The boyfriend of the haughty girl had tampered with the dolls, harnessing his cultivation power to support a doll that was about to fall through the window and escort it safely into the plastic bin.
Thus, when the claw returned to its original position, the doll fell out from inside the machine—a successful capture.
Xiaofang and Lin Yifan exchanged glances and burst into laughter together.
"How about that, shocked, are you? If you've got no skills, don't embarrass yourself here." The haughty girl picked up the doll she had just captured, flaunting it with immense pride while also unable to resist mocking Su Qingqing and her friends.
Su Qingqing and the others really had rage but couldn't retort, feeling extremely frustrated.
The fact was that someone indeed had made a successful grab, and you hadn't managed to grab even one, so you have no grounds to criticize others.
Seeing Su Qingqing and her friends with their pretty faces red with anger, the haughty girl couldn't help but snicker, extremely pleased with herself.
That was exactly the effect she wanted, exactly the scene she wanted to see.
Suddenly, she realized how "manly," awesome, and secure her boyfriend was, thinking she would be happy by his side for a lifetime; and for tonight's hotel rendezvous, she might already be mentally prepared.
Seeing his own girlfriend being mocked, there was no way Lin Yifan could stand idly by; so he retorted, "It's just grabbing a doll, what's there to be so proud of?"
"Are you implying that you're very awesome?" the haughty girl asked, sneering.
She thought Lin Yifan was a useless man; otherwise, he would have helped his girlfriend grab a doll by now. So she sneered at Lin Yifan's contempt, wondering why he had the audacity to say that.
"I've always been awesome, you just didn't know it." Lin Yifan responded coolly.
"If that's the case, why don't you grab one and show me?" the haughty girl asked sarcastically.
She didn't believe a word Lin Yifan said, thinking it was all bluff with no real ability; therefore, she made this request, wanting Lin Yifan to embarrass himself in public.
Lin Yifan, of course, understood the haughty girl's intentions, but as the saying goes, you rise from where you fall. The current conflict was not between him and the haughty girl but between his girlfriend and the haughty girl; hence, he wanted his own girlfriend to defeat the haughty girl and regain her dignity.
So he answered, "What's the fun in me grabbing? It's more interesting if my girlfriend does it. Do you believe she can grab a doll?"
"I don't believe it!" the haughty girl replied bluntly, without hesitation.
In her mind, only her boyfriend could grab a doll, and no one else could.
However, this was a narrow-minded confidence, destined to be disproven.
The haughty girl was full of confidence, but her boyfriend began to harbor serious doubts.
Noticing how calm Lin Yifan had been throughout, as if he saw through everything, combined with such a confident demeanor, the haughty girl's boyfriend couldn't help but suspect Lin Yifan might be a cultivator.
He was also a cultivator, but at a lower realm, unsure whether he could handle Lin Yifan.
"Very well! I'll let my girlfriend prove it to you!" Lin Yifan responded confidently; then turned around and said to Su Qingqing, "Qingqing, try one more time for her, prove your strength."
"Me? Can I really do it?" Su Qingqing couldn't help doubting herself, feeling quite insecure.
This wasn't her fault; a series of failures had shattered her confidence, forcing her to question her own abilities.
"Trust me, you can do it!" Lin Yifan gave Su Qingqing a shot of courage with his utterly believing gaze, reassuring her.
Although Su Qingqing didn't understand why Lin Yifan was so sure she could succeed, since he said so, there must be a reason behind it; perhaps she really could succeed. Thus, driven by newfound confidence, she accepted the challenge.
She took the game coin Lin Yifan handed her, then dropped it into the claw machine, activating it.
The next moment, she manipulated the lever, moved the claw, and prepared to grab a doll from inside the machine.
Having chosen a position, she hesitated whether or not to press the confirm button.
This was a display of extreme lack of confidence, having been severely impacted by previous failures, leaving behind a psychological shadow.
Seeing Su Qingqing hesitate so much, Lin Yifan came over, lifted her hand, and gently persuaded her, "Don't be afraid, press it, you will definitely succeed."
For some reason, as long as Lin Yifan was there, Su Qingqing would have boundless confidence.
Thus, driven by the power of confidence and love, she pressed the confirm button and grabbed the doll. The source of this content ɪs NovelHub(.)net
Quickly, the claw dived into the pile of dolls and grabbed one.
The next second, the claw lifted, incidentally grabbing a doll.
However, because it was too loose, it felt like it could drop at any time.
Watching this scene, Su Qingqing suddenly lost her confidence again; she had encountered this situation many times before and failed without exception.
"Ah! It's still no good!" Su Qingqing sighed in her heart, feeling helpless.
Zhou Jiajia and Lin Yifei felt it was likely to fail as well.
On the other side, the arrogant woman was quite pleased with herself. She seemed to foresee the result, seemingly seeing Lin Yifan ridiculed and unable to show his face.
Just when everyone thought this would definitely fail, a miracle happened, the doll didn't fall but was lifted up, following the claw back to its original position.
The next moment, with a "plop," the doll dropped from the prize outlet, and Su Qingqing caught the doll!
Su Qingqing, Zhou Jiajia, and Lin Yifei couldn't believe it; they hadn't expected this result.
Based on their gaming experience just now, the doll should have fallen; why didn't it?
The only thing they could think of was Lin Yifan.
Lin Yifan was so confident, he definitely had a one hundred percent certainty that Su Qingqing would catch the doll, and he might have used his cultivation power.
"No wonder he was so confident, so this is why." Su Qingqing and her friends had an epiphany, understanding how this defiance of reality was accomplished.
When they were playing earlier, Lin Yifan was just watching on the side and didn't lend a hand, so their failure was quite normal.
Now that Lin Yifan had intervened and helped Su Qingqing, it would have been difficult for her not to catch the doll.
On the other side, the arrogant woman was dumbfounded, unable to believe that Su Qingqing had actually caught the doll, which ruined the mocking remarks she had prepared.
Meanwhile, her boyfriend frowned deeply, having guessed correctly.
Lin Yifan truly was a cultivator, and his realm seemed to be higher than his; however, it was only a seeming, not very clear.
"How could it not have fallen? It must have been cheating, definitely cheating!" The arrogant woman's face was full of disbelief, thinking that Su Qingqing was cheating, which was not at all fair and square.
"If you catch it yourself, it's not cheating, but when my woman does, it's cheating? What kind of logic is that? If you can't take it, don't stand here blabbering." Lin Yifan looked at her with disdain, thus venting some of Su Qingqing's frustration.