It's a human being!

Because it was inconvenient to take the cat with them when going out to play, the two decided to temporarily leave the dumpling at the pet hospital. The pet hospital closes at ten o'clock in the evening. They just need to come back before then and take the cat back.

Half an hour later, the two stood downstairs in the largest commercial street in the city.

Jin Ci took out his mobile phone and glanced at the time: "The reservation time is just right, this newly opened fish is doing very well..."

In the middle of the speech, he suddenly stopped, and the eyes of the young man beside him were shining, looking at a certain place in front of him for a moment, obviously not paying attention here at all.

Jin Ci glanced in that direction: "Want to play that?"

The claw machine a few meters away is filled with all kinds of strange-shaped dolls, which are colorful and full of fantasy appeal at a glance.

Zhou Zhou came back to his senses, touched the buttons of his clothes in embarrassment, glanced over there reluctantly, and then cast another glance: "No, it's just that there is one inside that seems very cute..."

Seeing that Jin Ci was about to go that way, he hurriedly stopped him: "No, I just took a look, and I don't really want to play... You are such an adult, how can you play that?"

Jin Ci clasped the hand in front of him, slid down the arm to the palm of his hand, and held it with his backhand.

"Play if you want, there are so many rules." Jin Ci said calmly, and pulled him towards the claw machine.

"..." Zhou Zhou was stunned for a moment, his fingers curled up slightly, his mind was full of the feeling of the other party holding his hand.His eyes fell on the hands they held together, and he pursed his lips until he stood in front of the claw machine.

Jin Ci let go of his hand: "Which one did you just look at?"

Zhou Zhou collected himself, pointed to a golden-orange doll lying in a corner: "This one."

This golden-orange doll was facing away from them. It had a big beautiful tail with neat scales embroidered on it, probably for cuteness, and a pair of white plush wings were sewn on its back.

Zhou Zhou stared at the doll for a while, his eyes sparkling: "This koi is so cute, and the tail is also very beautiful... By the way, it is similar to the tail of the fish I saw when I went camping last time." .”

He took a few more glances, and suddenly noticed that the air was strangely quiet. He turned his head and found that Jin Ci was staring at the koi, as if he was thinking about something very important.

It's rare to be able to see when Jin Ci was distracted.

Zhou Zhou blinked and called softly, "Senior Jin?"

Jin Ci recovered and glanced at him: "You wait here."

As he said that, he walked to the claw machine merchant not far away, exchanged a cup of coins and came back, and put the game coins into the machine one by one, and there was a clanging sound.

"Try it." Jin Ci said.

In fact, Zhou Zhou seldom played this game. The last time I remembered it was when I was in elementary school.At that time, a child from a relative’s family came to play, and he dragged him to the claw machine. The two of them fought all afternoon, spent all the pocket money given by their parents, and then returned home empty-handed.

Thinking back, Zhou Zhou felt terrified, the light in his eyes dimmed a little, and he said very unconfidently, "I'm very good at this game. I put in a lot of coins, but I never caught them."

He raised his eyes and looked at Jin Ci as if asking for help.

Jin Ci looked back at him, his obsidian-like eyes seemed to have a little warmth, and looked inexplicably soft: "Don't you want to try it yourself?"

Zhou Zhou: "...Okay."

He took a small breath, carefully moved his paw over the koi carp, hesitated for a few seconds, and clicked the button.

The seemingly fragile steel claws trembled down, and under Zhou Zhou's nervous gaze, touched the koi's back, then grabbed the air with its claws, and returned happily.

Zhou Zhou: "..."

Jin Ci's expression didn't change, and he moved naturally to insert coins into the machine.

"It's okay, come again."

Zhou Zhou's lips were stretched into a straight line, and he was more careful when moving his paws. This time he hesitated for more than ten seconds before pressing the button.But this time the paw only landed on the tail of the koi carp, scratched it and then went back up.

Next comes the third...fourth time...

After an unknown number of times, Zhou Zhou became a little frustrated.He lowered his eyes and took half a step back almost self-defeating: "No, I can't catch it at all."

There was a bang bang bang bang, Jin Ci put the coin in again, and rubbed his head gently: "It's okay, there's me. Try one last time, huh?"

Zhou Zhou looked up at him, then nodded.

When moving the steel claw this time, Zhou Zhou was very careful. When he pressed the button, he stared at the steel claw shaking left and right, hesitating for a long time.

Suddenly, he felt warmth covering the back of his hand, a slender and distinct hand was holding his, the temperature and touch were transmitted without any barrier, and his heartbeat suddenly missed a beat.

"Look at it and press it."

A low voice sounded beside the ears, and the subtle air flowed over the earlobe, carrying some kind of heat.

Jin Ci lowered his head slightly, in a half-hugging posture, his breath was full of that faint cold breath, lingering and unable to break free.

"A position like this is fine."

When the button is pressed, the steel claws fall down, grasp the koi's body accurately, and lift it up steadily.

- pat.

With a slight falling sound, the doll finally landed on the exit.

Jin Ci bent down and took out the doll, and handed it to him, with a slight smile in his dark eyes: "Didn't Zhou Zhou catch it?"

Zhou Zhou took the doll in a daze, his ears turned slightly red.

He stroked the doll's soft belly, and it took him a long time to come to his senses.How could he be the one who caught it, obviously... It was obviously Jin Ci who caught it.

Just as Zhou Zhou was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of the tag on the doll out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help being stunned.

and many more……

He turned the tag over and carefully read the words on it.

【Product Name: Craft Embroidery Golden Dragon Doll】

Zhou Zhou: ...

This is a dragon? ? ?

Zhou Zhou stared at the "koi" in his hand, probably too shocked, he didn't even notice that he yelled.

He turned the doll over and over and took a closer look. It seemed that it was really different from the koi. There were two small horns protruding from the head of the doll. It was just that its back was facing them when it was in the crane machine, so I didn’t look at it. to these two corners.

"So it's not a koi..." he murmured.It may be that he had expected too much from the koi, but now he suddenly found out that it was not, and a slight disappointment flashed in his heart.

Suddenly, Jin Ci stretched out his hand and quickly tore off the hanging tag.

"It's a koi." He said with a flat expression, "It should be that the merchant printed it wrong."

Zhou Zhou was taken aback: "...Is that so?"

Jin Ci: "Yes."

Zhou Zhou looked at Jin Ci, then at the doll in his hand, touched the little wings on its back, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "It doesn't seem right, do koi have wings?"

"I've heard of the carp jumping over the dragon's gate. It may be that the merchants have given a fantasy design to the dragon's gate."

"...Then, that horn..."

"Should be decoration."

Zhou Zhou raised his eyes and looked at the other party. Although these explanations sounded a little strange, Jin Ci's expression was so normal and taken for granted that he felt that he might have too little experience.

Forget it, it should be right.

Zhou Zhou was convinced.

He rubbed the koi in his hand, his brows and eyes curved into an arc.

The two arrived at the restaurant where they had reserved a seat and sat down by the window.

This restaurant is newly opened and is quite famous for its variety of fish dishes.There are also various fish patterns painted on the walls, and even the table seats have elements of fish fins or fish tails, and the atmosphere is quite strong.

Zhou Zhou put aside the koi doll he was holding all the way, when he suddenly heard a slap, as if something fell from his pocket.

He looked down and saw a small pink carton rolled to Jin Ci's feet and stopped there.

The air seemed to freeze for an instant, and an indescribable coolness spread from all around.

This is... from the girl at the fraternity party.

Zhou Zhou's eyelids twitched, feeling guilty for some reason.He raised his eyes subconsciously, and saw Jin Ci looking down at the box, unable to see the emotion in his eyes, with a flat expression on his face, without any movement.

Zhou Zhou had the illusion of standing on a thin ice blade in a trance.

Before he could figure out where this weird feeling came from, his body had already bent down, and he hurried to pick up the box.

With one hand he picked up the box one step ahead of him.

Zhou Zhou straightened up, saw Jin Ci holding the pink box with one hand, looked at it carefully for a while, then raised his eyes and smiled at him, and returned the box to him as usual.

Jin Ci: "Did someone give it to you at the fraternity party?"

Zhou Zhou: "Well... yes."

Jin Ci: "The packaging is very careful, it should be someone who likes you very much."

Zhou Zhou pursed his lower lip, not knowing how to answer, and even felt absurdly that this box shouldn't exist.He put the box in an invisible corner behind him, touched his earlobe uncomfortably, and said without words: "Actually, I don't know her at all."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly added: "I really don't like her, it's just that it's hard to refuse in public, so..."

This was said in a hurry, completely subconsciously, it seemed strange that Zhou Zhou didn't realize it until he finished speaking.

How does this scene look like... the scene where Hong Xing was caught cheating and repenting?

Who did he regret?

Why did you explain this to Jin Ci? ?

Zhou Zhou himself hadn't figured it out yet, but Jin Ci smiled lightly on his face, like the warm sunshine when the ice and snow had just melted.

She even peeled a longan for him in a good mood and handed it to his lips, her long and narrow eyes curved into a slight arc.

"This is quite sweet, why don't you try one every day?"