Running Away While Pregnant with the Villain’s Child - Chapter 20

Walking over to the shooting gallery, Luo Xingran’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the first-prize doll displayed at the top. Indeed, the moment she saw the Crayon Shin-chan plush, her attention had been completely captivated.

In her previous life, she was an orphan. From the time she could walk, she was helping the orphanage teachers with chores; the only cartoon she had ever watched was Crayon Shin-chan.

She remembered it clearly—it was the summer between elementary and middle school. A new teacher had arrived at the orphanage and used her phone to show the children cartoons.

Back then, the teacher played Crayon Shin-chan. Luo Xingran didn’t know what a “cartoon” was, nor did she understand why the child in the animation could be so happy.

It was from that day that Luo Xingran began to envy children with parents. She believed that as long as one had a mom and dad, they could be as happy as Shin-chan.

Although she later learned that not every child with parents lived such a carefree life, she had loved Crayon Shin-chan ever since.

To put it simply, he represented a dream that was forever out of her reach.

“Do you want that?” Pei Junzhuo easily noticed that Luo Xingran’s mind had drifted away. She looked at Luo Xingran with a tender, doting smile.

“I don’t like it that much, but it would be nice if I could get it,” Luo Xingran said stubbornly, though the burning light in her eyes couldn’t deceive Pei Junzhuo.

“Then shall we give it a try?” Pei Junzhuo took her hand and led her toward the owner’s booth.

“Ah, you want to challenge that one? You’ve got great taste! Picking my ‘Treasure of the Shop’ right off the bat! I’m telling you, this doll is an authentic version and very expensive.”

“So, a single challenge costs fifty yuan.”

The moment the owner finished speaking, Luo Xingran couldn’t help but tighten her grip on Pei Junzhuo’s sleeve. She knew she shouldn’t be wavering over a fifty-yuan challenge fee.

Clearly, she was someone with plenty of pocket money now, yet she was still habitually “stingy” due to her past.

Luo Xingran found her own reaction quite frustrating.

“Are you afraid I won’t be able to get the prize?” Pei Junzhuo’s gaze toward Luo Xingran held no negative emotions; it was filled only with gentleness.

“No, not at all! I think you can definitely do it,” Luo Xingran waved her hands hurriedly, terrified that Pei Junzhuo might misunderstand her intentions.

The owner, unable to watch the scene any longer, gave the two girls a snort and said, “You two young ladies really think my prizes are that easy to take?”

“You show no respect whatsoever for the ‘Treasure of the Shop.’ I’m telling you, if you want to take it home, you must pass the [Triple Challenge].”

The owner stood with his hands on his hips and his chin tilted up, clearly dissatisfied with the duo’s casual attitude toward his prize.

The onlookers nearby clearly felt that the girls’ idea of attempting the Triple Challenge was a waste of money.

“Girls, why are you doing this to yourselves? The rules of this Triple Challenge are insane. Don’t waste your money; it’s not easy to earn these days.”

Passing bystanders gathered around when they heard the two girls were challenging the shop’s treasure, all talking at once.

“I tried to get one for my girlfriend last time, but I failed at the archery stage.”

“Failing the first archery stage is one thing, but I lost at the riddles—that was the real tragedy.”

“Riddles are nothing, they’re just brain teasers. I lost on the third stage. Only this owner would come up with an unreasonable requirement like piercing two balloons with one bullet.”

Seeing everyone start to complain about his unfairness, the owner got defensive.

“What are you doing? What are you saying? If you don’t have the skills, don’t blame my rules for being tough. If you can’t walk, don’t blame the road for being uneven!”

The owner was extremely self-righteous, causing the crowd to cast looks of condemnation his way.

“You old miser, the day will come when a genius puts you in your place.”

No one knew who said it, but the crowd chimed in with agreement. Hearing the chorus of support for the comment, the owner’s face instantly flushed red.

“Mind your own business and shut up, all of you! You win some, you lose some. Did I not tell you the rules before you played? Just because you can’t do it, you say my rules are bad? Weren’t you all full of confidence at the start, saying you could definitely do it?”

The owner went around scolding the crowd in a circle, and the voices gradually died down.

After all, the owner wasn’t wrong. They did know the rules beforehand and had insisted on trying anyway.

After the owner spoke up, the surrounding crowd thinned out a bit. Most people realized they didn’t really have a leg to stand on, so they wandered off to check out other stalls.

After all, people came here to have fun, not to pick a fight.

“We’ll try it once,” Pei Junzhuo said, promptly scanning the code to pay the owner fifty yuan.

“I think…” Luo Xingran wanted to tell her to forget about it, but before she could get three words out, Pei Junzhuo made a “shh” gesture.

“I want to play. Would you accompany me for a try?” Pei Junzhuo held Luo Xingran’s hand firmly, dispelling all of her reservations with a single sentence.

“Okay!” Luo Xingran felt that she should give it a shot, too.

Of course, she only planned on trying once.

Even though she had transmigrated into the body of an heir to a massive fortune, she still wasn’t used to squandering money. Thinking about it, she felt her own stinginess was becoming a bit unusual.

If anyone here knew she was the heiress of the Luo family, they’d probably think she was being ridiculous.

As Luo Xingran mused over this, she looked back at Pei Junzhuo’s serious face and felt that perhaps there was one person who saw things differently from everyone else.

Once the payment was made, Pei Junzhuo’s first round began.

“Since those people just now said I was being unreasonable, I’ll make the first round a bit easier for you.”

Perhaps trying to win back his customers, the owner made a grand gesture to show off his “generosity.”

Pei Junzhuo didn’t take the bait, however. Instead, she said, “That won’t be necessary. Otherwise, the game wouldn’t be fair.”

“I feel much more at peace winning things based on actual skill.”

The owner looked at Pei Junzhuo’s smiling face and gave a huff, muttering under his breath, “This girl is really something… there’s something wrong with her. Giving her an advantage and she won’t even take it.”

“It’s best if we just get started.”

Luo Xingran caught a few of his words; she didn’t hear everything, but she could guess the gist of it. She knitted her brows and urged the owner on, not letting him say anything more.

“Yes, please start, boss,” Pei Junzhuo added with a nod and a smile, echoing the sentiment.

“Hmph. Fine, listen up. The first round: use these ten arrows in my hand to hit the bullseye.”

For an average person, never mind hitting the bullseye—even hitting the target at all was a difficult feat.

“Alright,” Pei Junzhuo replied. That one simple, effortless word caused several people nearby to look over in surprise.

Soon, she would use her actual skill to show everyone exactly where that confidence came from.

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