Qianqian, Night
Manager Wang watched Bai Ye and Song Qianqian leave, looking anxious and wanting to stop them. Tonight's celebration banquet had many important figures present, including sponsors and prominent figures from the entertainment industry, all coming to show their support.
For celebrities and internet influencers in the entertainment industry, this was a golden opportunity!
However, Bai Ye and Song Qianqian seemed unfazed.
"Stop!"
The young captain coldly blocked him. With a wave of his hand, two plainclothes soldiers took Manager Wang away. He then turned and caught up with Elder Song and the others.
"Hey? What are you doing? What's going on?"
Manager Wang was utterly confused. He was then led to another lounge, where the team's assistants and agents were gathered.
Following that, they were made to sign a magic secrecy agreement.
The concertgoers left in an orderly fashion, many discussing their lingering excitement. Bai Ye and the others quietly departed from the crowd.
The group of four didn't go far. They found a specialty small eatery near the East District and sat down, ordering a few dishes casually.
The four sat around the table, chatting about everyday matters. Song Qianqian was overjoyed, her laughter ringing out continuously. Elder Song wore a smile that Bai Ye found peculiar.
Bai Ye had expected Elder Song to have something important to say, but he was wrong. Until the meal was over, Elder Song still hadn't gotten to any serious business.
"Grandpa has to go to the military. There are still many matters to arrange. You two go have fun on your own!"
Finally, after receiving an urgent call, Elder Song left with only a parting sentence, taking the young captain with him.
Bai Ye: (⊙﹏⊙)
"Old man Song, are you looking down on me a little? Don't you consider your granddaughter a person?"
Song Qianqian: (≧omega;≦)
"Brother Ye, I'll take you somewhere!"
Song Qianqian, with a delighted little face, pulled Bai Ye into his car.
Bai Ye, who had intended to go home and rest, saw Song Qianqian's happy little face and the sparkling light in her beautiful eyes. He sighed and asked, "Where to?"
"Hee hee! Pearl Plaza, the arcade!!!"
"Do girls nowadays all like to play these kinds of things?"
Bai Ye glanced at her.
He started the car and headed towards Pearl Plaza.
Pearl Plaza in Modu was comparable to Times Square in the US, and even had more foot traffic.
However, due to the concert held in Oriental Plaza tonight, the crowds were fewer than usual, but still not insignificant.
The arcade located nearby was much more lively.
Mostly children and teenagers, there were quite a few people. Music, game sounds, shouts of surprise, laughter, and curses rose and fell in succession.
Bai Ye looked around and found it quite novel. He and Boss Bai had performed magic and busked in entertainment plazas before, but mostly he had just watched others play.
Wearing masks, the two blended seamlessly into the arcade's atmosphere with their natural demeanor.
"Brother Ye, come quickly."
Song Qianqian exchanged some game tokens and then pulled Bai Ye to the racing game area.
There was a steering wheel, gearshift, brake, and accelerator.
After playing a round, Song Qianqian seemed to be reliving her childhood, cheering excitedly.
And Bai Ye never expected that what he had learned in the past would be useful in this game!
"Brother Ye, you're so good! I thought you wouldn't know how!"
Song Qianqian watched Bai Ye's skillful movements as they played, surprised by how adept he was from the moment he started.
Bai Ye chuckled, "I really haven't played before."
Song Qianqian's eyes widened in surprise.
"Hmph~"
Three children from the side let out dismissive sounds.
"This uncle plays just so-so!"
"This auntie is a simp!"
Song Qianqian turned and looked in astonishment at the two primary school-aged brats beside them. She was both angry and amused. This was the first time anyone had ever called her a simp!
"And you, impolite little brats! Auntie? Am I that old?"
Bai Ye couldn't help but chuckle. The two spoke so disrespectfully. They were considered national heartthrobs and goddesses, yet here they were, looked down upon by a few children.
Song Qianqian's bright eyes showed a mischievous smile.
"Little ones, if you're so good, how about we have a competition? Whoever loses has to pay for the other side to play the next round?"
The two children hesitated. The child closest to Song Qianqian asked with a snort, "Heh! A competition it is! How do we compete?"
Song Qianqian narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I'll team up with this big brother, and you three will be a team. Whichever side gets first place wins!"
The three children lowered their heads and discussed in hushed whispers.
"The three of us, versus the two of them. If we win, we gain more than them. If we lose, we lose less than them!"
"Besides, they're so noob! We won't lose!"
"Deal! Heh heh, that's perfect, I can save my allowance to buy spicy strips tomorrow!"
Finally, they made their decision.
"You guys can't cheat!"
"Adults can't deceive children!"
"Of course! Liars are little dogs."
Song Qianqian turned to Bai Ye and asked,
"Brother Ye, are you confident?"
Bai Ye smiled and nodded.
In the first round, Bai Ye and Song Qianqian lost. The three children were indeed quite skilled.
"Want to play again? Want to play again?"
"Brother and sister, you're actually quite good. If you play a few more rounds, you'll definitely be able to beat us!"
The three clever little devils, afraid that Bai Ye and Song Qianqian would stop playing, began to flatter them insincerely.
Song Qianqian giggled, "Come on! You little simps!"
The three little brats looked excited.
They inserted tokens and continued playing.
This time, Bai Ye familiarized himself with all the operations of the game machine. Moreover, after watching the three children's gameplay, he learned quite a few tricks.
Straight acceleration, drifting around corners for overtakes.
This time, Bai Ye took the lead and won.
"Hahaha!! Lost, didn't you! Now you know how good your brother and sister are, right?"
Song Qianqian laughed like a child.
"Damn it! So close!!"
The three mischievous children looked at Bai Ye strangely.
"How did this guy suddenly become so good?"
"Not a loss! We still gained one game token!"
"I don't accept this!"
"Again!"
In the third round, Bai Ye won.
"Unacceptable!"
"Fourth round, Bai Ye wins!"
"Nth round…"
"Holy cow!"
"Holy cow! He's using a cheat!"
"Boss! He's using a cheat!"
The three brats shouted in surprise. They were only halfway through, but Bai Ye had already reached the finish line.
Suddenly, a broadcast sounded in the racing game area.
"Congratulations to the racer in position 5 for setting a new fastest record on the XX map! The racer in position 5 can collect a small gift at the front desk."
"Holy cow!"
"Set a new record!"
"Awesome!"
The three brats looked at Bai Ye with adoration, wishing they could kowtow and become his disciples.
Song Qianqian burst into laughter.
"Haha~ Do you... do you guys want to play more?"
The three children: :sum;(￣□￣)
"Sister, we're out of money."
Song Qianqian smiled again.
"Here! Sister will give you some game tokens to play with!"
Song Qianqian gave them a few tokens and then walked with Bai Ye towards the front desk. Da Feng Novel Network.
The reward was a gift worth fifty yuan.
The attendant served them with a smile.
"Two drinks, please."
"Okay!"
At the front desk, the slightly bald boss was looking at a form. When he looked up and saw Bai Ye and Song Qianqian, his eyes lit up.
"What a handsome couple!"
"Hmm? Hiss... why do they look a little familiar?"
As Bai Ye and Song Qianqian left with their drinks, the boss quickly asked the attendant, "Xiao Ke, don't you think they look a little familiar?"
The attendant replied, "Boss, now that you mention it, I do find them a bit familiar! Very much so! They look very much like Brother Ye and Qianqian who were performing in the East Plaza just now!"
"Right!"
The boss's eyes lit up, but then he frowned and shook his head.
"Alas! Why would big stars like them come to a place like ours! And they just finished a concert!"
"That's true!"
The attendant thought for a moment and nodded.
"What the heck! Still no luck!"
"So close, so close!"
"Damn it!"
A commotion erupted from a corner of the arcade.
The attendant looked over, a smile on her face.
"Boss, ever since they started creating those pagoda towers with the coin pusher machines recently, that area has been much livelier!"
The boss raised his eyes to look at the crowd surrounding the coin pusher machines, his eyes showing a shrewd businessman's smile.
On the other side, Song Qianqian took Bai Ye to play shooting, air hockey, basketball, and various other games.
Song Qianqian was having a blast, her laughter continuous.
Bai Ye also felt quite relaxed. With his agile movements and precise judgment, every game he played often drew gasps from the surrounding onlookers.
Soon, Song Qianqian's game tokens ran out, with only two left.
"Brother Ye, let's go see the coin pusher machines! Try our luck!"
"Okay!"
Many people were gathered around the coin pusher machines, exclaiming constantly, and words of praise were frequent.
Bai Ye and Song Qianqian waited for a while, and soon a spot became available.
Through the glass window, one could see the inside filled with game tokens. The most eye-catching was the tall, seemingly unstable tower of tokens pushed upwards.
"I'll go first!"
Song Qianqian excitedly dropped a token.
With a "ding-ling" sound, the dropped token slid gently into the pile of tokens. Not a single token fell, and the precarious pagoda tower remained still.
Bai Ye narrowed his eyes. Using his spatial perception, he quickly discovered the trick.
When the coins were dropped, although it looked like a big impact, they were actually held back for a moment at the bottom, absorbing most of the kinetic energy. Moreover, the drop opening of this token pile had protruding barriers.
The most infuriating thing was that this shrewd boss had used glue on the tokens at the bottom of the pagoda tower!
"If you're not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous!"
"Ah! My luck is so bad!"
Song Qianqian stepped aside and said,
"Brother Ye, it's your turn!"
"Mm!"
Bai Ye dropped the token. As it slid to the bottom, he activated his basic spatial power.
"Whoosh!"
"Clang! Clang! Clang!!!!"
The precarious pagoda tower collapsed. Countless tokens fell into the drop opening, accompanied by a rapid and crisp sound of falling coins.
"Wow!! That's amazing!!!"
Song Qianqian exclaimed and jumped up, clapping repeatedly.
The surrounding players gathered around, their faces filled with astonishment.
"Holy cow! Someone succeeded over there!"
"Awesome!"
"Incredible! How many tokens must that be!"
"Over a thousand!"
"Boss!"
At the front desk, the attendant heard the commotion and called out shakily!
The arcade boss ran over. Standing nearby, he looked at the coin tray at the bottom of the coin pusher machine, which was now only sparsely scattered with a few coins. His mind buzzed, and he almost fainted.
"Five thousand, lost five thousand!"
"How is this possible!"
Watching the integral strips constantly being dispensed from the bottom of the coin pusher machine, the boss's heart bled.
He asked in disbelief,
"How... how did you do it?"
"Just dropped them in like this."
Bai Ye made a motion of dropping a token.
"How could that be! I..."
The boss, stimulated, almost blurted out his little trick.
Bai Ye's eyes narrowed. The boss paused, then changed his words:
"How did so many come out? Even the tokens filling the bottom jumped out???"
"How would I know?"
Bai Ye shook his head innocently.
Song Qianqian happily grabbed a large bundle of integral strips and asked,
"Boss, do these points still count?"
The surrounding people looked at the boss.
(*・omega;・)✄╰ひ╯
The boss, trapped, reluctantly nodded: "Yes!"
The boss took the two to the front desk. At the same time, he told the attendant to suspend the coin pusher machine, saying it was temporarily out of order due to a malfunction.
"The total points are 50,220, worth 5,022 yuan."
"However, we are currently short on funds and don't have this much cash! How about this, I'll give you half in Xia Dynasty currency, and the other half will be replaced with game tokens!"
"Heh heh, the game tokens you exchange will ultimately be used here. That way, the loss isn't too great."
The boss, unable to bear the loss, resorted to a bit of cunning.
Song Qianqian looked at Bai Ye for his opinion. Bai Ye's lips curved slightly, and he nodded.
"Alright! That works too!"
Song Qianqian said happily. Anyway, five thousand yuan was neither here nor there for the two of them.
【Rushing to finish the manuscript】