187 - Plight

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With a face full of sweat, Lin Guiying rushed to the mall. Not responding to Zhou Lei's text made her feel bad, so she made sure to finish up as early as possible today.

Her employers, the company, and even Shao Lingxin was shocked. She had never seen her be this efficient before.

Because of that, Shao Lingxin reluctantly allowed Lin Guiying to go to the mall, but only if she wore her school disguise.

"He should still be there, right?" Lin Guiying didn't know whether her friend had left the arcade, but she was pretty sure that it would be otherwise.

After all, he had spent an hour straight just playing DDR. It made her think that he was addicted to the game.

"Damn that manager...!" Despite the fact that Shao Lingxin let her go here, she didn't give her back her phone.

Instead, she received Shao Lingxin's old phone that was only capable of texting and calling.

Otherwise, she would have responded to Zhou Lei's message by now.

Eventually, Lin Guiying reached the arcade. The smell of snacks and pizza wafted through the air, and there was also this unknown stench...

As she got closer to the DDR machine, a sound came into her ears. It's 'Despaghetti'! That means... Lei must be there.

'Despaghetti' was the hardest song on Dance Dance Revolution and was the song that Zhou Lei despised the most.

She arrived at the machine, expecting to see a familiar hoodie. Instead, there was a random guy stepping on random tiles.

"Uh..." Lin Guiying clicked her tongue. I thought it would be Lei...

She left the arcade with a tired expression. Damn it, I just wasted my time.

Home was now her current destination. However, she wanted to stop for a coffee break first.

Near the arcade was one café named StarLars. It was relatively popular.

She went closer to the café, until she saw a familiar hoodie through the glass wall.

"Zhou... Lei?" Lin Guiying's eyebrows raised. Indeed, it couldn't be mistaken.

To drink his coffee, Zhou Lei had his facemask down, which made it easy for Lin Guiying to identify him. What is he doing there?

His mouth moved. He's talking? To who?

She gazed in the direction that Zhou Lei was looking at and saw a girl with dark skin and similarly dark hair facing him.

"That is Fan Xinyue..." At that moment, Lin Guiying felt her heart shake.

She left the mall despondently.

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