A Young Woman's Heart

That was absolutely terrifying for her.

Perhaps she will spend the rest of her life alone.

Hmm... Isn't it nice to accompany your parents as they grow old?

Why is it necessary for people to find their own partners?

Mo Xueyao thought to herself, and suddenly felt that living alone was quite nice.

Of course, the prerequisite is having money.

After graduating from university, I think it would be great to travel alone.

Well, of course, if Li Wanyan wants to go, she can come along too.

Mo Xueyao mentally considered other people traveling with her.

In the end, she felt that, apart from Li Wanyan and the other girls, the only one who wouldn't make her feel awkward was Mr. Xue.

"Huh, why are so many people gathered here?" Lost in thought, Mo Xueyao was drawn to the large group of students in front of her. She ate the crispy ice cream shell along with the ice cream and couldn't resist going forward to find out what was going on.

"It looks like an arcade, it must have just opened today," Li Wanyan said indifferently, showing no interest whatsoever.

"An arcade!!" Mo Xueyao's eyes began to light up.

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Chapter Ninety-One: Mo Xueyao's Yagami Iori

Mo Xueyao wiped her mouth, removing the ice cream crumbs from the corner of her lips, and then casually grabbed the hem of her skirt to rub the stain away.

The skirt is dirty, but my hands are clean...

Li Wanyan, standing to the side, shook her head, thinking that with Mo Xueyao's way of dressing, she would need to wash her clothes at least every two days...

The newly opened arcade is only about the size of a restaurant, but it's quite crowded, with twenty or thirty arcade machines.

She wasn't interested in the slot machines by the door, but her eyes lit up at the King of Fighters arcade machines inside.

Mo Xueyao loves playing video games.

I played all the games on the Little Tyrant game console.

But most of the time, I played by myself. Although it was fun, I always felt like something was missing.

In junior high school, my favorite thing to do was to be invited to the arcade.

Playing against the computer for a long time will teach you its tricks, but playing against a human is where the real fun begins.

Because she didn't have enough money to buy too many game tokens, Mo Xueyao mostly gambled against others.

If you win, someone else will pay for the game tokens. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can even play in the arcade all day long.

Of course, that happened in the first or second year of junior high school.

Starting from the second semester of the second year of junior high school, Mo Xueyao went to the arcade less and less.

She gradually transformed from a mischievous child into a diligent learner.

My impression of the teachers gradually changed.

But everything comes at a price.

The price she paid was giving up all her time spent in arcades, and even at home she hardly played the Little Tyrant game anymore, devoting herself wholeheartedly to her studies.

If she hadn't done that, based on her grades in the first semester of her second year of junior high, she probably wouldn't have even been able to get into a regular high school.

Looking back now, although it was only about two years, it feels like a lifetime ago.

Moreover, once a person has practiced self-discipline, they may become addicted to the feeling of self-discipline.

If I don't do things according to plan one day, I feel uncomfortable all over.

But people are not machines after all. Even Mo Xueyao, who always follows the rules, has times when she wants to let loose and vent.

The arcade she stumbled upon on her way home from school happened to trigger a memory in her mind.

"Boss, how much is one coin?"

"Five cents each, four for a dollar," the shopkeeper replied immediately.

"Give me four." Mo Xueyao took out a one-yuan coin and placed it on the table, receiving four game coins that were quite nicely made.

There were no more empty machines, so she could only sit down next to a boy who looked somewhat gloomy.

All the machines were designed for two-player battles, and each of the other machines had two people sitting in front of it, with a large crowd gathered around to watch.

The only empty seat was next to the boy sitting in the far corner, and there weren't many people gathered around him, suggesting that he came alone and wasn't with any friends.

"Xiao Yao, how long do you want to play?" Li Wanyan asked, standing next to Mo Xueyao.

Two girls squeezed into an arcade full of boys, immediately drawing a lot of attention to them.

Moreover, Mo Xueyao felt that the crowded people seemed to have automatically dispersed a bit, leaving her with much more space than the other boys.

The crowd was pushed apart by the repulsive forces of magnets.

This feeling was somewhat magical, giving her an inexplicable sense of being a star.

The boy sitting in the far corner, who seemed to dislike interacting with others, glanced at her sideways and continued playing King of Fighters on his computer.

"What's the point of playing against the computer?" Mo Xueyao tossed in a game coin and said cheerfully, "Let's have a match!"

In the arcade, this wasn't an unexpected invitation.

Back in junior high, many of the arcades Mo Xueyao visited were always packed with people during the time she went.

If someone monopolizes a machine and only plays it by themselves, not allowing others to play together, they will be considered to have something wrong with their brain...

In the arcade, if there's an empty seat in front of the arcade machines, you can sit down and invite the person next to you to play a quick and exciting match.

No one was shy, and everyone who played together became a friend.

Mo Xueyao also made quite a few friends in the arcade!

However, most of those friends were not in close contact, and the only place they communicated was in the arcade.

After they stopped going to the arcade, they lost contact with each other.

After all, most people don't even have a phone number, so they can't leave a way to contact each other in the future.

Looking back now, I doubt I'll ever meet many of the friends I made back then again in the rest of my life.

When Mo Xueyao inserts a game coin, the ongoing computer battle on the game machine will pause, and an option will pop up, allowing her to choose to start the battle immediately or 'no'.

If you choose "no", the money that others have invested will be refunded, and the first player to use this machine will continue playing against the computer.

Although the silent and gloomy boy did not answer, he readily pressed the button representing 'yes'.

Once the game started, Mo Xueyao became very talkative.

This is a habit I developed in the past.

Playing games is fun because of the banter and jokes; if you just sit there silently controlling your character in battle, it becomes boring.

What do you choose?

The boy still didn't answer, but simply selected a random option.

He chose 'Kin' dressed in white, 'Shermie' dressed provocatively, and 'Yamazaki Ryuji' dressed in black.

"Should I choose this one? Hmm... I think I'll choose these three!" Mo Xueyao quickly decided on her role.

They are 'Kyo Kusanagi', who looks like a race car driver; 'Iori Yagami', who has red hair; and 'Chin Gentsai', a lewd old man.

School ends in a short time, so if you want to play a few rounds to your heart's content, you have to make the most of it.

On the character loading screen, Mo Xueyao tried shaking the joystick. It had been almost two years since she last played, and her feel for the game had become rusty. She had almost forgotten the combo techniques.

Even with my brain working at full speed, all I could recall was how to unleash Iori's ultimate move and a minor skill.

And it's still not entirely certain.

Moreover... the first one to appear on her side is Kyo Kusanagi.

Even now, Mo Xueyao doesn't know the name of Iori Yagami's ultimate move. Because of its appearance, it's always been called "Crazy Scratching" by her friends.

The skill that throws a blue flame onto the ground is called 'Ground Fire'.

Of course, it can also be called 'Tiger Sweep' because Iori Yagami shouts that every time he releases this skill.

As a familiar and exciting piece of music began to play, Kyo Kusanagi and King were already standing on the field.

Both characters had their backs to the screen. Kyo Kusanagi stylishly flicked his flames, while Kim looked very serious and solemn.

In the first round of the match, the two players first tested each other.

The silent, gloomy boy was on the offensive, while Mo Xueyao was on the defensive, familiarizing herself with the controls.

In the first round, she lost because of repeated mistakes, but Mo Xueyao was full of confidence because she had gradually regained her former feeling.

Let's not say 50%, but we definitely have 30% of the strength.

"Back in the day, I was the number one fighter in Downtown," Mo Xueyao wrinkled her nose and started boasting. "You'd better watch out in the second round."

The other party did not answer, but simply waited to enter the second round of the battle.

Mo Xueyao's character has changed from solely defending to launching an offensive, and she plays with great gusto.

Yet, they always manage to block high-damage or high-stun skills from the opponent with incredibly fast hand speed.

She slammed the game console buttons so hard they rattled off, attracting a crowd of onlookers.

"A shooting star is falling!"

"Holy crap, I didn't even get it!"

"That whole set of sunflower shots hit!"

"That guy is such a noob."

"I have to say, this kick was really tricky. I might not have been able to dodge it either."