All the goddesses in the world are lusting after my body.

A gentle kiss, because the location didn't allow Lilith to linger any longer; otherwise, she truly wished she could kiss Jiang Tang until the end of time.

Even as their lips parted, Jiang Tang was still somewhat dazed.

It was because of the sweetness of her fragrant lips.

Also because...

"Is this a punishment or a reward?"

Jiang Tang shook his head helplessly and chuckled, thinking to himself that if this was considered punishment, Lilith was being too cunning, and also cowardly and weak.

"...Consider this a reward, a reward for Jiang Tang beating me." Lilith lowered her head, her golden hair falling like soft clouds.

She clasped her knees together in shame, and then spoke urgently.

"However, there will be punishments too!"

"But we'll have to wait until we're done at the amusement park... until Darling and I go to the hotel, then... then we'll do the punishment."

"I will accept... Darling's punishment properly." The girl's face was as red as if it were dripping blood.

………………

When playing some video games, the coins don't run out very quickly, and you can still have a fun experience.

Having a full load of game coins in your arms gives you a sense of confidence, like you own the wealth of an entire kingdom.

But when the two arrived in front of row after row of bright and clean claw machines.

Jiang Tang didn't understand; he thought it was just a regular claw machine game.

But Lilith could already foresee her future—becoming penniless!

Sure enough, ten minutes later, Jiang Tang's small basket was almost empty of game coins.

He picked up one of them, somewhat speechless, turned it over to look at it, and then tossed it back.

"...I mean, does this claw machine actually give away anything?"

"Is this really not a lie?"

"Isn't this a bit too much of a rip-off?"

These were Jiang Tang's true feelings. After all, even without discounts, exchanging game currency here costs one yuan per coin.

Nearly two hundred game tokens were spent on this row of claw machines in just about ten minutes.

But so far, they have gained nothing.

Every time, it's just a little bit short, just a tiny bit more.

The claw seemed perpetually weak; even when it did, a sudden shake would drop the plush toy it had caught, making it a real torment. He thought that if Lilith used the money she earned from claw machines to buy plush toys, her shopping cart would probably be overflowing.

"Waaah, I just don't believe it!"

She took all the game coins from Jiang Tang's hand and put them into his palm. Then, holding the empty basket, she turned to Jiang Tang and said...

"Darling, I'll go exchange a few hundred more game coins, you can play for now!"

"..."

Jiang Tang looked at the eight game tokens in his hand—one, two, three…—and then at the claw machine in front of him.

The screen shows that you can use two coins to try once, and you get an extra coin for trying five times. You can use eight coins to try four times.

If I had two more coins, I could try six times.

Although it was a bit of a loss, Jiang Tang still went ahead and used the time while Lilith was busy exchanging game tokens to put all of them into the claw machine.

As you can see, on the small screen next to the game console joystick, Jiang Tang's remaining play count is 4.

Despite the slim chances, Jiang Tang still tried his best to kill Lilith in one shot and give her a surprise.

With that in mind, Jiang Tang quickly gave it away three times.

Only one more time left, gazing at the Rem figure in front of me...

Even Tang Lianjiang couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

For figurines like these, you can't expect the grappling hook to be strong enough to pull the figurine out of its box.

Therefore, the arcade replaced the object with a substitute, which is a small round plush pillow. As long as you can grab this plush pillow into the hole, you can succeed and go to the staff to exchange it for a reward.

Jiang Tang moved the grappling hook to a suitable position, at least in his opinion, there was no better place, and prepared to press the grab button.

But at that moment, a calm yet familiar female voice came, surprisingly not as indifferent as before.

"Let me try."

A girl wearing a loose black hoodie and with short silver-gray hair had appeared beside Jiang Tang at some point. She noticed Jiang Tang's gaze, so she raised her hand and pulled up her hood, revealing a delicate and cool profile.

"If you have a girlfriend, don't look at other girls."

Jiang Tang hadn't expected to be lectured by someone in such a place.

She lectured me.

Ren Qianning is a young woman Jiang Tang hasn't seen in a long time. She is his professional bodyguard and was originally a special forces soldier who has experienced real battlefields.

Therefore, Jiang Tang has always felt that it was a waste of her talents to send her to protect him.

In addition, in a sense, the fact that I haven't seen her for so long proves that she's good at disguising herself, doesn't it?

So, in some corner you can't see, there's always this cool and aloof girl protecting you.

Thinking about it, it's quite romantic and touching.

"Come on in, have you played here before?" Jiang Tang smiled and offered his seat, asking softly.

He didn't act frivolously towards Ren Qianning as he usually would, because he knew the girl's temperament.

More importantly, he respected her greatly; everything she had experienced and everything she had done for the country was awe-inspiring.

"...No, I've only ever played the game of popping balloons."

"The owner of that balloon-popping stall must be crying now," Jiang Tang joked.

"I didn't cry at first. He wouldn't give me the doll and tried to hit me. I knocked him to the ground, and then I cried," Ren Qianning muttered.

A hint of dissatisfaction could be faintly detected in her words.

Why did she win the biggest plush toy, but the shopkeeper refused to exchange it for her?

Furthermore, the store manager later thought she was a middle school student from the neighborhood and tried to intimidate her so she would leave and not disturb his business.

As for the outcome...

Ren Qianning still got the doll she wanted, while the shop manager was knocked to the ground, clutching his stomach.

Don't tell me that bosses also work hard and have to run their businesses.

What's wrong with a girl wanting the doll she deserves?

Jiang Tang was quite surprised, however, that Ren Qianning also liked this kind of girly stuff.

He always remembered that time at the comic convention when Ren Qianning sat next to him, looking at Shi Xue's comics with such focus and cuteness.

This made Jiang Tang think.

Even in the depths of her powerful heart, there may be another vulnerable, girlish self.

If Ren Qianning had a choice, would she rather live the life she has experienced so many cruelties, or become a different version of herself?

The other is myself as an ordinary, carefree girl.

But reality offers no other choice; Ren Qianning has become Ren Qianning, and the past cannot be undone.

At least for this moment, Ren Qianning could briefly let go of everything, whether it was her past life or her duty to protect Jiang Tang.

With all my attention focused on the claw machine in front of me, I pressed the grab button with a mix of anticipation and trepidation.

The grappling hook slowly descended and caught the substitute.

They caught it, but the same scene had happened countless times before.

The hardest part of playing claw machines is never catching the target, but keeping it on the claw and preventing it from falling.

Jiang Tang and Ren Qianning were both on edge.

The grappling hook began to sway gently...

215 Time to go to the hotel

The grappling hook began to shake gently. Usually, Lilith and Jiang Tang would do this step as well, shaking the doll they were holding off.

This has led to doubts and dissatisfaction regarding whether the grappling hook can actually hold on firmly.

But this time, a miracle happened before Jiang Tang and Ren Qianning.

After shaking for a moment, the grappling hook actually stabilized.

It then began to execute the original procedure, sending the plush toy, which was to be used as a substitute for the figurine, to the shipping port.

"Success!"

Jiang Tang felt as if clouds were parting in front of him, and the moonlight was shining down.

"..." Although Ren Qianning didn't speak, you could tell from her bright eyes that she was also very excited.

This was her first time experiencing a claw machine.

And it was a success on the first try!

But after the initial excitement, Jiang Tang also realized that this doll held extraordinary significance for Ren Qianning.

Therefore, even though he had used his and Lilith's game currency to buy the figurine, he still wanted to give it to Ren Qianning.

As for Lilith, all she could say was that she tried to catch it four times but failed each time.

It wasn't exactly a lie, because if Jiang Tang had been the one to make the arrest, they might not have succeeded this time.

and so.

"Ren Qianning, I think we should keep this figurine..."

But before he could finish speaking, Jiang Tang looked to his side and realized that Ren Qianning had vanished without a trace, just as she had come.