When their lovely childhood friend returned, they were all in a panic!

After leaving the escape room, Luo Qingyan and Bai Yu walked side by side on the street in Times Square.

Luo Qingyan was still staring at the Polaroid photo in her hand, a smile on her face.

I absolutely love the photo of her lifting the veil.

Bai Yu had glanced at the photo several times out of the corner of her eye, but Luo Qingyan was still staring at it with a smile.

"You like it that much?"

Bai Yu opened his mouth.

"Mmm! Look, isn't it pretty?"

Luo Qingyan chuckled, took Bai Yu's arm, and showed him the Polaroid photo.

"It looks great!"

Bai Yu nodded.

Luo Qingyan was very happy; the smile never disappeared from her usually aloof face.

She carefully placed the photo in the frame and put it into her shoulder bag.

To be honest, after playing the escape room game, Bai Yu felt that her relationship with Luo Qingyan was much more harmonious.

There was no strange feeling of deliberately dressing up as a couple.

Anyway, it's becoming more and more natural, just like a real couple.

"Bai Yu, let's go play the claw machine."

Luo Qingyan linked arms with Bai Yu and spoke as if she were pleading.

Luo Qingyan's aloof demeanor and her current coquettish manner appeared simultaneously in his mind.

Two strongly incongruous appearances collided with each other.

What a contrast!

"it is good."

Bai Yu took a deep breath and calmed her chaotic thoughts.

"Uh-huh!"

The way the two addressed each other was no longer the deliberate "baby" they used before.

There was no mushy talk about babies, just calling each other by name, full of youthful awkwardness.

Adolescent love should be like this.

We walked into a claw machine shop, which was filled with couples.

After all, this is something that couples usually experience.

In addition, there are children who have not yet developed intellectual abilities.

After you've developed an intelligence-based mindset, you'll realize that this thing is a waste of money.

I'd rather buy these cheap plush toys online than try to win them with my money.

But why would something so uneconomical appear offline?

There is a reason for this.

"I bought 20 coins, let's try it out first."

Bai Yu took a small basket of game tokens from the coin-operated machine.

"Um...can you call me by my name?"

Luo Qingyan nodded slightly, without looking into Bai Yu's eyes.

"Qingyan?"

"Okay, that's good. I like it when you call me Qingyan."

Luo Qingyan smiled and accepted the small basket of game coins that Bai Yu handed her.

She held Bai Yu's hand as they wandered through the shop filled with claw machines.

What kind of dolls do you like?

Luo Qingyan turned to look at Bai Yu and blinked.

This actually stumped Bai Yu.

To be honest, I don't really have a favorite anime character.

After all, my main hobby is listening to music.

Would it be inappropriate to simply say "whatever"?

That sounds rather cold, and it seems like girls don't really like that kind of answer.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Yu finally spoke.

"Whatever you like, that's what I like."

After saying that, he paused and added another sentence.

"Maybe it's just a case of loving the house because of its owner."

The moment the words left her lips, Luo Qingyan froze.

Love me, love my dog...

Because I fell in love with someone, I started to like the things she liked.

Is that so?

Luo Qingyan's cheeks flushed even more.

She turned around awkwardly and tightened her grip on Bai Yu's hand.

How annoying, how can you talk so rudely!

Luo Qingyan pulled Bai Yu to a claw machine that played with toy cats.

"Does Qingyan really like cats?"

Bai Yu asked.

"Uh-huh!"

Luo Qingyan lowered her head shyly, not looking at Bai Yu, and her hand holding the coin trembled slightly.

I tried twice, but couldn't get the coin into the coin slot.

She loved hearing Bai Yu call her Qingyan; each time she heard it, her heart would race a few beats faster.

"Clang!"

The coin fell into the claw machine.

Luo Qingyan manipulated the clip, slowly moving the paw to the head of a kitten wearing a bow.

The paw slowly descended and picked up the kitten toy.

Luo Qingyan's eyes lit up as she watched the kitten doll rise into the air.

It actually worked on the first try?

"It got caught! Bai Yu, look!"

Luo Qingyan patted Bai Yu next to her happily.

"Really?"

Bai Yu was also surprised; was it really that easy to clamp?

It's making me want to try it myself.

The clip, holding the kitten plush toy, rose to its highest point and was about to move towards the hole when it suddenly loosened.

The kitten plush toy that was just right in front of me suddenly fell from the sky with a thud and lay quietly inside.

Luo Qingyan's mood also plummeted, just like the kitten doll.

Okay, there's still a pattern to it.

It could have easily loosened its grip, but it insisted on clamping the doll shut.

It's like when you have high expectations for it, it lets you down and plays with your emotions.

This makes you put coins in again and again, trying again and again.

In the end, it was all for naught.

"Oh dear, I thought I could just pick it out right away."

Luo Qingyan was a little disappointed.

"Let's try again."

Bai Yu handed the next coin to Luo Qingyan.

Luo Qingyan took it, and in the process, her hand inevitably came into contact with Bai Yu's.

Every time I come into contact with it, I feel inexplicably itchy inside.

"Clang!"

The coin fell into the claw machine, and Luo Qingyan once again manipulated the claw to grab the kitten plush toy with a bow.

The clips held the kitten plush toy firmly in place once again.

Luo Qingyan's expression brightened up again.

The clamp has reached its highest point again, and it's loosened again.

Luo Qingyan felt disappointed again.

"Again."

Luo Qingyan pouted, clearly a little unconvinced.

She didn't want to give up, so she took the coin Bai Yu handed her.

"Clang!"

It was clamped up, then loosened again.

"Again!"

"Clang!"

"Oh dear, how could this happen? Let's try again."

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

Ten coins in a row, all repeating the same script.

Even Luo Qingyan was a little frustrated.

"Ugh, how am I supposed to grab it?"

Luo Qingyan muttered to herself as she released the remote control from the claw machine.

After staring at Bai Yu for a while, he finally spoke.

"Qingyan, have you noticed that the trap is steady until it reaches the highest point?"

"yes."

Luo Qingyan turned her head to look at Bai Yu behind her.

"Then we'll shake the clamp, and when it's wobbling and holding the toy to its highest point, it can use its momentum to throw it into the hole."

"Sounds good, let's give it a try."

Luo Qingyan inserted a coin into the claw machine, and with a "clunk," she placed her hand on the joystick.

However, Luo Qingyan's movements were smaller, and the clamp didn't shake much.

Bai Yu couldn't stand it anymore and directly placed her hand on Luo Qingyan's hand.

The feeling of touching Luo Qingyan's hand was still icy cold.

"It's better to shake it like this."