"God! Wei Xiuyuan, you actually caught one!"
"That's amazing!"
Dong Jiayi's cry alerted the nearby classmates who were playing the claw machines.
Wei Xiuyuan pulled a panda plushie from the prize chute, turned around, and solemnly said, "Jiayi, this is for you!"
The pretty Dong Jiayi was somewhat touched. She had just finished seeing the pandas at the Panda Exhibit, and if she could get a panda doll now, this trip would definitely be perfect.
Besides, she knew very well how difficult Panda Plushies were to catch. Wei Xiuyuan had spent forty yuan before finally managing to get one.
Yet Dong Jiayi politely declined. "It's too valuable."
Wei Xiuyuan's expression turned exceptionally serious. "Actually, what I want to give you isn't the panda, but..."
There were some things he wanted to say, but he did not know in what capacity he could say them.
"Please, you have to accept it," Wei Xiuyuan insisted.
"You've been acting kind of strange today, but thank you anyway." Dong Jiayi accepted the panda plushie, deciding that she would find an equally valuable gift to return the favor someday.
Then she hugged the panda plushie and took a selfie, smiling sweetly.
Wei Xiuyuan gazed at every smile and frown of hers. At that moment, a notification seemed to ring out in his mind: Congratulations, Pursuit Progress has unlocked to 99.99%!
Great! Just the last tiny bit remained. He was almost there!
Han Wennuan looked at the delighted Dong Jiayi and sighed at her bare-faced appearance. "What good luck."
Zhong Huai commented, "It really is. During the whole time I've been here, he's the only one who's caught anything."
He had spent ten yuan too, carefully selecting several perfect angles, but unfortunately, every attempt had come up empty.
"It's not that big a deal. It's just