"Be good~ listen to me."

"Good boy/girl~"

"..."

She hugged the doll, stepping on it with her feet, "Sweetie... I'm here~"

After a while, she opened her eyes again and raised one hand high.

The hand that had intertwined with Lin Zhou's was now imbued with his strong scent. Gu Yuning reached out and gently stroked the back of her hand, as if she could still feel Lin Zhou's presence in the movie theater.

Seemingly exhausted, she watched for a while, then buried her face in the doll, her consciousness gradually fading, and she soon fell asleep.

……

……

……

It seems I dreamt of childhood memories.

"Gu Yuning is transferring to our Sunflower Class today. Yuning, would you like to introduce yourself to everyone?" the teacher said with a smile.

Behind her was a little girl with a bun hairstyle. She sniffed and looked at everyone in the class with a timid gaze.

"Keep it up!"

"Yu Ning, my name is..." Gu Yu Ning uttered in a childish voice, barely audible, "Gu Yu Ning."

"The voice is very soft, can everyone hear it?" the teacher smiled. "Shall we give this child some encouragement? Come on, everyone, let's give them a round of applause!"

The sound of applause rang out, which only made Gu Yuning more frightened. She sniffed first, and then her big eyes welled up with tears. "Gu...Gu...Yu...Wah~~~~~"

The crying grew louder and louder, and the teacher quickly squatted down to comfort her. But Gu Yuning's voice seemed to be infectious; the moment she started crying, the other children in the class gradually began to cry one after another.

"Wait, wait a minute?"

"Don't cry, okay? Let's play a game together."

"Waaah, waaah waaah~~~~~~~" The crying grew louder and louder, and stronger with each cry.

Just when the teacher was starting to despair, she noticed five-year-old Lin Zhou squatting down next to Gu Yuning. He first reached into his pocket and then took out a piece of candy.

"Waaaa, waaaa~"

"Don't cry." Lin Zhou stroked Gu Yuning's little head, then kissed her chubby cheeks. "Here's some candy for you. We're little adults, we can't cry."

Gu Yuning, who couldn't be coaxed by the teacher, quickly calmed down after Lin Zhou kissed her cheek. She opened her big, watery eyes and murmured, "Candy..."

"Here, have some. Don't cry," Lin Zhou smiled.

"..."

Gu Yuning held onto Lin Zhou's sleeve with her little hand, and ate candy with her head down.