Chapter 144

The result of the best-of-three was, naturally, that Qin Tian won.

Although the Qiu Mingshan Racing God was a bit lackluster and really wanted to throw the game, he couldn't handle the fact that Xia Nuannuan was a "gaming black hole"—not only did she keep hitting the walls, but she also kept running in the wrong direction.

Let alone a twenty-second head start, even a twenty-minute head start wouldn't have helped.

"Ahhh, I'm not playing this anymore, this is too hard, let's go, let's play something else."

Xia Nuannuan said in annoyance.

"Don't forget the milk tea."

Qin Tian reminded her with a chuckle.

"I know."

Xia Nuannuan rolled her eyes at him.

Afterwards, the two went to play other games.

Shooting zombies, water guns, the old game King of Fighters, Records of the Three Kingdoms...

After playing all sorts of games one by one, even though Xia Nuannuan wasn't very good at them, she had a blast just pressing buttons blindly, and a joyful smile remained on her pretty face the whole time.

Xia Nuannuan's current beauty and figure were beyond reproach.

Her lively and cute appearance at this moment attracted even more attention.

If it weren't for the fact that the two were holding hands the whole time and clearly looked like a couple, someone would surely have come over to hit on her.

At this time, the two arrived at the basketball arcade machine.

Standing next to it was an arcade staff member holding a pile of red amulet sachets.

On the wall behind her, an introduction to the event was posted, saying that if you could score over one thousand points in basketball, you could receive a "College Entrance Examination Amulet" as a prize.

"Nuannuan, do you want this amulet? Shall I get it for you?"

Qin Tian looked at Xia Nuannuan and asked.

Xia Nuannuan's eyes lit up, and she nodded like a chick pecking at rice, then looked at the event introduction and said: "But this should be very difficult, right?"

"Don't worry, I'll definitely win it for you!"

Qin Tian smiled confidently and looked at the staff member, asking: "We are both high school seniors, but we didn't bring our student IDs; can we still participate in this event?"

"Yes, you can."

The woman in the work uniform nodded with a beaming smile.

"That's good."

Qin Tian nodded and looked at Xia Nuannuan behind him, asking: "Why don't you try playing first?"

"I don't know how, it's impossible for me to get the prize."

Xia Nuannuan waved her hands repeatedly.

"It's okay, just treat it as playing for fun, we still have plenty of tokens!"

Qin Tian stepped aside with a smile.

"Alright!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded, stepped forward, inserted two tokens, and began to shoot.

She really didn't know how to play; her shooting posture was all wrong, and two balls in a row didn't even touch the rim—in a sense, that was also quite impressive.

The result was that she didn't even pass the first level, with a score of 12, just happening to throw a few balls in by accident.

"I'm so bad at this!"

Xia Nuannuan blushed with embarrassment and looked at Qin Tian to the side.

"It's okay, I'll teach you the shooting posture, you have to do it like this."

Qin Tian took a basketball that hadn't been shot yet, demonstrated a standard shooting posture for her, then switched to a two-handed shooting posture, and continued: "If you don't have enough strength, you can shoot like this."

Xia Nuannuan nodded thoughtfully.

"You try it."

Qin Tian handed the basketball to her.

Xia Nuannuan learned the two-handed shooting posture he had just shown and asked: "Like this?"

"There's a slight problem."

Qin Tian stood behind her and raised his hands to help correct her posture for holding the ball.

During this process, their bodies were almost touching, and Xia Nuannuan could even feel Qin Tian's warm breath behind her blowing on her earlobe.

Her cheeks quickly became hot, and her head felt a bit dizzy.

"That's it."

Qin Tian didn't have any ulterior motives, but after correcting Xia Nuannuan's posture and seeing her pretty face, which was red enough to bleed, he immediately realized it too.

"Oh!"

Xia Nuannuan responded shyly.

"Ahem... well, try it again!"

Qin Tian cleared his throat, feigned composure as if nothing had happened, and inserted two tokens.

Xia Nuannuan nodded and continued to shoot.

This time the posture was much better, but perhaps because she was a bit distracted, she still couldn't pass the first level.

Next to them was also a couple, but they looked to be in their twenties and weren't students.

The man had already tried several times, failing at the third or fourth level, still a distance away from a thousand points.

The woman behind him was holding the man's jacket, her attention not on her boyfriend, but on Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan.

The two were so striking in their beauty, and crucially, they were a handsome man and a beautiful woman who looked very well-matched.

Seeing everything that had just happened, the youthful and beautiful affection revealed in their behavior made her involuntarily miss her own long-gone youth.

The boyfriend in front of her had been introduced by her family a while ago; there wasn't much love to speak of, she just felt that his conditions were quite suitable in all aspects, so they had been together for a while like this.

"Ah, this is really quite hard!"

After failing again at the fourth level, the man turned his head and said with a bitter smile.

The woman came back to her senses and said with a gentle smile: "Then let's stop shooting, you're covered in sweat, wait a moment."

Saying this, the woman took a pack of tissues from her bag and handed it to him.

"Wipe your sweat!"

"Alright!"

The man took the tissues with a smile, and while wiping his sweat, said: "I don't play basketball much anymore, and my physical fitness isn't what it used to be. Back when I was in school, this really wasn't hard."

"Yes, being able to play to the fourth level is already quite impressive."

The woman nodded with a beaming smile.

"No, wait until I drink some water and rest, I must win this amulet for you today so you can give it to your cousin."

The man picked up the mineral water placed to the side and said with a firm tone.

The woman was moved, and then smiled helplessly: "Why don't we just forget it!"

She had just thought of her cousin who was about to take the college entrance exam this year after seeing those amulets.

Who knew that after her boyfriend learned the situation, he insisted on winning it for her.

"No, no, no, believe me, I can do it."

After drinking some water, the man said confidently.

"Qin Tian, you should do it!"

Xia Nuannuan looked at Qin Tian and said.

"It's okay, you play for a while longer!"

Qin Tian said with a smile.

"I'm not playing anymore, my arms are a bit sore, and this is really hard."

Xia Nuannuan smiled and gave up her spot to him.

"Alright, then I'll do it, I'll win this amulet for you."

"Mm-hmm."

After inserting two tokens, Qin Tian began to shoot.

Unlike the motorcycle game before, with his current physical fitness, he had a great advantage in playing this basketball game.

Furthermore, he already knew how to play basketball, his technique was quite good for an amateur, and he even had a Level 2 rating in the system skill bar.

Qin Tian's shooting speed was very fast, the sound of the ball entering the net had a rhythmic feel, and his movements and posture were also pleasing to the eye.

By the end of the first level, he hadn't missed a single shot, and his score had already exceeded one hundred.

"Wow, so amazing, so cool, go, go, go!!"

Xia Nuannuan's bright, beautiful eyes seemed to sparkle with countless little stars, and she clapped her hands happily, cheering him on.