msmithbooks Chapter 59 Best Assist
Chapter 59 Best Assist
Gao Tingting arrived at the movie theater entrance early and saw her brother and Lin Shuyao walking towards her from afar. Looking around, she saw a group of young couples walking towards the movie theater entrance.
Her eyes lit up, and she quickly ran to the ticket window, handed in a few small bills, and said to the ticket seller, "Hello, I'd like two tickets for the movie 'Soviet Love Story,' seats in the corner, in the back row."
The ticket seller was already used to this request.
This movie is a romance film, and most of the audience are young couples who are dating. It's perfectly normal for them to hold hands and kiss halfway through the movie.
"You're lucky. Someone just came to return their ticket, and your seat is in the last row, near the corner." The ticket seller glanced at Gao Tingting and handed the ticket out the window.
Gao Tingting happily grabbed the ticket, just as Lin Shuyao and Cheng Zheng walked over. Gao Tingting immediately clutched her stomach and moved in front of the two of them with a pained expression.
"Oh dear, Qingqing, my stomach hurts a bit, so I probably can't go to the movies with you tonight. But we've already bought the tickets, so we can't let them go to waste. You and the representative are together, why don't you two go?"
Gao Tingting shoved the movie tickets into Lin Shuyao's hand, giving her a subtle wink. Lin Shuyao immediately understood: "Okay, Tingting, but where are you going now?"
"I'm going to find a place to pee. My childhood friend eats nearby, and I'll go home with him in a bit. Oh no, I need to pee! Bye, Qingqing!"
Gao Tingting didn't even glance at her brother the whole time. After saying those words, she left, leaving Lin Shuyao and Cheng Zheng behind.
Lin Shuyao glanced at the movie ticket in her hand, tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear to reveal her fair and pretty face, and looked up at Cheng Zheng: "Um...would you like to see a movie?"
"It's okay if you're busy. I'll just give the extra ticket to some random guy on the street. It won't be a waste."
Lin Shuyao looked away from his face and glanced around.
She said that on purpose.
No sooner had she finished speaking than a lone man passing by overheard her. Seeing that this pretty woman wanted to find someone to go to the movies with, he excitedly asked, "Comrade, do you have an extra ticket? Can I have it? I have time to go!"
Lin Shuyao smiled slightly at him, her red lips parted slightly, about to agree, when Cheng Zheng quickly snatched the ticket from Lin Shuyao's hand, "The show is about to start, don't waste time here."
He left after saying that.
Lin Shuyao gave the man who had asked the question an apologetic look, smiled, and followed Cheng Zheng with cheerful steps.
Even now, individual businesses are not prohibited, and there are many vendors selling snacks outside movie theaters.
Soda, sunflower seeds, peanuts, candied hawthorn berries...
*Pop!* The sound of a soda bottle being opened filled the air with a rich, refreshing orange aroma.
Lin Shuyao closed her eyes and sniffed the air a few times.
It tastes so refreshing!
Cheng Zheng turned his head and saw her movement. He stopped and stood in front of the soda stall, saying to the stall owner, "Give me a bottle of orange soda."
"Alright! Seven cents a bottle!"
Cheng Zheng took out the money and handed it over.
The other person stuffed the money into their waist pouch, then grabbed a bottle opener, deftly opened a bottle of soda, inserted a straw, and handed it to him: "Here's your soda."
Cheng Zheng took it and handed it to Lin Shuyao: "Take it."
"You bought this for me! Thank you, Comrade Cheng Zheng." Lin Shuyao was pleasantly surprised and thanked him with a smile, but then asked, "Don't you like soda?"
Cheng Zheng shook his head. "Too sweet, I don't like it."
"Oh." Lin Shuyao nodded. So he didn't like sweets.
The two continued walking towards the entrance. The other vendors had all seen Cheng Zheng generously paying for his soda, and since the two were handsome and beautiful, they were obviously a couple. They all enthusiastically surrounded the two, saying, "Hey comrade, want some spiced melon seeds? Your girlfriend can buy some."
"Look at my salt-baked peanuts, fresh out of the pan, they smell amazing!"
"Hey comrade, want some sugar snowballs for your girlfriend? Perfect for eating while watching a movie, sweet and sour, so refreshing! Girls all love this."
Cheng Zheng turned to look at Lin Shuyao: "What else would you like to eat?"
Lin Shuyao pointed to the melon seeds.
Cheng Zheng raised an eyebrow: "Just sunflower seeds?"
He remembered that she seemed to really like candied hawthorn berries, and she probably liked candied snowballs too, right?
Lin Shuyao nodded, "There's too much, I can't eat it all."
Besides, she also had a cream mousse cake in her bag, which she originally intended to give to Gao Tingting. However, it had been carried around by that child and kept falling and running, so it was no longer presentable. She decided to make a prettier one for Tingting another day.
"How much is a bag of sunflower seeds?" Cheng Zheng asked the vendor selling sunflower seeds.
The vendor smiled and quoted a price: "Twelve cents."
Most people would haggle, so he deliberately quoted a higher price.
The peanut seller and the candied fruit seller also use the same trick, so they didn't say much when they saw this.
To everyone's surprise, Cheng Zheng didn't haggle at all and just took out the money.
The peanut seller immediately curled his lip in dissatisfaction: "How much do sunflower seeds cost? You dare to sell such a tiny paper funnel for 12 cents? My peanuts only cost 13 cents!"
The candied fruit vendor chimed in, "Yeah, my candied fruit only costs 15 cents. We're all in business, but some people are just too greedy; they even dare to cheat soldiers!"
The melon seed seller then realized that Lin Shuyao was wearing a military uniform that was clearly several sizes too big, belonging to the man next to her. He quickly returned two cents to Cheng Zheng, smiling broadly, "Sorry, comrade, most people would haggle, hehe..."
Cheng Zheng took the money and didn't pursue the matter of him exaggerating the price.
The melon seller, a shrewd businessman, saw this and spoke well of Cheng Zheng to Lin Shuyao: "Comrade, is he your boyfriend? I've been doing business around here for years, and your boyfriend is the most generous spender! You don't know how stingy some men are, spending half an hour here with me over a penny or two, sometimes even missing the start of a movie. Isn't that ridiculous?"
"You have such good taste, picking such a great partner!"
Lin Shuyao didn't deny that the melon seed vendor was talking about someone, and went along with it, turning her head to look at Cheng Zheng, smiling brightly, "Thank you~"
Cheng Zheng didn't explain, feeling there was no need to explain so much to irrelevant people. He picked up the paper funnel containing the melon seeds and said to Lin Shuyao, "Let's go."
The vendors selling candied hawthorns and peanuts conceded defeat, shook their heads, and slunk away.
That guy's got a silver tongue; no wonder people still buy sunflower seeds even at such high prices!
Lin Shuyao followed Cheng Zheng a few steps, took a sip of her soda, and softly asked him, "Why didn't you deny we were dating just now?"
Cheng Zheng stared straight ahead, his Adam's apple bobbing, and he uttered two words: "Troublesome."
Lin Shuyao responded with an "oh," tilting her head slightly to look at his cold profile. She didn't notice someone running towards her, and just as they were about to collide, Cheng Zheng pulled her to his side with his arm around her.
"Watch where you're going," he reminded her in a deep voice, his palm gripping her slender waist through her oversized military coat before quickly releasing it.
Lin Shuyao certainly wouldn't let this opportunity pass. She took the chance to lean against his chest, tilted her head up to look at him, and slowly curved her lips into a soft smile: "I have mild night blindness. I can't see anything when it's dark. Don't leave me behind when we go in."
She clung to him fearfully as she spoke.
Cheng Zheng stepped back slightly and stretched out his sleeve: "Men and women shouldn't touch each other. You'll be pulling on my sleeve in a minute."
Lin Shuyao smiled and slid her small hand up his sleeve, suddenly hooking her arm around his.
"What are you doing?" Cheng Zheng immediately felt an unusually soft squeezing and friction on his arm. After realizing what it was, all the muscles in his body tensed up instantly.
"What's wrong with me taking your arm?"
Lin Shuyao spoke innocently, her soft little hands encircling his arm, leaning against him in a dependent manner.
Cheng Zheng had never been in contact with a woman like this before. His cold and hard face was faintly burning, but fortunately the surrounding light was dim so that his abnormality could not be seen.
He coughed awkwardly, pulled his arm away slightly, and subtly reminded her, "You're a woman, be mindful of your image when you're out in public."
Lin Shuyao was confused: "How am I not concerned about the impact? I didn't kiss you in public."
Kissing? Is this something a lesbian would say?
Cheng Zheng lowered his voice: "You...you have no shame."
If you're ashamed, how can you seduce him?
Lin Shuyao countered, "Do you like the reserved and shy type?"
"I don't like it," Cheng Zheng answered quickly, almost without thinking.
Lin Shuyao chuckled: "I get it, so you like someone like me who's shameless?"
"We're here, sit down quickly." Cheng Zheng didn't answer her question. He pulled his arm out, put his hands on her shoulders, and gently pressed her down into the seat.