Tao Yu’s mouth twitched. She wanted to say she was truly not afraid, but her voice was quickly drowned out by a louder scream on the screen. Not wanting to disturb others, she tried to break free from Yue Linze’s hand, but he let go of her shoulder only to grab her hand, preventing her from escaping.
Tao Yu glared at him, then remembered it was pitch dark here, so her glare would be ineffective. She could only let him lead her forward. Once seated, her first action was to pull her hand back from his.
Yue Linze looked at her with a smile, while the sound of a blade piercing flesh rang in his ears, causing him to unconsciously furrow his brow.
After sitting down, Tao Yu took another sip of milk tea and then took the entire bucket of popcorn from Yue Linze’s lap, crossing her legs and beginning to watch the movie. Yue Linze deliberately ignored the bloody scene on the screen and whispered to her: “You took it all, what am I going to eat?”
“Come on, you don’t eat these anyway,” Tao Yu rolled her eyes. Who was the one who frowned after just one bite?
Yue Linze shrugged and sat silently, both of them focusing on the screen.
Tao Yu thought to herself that horror movies are basically of two types: human-caused or ghost-related. The first type merely involves cutting up human tissue, so she feels okay, but the second type is unbearable for her. She once nearly died while watching a movie with Yue Linze.
People continued to leave the theater, and the already small audience quickly emptied, leaving only Tao Yu and Yue Linze. Tao Yu ate popcorn, calmly watching various meat chunks splatter.
The movie type chosen today was not the one she feared, allowing her to sit here and enjoy it leisurely. However, after watching the continuous torture for a while, Tao Yu, who had missed the beginning, started to feel bored.
Once bored, she couldn’t concentrate. Her gaze gradually drifted to the person beside her, thinking about how they would be apart in a few hours, causing her lips to gradually tighten.
Although it went against professional ethics, she had to admit that these days of dating her alternate personality were the most enjoyable in her heavily indebted life, making the reality upon waking seem brutally cruel.
If the man before her were an ordinary person, even if he had nothing and was poorer than her, she would be willing to be with him without considering the consequences. Unfortunately, he was not. Not only was he not ordinary, but he was also her temporary boss, the person who paid her salary and saved her from dire straits, while she had been deceiving him from her identity to the treatment process.
From the moment she started lying, she was undeserving of any good outcome.
Tao Yu sighed deeply from her heart, then quickly realized her reaction was too obvious. She looked at Yue Linze, ready to explain, but he was staring at the screen expressionlessly, seemingly completely immersed in the plot and not noticing her abnormality.
Only then did Tao Yu feel relieved. She leaned back and continued to boredly stare at the screen. After a while, she couldn’t help but yawn and glanced at Yue Linze again.
…How could he still be so focused? Was he that interesting to watch? Tao Yu raised an eyebrow, thinking she might have misunderstood him. She had previously thought watching the movie was just an excuse, and his real purpose was to spend more time with her. But now, it seemed he really did come to watch a movie?
Realizing her own overthinking, Tao Yu’s lips twitched, finding herself ridiculous. Glancing at the movie ticket under the screen’s light and seeing it showed 120 minutes, she silently mourned, knowing she had a long wait ahead.
After sitting and fiddling with her hands for a while, she finally couldn’t resist poking Yue Linze. He suddenly moved back, then stopped, calmly lowering his head to ask: “What’s wrong?”
“Are you scared?” Tao Yu raised an eyebrow. She had just seen his body tremble. Now that they were the only ones in the theater, she spoke without much restraint, knowing she wouldn’t disturb anyone.
Yue Linze glanced at her, calmly turning back to continue staring at the screen: “How could I be scared? If I were afraid of these things, I wouldn’t have brought you here to watch.”
Tao Yu let out a skeptical snort. If he wasn’t scared at all, how could he have made such a move? Thinking about how silent he’d been since entering, she guessed he’d been frightened from the beginning.
A scared big shot – Tao Yu looked at him with interest, trying to analyze his level of fear from his microexpressions. Yue Linze, already tired from the movie, finally couldn’t stand being constantly watched and pinched her face, forcing her to look at the screen.
“Don’t disturb me,” Yue Linze said unpleasantly. He had initially thought about their previous movie-watching experience in the spiritual world, hoping it might enhance their relationship, but he hadn’t expected to have bought the wrong ticket and ended up with a realistic horror film.
Not only was Tao Yu not scared, but he was now somewhat overwhelmed. If he had left while she hadn’t noticed his discomfort earlier, he might have found an excuse, but now that was impossible without looking like a coward.
Seeing Yue Linze’s poor complexion, Tao Yu worried she might have frightened him and softly said, “Let’s go out.”
“Go out? We’re watching a movie,” Yue Linze said rigidly.
Tao Yu laughed, “Watch what? Can you even walk after this?”
Facing her obvious disdain, Yue Linze gave her a sidelong glance. Tao Yu laughed even more brazenly, reaching out to pinch his arm and finding it so tense it might tear his jacket. She playfully curled her lips: “Are you this nervous? Will your muscles be sore tomorrow? Let’s just go, why suffer here?”
“Are you sure I’m the one who’s scared?” Yue Linze gave her a sideways look. “You were just saying we shouldn’t waste the movie ticket, and now you’re finding reasons to leave. I think you’re the one who’s scared.”
Tao Yu pursed her lips, seeing he was being stubborn, and decided to ignore him. She leaned sideways on the armrest, watching him leisurely. The big shot’s expression was now much more interesting than the movie.
Yue Linze could naturally see she was deliberately mocking him, so he maintained a stern face and continued watching, determined not to let her laugh at him.
The movie had reached its first small climax. On the screen, a young man’s face showed a hint of terror, as if someone was behind him but he was powerless. At the moment the black-clad figure raised a reflective knife, Tao Yu suddenly grabbed Yue Linze’s arm, making him tremble.
“Haha…” Tao Yu collapsed onto the sofa, laughing so hard tears were about to come out. “Keep pretending, go on…”
Yue Linze’s face flushed slightly as he tried to remain calm: “Stop laughing.”
Tao Yu was enjoying herself and couldn’t hear his voice. After repeating himself twice and seeing she not only didn’t stop but laughed even harder, Yue Linze finally couldn’t bear it. He grabbed her and pulled her close, kissing her forcefully across the armrest.At this moment, they were standing in the elevator going downstairs, and the surrounding noise effectively masked the previous awkwardness. The heat on Tao Yu’s face gradually subsided. After saying this, she thought Yue Linze would refute her and was prepared to respond, but she didn’t hear his reply for a long time.
After a while, she couldn’t help but look over and saw Yue Linze frowning. She was stunned for a moment – was he angry?
Seemingly sensing her unease, Yue Linze looked over at her. After a moment of dullness, he slowly said, “I’m indeed a bit scared.”
