Then let the witch offer her loyalty

On this day marking the boundary between summer and autumn, there are many activities in Twin Cities, such as the Moon Festival in the south of the city today.

Chen Mo thought that it had been a long time since he had spent much time with Dong Xiaobai since the last time he performed the cube resonance, so he asked her to go to the temple fair in the evening.

Dong Xiaobai readily agreed.

However, just as he made an appointment with Dong Xiaobai, Luo Miaoyou came to find Chen Moxin, also wanting to invite him to the temple fair.

Having already promised Dong Xiaobai, Chen Moxin certainly couldn't break her promise.

Playing with three people together is even more absurd; wouldn't that be a living hell?

How could the clever Xiao Chen allow such a ridiculous thing to happen?

Chen Moxin declined Luo Miaoyou's invitation, making an excuse that she had something to do for dinner and had made plans with someone else.

But as the saying goes, you have to treat everyone fairly.

I promised Sister Xiaobai, but I can't let Sister Mio suffer, can I?

So, Chen Moxin transformed into a time management master, carefully studied the evening's schedule, and devised a plan.

I got off work at 17:30 pm, took the subway to the Chengnan Temple Fair, and arrived at around 18:10 pm.

Between 18:10 PM and 19:30 PM, I accompanied Dong Xiaobai to the temple fair, where we ate snacks and had a great time.

At 19:30 PM, I said goodbye to Dong Xiaobai and then went straight to find Luo Lingyou to have tea and admire the moon.

The location has been found; it's a teahouse in the north of the city, a little over an hour's subway ride away, arriving around 21 PM, which is the perfect time for moon viewing.

The temple fair was in the south of the city, while the teahouse was in the north. The two avoided each other completely to prevent being seen.

perfect.

At 17:29 PM, Chen Moxin had already packed all her things.

As soon as it was time to leave work, he quickly shut down his computer, clocked out, and headed to the temple fair in the south of the city.

Dong Xiaobai was already waiting at the agreed location. Today, instead of wearing her usual maid outfit, she changed into casual clothes, looking youthful and radiant, like a girl who had stepped out of a manga, attracting the admiring glances of countless passersby.

"Sister Xiaobai." Chen Moxin stepped out from the crowd and waved to her.

Dong Xiaobai smiled sweetly, stepped forward and handed him the portable bag in her hand: "You haven't eaten yet after get off work, have you? I made you some rice balls, have some to tide you over."

Chen Moxin took out rice balls, which were tuna flavored and smelled very delicious.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you?"

"Okay, you eat first."

Dong Xiaobai is like that. Even when she eats at home, she always waits for Chen Wenzhe and Chen Moxin to start eating before she picks up her chopsticks.

In fact, there are no such ridiculous rules at home, such as who should start eating first and who should start eating later. Chen Wenzhe and Chen Moxin don't care about these things at all.

But Dong Xiaobai is just that self-aware; she's obedient and sensible, which is why Lao Chen loves her so much.

Chen Moxin raised her hand and gently pinched that little face, smiling softly, "Let's go, eat and stroll around. We haven't gone out together in a long time, let's spend some quality time together today."

Chapter 171 A Battlefield, Danger

Night fell like silk, enveloping the towering skyscrapers of the Twin Cities. The moon hung high in the sky, and the stone-paved streets along the river in the south of the city were brightly lit. Red palace lanterns were hung high, and the lantern shadows swayed in the evening breeze.

The makeshift stalls stretched as far as the eye could see, with vendors enthusiastically greeting passersby and their calls echoing throughout the area.

"Freshly baked mooncakes, with both red bean paste and salted egg yolk fillings!"

"Let's have some sugar painting! Kids, line up!"

"Pitch-pot game, prize for hitting the target!"

The air was filled with the aroma of roasted glutinous rice cakes, osmanthus wine, and sugar-roasted chestnuts. Children ran around laughing, waving paper lanterns and windmills. Performers in costumes performed on stilts on stage, and the clanging of gongs drew cheers from the crowd.

Chen Moxin walked ahead at a leisurely pace, with Dong Xiaobai following quietly behind him. The two walked through the crowd, with the flickering light of lanterns overhead and the everyday life around them.

The moon was hidden between the high-rise buildings and the sea of ​​lights, its whiteness made by the city lights appear even whiter, yet it remained clear. Dong Xiaobai would sometimes look at the bustling street scenes, and sometimes at Chen Moxin's profile, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, an expression that rippled from the bottom of her heart, showing that she was truly happy.

As they walked, accompanied by a girl's giggles, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind them: "Hey? Chen Moxin, Xiaobai, you two are here too?"

Chen Moxin turned her head and saw Chen Wenzhe standing there smiling at them, with several young and beautiful girls beside him.

"Brother Chen, who is this?"

"Oh, this is my son, and that girl is... my daughter."

"Wow, Brother Chen's child is so good-looking~ But it's only natural that Brother Chen is so handsome~"

"Haha, baby, you're so good with words."

Upon hearing Chen Wenzhe say that she was his daughter, Dong Xiaobai was very surprised and lowered her head, somewhat at a loss.

Chen Moxin, of course, knew the intention behind it.

If Old Chen said, "This is my servant," others would definitely look down on Dong Xiaobai, so he deliberately changed his words, since she really was no different from his daughter.

Despite his inward praise, Chen Moxin still sarcastically remarked, "Old Chen, you're almost fifty, and you still have the nerve to let people call you 'brother'? How can you be so shameless?"

Chen Wenzhe waved his hand and said, "Go away, you're the most annoying one. Ask anyone who has seen me, and they all say I look like I'm thirty years old."

Chen Mo thought to himself: Hehe, if you weren't a rich guy, do you think they would still say that?

Chen Wenzhe looked at the two children, clapped his hands, and said with emotion, "Oh, it's rare to see the two of you out playing together, good! Very good! Have fun outside tonight."

"If you ask me, don't go home at night. Book a guesthouse or something and spend the night out together as a couple. Young people should cherish their youth."

Chen Moxin shook her head: "I'll skip staying up all night. I have something to do around 7 o'clock. Xiaobai should be home early."

Chen Wenzhe clicked his tongue, his expression somewhat displeased.

"You only take her out for a short while because there's a temple fair?"

"I'm a very busy person, I made plans to enjoy the moon with someone, haha."

"Moon viewing? Then you might as well bring Little White along."

"No, no, that's a colleague's gathering. It's not appropriate to bring family members."

Chen Wenzhe thought about it and agreed, saying, "Alright then, whatever you want. You guys continue shopping, I won't keep you any longer. I'm going to play with the little girls now."

After saying goodbye to Chen Wenzhe, Chen Moxin and Dong Xiaobai continued to stroll through the temple fair, chatting along the way.

"The master is really popular with girls."

"He's really old in years but young at heart, still making a fuss at his age... I wonder if he'll actually find me a stepmother someday."

Do you want a stepmother?

"I don't really care about that. It depends on the person. If someone can be my stepmother, Chen Moxin, then they definitely can't be an ordinary person, haha."

As the two walked and talked, they suddenly bumped into several acquaintances in the crowd ahead.

"Chen Moxin?"

Yang Jie was seen holding his daughter's hand with his left hand and his wife's hand with his right, the three of them strolling through the temple fair, enjoying themselves immensely.

Lei Lie and Alexander stood opposite this family, seemingly having just met by chance.

Chen Mo thought to herself: What's going on today? Why is everyone here at the temple fair in the south of the city?

"So that's why you were rushing off work. Turns out you were meeting someone at the temple fair." Yang Jie glanced at Dong Xiaobai and asked, "And who is this?"

Chen Moxin introduced, "My older sister is Dong Xiaobai. Xiaobai, this is Captain Yang, my boss."

Dong Xiaobai nodded gracefully to Yang Jie: "Hello, Brother Yang."

"Oh my, I'm already so old, and you still call me brother. Young lady, you really know how to talk." Yang Jie smiled, his doubts now cleared up.

He was quite surprised to see Chen Moxin and Dong Xiaobai walking together.

Because Chen Moxin has been getting along really well with Luo Lingyou at work lately, he was wondering, "Why is this guy hooking up with other girls as soon as he steps out? Is he a hidden scumbag?"

Now that I hear it, I realize it's my older sister, so it's alright.

Chen Moxin continued to introduce Yang Jie's wife and children to Dong Xiaobai, as well as Alexander and Lei Lie. She also greeted each of them politely.

Yang Jie gestured with his chin toward the bustling crowd: "I just bumped into Lei Liezhong and the others. How about we take a stroll together?"

“Okay, let’s go.” Unlike Chen Wenzhe, Yang Jie was an outsider, and it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to leave after only a few words, so Chen Moxin agreed.

The happiest person at this moment was undoubtedly Yang Jie's daughter, Nannan. She was already happy enough that the three of them were out having fun.

Three older brothers and one older sister arrived midway through the journey. She talked to one person and smiled at another, her face beaming with a bright smile.

As they walked, Nannan's gaze settled, and she pointed to a stall not far away, saying, "Daddy, I want the prize there."

"Nannan" refers to a shooting stall with many prizes on display, including but not limited to four-wheel drive cars, dolls, and figurines. You can take them away as long as you hit a certain number of rings.

These shooting booths now use electro-optical guns, partly to avoid the legal risks associated with air guns.

On the other hand, this photoelectric gun is highly accurate; if you aim correctly, you aim correctly, and if you don't aim correctly, you don't aim incorrectly. There won't be any situation where you clearly aim but miss, making the gaming experience excellent.

Of course, these guns are expensive to manufacture, and the price for each round is also higher, at 20 yuan for 10 shots each time.

To break even, you need to achieve very high scores, which is almost impossible for ordinary people. Therefore, opening this kind of stall is a sure-fire way to make money.

Upon hearing Nannan's voice, the shooting stall owner smiled warmly, a hint of slyness in his expression: "Little sister, come and play if you like, it's a lot of fun."

Yang Jie is a doting father; if his daughter says she wants something, he can't possibly refuse.

With Chen Moxin present, Yang Jie smiled at him and said, "How about a friendly match?"

"Okay, I'll go first." Chen Moxin scanned the code to pay, picked up the electro-optical rifle, and began firing.

The boss realized something was wrong after only a few shots were fired.

The equipment standards for the photoelectric rifle are the same as those for the Olympic air rifle. The target distance is 10 meters, and the center of the target paper ring is only slightly larger than a Nongfu Spring bottle cap. The diameter of the 10 rings in the middle is only 0.5 millimeters.

For ordinary people without professional training, being able to hit the target every time is considered quite talented; most people would find even hitting the target difficult.

But this customer's marksmanship was ridiculously good, mostly scoring above 10 points, even hitting 10.7 points once, and his worst shot still scored 9.1 points.

After firing 10 shots, the total score was exactly 97.6 rings, which would directly qualify him for the first prize.

Chen Moxin put the gun down and smiled at Nannan, "Nannan, what do you want? Pick whatever you like."

Under the boss's pained gaze, Nannan cheered and took away a box of figurines worth five or six hundred yuan.

Next up is Yang Jie. As a seasoned hunter, his marksmanship is naturally better than Chen Moxin's. He scored 101.4 points in 10 shots.

Yang Jie smiled victoriously at Chen Moxin and proudly said to Nannan, "Baby, pick whatever you want."

And so, the boss watched helplessly as Nannan took away an imported four-wheel drive toy car.

Seeing that Yang Jie still wanted to play, the boss's eyes lit up and he chuckled, "Brother, there are so many of you, why don't you take turns playing? Or let that strong young man over there give it a try."

Lei Lie pointed to himself: "Me?"

"Yes, yes, it's you." The boss immediately beckoned Lei Lie over.

He thought to himself: "He's so big, but he looks clumsy. He definitely won't be able to play well."

Then, Lei Lie picked up his gun and gave the boss a little shock from the National Defense Army.

Lei Lie may look a bit simple-minded, but he was a real soldier, and an outstanding one at that. How could his shooting skills be bad?

Chen Moxin scored 99.1 out of 10 shots, slightly worse than Yang Jie, but significantly higher than Yang Jie.

"Yay! Brother is so amazing!" Once again, Nannan took away a box of Gundam models.

The boss was so angry he was practically fuming.

what's the situation? !

Are a group of professionals here to cause trouble?!

Unwilling to let someone else win so many prizes, he pointed at Dong Xiaobai and said, "Men should be modest and not just play by themselves. Girl, come up and have a go."

Dong Xiaobai looked to Chen Moxin for her opinion, and after receiving permission, she came up and picked up the photoelectric rifle.

This round surprised not only the boss, but also Yang Jie.

10 shots, 105.2 rings!

"Wow, girl, you're from the shooting team?" Yang Jie found it incredible; he had only ever seen such accurate marksmanship from professional shooting athletes.

With an average score of 10.52 rings, they could compete in the Olympics and win glory for the country.

Dong Xiaobai smiled shyly: "You flatter me, I have practiced for a while."