Chapter 183 – Second Family Outing (3)
The shopping mall was quite busy on the weekends and the clawing machines were the most popular activities with girls and little kiddos. A lot of people were at the clawing machines even during lunch hours. Yan Shuyu and the others were only able to find one available machine, so the four of them had to take turns playing it. Yan Shuyu, acting like an adult, announced, “You kids go first and each of you can only play 10 times each. No trying to go over ten times.”
Surprised by how petty she was with kids, Zhou Qinhe gave Yan Shuyu a resigned look. But, looking at how excited she looked, he finally quietly agreed to her terms.Zhang Yuanjia was still holding Zhou Yi’s hand like an older brother. Taking a deep breath nervously, he said, “Only 10 tries, we must give it our best. I will start first and you watch how I do it, okay?”
Zhou Yi nodded docilely, “Okay.”
“Okay, I am going to start now. Watch carefully.” Zhang Yuanjia stood in front of the machine that was barely taller than him. His tone was so serious as if he was about to enter into a formal competition. Zhou Yi, too, opened up his eyes wide and watched intently at the little big brother to see how this worked.
The very next second, an extra head popped out between the two kiddoes. Yan Shuyu had excitedly joined in to watch.As the saying goes, three’s a company. But after all three of them had taken their turns, never mind a stuffed toy, they weren’t even able to get a hair. Devastated, it was Boss Zhou’s turn. Low and behold, Boss Zhou, the man who said he had never played on a clawing machine before grabbed a stuffed toy on his first try. Even though it finally fell in the middle, that was still the best outcome among all of them. All of the audiences got excited and three pairs of sparkling eyes locked onto him.
Zhou Qinhe was baffled when he noticed that, somewhere down the line, his son now has the exact same look as the mother and son duo. Nevertheless, he maintained his usual gentlemanly smile and said, “Pardon me. Just a small error.”
“That’s pretty good already.” Yan Shuyu was generous at giving him her thumbs up, and then, with a look of anticipation, she walked over to him and said, “I want that green frog. Do you think you can get that?”
“The frog is in the corner. That might be more difficult.” As Boss Zhou commented on it professionally, he adjusted the angle and reached the claw over in that direction.
He patiently tried it a few times. The first couple of times to adjust the angle and finally successfully snagged it on his third try. Naturally, Yan Shuyu had no idea about these strategies, all she heard was the “clank” as the stuffed toy that she had wanted rolled out of the machine. She was excited and started flattering him with her arms in his.
Zhou Qinhe bent over, picked up her frog, and asked her, “What else do you want?”
Yan Shuyu wanted the panda too. She had her eyes on it for a while now, but when she looked down and saw the two excited faces, she still said in her adult way, “You should get them something too.”
Zhou Qinhe’s eyes flickered before he realized that he had almost forgotten that his own son was right there. Of course, he was too skilled to let that show on his look. His lips curved, upward and he put on the perfect smile. “What do you two want?”
Zhang Yuanjia wanted a cute little lion. Zhou Yi didn’t want anything in particular, so he also asked for a lion. Not only did Zhou Qinhe fulfill all of their requests, he also got the panda that Yan Shuyu wanted in the end before he stopped and kindly suggested that it was time to go to lunch.
Yan Shuyu wasn’t all that greedy after all. This was the first time she was able to win anything out of a clawing machine, and she couldn’t be any happier. And just like that, with a frog in one hand and the little panda in the other, she went to lunch with the boss. When they were waiting for their food to be served, she happily took a picture and posted it onto her friends’ circle.
Manager Yang’s remark came right away. “Impressive. Who got those for you?”