A Shy, White-haired Girl Has No Interest In Being Someone's Love Target!

Chapter 251 : Rabbit Plushie

As the sun set, the sky was filled with lingering glow. The rosy clouds stretched to the horizon, as if drawing a period to a time of joy.

"Little sister Yun, wait here for a moment."

By the elevator on the first floor of the mall, Qin Xue suddenly walked away alone before leaving, acting all mysterious.

"What are you going to do?"

"You'll find out soon."

Su Yun stood in place looking confused. She wanted to follow, but Qin Xue had clearly told her to wait.

So she waited.

She stood in a quiet corner, quietly waiting for that familiar silhouette to appear.

But ten minutes passed without her noticing.

Now Su Yun was really getting anxious.

"What's taking so long? Sister Xue didn't run into trouble, did I... I shouldn't have let her go alone!"

Su Yun regretted it. Even in a crowded mall like this, there was still a chance of running into troublemakers.

What if Sister Xue got stopped by someone on the way to the bathroom and no one noticed?

Su Yun didn't hesitate anymore. She took off running into the crowd.

"Excuse me!"

Though the people around her gave her annoyed looks, she didn't care.

Sister Xue, you can't be in trouble!

"Watch where you're going! Eh..."

"I'm sorry!"

Along the way, Su Yun accidentally bumped into people. She could only apologize while running. By the time she was done, she didn't know how many people she'd nearly crashed into.

In moments like this, her nose became incredibly sensitive. Despite the crowd of people, she could pick out that faint milky scent.

Sister Xue...

After running for about a minute, Su Yun followed the scent to the entrance of the arcade.

"Here?"

The place was still as crowded as it had been in the afternoon, with all the machines occupied.

When they'd finally gotten to the claw machine earlier, they'd put in dozens of coins but didn't catch a single one. Then they'd given up. After all, this stuff was pretty expensive.

Su Yun sniffed again with some confusion, and after confirming it was the right place, she went in.

Why would Sister Xue come here? Was she dragged here? Or... was there some hidden power in this mall too, like at school?

That couldn't be...

Su Yun was starting to panic. She clenched her fists and began searching through the arcade. The thing she feared most these days was this—which was why she'd been running around all the time.

Right now, the arcade was mostly filled with parents bringing their children, with a large children's play area in the middle.

As she walked, Su Yun suddenly noticed a crowd of people gathered in a small corner of the arcade.

Though there were many people, they wouldn't normally gather like this.

(Sniff)

"That's it! This is the place!"

Sister Xue was in the middle of that crowd!

Su Yun looked at the idle onlookers and felt an indescribable anger rising in her heart.

Heh, society is so cold... just watching when someone's in trouble... hehe.

An inexplicable sense of restlessness and heaviness filled her heart. The crimson eyes hidden behind her contact lenses flickered ominously.

In that moment, a terrifying thought spread through Su Yun's mind. But for some reason, she felt this sensation was strangely familiar.

If something happened to Sister Xue, everyone here should...

"Sister Xue?"

Su Yun easily pushed past the adult men watching, only to see a girl sitting in front of a claw machine at the center of the crowd.

Beside her was a large box of plushies.

"That's three thousand three hundred total, young lady."

There was also a female worker wearing a name tag crouching beside the claw machine, constantly pulling out plushies from inside.

"Okay."

"Huh?"

Qin Xue was opening her phone to pay when she noticed Su Yun standing in the middle of the crowd.

The other's eyes were flickering with a bright red light, which stood out abnormally in the crowd. This was completely different from what Qin Xue usually saw. Right now, Su Yun gave off an indescribable strange feeling, like some kind of monster.

Fortunately, the people behind Su Yun couldn't see it.

"Little sister Yun, how did you get here..." Qin Xue quickly ran forward and buried the person into her jacket to prevent others from seeing.

The person in her arms was extremely stiff, like stone. It took a while before she softened.

"Mm, Sister Xue, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. What's wrong?"

"Then what are you doing here?"

Because Su Yun's head was pressed in, her voice sounded muffled.

"This..." Qin Xue felt a bit embarrassed to say it.

And this white-haired girl who suddenly appeared had brought lively energy to the scene.

Besides the children's play area in the middle, the arcade machines were surrounded by young people—students from nearby schools who had no classes today and came out to play with their friends.

Compared to before, when things were quiet, they suddenly saw a worker pulling out plushies, which caught their attention. When they passed by to look, there was also a girl with a pretty good figure sitting nearby.

And it wasn't just good—they all wanted to call her mom. So the bored ones naturally gathered around, and eventually they formed a circle. After forming the circle, more people came out of curiosity to watch, so there were even more people.

Then, a white-haired girl suddenly appeared in the crowd. Though her figure wasn't as good as the sitting girl's, she was extremely cute. This attracted their attention. But before long, another girl actually pressed her into 'that place'.

Who could handle this sight!

"What exactly are you doing? Mm, don't press me..."

Su Yun wanted to lift her head, but Qin Xue kept pressing down on her head, forcing her face to bury between two soft mounds.

This is so cramped...

But as long as Sister Xue is okay.

She couldn't see the path. Qin Xue was carrying her from behind, but the position was very strange—face to face, like crabs.

Su Yun didn't understand why she was doing this.

It wasn't until the surrounding noise disappeared and she felt fresh air that the hand on her head finally loosened.

"Mm." Su Yun lifted her head with a muffled sound, breathing in the air eagerly.

And Qin Xue was staring at her.

Right now, Su Yun's pupils revealed a kind of clear stupidity.

"Ha, good thing you're back to normal. Little sister Yun, what was that about earlier?"

Qin Xue let out a sigh of relief. The large bag of plushies she'd been holding also dropped to the ground.

"What was what? Huh?"

Su Yun was dazed, but when she saw the large bag of plushies beside her, she was even more dazed.

She recognized them. The big white rabbit in the middle was the one they couldn't catch all afternoon.

Because this rabbit looked so similar to the one she used to sleep with in kindergarten, she'd been paying special attention to it today.

She used to love it so much. Even after five years, even when it got dirty, she still held it. But later, Mom threw it away...

"Huh?"

"These are all for you, little sister Yun. I'll wash them when we get home." Qin Xue didn't mention Su Yun's strange behavior from just now.

"Huh? How did you get all these??"

"Caught them in a few tries..." Qin Xue looked away somewhat guiltily.

"That's impossible! You didn't catch a single one in dozens of tries this afternoon. How could you catch this many now?"

"..."

"I bought them."

"How much?"

"About a thousand."

The air was filled with an atmosphere called deathly silence.

Su Yun had clearly said she wanted to save money in the afternoon, so Qin Xue hadn't tried many times. But in the end, she'd done it anyway—bought the entire machine at a high price, which was actually a bigger loss.

Qin Xue picked up the bag and carefully handed it to Su Yun: "The worker said that rabbit was the prettiest one in the machine. Once it was bought, no one else could catch it. If I was going to buy it, I had to buy the whole machine."

"Just this once. It won't happen again. Don't be angry, little sister Yun."

Su Yun bit her lip, her face hot: "Idiot!"

"You scared me half to death! It's just a rabbit!"

Su Yun rushed forward and tightly hugged Qin Xue's waist.

She'd thought the bad people from school were here too, and had been worried the whole time.

Qin Xue also hugged Su Yun, and a smile finally appeared on her worried face: "You kept staring at that one all afternoon. How could I possibly bear to just leave? So I had you wait, and I secretly went back. I'm sorry."

"Idiot..."

"Could you move? There are a lot of people who need to get through this door."

Suddenly, a middle-aged woman behind them reminded them impatiently.

"Sorry!"

They quickly grabbed the bag and hurried away.

On the bus ride and the walk home afterward, they attracted a lot of attention because of the large bag of plushies.

Though a thousand was expensive, Su Yun understood Qin Xue's feelings.

About an hour later, as night fell, they finally returned home at the south gate of the school.

Qin Xue stood alone by the faucet on the balcony, looking down at the rabbit.

The rabbit had a transparent little bow tied around its neck, a small blue hat on its head, and was completely white. It really did look quite cute.

"It really does look a lot like little sister Yun."

After washing it, before hanging it to dry, Qin Xue deliberately held the rabbit close.

She treated the rabbit like little sister Yun and gently kissed it on the face.

"~"

"Alright, you dry your butt first. Tomorrow you can keep little sister Yun company."

Qin Xue placed the rabbit plushie on the balcony to dry.

As for the other plushies, they were already put away in the cabinet. They could be used to give to people later.

(End of Chapter)