The Final Attempt to Keep Her

The bustling Night Market.

Bai Yuxia was clearly pretending to be angry, yet the face she had turned away only traced out a smile, shallow dimples blooming on her cheeks.

Usually calm and rational, she wore this slightly spoiled expression now. The contrast was like a girl breathing into his ear, gently teasing him.

Jiang Ning did not soothe her with words. He looked toward the streets on either side of Food Street.

This Food Street was quite spacious. The stalls lining the road resembled the seating arrangement of Class 8, while the buildings on both sides housed shops selling Mala Xiang Guo, desserts, flowers, and the like.

Jiang Ning happened to spot a trendy new claw machine arcade. Several young couples lingered outside its entrance, so he suggested, "Come on, let's grab some plushies."

Upon hearing that, Bai Yuxia turned back around. Her expression was no different from usual, without the slightest trace of her earlier coquettishness.

She had noticed the claw machine arcade too. "I heard them say you're really good at claw machines."

Bai Yuxia herself rarely played them, because she considered them scams. Like scratch-off lottery tickets sold by the roadside, she never bought them. She would not fall into such probability traps.

Jiang Ning said, "Hm? You think I'm that good too?"

"I only heard them say so."

"Them?" Jiang Ning asked.

"Chen Siyu and her sister."

"Oh." Jiang Ning nodded. Thinking it over carefully, he guessed that during the last summer break, Xue Yuantong had bragged about him in front of them. Chen Siyu had believed her, then repeatedly drilled it into Bai Yuxia.

Bai Yuxia's gaze shifted toward him. "So, you should be really good, right?"

Jiang Ning did not answer directly. "I'll catch a few for you. Then you can take them