My Girlfriend is a Cold and Aloof Sickly Beauty 102

Chapter 102: The Arcade

Although they were now officially “adults,” Jiang Xue felt that she and Xiao Luo were still far from being true adults.

She was embarrassed to ask her older sister or her mothers about this, and she wasn’t close enough to Teacher Sui. After some thought, she decided to consult Dr. Qi in person another day.

As the Ferris wheel reached the halfway point, the sunny sky was covered by clouds, casting a shadow.

“I remember it’s supposed to rain around 11:30 AM,” Jiang Xue said, having checked the weather forecast before leaving. “But the forecast isn’t always accurate. We should contact Elder Sister Red Fox and A-Xi half an hour earlier, just in case.”

Although she and Xiao Luo both had umbrellas, the forecast said there would be “slanting rain,” so they would still get wet even with umbrellas.

Besides that… Jiang Xue remembered that Xiao Luo was also a little afraid of rainy days.

Her fear of snow was due to her two near-death experiences in the snow, and her aversion to rain was because Elder Sister Red Fox had died in a thunderstorm.

Even though Elder Sister Red Fox was here now, the shadow cast in Xiao Luo’s heart wasn’t so easily dispelled.

Fortunately, they had left early, so they still had at least two hours to enjoy themselves.

After getting off the Ferris wheel, Jiang Xue looked at the amusement park map, thinking about whether to go to the nearest attraction or ask Xiao Luo what she was interested in, when Xiao Luohan took her hand.

“I just saw the arcade,” Xiao Luohan pointed to a large building on the map. “Is that the place you mentioned before, where you have to buy tokens to play the games?”

Jiang Xue: “…Yes.”

Although visiting the arcade was also part of the amusement park experience, she hadn’t expected Xiao Luo to be interested in it so soon.

The arcade was near the Ferris wheel, just a few minutes’ walk away.

Jiang Xue exchanged ten tokens at the vending machine, gave them all to Xiao Luohan, and was about to take her to the games she thought were interesting when she saw Xie Xitong and Xiao Linghan enter.

Xiao Linghan was even holding the white cat in her arms. Perhaps sensing that the soul residing in this body had changed, the white cat didn’t resist at all, nestled comfortably, even closing its eyes.

“Oh, what a coincidence,” Xiao Linghan greeted them with a smile. “A-Xi said I might like the games here, so she brought me to take a look.”

Jiang Xue thought for a moment. Many of the arcade machines were simulations, like shooting, racing cars, horse racing, motorcycle racing, and even a VR experience area. These were indeed things they couldn’t experience outside, and in Elder Sister Red Fox’s eyes, they might be even more interesting than roller coasters and pirate ships.

But considering Xiao Luo’s health, Jiang Xue planned to take her to some less strenuous games today. Taiko no Tatsujin, Dance Dance Revolution, and basketball shooting would be good.

The four, briefly reunited, agreed on a meeting time and then separated, heading to different areas.

Jiang Xue had just chosen a currently unoccupied Dance Dance Revolution machine when she heard Xiao Luohan ask, “Is that the claw machine with the extremely low win rate?”

She followed Xiao Luohan’s gaze and saw a row of claw machines, some with plushies, some with small gifts.

“Extremely low, I think it’s pure luck,” Jiang Xue said. “Some machines have very weak claws, and even if you manage to pick something up, it will fall before reaching the prize chute.”

Xiao Luohan nodded seriously, then asked to try a few times.

Jiang Xue patiently taught her how to insert the tokens, operate the joystick, and when to press the button to release the claw—of course, this might be a wasted effort, but what if?

Watching Xiao Luohan intently focus on the claw’s movements, Jiang Xue felt like she was seeing her younger self.

Back then, she had also been defiant, thinking it couldn’t be that difficult, and in the end, after wasting thirty-two tokens and an entire afternoon, she had dejectedly accepted reality under her older sister’s “unsurprised” gaze.

She didn’t want Xiao Luo to experience the same frustration on her first try, so when the second plushie fell from the claw midway, she decided that after Xiao Luo used five tokens, she would take over and tell Xiao Luo that it wasn’t her fault, but the machine’s.

But just as Xiao Luohan used her fifth token, she skillfully used the plushie’s lightning-shaped tail to get it stuck in the claw’s gap and actually managed to move it to the prize chute!

“For you!”

Jiang Xue was still stunned when the golden Pikachu plushie was placed in her arms.

It wasn’t the machine’s fault, it was the player’s skill.

After recovering, she thought Xiao Luohan would continue playing or switch to a different claw machine, but Xiao Luohan went straight to the Dance Dance Revolution machine she had chosen earlier.

“How do you play this?” Xiao Luohan asked. “There are two pads, but only one screen. Is it a two-player game?”

“Yes, it has a two-player mode,” Jiang Xue nodded, taking the other side. “But the difficulty increases in two-player mode. The total score and rating are for both players combined.”

It was fine if Xiao Luo just played casually, she would carry them, she was good at that.

Xiao Luohan didn’t care about the score, as long as she could play with Jiang Xue, but she felt that since Jiang Xue had mentioned the scoring, it probably meant she wanted her to take it seriously.

So she asked about the gameplay and scoring rules in detail, then tried a simple song in single-player mode. Feeling that she could probably get an A rating even if she made a lot of mistakes, she started the two-player mode.

Jiang Xue, witnessing everything: Xiao Luo was so serious!

Was this what a studious person from ancient times was like, even “competitive” when playing arcade games!

She placed the Pikachu plushie on the machine’s shelf and excitedly stretched her ankles.

Then she also had to try her best!

—If Xie Xitong were present, she would definitely be cursing “clueless” inwardly.

At the same time, Xie Xitong was helping Xiao Linghan put on a camouflage uniform for laser tag.

After introducing the arcade games to the female general, she wasn’t surprised at all that Xiao Linghan had chosen this first.

Seeing Xiao Linghan’s skillful movements in loading the prop gun, Xie Xitong knew that she must have seen people use “new firearms” in the ancient world.

“You have to play by yourself,” Xie Xitong said, holding the white cat and sitting on a bench in the waiting area after everything was ready. “Don’t worry about me, I have Xixi for company.”

The white cat meowed at Xiao Linghan reluctantly, seemingly very satisfied with her embrace.

The laser tag arena was divided into sections, with a women-only area and a mixed-gender area.

Xiao Linghan had casually chosen an arena while listening to Xie Xitong’s introduction, not paying attention to which one she pressed. It wasn’t until they arrived that she realized there were men on both teams.

It didn’t matter, all enemies, male or female, were just “corpses” in her eyes.

A laser tag game usually lasted for thirty minutes, and some people even deliberately stalled to win, relying on “survival” to keep their score until the end.

Xiao Linghan annihilated the opposing team within fifteen minutes of entering the arena.

Her teammates were dumbfounded. After the game, a young woman couldn’t help but ask, “Sis! Master! How did you know where that person was?!”

“Perhaps my intuition is terrifyingly accurate,” Xiao Linghan said, unable to reveal the truth, giving them a “peace” sign and winking, trying to play it cool.

Cheating was almost impossible in this kind of game. The young woman, carried by her, left, bewildered.

There was even a bold girl who came over and asked for her WeChat, hoping to play laser tag together again in the future, which Xiao Linghan politely declined.

The girl was reluctant to give up and was about to try again when Xie Xitong appeared with the white cat, deliberately calling out in a sweet voice, “Xiao Jiejie~”

“Sorry, my girlfriend is looking for me,” Xiao Linghan played along, naturally putting an arm around Xie Xitong’s shoulder and leaving with her.

“How did you know that person wanted to date you?” Xie Xitong asked curiously after they walked away.

“It was too obvious,” Xiao Linghan released her hand. “She didn’t compliment my skills first, but asked for my contact information directly. She wasn’t looking for a reliable teammate, but for me.”

“You seem very familiar with this kind of routine,” Xie Xitong blinked. “You weren’t even blushing.”

Xiao Linghan was amused and gently poked Xie Xitong’s head. “In terms of age, I’m even older than your grandmother!”

She was practically ancient, and before coming here, she had been a wandering soul. It would be strange if she wasn’t experienced.

Having enjoyed herself, she was a little concerned about her younger sisters’ relationship progress, so she sent a message in their small group chat, asking for their location.

When the two arrived at the Dance Dance Revolution area, Jiang Xue and Xiao Luohan had just finished a song together and were resting on the leather sofa, exhausted.

“Isn’t this a casual game? Why are you so tired?” Xiao Linghan was surprised, but glancing at the screen, she understood, then exchanged a helpless look with Xie Xitong, who was also a “shipper.”

How could these two be so competitive even when playing games?!

Xie Xitong was too tired to say anything. She had just scolded “Clueless” that morning, and now it seemed that the two were equally clueless. Scolding was useless, they had to realize it themselves.

She thought for a moment, then looked at Xiao Linghan. “Can Mei-jiejie come back for a bit? Just for a moment.”

Mei-jiejie, with her excellent coordination and rhythm, was very good at this. If Mei-jiejie came, she could demonstrate the “correct way to play” for the two clueless girls.

“Sure, I’ve had enough fun anyway,” Xiao Linghan said, sitting down, closing her eyes, and releasing the seal on her consciousness—this was Jiang Mei’s request. She wanted Princess Zhemei to fully enjoy this short trip to the amusement park, without being influenced by her own thoughts.

Jiang Mei, back in control, looked at the Dance Dance Revolution machine, then at Xie Xitong, who was squinting, and finally at her two younger sisters, who were still resting. “What’s wrong?”

“I want to show them the ‘correct way to play’ in two-player mode!” Xie Xitong emphasized the last few words.

Although she hadn’t synchronized with Xiao Linghan’s memories yet, Jiang Mei immediately understood what she meant and nodded, stepping onto the machine. “You choose the song?”

“Let’s just use the random function,” Xie Xitong pressed the dice button next to the song selection.

She didn’t want to dance anyway. Every time she played this with Jiang Xue, it was Jiang Xue who carried them. Besides, for couples playing this, the difficulty wasn’t the main point.

The dice stopped, and the cursor landed on Piano Sonata No. 8, 3rd Movement, SSS difficulty.