“This confession, having sex, and falling in love—it’s just like playing a game and killing monsters to level up. If you finally get the other person’s body, for both of you, it’s like the thrill of defeating the final boss.”
“But you’re intentionally keeping me stuck right in front of the final boss’s door, so I’m very unhappy right now!”
“Look, look! Himmel is giving Frieren a ring! The classic scene is here!!” Song Qiuyu kept patting Xia Qi’s shoulder while pointing behind her.
Tears welled up in Xia Qi’s eyes, but she still followed Song Qiuyu’s lead and looked back.
Seeing the two cosplayers reenact this scene, a look of longing appeared on her face.
Seeing that Xia Qi’s emotions had stabilized, Song Qiuyu breathed a sigh of relief. Recalling those feelings, she realized she had felt them too.
However, she had never been able to express them directly like that.
Even if she was a female warrior, Xia Qi was still a girl after all. She would naturally long for romance with a boy, even if her metaphor was a bit abstract…
At this thought, she glanced at Lin An out of the corner of her eye, asking with her gaze what he planned to do next.
Lin An, however, turned to look at the Slam Dunk activity booth.
The person who was usually the ultimate warm man had become completely impervious. “You get a prize if you make ten shots? Then let’s go try it.”
“Uh…”
Song Qiuyu thought for a moment and then honestly stepped forward to wait in line.
Xia Qi was stunned for a moment before following.
She pulled out her phone and checked the new messages from Jiang Li and Sang Tian.
After coming out, she needed to report the situation of Song Qiuyu and Jiang Xiao to them from time to time.
Thinking of this, she glared at Lin An, who was walking ahead.
This guy said he was going to help them, but she really couldn’t see it at all.
Investigating a romance was supposed to be a fun thing, and it was all because of this guy Lin An!
She looked toward Song Qiuyu and Jiang Xiao, feeling a sense of envy in her heart.
“Slam Dunk can be considered a ‘tear of the era,’ right? I didn’t expect a comic convention to still have an activity for it.”
Song Qiuyu was waiting in line, watching others shoot baskets.
“Xi’er, do you want the merchandise?” Jiang Xiao looked at her.
“Yeah! I want that Sakuragi Hanamichi figure! That one!” Song Qiuyu pointed excitedly.
“Alright, leave it to me!” Jiang Xiao’s gaze was firm.
Song Qiuyu was taken aback, then she laughed and poked the back of his hand with a finger. “If you get it, I’ll give you a little reward!”
“That’s what you said. No taking it back.” Jiang Xiao looked at the spectating Lin An and Xia Qi. “We have two witnesses today.”
With just those few words, Lin An and Xia Qi heard a different meaning. It seemed like she had gone back on her word many times before?
“But I also want to try it myself.” Song Qiuyu rubbed her hands together.
“Sure, Xi’er, you shoot first!” After saying that, Jiang Xiao turned to look at Lin An and Xia Qi behind him. “What about you two?”
“Of course I’m going to shoot. I’m great at basketball! If any of you don’t get something later, I can help you get it!” Xia Qi patted her chest and said.
Hearing this, Song Qiuyu had a strong premonition.
Sure enough, Xia Qi and Lin An began to compete again. Lin An even intentionally set the same goal as Xia Qi, clearly intending to oppose her to the end.
‘Huh? Are these two really a couple?’
Song Qiuyu always felt something was strange, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.
Time passed while they waited in line.
Soon, Song Qiuyu received a basketball. She stood at the designated spot, took a deep breath, and tried to keep her composure.
The best result would be for her to get one and then Jiang Xiao to get another!
“Watch closely,” Lin An whispered in Xia Qi’s ear. “If Old Song suddenly squats when she makes her preparatory move, we should have our answer.”
“Huh?”
Xia Qi was completely confused.
Lin An didn’t explain further. He just looked at his two roommates and narrowed his eyes, suddenly thinking of someone.
He wondered what Old Xie was doing right now.
He vaguely remembered that Xie Zhuran had a long face when he left the hot spring hotel, looking like he didn’t want to go home and face his nagging relatives.
‘Should I lend Old Xie a hand?’
Just as he was thinking this, Song Qiuyu made a shooting motion, but in the next second, her body froze.
“Ugh!”
A burst of soreness came from the parts of Song Qiuyu’s body that she thought had recovered. She couldn’t even care about the basketball anymore, and she almost squatted down.
Her trembling legs held steady with great effort.
Her hands tightly gripped the ball she hadn’t thrown yet.
Amidst the discomfort, she seemed to find a spark of light through the fog. There might be something behind Lin An’s abnormal behavior!
‘Could Old Lin have discovered something? Did he go along with my plan just now just to get me to shoot?’
But something still felt off.
She pushed the thought aside for now.
“Uh, Jiang Xiao, I think I ate too much. My stomach feels a bit upset.” She waved to Jiang Xiao with a fake, weak tone.
“Stomach upset?” Xia Qi looked at Lin An.
Lin An smiled without a word, only adjusting his glasses.
He could only say that she was worthy of being Qiu Yu. Her acting was top-notch.
“Qia’er!”
Jiang Xiao immediately supported Song Qiuyu.
“Actually, it’s nothing. I’ll be fine after a little rest. You go get the merchandise for me first!” Song Qiuyu covered her stomach with one small hand, panting as she tried not to let her legs tremble too obviously.
At the same time, she handed the ball to Jiang Xiao.
“I’m leaving this basketball to you, Jiang Xiao!!”
“Yeah, leave it to me.”
Jiang Xiao understood her meaning instantly. He picked up the act and the basketball, then turned to the shooting position to resolve this quickly.
Noticing that the onlookers were all looking at Song Qiuyu and Jiang Xiao with strange eyes, Lin An sighed. It was just shooting a basketball for some merchandise, yet they made it so dramatic.
Xia Qi’s expression became complicated. It was those four words again: “trying to hide it only makes it more obvious.”
She reported the situation truthfully to the two group members who were starving for news.
Jiang Li and Sang Tian both gave her a thumbs-up, telling her to keep following up.
Seeing this, Xia Qi suddenly felt like a paparazzi. After criticizing herself a bit, she looked back at Jiang Xiao.
Thinking about the frequent coordination between him and Song Qiuyu, she couldn’t help but want to laugh.
Strictly speaking, there didn’t seem to be any need for a follow-up. No matter how she looked at it, their romance was going very smoothly.
Whoosh whoosh.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Xiao had already made nine shots.
When it came to the final shot, he held his breath slightly and turned to look at Song Qiuyu.
“Go for it, Jiang Xiao!” Song Qiuyu said to him.
The corners of Jiang Xiao’s mouth curled up slightly. He was very fortunate that although he hadn’t played basketball in a long time, his shooting was still accurate.
He immediately took the final shot.
However, with a clatter, the basketball didn’t go into the net and actually began to spin around the rim!
At this moment, it wasn’t just Jiang Xiao who froze. Song Qiuyu, Lin An, Xia Qi, everyone in line behind them, and even the booth owner became nervous.
Will it go in? Will it not? Is it going in or not?
Oh…
It’s not going in?
Wait…
It’s in!
The booth owner wiped away his sweat.
Jiang Xiao walked toward Song Qiuyu with a smile, holding the merchandise and giving it to her.
Song Qiuyu accepted it with satisfaction.
“Lin An, Xi’er isn’t feeling well. I’m going to take her to find a place to sit and rest first!”
Jiang Xiao said as he took her and left the booth.
Xia Qi and Lin An glanced at them, then focused their attention on each other. Next, it was Xia Qi’s turn to shoot.
“Jiang Xiao, do you think Old Lin and Xia Qi are…”
Song Qiuyu walked through the crowd, thinking back on today’s events.
The more she thought about it, the stranger it felt, and the more she felt that they had likely been exposed.
However, just as she said that, she suddenly felt a gaze that was so cold it made her break out in a cold sweat and made her skin crawl.
She subconsciously turned her head following that feeling, but she found nothing.
Stunned, she could only stare blankly as she searched through the sea of people with her eyes.
‘What was that…?’
‘Just now?’
As her small hand was covered in cold sweat, it was suddenly wrapped in a familiar warmth, causing her heart to skip a beat.
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