Is it probably a date?

"You really are..." Looking at Mei, Dong Moxuan touched his chin, unable to speak for a long time. "As expected of a good student!"

"Mr. Xuan!"

As if sensing Dong Moxuan's thoughts, the girl's face turned red, and she seemed a little angry.

Dong Moxuan ignored Mei's playful anger and continued to ask.

"I mean, Mei, don't you usually hang out with friends?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Moxuan seemed to remember something.

"Sorry, I forgot, you don't seem to have any friends..."

Mei "..."

Hearing Dong Moxuan's words, Mei felt like she had been hit by a critical blow.

If this was before Raiden Ryoma's incident, she might have been able to fob him off with those girls whose names she could barely recall, but now...

"Hmph,"

Unable to think of a retort, Mei could only let out a soft hum and turn her head away with a hint of pride and tsundere.

"Mr. Xuan just likes to tease Mei..."

Seeing that Mei seemed genuinely a little upset, Dong Moxuan could only chuckle awkwardly and reach out to pat Mei's head.

"Alright, alright, it's my fault..."

Seeing Mei's flushed cheeks as she dodged his hand, Dong Moxuan didn't get angry.

"After all, outstanding people are always lonely. It's normal for someone as outstanding as Mei to not have friends."

"But... I'm quite confident in my own talents, so..."

Looking at the girl beside him, Dong Moxuan said nonchalantly, "I should be Mei's friend, right?"

"Huh?"

Dong Moxuan's words made Mei freeze. She secretly glanced at Dong Moxuan, and for some reason, her heart began to race.

"For Mei, Mr. Xuan is... is a trustworthy presence..."

"So Mei admits I'm your boyfriend?"

"Mm..."

Mei subconsciously nodded, then suddenly realized what she had said and blushed deeply.

"Mr. Xuan!!!"

"Cough cough..."

Dong Moxuan coughed awkwardly.

Seeing this, the shame and anger in Mei's heart inexplicably vanished.

She could only lower her head and sigh softly.

This Mr. Xuan, for some reason, always liked to tease her!

"Hey, Mei,"

Dong Moxuan suddenly took Mei's hand.

"Since you've admitted I'm your boyfriend, then I have to fulfill my duties as a boyfriend!"

I never admitted that, you idiot!

Mei looked at Dong Moxuan with a flushed face. Before she could retort, Dong Moxuan continued.

"So, shall we go on a date?"

"Eh?!!"

Mei was instantly filled with question marks.

Wasn't this topic jumping a bit too much?

However...

"Let's go!"

Without waiting for the bewildered Mei to snap back to reality, Dong Moxuan directly grabbed her hand and started running.

"Eh..."

Being pulled by Dong Moxuan, Mei looked ahead and let out a cute gasp.

"Ehhhhh?!!!!"

"Phew, this should be it, right?"

Finally stopping, Dong Moxuan bent over and wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead with his hand.

"Hoo hoo hoo... So, Mr. Xuan, you wanted to go on a date here?"

On the other side, Mei, whose cheeks were flushed and legs trembling slightly, was being pulled along by Dong Moxuan for some "couple's activity."

She was just an "ordinary" high school student. Unlike Dong Moxuan, he seemed completely at ease even after strenuous exercise.

"It's an arcade... Mr. Xuan, you really don't understand a girl's heart at all, do you?"

Even though she had never experienced it before, it's not like you have to eat pork to know what it looks like, right?

A date at an arcade?

She had never heard of such a thing.

"For a date, the location doesn't matter as long as both parties are happy."

"You know, the first time I went on a date, it was at..."

A gentle girl with silver hair and blue eyes suddenly appeared in Dong Moxuan's mind. His expression faltered slightly.

"In short, the location doesn't matter."

Stare~

Mei didn't hear anything Dong Moxuan said after that.

Her entire attention was focused on Dong Moxuan's mention of his first date.

When she heard that Dong Moxuan had actually dated other girls before, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

She stared at Dong Moxuan, her gaze making him feel uneasy all over.

"Um, Mei, why are you staring at me like that?"

"Hmph..."

Mei let out a soft hum and crossed her arms.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Xuan, you're my father's friend, right? So you should be considered my elder... Asking out your junior like this... is really terrible!"

"Ahem, you can't say that. Big Brother Ryoma and I are friends despite the age difference. I'm actually still quite young."

As he said this, Dong Moxuan clasped his hands together, looking pleadingly at Mei.

"I've been really busy with work lately, so I haven't had time to go on dates with cute girls. And Mei, you're so gentle, you won't refuse me, right?"

"Mr. Xuan..."

The girl in the white dress looked at the silver-haired youth before her, her expression incredibly complex.

"You're saying some truly scummy things in such a casual tone!"

"You flatter me, you flatter me..."

Completely ignoring Mei's barbed words, Dong Moxuan chuckled and scratched his head.

Mei: "..."

"After all, Mr. Xuan took good care of Mei before..."

Seeing Dong Moxuan's thick-skinned demeanor, which was as impenetrable as a city wall, Mei could only sigh inwardly.

"If it's Mr. Xuan's request..."

In the end, Mei couldn't resist Dong Moxuan's "rude" request.

"So, Mr. Xuan,"

Walking beside Dong Moxuan, Mei shyly and awkwardly fiddled with the hem of her clothes.

"What... what should we do next?"

The girl named Mei had never been on a date before, so she appeared exceptionally naive at the moment.

"Since we're at an arcade, the first objective is definitely..."

Dong Moxuan's gaze fell upon the most popular arcade machines in the hall.

"Let's play this one first."

Dong Moxuan sat directly in front of an arcade machine and gestured for Mei to sit next to him.

"Play this?"

Sitting beside Dong Moxuan, Mei awkwardly touched the joystick and buttons, her expression slightly bewildered.

"How do you operate this machine!"

"It seems you really haven't played this kind of game before, Mei..."

Dong Moxuan, sitting beside her, sighed slightly at Mei's actions.

But it made sense. Mei was the epitome of a traditional Yamato Nadeshiko, a young lady from a good family. Without the encouragement of "bad influences" like himself, she probably wouldn't have gotten involved with games in her entire life.