Pretty and charming, dressed in the 90s, she's good at everything from making money to causing

Liang Tianxing, frustrated and disappointed, dragged Zhang Haizhu away.

In the convenience store, Liang Tianxing pointed at the items on the shelves and went on a shopping spree while earnestly instructing, "Zhuzi, you're trying to woo a girl, not become her mother. What she wants to eat isn't important. What's important is that you can get whatever she wants to eat, understand?"

Zhang Haizhu was immediately astonished: "How do you know all this? You've never even chased after a girl before!"

Liang Tianxing wiped his face somewhat awkwardly: "I've studied it."

"Where did you do your research?"

"Read a book."

"Which masterpiece?" Zhang Haizhu rubbed his hands together, begging for the secret manual. "Does the library have it?"

Liang Tianxing glanced at his brother sleeping on the upper bunk, sighed, and then selflessly offered his list of books for pursuing girls: "Zhang Ailing, Zhang Henshui, and Lin Yutang. So far, I've only finished reading the works of these three."

"what?"

Zhang Haizhu was stunned.

He thought for a moment and said, "I have read 'Love in a Fallen City,' but it... doesn't talk about how to pursue a girl."

Liang Tianxing stuffed all the snacks into a plastic bag and looked at Zhang Haizhu with disdain: "Are you stupid? When Fan Liuyuan was pursuing Bai Liusu, he invited her to Hong Kong and provided her with the best of everything. You only care about her beauty and not about the extravagance."

Zhang Haizhu touched his nose and said softly, "I think I should let her feel my sincere feelings first."

Liang Tianxing rolled his eyes at him: "I think she sees you as her grandmother right now."

Zhang Haizhu was annoyed by his repeated retorts: "But Jiang Zongzhui didn't spend any money either, did he? Fatty, you have a problem with your values."

Although Liang Tianxing has lost weight, they still habitually call him Fatty.

Liang Tianxing patted Zhu Zi's shoulder heavily: "Brother, if you had Jiang Zong's face, you really wouldn't need to work hard."

Zhang Haizhu: "..."

As they were talking, the door to the convenience store was pushed open again.

Jiang Zong strode in, took five hot water bottles, and said to the proprietress who was eating sunflower seeds and watching the commotion, "Excuse me, could you please fill them with hot water?"

"Okay," the landlady glanced at Jiang Zong a few more times without realizing it, muttering, "The young man is really good-looking." With that, she went to boil water.

Liang Tianxing looked at Zhang Haizhu, as if to say: Look, even Auntie thinks he's good-looking. What are you comparing yourself to him for?

Zhang Haizhu was quite embarrassed. He touched his nose again before remembering to ask, "Jiang Zong, why did you buy a hot water bottle?"

Jiang Zong: "Cold."

"..."

Indeed, people usually don't buy hot water bottles because they're hot.

That answer is...perfectly correct.

Liang Tianxing put his arm around Zhang Haizhu's shoulder and said earnestly, "Zhuzi, that's how you pursue a girl. You either have to be good-looking, talented, rich, or considerate and attentive, spending time with her every day. You have to have at least one of these qualities, otherwise what would a girl want from you? Does she need a grandpa at home or an ancestor on her grave?"

Zhu Zi was utterly defeated. After hesitating for a long time, he finally remembered to ask, "Fatty, you've studied the art of pursuing girls so thoroughly, do you have a target in mind?"

"I...I...I didn't...no!" Liang Tianxing lied with wide eyes.

"you……"

"Hey, the hot water bottle is here!"

The proprietress took out five hot water bottles that had developed a plastic smell from being scalded by boiling water, and handed them to Jiang Zong with a smile, gently instructing him, "Young man, be careful not to burn yourself."

"Thank you."

Jiang Zong paid the bill, then looked back at his two roommates who were rambling on and on: "Aren't you leaving?"

"Oh, let's go." Liang Tianxing started walking, not forgetting to say to Zhuzi, "Remember to pay me."

Zhang Haizhu: "...?"

Why did he suddenly feel that this guy's rambling about extravagance and debauchery was just to get him to pay the bill?

Fortunately, Zhang Haizhu was not short of money. He spent less than ten yuan to buy a bunch of snacks and returned to the video arcade next door. Before he could even get close to Wu Yan, he noticed that all five girls had a hot water bottle in their arms.

Liang Tianxing sat on the stool, glancing sideways at Zhang Haizhu, as if to say: Look at him, look at you!

Zhang Haizhu finally snapped out of his unconscious pursuit of girls and immediately followed suit, handing out snacks to the girls in plastic bags.

The girls giggled and took their favorite snacks, then stuffed money into Zhang Haizhu's hand.

Zhu Zi's pursuit of the girl turned into a middleman operation where he didn't make a single penny.

He sat down sadly behind Wu Yan, looked at her thick hair, and sighed deeply.

This video arcade had six rows of benches on each side, with three people sitting on each bench, and a color TV in front of it. The environment wasn't very nice.

And it's a bit cold.

This was Lin's first comment after listening in.

So Jiang Zong went to buy a hot water bottle.

Lin Ting was holding a hot water bottle and couldn't eat snacks with her hands free. Jiang Zong took a bag of peanuts, peeled them one by one, gently rubbed them to remove the red skin, and a round peanut kernel slid into her mouth through his fingertips.

Lin Ting crunched on peanuts and gave half of the hot water bottle in her arms to Jiang Zong: "I'm not hungry, you eat it yourself."

"Mmm." Jiang Zong answered smoothly, but his hands didn't stop moving. He even put the hot water bottle back into her arms. "Hold it, I'm not cold."

Actually, the other girls didn't feel cold either; they were all dressed warmly. Only Lin Ting, who had just returned from Shanghai, had forgotten to wear warm clothes in the morning because she was still half asleep.

As we were talking, the previous movie finished playing, and the ending credits showed "Ruan Lingyu," a film from last year.

After the movie ended, some people left, some paid to continue watching, and others came in.

After the proprietress collected the money, she changed the movie; this time it was "The Deer and the Cauldron".

Lin Ting couldn't remember how many times she had watched this movie, but when Chingmy Yau appeared, she couldn't help but whisper, "Chingmy Yau is so beautiful."

Jiang Zong looked up, and just as the camera stopped rolling around Qiu Shuzhen, he asked, "How beautiful is she?"

Lin Ting said with a grin, "Just as good-looking as me."

Jiang Zong paused slightly, and after a moment said in a low voice, "That is indeed very beautiful."

His ears were slightly red as the television screen flickered.

The two of them were sitting on the bench on the left, and Liang Tianxing and Zhang Haizhu were at the other end of the aisle.

The whispers between the two reached the ears of the other two.

Liang Tianxing stepped on Zhang Haizhu's foot.

Zhang Haizhu, suddenly inspired, took a bag of beef jerky, moved forward, and stretched his hand between Wu Yan and Li Zhi in the front row, then...

The two girls were startled.

"Thank you, thank you."

Wu Yan and Li Zhi each took a piece of beef jerky.

Before Wu Yan could turn her head, Zhang Haizhu said, "I think you're just as beautiful as Chingmy Yau."

Wu Yan exclaimed "Ah!" and said, "But I like Sandra Ng."

Zhang Haizhu looked at Liang Tianxing for help.

Liang Tianxing buried his face in his palms: "What a disaster!"