A sophomore in college starts by getting a marriage certificate with a female CEO.

"You want to kneel?"

Li Xixue repeated the question.

Lu Yang stood there, the wind blowing up one corner of his scarf, and he reached out to press it down.

"What I mean is, if we're going to be formal, we should add one more."

Li Xixue was somewhat surprised: "Now?"

Lu Yang looked around.

There were quite a few people in the square. The couple who had just proposed had finished, but the onlookers hadn't dispersed yet.

"This place..."

Lu Yang hesitated for a moment.

Li Xixue crossed her arms and just looked at him.

The meaning in that look was clear: Are you up to the task?

Lu Yang's lips twitched.

Sure, why not?

He walked to the front of Li Xixue and stopped.

Li Xixue took a half step back and lowered her arm, not expecting Lu Yang to be so bold.

"You really want it?"

"Didn't you say so?"

"When did I give in?"

"It was your gaze that made me give in."

"..."

Li Xixue did not deny it.

Lu Yang took a breath.

He bent his leg slightly.

It had only bent halfway.

A scream suddenly came from the side.

"Oh my god! Someone's proposing!"

Lu Yang's legs froze in mid-air.

An older woman, carrying shopping bags, stood three meters away and shouted at the top of her lungs.

Then she turned her head and shouted towards the square, "Old Zhang! Come and see! Another marriage proposal!"

Lu Yang's knees were stuck there, unsure whether to go up or down.

He turned and glanced at the older woman.

The older woman had already taken out her phone.

Li Xixue's expression changed.

"stand up."

"what?"

"Let me tell you."

Lu Yang quickly stood up straight.

The older woman ran over with her phone in hand, already focusing the camera.

"Young man, keep going, I'll record you!"

Lu Yang's lips twitched.

Li Xixue blushed and quickly turned to leave.

They walked very fast.

The high heels clicked loudly on the stone pavement.

Lu Yang followed behind and glanced back at the older woman.

The middle-aged woman stood there, holding her phone, looking completely bewildered.

"Huh? Why did you run away?"

Lu Yang caught up with Li Xixue, and the two turned a corner and walked onto a quiet path.

Li Xixue stopped, feeling a little embarrassed.

Lu Yang touched his nose.

"Not much was lost."

"Your posture just now, half-squatting, looked like you were doing a horse stance."

Lu Yang thought about how he looked just now.

Okay, it really doesn't look very good.

"Shall we go somewhere else?"

Li Xixue turned her head to look at him.

"No."

Lu Yang was stunned for a moment.

Why?

Li Xixue looked down at the ring on her right ring finger and twirled her finger.

"Since I'm already wearing the ring, what difference does it make whether I kneel or not?"

Lu Yang didn't say anything.

Li Xixue twirled the ring on her hand again, lowering her voice slightly.

"And I've already taken a screenshot of the way you were half-squatting just now."

When did you take the screenshot?

"you guess."

Lu Yang's expression froze for a moment.

"You deleted it."

"I won't delete it; I'll keep it for later."

Lu Yang reached out to take her phone.

Li Xixue took a step back, stuffed her phone into her bag, and zipped it up.

"You dare?"

Lu Yang's hand froze in mid-air.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds.

Then Li Xixue turned around and continued walking forward.

The curve of the corners of her mouth was small, but it was indeed curved.

Lu Yang followed, and the two walked side by side.

The streetlights cast long shadows of the two people.

"Where to?"

Lu Yang thought for a moment.

According to the original plan, we should go home now.

But he glanced at the time and realized that going home so early was a bit too early.

"Would you like to go somewhere fun?"

"Where?"

Lu Yang handed over the phone screen.

Li Xixue glanced at it.

The screen displays a webpage for an arcade.

"this?"

"Um."

Li Xixue frowned as she stared at the colorful game console images on the screen.

"Are you going to play video games?"

"It's not playing games, it's having fun."

Is there a difference?

"have."

Lu Yang put his phone away. "Playing games is at home, having fun is outside."

Li Xixue ignored his fallacious reasoning.

She checked the address on her phone; it wasn't far from here.

"What's wrong?"

"...It's nothing."

To be honest, she didn't really want to go home right now.

After going back, all I did was wash up and go to bed, just like usual.

Moreover, she felt relaxed when she was with Lu Yang.

The arcade is on the third floor of the commercial street.

The neon lights were dazzling, and the sounds of various game consoles emanated from inside.

Li Xixue paused for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yang asked.

"I've never been to a place like this before."

Lu Yang was stunned.

That's right, given Li Xixue's personality and status, it's indeed unlikely that she would come to an arcade.

"Then, Miss, consider today as an opportunity to experience life."

Lu Yang took her wrist and pulled her inside.

As soon as I entered, a wave of heat hit me.

There were quite a few people inside, mostly young people. Some were playing racing games, some were playing claw machines, and a few were playing arcade games.

Lu Yang went to the front desk and topped up his game currency.

A large handful of game coins were packed in a plastic basket, making a clattering sound.

Lu Yang turned around with the basket of game coins and found that Li Xixue was no longer in the same spot.

He glanced to his left.

Li Xixue stood in front of a claw machine, her hand pressed against the glass, looking down at the contents.

Sure enough, women love this stuff.

Lu Yang walked over.

The claw machine was crammed full, with all sorts of plush toys piled together, including penguins, bears, rabbits, and a few others whose names I couldn't recall.

Li Xixue's gaze lingered on a gray kitten in the lower right corner.

Lu Yang glanced at the cat, then at Li Xixue.

"Play this?"

Lu Yang handed her the basket.

Li Xixue looked at the basket of game tokens: "How do we play?"

Lu Yang inserted a coin, and the joystick started moving.

"Look, first move to the position, then press this button, and the claw will go down and grab."

He demonstrated it once.

The claws picked up a pink rabbit, but the rabbit fell down just before reaching the exit.

"It failed." Lu Yang shrugged.

Li Xixue stared at the machine for a while.

"One more time."

Lu Yang inserted another coin.

This time, Li Xixue did it herself.

She was very serious, her brows slightly furrowed as she stared at the dolls in the glass case.

Move, locate, press buttons.

The claws slid down and picked up a small blue bear.

Then, it fell in mid-air.

Li Xixue's expression changed.

"There's something wrong with this machine."

Lu Yang laughed: "That's just the nature of claw machines; the success rate is inherently low."

"Then why play?"

"Because there's a sense of accomplishment when you catch it."

"I don't believe I can't catch it."

She inserted another coin.

Lu Yang stood to the side watching.

This woman is usually decisive and efficient at work, but now she's struggling with a claw machine; it's quite a contrast.

the third time.

failure.

the fourth time.

It was another failure.

Li Xixue's expression began to turn sour.

She grabbed a handful of game tokens from the plastic basket and shoved five in quick succession.

Lu Yang looked at her posture and almost laughed.

"How about we just forget about it?"