"Come on!" As soon as Han Jiaoyang bought the coins, Zhen Yu pulled Han Mingyue towards the King of Fighters arcade machine. Han Jiaoyang immediately followed them; he was curious to see what kind of gamer a top student like Zhen Yu would be! The three of them waited for a while, and as soon as the machine was available, Zhen Yu stepped forward, bent down, and inserted a coin. After a moment’s thought, she inserted another one. "Han Jiaoyang! Do you know how to play?" Han Jiaoyang nodded, "Yes!" "Then you use player 2." "Okay." Han Jiaoyang, eager to try, went straight over and grabbed the joystick to start selecting a character. Zhen Yu turned to Han Mingyue, "How about you? Do you know how to play?" Han Mingyue shook his head; this was his first time seeing such a tall arcade machine. "I’ll fight against Han Jiaoyang for the first round, you watch." Zhen Yu said as she also began selecting her character, "You take the second and third rounds!" A minute later, Han Jiaoyang felt both love and hatred towards Zhen Yu. He loved her gameplay but hated that she used his character as a punching bag to teach Han Mingyue how to play... After Han Jiaoyang’s first character was KO’d, Zhen Yu let Han Mingyue step forward, "Come on! Give it a try!" During their fight just now, she had already taught Han Mingyue how the joystick and buttons worked to correspond with the character’s moves; now it was up to him to play freely. As expected, Han Mingyue, the beginner, was defeated. Like all new players to King of Fighters, he was hooked... By the third round of inserting coins, Zhen Yu sent Han Jiaoyang off to another machine. She controlled Han Jiaoyang’s remaining half character, sparring with Han Mingyue all the way, using up the ten coins she intended to spend. Clearly, Han Mingyue was somewhat reluctant to leave. But when Zhen Yu grabbed his wrist and shouted "Let’s go." again, he obediently followed her to where Han Jiaoyang was playing. It was at this moment Han Mingyue realized that the other arcade machines in the game hall seemed pretty fun too... Han Jiaoyang still had three coins left, so Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue followed him, planning to leave together once he used up all his coins. Soon, Han Jiaoyang was down to his last coin, which he inserted into the Metal Slug machine and started playing. "Zhen Yu?!" Lu Huai saw the empty spot for player 2 in Metal Slug and thought of joining for a game. But, unexpectedly, he saw Zhen Yu standing by waiting and blurted out in surprise. "Do you know her?" Han Mingyue asked Zhen Yu, puzzled. Meanwhile, Lu Huai’s voice rang out. "Are you on summer break?" "Zhen Yan knows her." Zhen Yu excused herself in four words. Everyone was merely nodding acquaintances; regardless of whether Han Mingyue was present, Zhen Yu had no intention of dealing with this irrelevant person. Just out of courtesy, she still nodded slightly toward Lu Huai’s direction. Then she called out to Han Mingyue, "Your brother is down to his last coin, let’s go wait outside!" This was exactly what Han Mingyue wanted to hear, and he almost immediately replied with a eager "Okay!" "Hey! Don’t rush off! It’s not easy for me to see you, play a round of King of Fighters with me before you leave!" Upon hearing her intention to leave, Lu Huai quickly stepped forward, blocking their way. Zhen Yu said emotionlessly, "Move!" "Just one game! Just one!!" Lu Huai pleaded as if he couldn’t sense her aloof demeanor, persistently trying to persuade her. As soon as Lu Huai finished speaking, Han Mingyue distinctly felt the air pressure around Zhen Yu drop! Han Mingyue didn’t want her to offend her brother’s friend over such a small matter, so he quickly spoke up, "We need to go home for lunch, please let us through." There’s a saying that you can’t hit a smiling face with your hand! Han Mingyue politely stated their reason for leaving, so Lu Huai had no choice but to reluctantly move aside, giving way to the door. "Let’s go." Han Mingyue grabbed Zhen Yu by the wrist and led her out of the arcade. Han Jiayang was so engrossed in his game that he didn’t notice the undercurrents nearby. When the game ended and he realized his brother and Zhen Yu were no longer behind him, he didn’t think twice before dashing out the door, and sure enough, he spotted them at the entrance of the arcade. As soon as his brother saw him, Han Mingyue immediately said, "Let’s go! We’ll be in trouble if we’re late." On the way, Han Jiayang, bursting with curiosity, asked, "Zhen Yu! How are you so good at King of Fighters?!" Zhen Yu half-jokingly replied, "A blend of talent and diligence!" "...Stop kidding! Is that really how you use the word diligence?" Han Jiayang felt brushed off, "You don’t spend all your time in arcades every time you come to Qi City, do you?" Zhen Yu seriously replied, "No!" "Then there really are gaming prodigies? Are you this good at other games too?" Han Jiayang, somewhat puzzled, began digging deeper. "Umm... half and half, I guess!" Zhen Yu cautiously answered after mentally estimating. She spent many years living alone in her previous life. When she ate, everyone was fed. Her single male and female colleagues often went out together, but Zhen Yu, the outlier, never participated. Zhen Yu didn’t dislike going out, but she couldn’t stand interacting with unrelated people! For Zhen Yu, colleagues meant only sharing work-related tasks and time; beyond work-related issues and time, there should be no other contact, no prying into each other’s lives. And going out shopping alone was too expensive, so the internet became her usual haunt for passing time. Like every homebody in the future, besides reluctantly going to work to earn money, she loved staying at home, finding things to do online. There were dry spells when reading novels, but spontaneously, she turned her attention to gaming, and then it became unstoppable... However, she only explored the games she liked; naturally, she didn’t play the ones she disliked very well. Regarding Zhen Yu’s reply, Han Jiayang was skeptical, "Are you bluffing me again?" To this, Zhen Yu said, "Believe it or not, take it or leave it." Seeing that his brother no longer questioned Zhen Yu about gaming, Han Mingyue then cautiously started, "That person just now was..." "Zhen Yan’s junior in martial arts!" Zhen Yu straightforwardly gave the man an identity, not even bothering to introduce his name. In her view, she was unlikely to have much interaction with this Lu Huai, let alone Han Mingyue; they probably just met this one time. "Oh!" Han Mingyue first understood, then felt it strange, "Why did he insist on playing King of Fighters with you?" "I encountered him once in the arcade, he lost at King of Fighters."