Seeing his little brother go get snacks, this was his chance.
Gu Ye stood up, wanting to snatch the controller back from the table.
Gu Xuan saw his move and swiftly grabbed the controller back. "I never said I was done playing."
While opening the snacks, he protectively held the controller close. "Sister Xiao Mo, I still prefer playing games with you. My second brother has no patience when gaming. Let's play together from now on, okay?"
Reminding himself this was his own flesh and blood, Gu Ye held back his temper. "Sister Xiao Mo is very busy, she doesn't have time to play games with you. I'm telling you, don't pester her."
Gu Xuan lowered his head, his mood deflating. "Sister Xiao Mo, don't you like me?"
"Of course I do, don't listen to your brother," Jiang Mo nudged Gu Ye's leg with her thigh, suppressing a smile as she signaled him to back off.
Gu Ye muttered a couple of complaints under his breath, could only vent his frustration by angrily eating snacks, deciding he absolutely had to ditch this kid on future dates.
Jiang Mo played for about forty minutes. Seeing Gu Ye sitting beside her, fiddling with his phone and glancing at the screen, essentially benched.
She handed the controller over. "You take over. I'm tired, I'll rest for a bit."
Jiang Mo then started eating snacks. Gu Ye leaned his head over, and she naturally fed him a piece.
Turning her head, she saw someone's gaze fixed longingly on her. She smiled and offered the snacks. "Little Xuan, do you want some?"
Gu Xuan nodded. After eating a piece, he sighed. "It's really nice to have an older sister. I wonder why mom didn't give me one~"
The three of them played games all morning before finally leaving the arcade.
Just as they were leaving, another group of four people came out of a different private room, and they crossed paths.
Jiang Mo's trio walked ahead. One of the four people behind them, a girl with pink hair, looked at the people in front and tugged at her curly-haired friend beside her. "Girl, don't you think that guy in front looks a bit like Gu Ye?"
"Let me see," the curly-haired friend looked, only catching a glimpse of his back. "Can't really see the front."
The pink-haired girl was exasperated. She had seen his face briefly earlier and was about to get her friend to look, but he had been on his phone just then.
"I saw his face earlier. With my eyes, I'm pretty sure I'm not wrong. The girl next to him is so pretty, is she his girlfriend?"
The curly-haired girl agreed. "That girl is really pretty," she said, even taking a couple of photos with her phone.
The two guys with them weren't very interested. "Probably just your eyes playing tricks on you. Your eyesight's not great, you've mistaken people before..."
"I'm absolutely not wrong this time," the pink-haired girl insisted firmly. "I'm not face-blind."
Her curly-haired friend beside her didn't speak, just craned her neck to look ahead, then shook her friend's arm excitedly. "I just saw his profile! It's him, it's Gu Ye."
...
They weren't far apart. Sensing the commotion from behind, Jiang Mo glanced back, a bit worried, and spoke to Gu Ye. "Where's your mask? Put it on."
Gu Ye: "Didn't bring one out today. Why?"
"Seems like someone behind recognized you," Jiang Mo said, standing on her tiptoes to pull his baseball cap down a bit.
Gu Xuan chimed in from the side. "Must be tiring dating my second brother, huh? Can't even be seen in public."
Ah, what to do when your brother is too popular?
Gu Ye held Jiang Mo's hand, not minding the gazes from behind. "Soon. Just wait a little longer."
