Watching the black Mercedes drive away, Qin Tian clasped his hands together and murmured something only he could hear.
"Qin Tian, what are you doing?"
Xia Nuannuan looked at him in surprise.
"I'm thanking Auntie."
Qin Tian said with a serious face.
"Puchi!"
Xia Nuannuan couldn't help but laugh, lightly hitting his shoulder with her fist, and urged with a smile, "Let's go, stop messing around."
"Alright, then I'll thank her in my heart."
Qin Tian smiled and withdrew his hands.
Xia Nuannuan rolled her eyes and asked with a smile, "Shall we go to the mall?"
"Yeah, let's go, let's stroll around!"
Qin Tian nodded and walked towards the city center mall.
This place wasn't far from the mall; you could see it by looking up, and it only took a few minutes to walk there.
Xia Nuannuan quickly followed, her hands behind her back, her steps light.
"You drank so much, are you okay? Do you want to find a place to sit and rest?"
Xia Nuannuan tilted her head and asked with concern.
"I'm fine, do you really think my alcohol tolerance is that bad!"
Qin Tian chuckled and shook his head, saying confidently, "Believe it or not, if we keep drinking, your uncle will be the first to get drunk!"
"Really? My dad often drinks with friends, why don't I believe you!"
Xia Nuannuan expressed her disbelief with her eyes.
"Believe it or not, you'll know later."
Qin Tian grinned.
There were many people strolling on the street, and one could see many boys and girls of similar age walking in groups.
Including Fourth High School, Yucheng City had three high schools.
If nothing unexpected happened, most of these boys and girls were graduating students like them, about to take the college entrance examination and coming out to relax.
After walking for a while, the two even saw several couples holding hands.
With graduation so close, some couples who had been hiding their relationships were naturally unwilling to keep it a secret any longer.
Every time she saw couples holding hands, Xia Nuannuan would subconsciously glance at Qin Tian's hand.
Unconsciously, the two drew closer, and Xia Nuannuan's shoulder occasionally brushed against Qin Tian's arm.
When crossing the street, Qin Tian naturally took the girl's small hand next to him.
Xia Nuannuan's heart trembled slightly, and a blush appeared on her face. On the side Qin Tian couldn't see, the corners of her lips unconsciously curved into an arc.
During this time, the two of them mostly saw each other at school, so it was natural to avoid such intimate actions.
The happiness and sweetness from walking hand in hand and watching movies together that time resurfaced in her heart.
After entering the mall, the two took the escalator upstairs.
"What are we going to do?"
Xia Nuannuan asked.
"Hmm…"
Qin Tian pondered for a moment and suggested, "How about checking out the arcade on the upper floor?"
Xia Nuannuan's eyes lit up, and she nodded in agreement, "Okay, but I'm not very good at most of them."
She had been to arcades a few times with her parents, but the last time was several years ago.
"It's okay, I'm good at it, I'll teach you!"
"Mhm, okay!"
Xia Nuannuan agreed with a happy smile.
The arcade, like the cinema they had visited last time, was on the sixth floor of the mall.
The two went straight to the sixth floor by elevator and arrived at the entrance of the arcade.
A sign stood at the entrance, and the promotion offered by the shop attracted their attention.
It was for students in their third year of high school. With a student ID, they could get a 30% discount on game coins, and not only that, but the store also had various surprise rewards.
"This shop is really amazing, they're even capitalizing on the college entrance exam hype for an arcade?"
Qin Tian said with genuine admiration.
Xia Nuannuan also couldn't help but smile and say, "I didn't bring my student ID!"
"I didn't either!"
Qin Tian shrugged and smiled indifferently, "It's fine, I don't need discounts or anything, it's not about the money, and it's not auspicious. We don't want our college entrance exam scores to be discounted too."
Xia Nuannuan was amused again, giving him a glare and complaining, "Don't talk nonsense, you jinx!"
"Right, right, can't talk nonsense!"
Qin Tian raised his free left hand and tapped his mouth.
Xia Nuannuan laughed happily.
Then the two walked into the store hand in hand.
The place was very lively, with people playing at almost every machine. Some of the more popular game machines even had queues.
The two went to the counter, and Qin Tian paid for fifty yuan worth of game coins.
Game coins were still relatively affordable back then; fifty yuan bought a whopping one hundred and thirty coins.
Qin Tian remembered that after graduating from university in his previous life, he came with Zhang Peng one Spring Festival, and one hundred yuan could only buy a few dozen game coins, which was a rip-off.
"What should we play first?"
Holding a full basket of game coins, Qin Tian asked with a smile.
"Let me see…"
Xia Nuannuan looked around and saw many people playing the motorcycle game. Her expressive eyes turned to him.
"Let's go!"
Qin Tian smiled and led her over there.
After a short wait, a machine became free, and the two quickly moved to claim it.
"I don't know how to play this, you go first and teach me!"
Xia Nuannuan said with a smile.
Qin Tian nodded, handed her all the game coins, then straddled the motorcycle and waved to Xia Nuannuan with a smug look, "Come on, help me insert the coin, and watch me perform the 'Mount Akina Racer' for you."
Xia Nuannuan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and inserted three game coins.
After one round, the Mount Akina Racer's pretense failed.
There was no way; he hadn't played this in many years and was a bit rusty.
It seemed that the Master-level Gaming skill in the system skill panel didn't include this thing.
"As expected of the Mount Akina Racer, you're amazing, amazing."
Xia Nuannuan gave him a thumbs-up, praising him with a serious expression.
Qin Tian gave an awkward smile, waved his hand, and said, "It's not important, none of this is important. I was just teaching you how to play this. Did you learn it just now?"
"I don't know, I'm afraid I'll learn it badly."
Xia Nuannuan teased with a smile.
"Cough cough... Stop messing around!"
Qin Tian raised his right hand and gently tapped her forehead with his finger.
This scene was seen by three boys who came to play together, and they felt like they had eaten a whole lemon, their faces contorting from the sourness.
"Let's go, let's go play something else."
One of the boys said.
The other two nodded. The three single dogs who didn't want to eat dog food decisively chose to move away from the scene of the crime.
"Alright, it's all your fault!"
Xia Nuannuan, already sitting on the motorcycle, gave Qin Tian a slightly embarrassed glare.
"Actually, I did that on purpose. See, now we can connect."
Qin Tian smiled calmly and sat on the motorcycle next to her.
"Come on, let's play together, I'll let you start five seconds ahead."
"No, this is my first time playing, I don't want to compete with you!"
"I'll give you ten seconds, best two out of three. Whoever loses has to buy bubble tea later."
"Mount Akina Racer, is that all you've got? Twenty seconds!"
"Then you might as well let me concede."
"That can be arranged too!"