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"It's over." Ye Zhiyu opened her eyes.

The boss didn't say anything.

The surroundings were quiet for two or three seconds, and everyone's eyes were on the metal target at the top. The disc that had just been hit was still swaying gently and emitting a faint buzzing sound.

Twenty shots.

All correct!

"The Will of Fire... is he cheating?" Lin Zhou realized.

The crowd of onlookers became excited, with some asking the owner if the gun was really that accurate, and others even pulling out twenty dollars to try it out.

The boss did not respond.

He simply turned his head slowly, looking at the handheld game console placed at the highest position behind him, his eyes filled with an indescribable complexity.

It's been sitting there for almost two days now.

He would glance at the box every morning when he opened his stall, at lunchtime, and even touch it a couple of times when he closed his stall in the evening. He had already planned to take it back to his dormitory after the seven-day school anniversary celebration.

"Boss?" Ye Zhiyu waved her hand in front of him. "oi...dead? Even if he's dead, you still have to give him a prize...oi~"

"No," the boss said.

But his heart was already dead.

He remained silent for a long time before turning around and taking down the top game console box. He even checked the seal very carefully before handing it to Ye Zhiyu with both hands.

"your."

"Thanks."

Ye Zhiyu took it, but the boss didn't let go.

"?"

The two people each held one side of the box.

Ye Zhiyu looked up.

The boss bowed his head.

"The boss?"

"..."

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and as if finally letting go of something, slowly removed his fingers from the box. "A bet is a bet."

"Betting my ass, I won by my own skill," Ye Zhiyu scoffed.

"Waaaaaahh ...

Lin Zhou, standing to the side, felt a little sorry for her.

How cruel.

But seeing that game console—

Really fragrant.

"Dude, why don't you touch it a couple more times?" Lin Zhou comforted him.

"...?" The boss turned around, plopped back into his plastic chair, and looked much older than he had ten minutes ago. Even his voice, which had been trying to attract customers, had lost its soul.

However, the effect was quite good, even though it was said in a negative way.

Ye Zhiyu's perfect 20-shot hit had already attracted a lot of people, and now a queue had formed in front of the booth. Several boys were even scanning QR codes while confidently claiming that they could hit the target every time at the arcade.

The boss glanced at it and his hope was rekindled; perhaps he could still recoup some of his losses.

Lin Zhou then moved closer to Ye Zhiyu, looking at the brand-new game console box in her arms. Suddenly, it looked familiar. "Wait, isn't this the one we have at home?"

"Um."

"Don't you have one?"

"Yes, I have."

"Then why were you playing so seriously just now?"

Ye Zhiyu glanced down at the box, then looked up at Lin Zhou, "Because he thinks I can't hit it."

"..."

Lin Zhou himself also has one, which he bought last year. Not to mention Ye Zhiyu's, this B-Yu basically buys the latest game console as soon as it comes out. There are even two of them gathering dust under the TV cabinet at home.

"What should we do then?" Lin Zhou asked.

"have no idea."

"Sold?"

"Ugh, this is so troublesome." Ye Zhiyu stood there holding the box for a while, then quickly turned her gaze back to the boss.

The boss's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

No.

Again?

"Boss." Ye Zhiyu walked over.

"what?"

"I need to discuss something."

The shop owner looked at her warily, as if she were a ruthless robber preparing to rob the store a second time. "Don't hit her anymore."

"Who cares?" Ye Zhiyu placed the game console on the table. "I already have this. Can you just give me cash instead?"

"..." The boss was stunned for a moment.

Then his gaze slowly fell on the game console that Ye Zhiyu had barely warmed up.

Buy it back?

like.

you can!

"Cash payment is possible." The boss immediately sat up straight, but his businessman's instincts made him cough. "However, there's a channel price for these prizes, and I can't buy them back at the market price. I can only give you a thousand at most."

Ye Zhiyu showed no intention of haggling. "Okay, no problem."

"So straightforward?"

"Hmm," Ye Zhiyu said. Anyway, she was just playing around, and she didn't care if she could make money.

That's just her personality; she doesn't get too hung up on the details.

The shopkeeper felt a little embarrassed, since the market price of this game console was clearly higher than a thousand, but Ye Zhiyu seemed completely too lazy to deal with it, which made him feel like he had gotten a bargain.

So he added at the end, "Let me give you two small gifts, either a keychain or that frog will do."

Lin Zhou remained expressionless. "No."

Finally, scan the QR code to transfer the money.

[Received 1000 yuan]

Ye Zhiyu glanced down at her phone, then tapped a few times casually.

Lin Zhou's phone vibrated in his pocket.

Ye Zhiyu transferred 500 yuan to you.

"?"

Lin Zhou looked up. "Why are you giving this to me?"

"Half for each of us," Ye Zhiyu said, walking unsteadily.

"Benevolence and righteousness".

"I actually called you a B-fish before, I deserve to die."

Ye Zhiyu glanced at him. "When did you start cursing?"

Lin Zhou: "..."

He said guiltily, "No, I just said it offhand."

Ye Zhiyu remained expressionless. "Give me back the money."

"don't want!"

At this moment, the boss put the recovered game console back on the top shelf, even more neatly than before, then put his hands together and gently bowed to the box.

this time.

We must hold it.

As Lin Zhou was leaving, he looked back and for some reason suddenly wanted Ye Zhiyu to hit him again.

Forget it.

Leave a way out for others.

……

The campus was getting more and more lively in the afternoon. Along the way, you could see people running around holding up promotional signs made by their classes. The loudspeakers in the distance would occasionally broadcast notices about the school anniversary celebration. The air was filled with the smells of barbecue, milk tea and desserts.

Ye Zhiyu had just won the game and seemed to be in a good mood. She even bought two bottles of soda, but naturally let Lin Zhou pay for them.

Lin Zhou was happy to accept, after all, Ye Zhiyu had given him five hundred yuan.

Unwittingly, Lin Zhou's gaze was suddenly drawn to an inconspicuous stall on the other side of the road.

Hand-whipped lemon tea.

The stall itself wasn't large; it consisted of a long table set up under a white school anniversary tent, with a few transparent boxes containing lemons and ice cubes next to it. Compared to the nearby milk tea stalls that were decorated in a fancy way, it seemed exceptionally simple.

And there were no guests.

While the stalls next to it were packed with people, this place was quiet and deserted, with no one even standing in the spot where people were supposed to be attracting customers.

Lin Zhou had only glanced at it casually at first, but then he slowed down – there was a chair inside the tent, and someone was sitting there.

A familiar figure, a familiar girl.

The girl was wearing a simple light-colored apron, and her long hair hung down from both sides of her shoulders. One side of her bangs was still very long, almost completely covering her left eye.

She lowered her head slightly, placed her hands on her knees, and sat there quietly.

The surroundings were so lively, with people laughing and passing by the stalls every now and then. There were even students next door loudly soliciting customers with megaphones, but those sounds seemed to automatically move away when they got close to her.

My ex-girlfriend, Tang Yuru.

Tang Yuru occasionally raised her head, as if she was mustering up the courage to say something to the passersby, but before she could speak, the other person had already walked away, and she could only lower her gaze again.

Then he continued to sit alone.

"..." Lin Zhou stopped.

Ye Zhiyu had already taken a few steps forward, but when she realized the person beside her hadn't followed, she turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Ah...it's nothing."