Chapter 966 - 966: Catching Plush Toys

Hua Ling sighed and started to speak, "During this time, I…"

"Munch munch." The sound of eating.

"I've been with the Demon Suppression Action Team, actually…"

"Slurp slurp." The sound of slurping noodles.

"I really don't get it, why would Master have me…"

"Puh! Puh!" The sound of spitting out bones.

Hua Ling bit her lips tightly, glaring fiercely at Xiao Feng, who was eating heartily and making all sorts of noises to disturb her.

Xiao Feng, however, didn't notice at all, continuing to eat and drink with his chopsticks never pausing.

"Bang!"

Hua Ling finally couldn't bear it any longer and slammed her fist on the table, angrily saying, "Can't you just listen to me properly?"

"Go ahead, I'm not busy, I can hear you." Xiao Feng mumbled back with his mouth full.

"You!" Hua Ling felt both angry and wronged.

She had spent almost all her savings just to get this kind of result?

At that moment, the pressure from her high position, combined with Xiao Feng's absent-minded disregard, overwhelmed the girl. Tears flowed from her eyes.

Hua Ling stood up, rubbed her eyes vigorously, took a few deep breaths, and started walking toward the door with red eyes.

"Don't forget to settle the bill before you leave."

Xiao Feng's voice came from behind her.

Hua Ling stopped in her tracks, turned around angrily, walked toward him aggressively, and grabbed the shameless person still eating and drinking, gritting her teeth, "I'm going to give you a beating!"

"Right now?" Xiao Feng looked up to meet her eyes.

"Yes!"

"Then let's find a different place; we'd have to pay for any damages here."

With just a few words, the two of them, led by the waitress, headed toward the hotel's entertainment venue.

The space inside was large, equipped with various fitness equipment like dumbbells, barbells, a swimming pool, and treadmills.

The second floor had a chess room and a billiard hall.

Due to the time, there weren't many people around.

Xiao Feng brought Hua Ling to a boxing ring, slipping on a pair of gloves as he asked, "Do you know the rules?"

"I know!" Hua Ling coldly stated, "The rule is to knock your teeth out all over the floor."

"No kicking, only fist fighting, got it?" Xiao Feng confirmed as he tossed a pair of gloves over.

Hua Ling caught them, and as she put on the gloves, she sneered, "I don't need to use my feet to beat you."

Both of them got into the ring, Hua Ling swinging her fists wildly, launching an unstructured attack.

The result of such chaotic punching was inevitable; Xiao Feng easily caught an opening and delivered a punch for a KO!

"Yaaahhh!"

Getting back up, Hua Ling charged again, focusing all her rage into her punches, hitting with extra force.

However, she wasn't entirely without learning, as she gradually began to find her own rhythm instead of flailing wildly.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

The sound of fists colliding echoed repeatedly, showing no sign of slowing down.

...

Twenty minutes later, both lay on the ring head to head, panting heavily, their clothes and hair soaked with sweat.

Xiao Feng chuckled and asked, "Satisfied?"

"Not satisfied, I haven't knocked your teeth out yet." Hua Ling puffed her cheeks, showing a trace of discontent.

However, she quickly realized that the earlier unhappiness seemed to have vanished following this unconventional boxing match.

She turned her head slightly, looked at Xiao Feng's profile, and mused, "Could this have all been his doing?"

Intentionally provoking her to stir up negative emotions and then helping her release them through this method.

At this thought, a glint of understanding flashed in Hua Ling's eyes, and she felt touched.

A moment later, she sat up, braced herself with one hand on the ground, and pressing down sharply, she gazed into Xiao Feng's eyes and said, "Thanks for this time!"

With that, she quickly jumped off the ring.

Xiao Feng sat up, looking at the departing Hua Ling with a puzzled expression.

He had made her spend so much unnecessary money and even beaten her up, and she still thanked him?

Thank him for what?

To figure this out, Xiao Feng thought he'd first need to understand whether the other party's IQ was in check when she was thanking him just now.

Was it online?

Or offline?

If offline, then it was quite normal.

But if it was online…

Xiao Feng's eyes widened, and he leapt up in a swift motion, chasing after Hua Ling in the direction she had left.

Because he suddenly thought of a possibility, that if her IQ was online just now, and she thanked him before immediately running away, the reason might be… to dine and dash!

...

The fact proved that Xiao Feng's worry seemed unfounded.

Because shortly after chasing, he spotted Hua Ling.

At this time, the girl was standing in front of a claw machine.

There were no lights on inside, so it presumably wasn't plugged in.

Xiao Feng looked around and saw a staff member in a suit nearby, so he walked over and pointed at the claw machine, asking, "Is that still playable?"

The staff member was momentarily stunned but smiled and said, "Yes, if you want to play, I can plug it in right away.

But…"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Feng pulled out a black card with gold edges and handed it over.

The staff member's eyes instantly widened. He had only seen samples and photos of this card during training, and this was his first time seeing the real thing.

"Please wait a moment!"

The staff member bowed and said, took out the card reader attached to his waist, and swiped Xiao Feng's card.

After checking the information on it, he again signaled Xiao Feng to wait a bit, then ran off, returning with a big handful of game tokens: "You can grab whichever one you want."

Xiao Feng didn't hesitate, pocketing them before whispering a few words to the staff member, who nodded repeatedly in agreement. Then, tidying up his clothes, he walked towards Hua Ling, smiling: "Would you like to play the claw machine?"

"Does it cost money?" Hua Ling immediately asked warily.

"Not real money, but it requires game tokens."

Hua Ling continued asking: "Are the game tokens free?"

"Well… no, it's a one-to-one exchange, one game token per yuan," the staff member replied while switching on the power.

The inside of the claw machine lit up immediately, and the display outside showed "Please Insert Coin."

Hua Ling was about to ask the staff member where to exchange the tokens, but when she looked up, she found the person had already walked away.

"Hey, don't go, you haven't told me where to exchange the tokens!" Hua Ling called out.

However, hearing her shout, the staff member didn't turn back. Instead, he ran faster, disappearing from sight in an instant.

"What's going on?" Xiao Feng asked with a smile, casually tossing a game token in his hand.

Hua Ling was taken aback, but seeing that what Xiao Feng held wasn't a regular coin, she couldn't help but ask: "Where did you get the game tokens?"

"The staff member just now gave them, said they were randomly distributed." Xiao Feng lied with a straight face.

Hua Ling pointed at a pink bunny inside and said, "Can you help me grab that one?"

"What do you think?" Xiao Feng grinned mischievously.

"Taking advantage of the situation!" Hua Ling said in a tone as if she saw through everything, "You must be trying to take advantage, right?"

Xiao Feng's smile brightened even more: "You really get me."