After get off work, I become a magical girl

"Why?" Xia Liang screamed.

"I don't want to repeat myself, just be honest."

"Um……"

After being taught a lesson by Kuija, Xia Liang stopped being naughty on purpose. The two held hands and walked around the bookstore for a while, then left the renovated book wholesale city and headed for the third stop.

The third destination booked was also one of the highlights of the trip - the arcade.

As the main purpose of the old Fangting City team coming to the electronics town after school, arcades were also one of the important popular cultures in the early days of the commercial street.

When the old team was young, one of the freshest forms of entertainment for young people was to go to arcades to play games. Many people enjoyed it so much that they would often forget about time and stay in the arcades.

There will be wealthy players who continue to buy arcade tokens and play their favorite games repeatedly to hone their skills so that they can show off in front of their friends in the future; there will also be poor people who wander here aimlessly, watching others play various games, occasionally going up to give some pointers, or even seeing if they can get other people's coins.

Such time and culture are gone forever.

Today's arcades are no longer considered a new type of entertainment, so young people are naturally not so enthusiastic about them. Arcades have become ordinary experiential entertainment consumption, just like movie theaters and ice rinks.

Without the halo of trendy culture, it would be hard for so many people to settle down and study and wait.

"Wait here for a while. I'll go buy some game coins."

Seeing that Xia Liang's attention was attracted by the claw machine at the door, Cuique did not force her to follow, but simply gave her some instructions and left alone.

She found the front desk clerk at the cashier counter between the display cases. After repeatedly stating that she was not a lost child and did not need to look for her parents, and even proving her adult identity in the face of the horrified gaze of the other party, Kuiqi finally returned to the place where she had agreed to meet with Xia Liang, carrying a small basket filled with game tokens.

But when her eyes fell on the scene not far away, she couldn't help but frown.

Because Xia Liang had been surrounded by several girls who were dressed up fancy and probably only in junior high school age without knowing when.

And judging from the fact that they were saying something to Xia Liang with sneers on their faces as if they were quite familiar with each other, and Xia Liang keeping his head down and not saying a word, I'm afraid this is not just looking for trouble.

They might know Xia Liang.

Chapter 104 Arcade Contest (6k)

2023-04-30

Standing in front of the claw machine at the door of the store, waiting for Delphinium to return from the counter, Xia Liang couldn't help but move closer to the glass cover in front of him, looking at the blurry reflection of his face in it.

For her, the arcade is a very familiar yet quite unfamiliar place.

As a recognized "bad girl" in school, Xia Liang had been to the arcade many times under the influence of her "friends". In other words, one of the places that her "friends" liked to go to most, besides occasionally working part-time, was the arcade.

As the crucial ATM in the small group, Xia Liang was brought here mainly to settle bills.

They would not ask for Xia Liang's opinion, and would only inform him of the next itinerary when necessary. After Xia Liang paid for them, they would no longer care about where they were going, and would often just play and chat by themselves, as if they didn't notice that there was someone following them.

Xia Liang knew that this was a deliberate neglect and exclusion, but she didn't mind it at that time.

After all, she had no other friends at all. She was already satisfied that these girls could accept her and were willing to let her stay with them.

Even when she arrived at the arcade, her focus was not on the games in the store, and she could not understand the fun of the games. Most of the time she just followed others and cheered and applauded politely at the appropriate time.

Of course, claw machines are an exception. Back then, Xia Liang, who was taken to the arcade by his friends, noticed the claw machine at the entrance of the store. It was placed in the most conspicuous position, but among the people coming and going, few people were willing to stop in front of it.

The dolls in the machine are obviously cute, and it only costs two game coins to grab one, but this claw machine just can't attract customers for some reason.

At that time, Xia Liang felt that this claw machine was just like himself.

Now, after several months, Xia Liang came to the arcade again and saw the claw machine that had not changed or been moved. He felt as if he was in another world. A few months was not a long time, but those dark days seemed like a dream.

Just as she was staring at the claw machine in front of her, she suddenly felt someone patting her shoulder.

"Small……"

Subconsciously, she thought the other person was Delphinium, so she put on a smile and looked in the direction of the person coming, but after seeing who it was, her expression froze on her face.

Because although the visitors were her acquaintances, they were not the expected Delphinium, but her "friends".

——"Hello, long time no see, Xiaoliang."

One of the girls, who was dressed up in fancy clothes, asked, "Why are you suddenly here alone?"

"Have you been lonely for too long?"

The other blonde girl following behind him laughed: "I heard that you've been acting like a good girl recently? Looking at the way you're dressed, does that seem to be true?"

"No way, are you serious? It's so tacky, hahaha!"

When she mentioned this topic, several of her "friends" laughed in unison, as if what she just said was really a very funny joke, and they completely ignored the fact that Xia Liang was right in front of them.

Surrounded by laughter, Xia Liang looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar faces in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

This silence was not because of the other party's malicious ridicule, but because she found that in the face of the provocation of this group of girls, her heart was not disturbed at all.

If I had to say which feeling is the strongest, it would probably be "boredom".

As early as the day she chose to become a magical girl, she had already cut off contact with these friends. At this point, these girls were like a group of strangers to her, and it didn't matter whether they appeared in front of her or not.

She didn't care what the girls in front of her said, nor did she care how they viewed her, nor did she care what they wanted to do, so she could only feel bored.

Instead of chatting with them here, Xia Liang was more concerned about when Cuique would come back. After all, the other party had been at the counter for some time.

The girls had laughed enough, and when they saw Xia Liang's absent-minded look, they suddenly felt bored.

"I haven't even come to you to settle the matter of you running away and standing us up last time!" the blonde bad girl said, "How dare you come here? Ah Qing should have told you, right? Don't come back if you leave."

The "A Qing" she was talking about was the girl who stood among the people and had the highest status. At this moment, she was looking at Xia Liang with some arrogance and said nothing.

Xia Liang looked up at the bad girl named "Aqing", then looked at the others. After a while, he smiled apologetically:

"Sorry, I'm waiting for someone, can you please let me go?"

These words immediately caused the small group in front of her to fall into an eerie silence.

"Huh?" After a while, one of the bad girls finally understood what she meant: "You want us to get out of the way?"

"What's your attitude? Do you think I'm giving you face?"

The bad girls were immediately furious, and there was a hint of annoyance in their words.

"I never thought you could say something like this now."

Reaching out to stop the bad girls behind him, signaling them to shut up, the girl called "Ah Qing" raised her eyebrows, as if she was a little surprised by what Xia Liang said, but she soon grinned and took two steps forward: "If you are not looking for us, then I am a little curious, who are you looking for?"

"I don't need to tell you, do I?" Xia Liang tilted his head in embarrassment, "Li Yaqing, when did you become so clingy?"

This sentence immediately made Li Yaqing, who was sitting opposite her, pause for a moment, and then raised the corners of her mouth even higher: "Interesting, it's like you've become a different person, you're much more interesting than before."

"But it doesn't matter. Since you appear in front of us again, we have to settle the old score with you."

"You delayed us a lot last time when you deserted the battlefield. Shouldn't we talk about compensation? For example, as a former friend, could you help us pay for our expenses here?"

After saying this, she smiled playfully and waited for Xia Liang's reply.

When Xia Liang heard this, he slightly turned his eyes away: "I don't think there is anything to talk about."

"This is——"

——"What are you doing?"

Li Yaqing was about to continue speaking when she was interrupted by a voice from behind. She turned around and saw a little girl with blue hair standing there, dressed simply but with a striking appearance.

"What's going on? Where did this little brat come from?" The blonde bad girl next to him immediately tried to chase him away, "Can't you see we are talking about something serious? Go play somewhere else!"

"Don't worry yet."

Before she could really go forward, she was stopped by Li Yaqing who was standing by: "Looking at this posture, this child might be the one Xiaoliang is waiting for?"

The bad girls immediately followed suit and said:

"Xia Liang, when did you end up playing with elementary school students?"

"She's your sister? No, you don't have a sister, and you don't look alike at all."

"Could it be that someone is finally willing to adopt you?"

"Don't you think this kid looks a bit like the short guy from Class 3? I remember Xia Liang has been playing very close to that short guy recently."

They discussed it all at once, but this time, Xia Liang didn't respond. She just looked at Kuija helplessly, then squinted her eyes pitifully.

Cuiqiao held the basket in her hand, looked at Xia Liang, then looked at the group of bad girls in front of her, and immediately understood what Xia Liang was planning.

She couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Then, ignoring the other bad girls who were talking around her, she looked directly at Li Yaqing who was standing in the middle and raised the thing in her hand. "You want this?"

"Do you have any opinions?" Li Yaqing narrowed her eyes and looked at Delphinium.

"I can give it to you."

Delphinium moved her raised hand back: "But this is conditional."

"Pretending! Why should I negotiate with you?"

The blonde bad girl next to her was a little irritable. Seeing that Li Yaqing, the leader, did not stop her, she reached out to grab the basket in Cuiqiao's hand, but when she stretched out her wrist, it was firmly caught by Cuiqiao.

The blonde tried to struggle free, but no matter how hard she tried, Delphinium couldn't let go. She couldn't help but exclaimed, "What a strong force... What's going on? This weird brat!"

"Since this is an arcade, let's compete with arcade games."

Ignoring the other party's words, Kuizi grabbed the blonde girl's wrist and glanced at Li Yaqing and the other bad girls: "If you win, I will give you all the game coins in my hand; but if you lose, you need to apologize to Xia Liang for what you did just now."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the faces of several bad girls become a little strange.

"Comparing playing games with Aqing...Haha, are you serious? Hey, Xiaoliang, didn't you tell your little sister?"

"Ah Qing, she actually said she wanted to compete with you!"

The two girls looked at Li Yaqing and laughed.

As the real party involved, Li Yaqing always maintained a somewhat arrogant look. After hearing Cuique's request, she shook her head and said, "Not enough."

This answer made Delphinium frown.

"...I don't know what your relationship with Xiaoliang is, so just assume that you are her sister? It's not that easy to ask me to apologize."

After taking two steps forward, Li Yaqing looked down at Cuique and said, "If you lose, I will ask for a lot more money."

Delphinium looked at her calmly.

If she had some intention of keeping the peace before, she had given up on this plan after hearing what the other party said.