At noon the next day, I was sitting in front of my desk, touching up my makeup in the mirror.
A sweet peach makeup look was perfect for watching a movie with my BFF.
As Qi Jiayuan walked by, he said, "Wow, I can smell the perfume."
I replied proudly, "It's Jo Malone's Freesia!"
Although it was a free sample I'd snatched during a shopping festival, I usually didn't even dare to use it. It would expire if I didn't use it soon.
This gentle, non - aggressive, fresh and healing scent of first love was the best for watching a movie with someone special.
Imagine this: two people sitting very close, and a faint, literary fragrance wafting from the girl...
It was so romantic!
I hoped my gay BFF would think I was a woman with taste.
Qi Jiayuan sighed, "Xiao Zhou, you're really the most dedicated employee I've ever seen! In other companies, once female employees realize there's no attractive opposite - sex colleague in the office, they won't waste their energy on makeup. But you! You still have hopes for us zombie nerds!"
I rolled my eyes. "Boss, can you stop having so many fantasies in your head? I'm wearing makeup today because I have a date. I'm going to watch a movie at noon. Hehe!"
Qi Jiayuan asked, "You seem so happy. Is it your boyfriend?"
I emphasized, "A male friend."
Even though I'd become the darling of the company recently, it didn't stop the chorus of scolding around me. "Slut!"
For the sake of Cheng Yu's privacy, I didn't want too many people to know. So I whispered to Qi Jiayuan, "It's that friend of mine."
As soon as Qi Jiayuan heard this, he got excited. "I'll buy the movie tickets. Can you take me along? I also want to be friends with him and learn some tricks! Teach me how to coax the big shots into spending money. Even if I don't become a gigolo, just learning one or two moves to get some money from the investors would be great!"
I said, "Get lost!"
It had taken me a great deal of effort to become good friends with him.
How could I let you take advantage of it so easily!
Since the movie time was rather awkward, 12:10 p.m., right during lunchtime. As the saying goes, cheap things are no good. So I bought a sandwich and some takoyaki at the convenience store. When I was buying milk tea, I sent a WeChat message to Cheng Yu: [What would you like to drink? I'll buy you a cup.]
Cheng Yu: [No need.]
I was already used to his coldness. [Okay.]
I arrived at the cinema at exactly 12:00 p.m.
I searched the lobby but didn't see him. So I sent a WeChat message to Cheng Yu: [Haven't you arrived yet?]
Cheng Yu: [Almost there.]
At 12:09 p.m., Cheng Yu walked out of the elevator in a hurry. He was in a suit and tie, looking as if he'd just come from a group meeting. I was stunned for a moment. "You..."
Cheng Yu said, "Hurry up and go in. We'll be late."
Me: "..."
I'll be late...?
Isn't it your fault that you came at the last minute!
He really was a master of time management.
He was so precise with every second.
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We found our seats and sat down in the darkness.
The view was okay, but -
Why was it a double - seat sofa?!
I looked at the ticket, which read: [Couple's Hall].
Damn it.
2D movies don't deserve an IMAX screen, right?
Oh well.
Watching the movie was more important.
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The beginning of the movie was quite intense. As the plot later eased up a bit, I started to have my lunch.
I tried to be as quiet as possible, but Cheng Yu still asked, "Didn't you have lunch?"
I said embarrassedly, "Our company canteen serves lunch at 12:00. I took a one - hour leave in advance to watch the movie today, so I didn't have time to eat."
I thought Cheng Yu would say, "You idiot. Can't you have lunch earlier like me?" But instead, he said, "I haven't eaten either."
Me: !!!
I felt so guilty!
It was all because I'd chosen a bad movie time.
I'd made my BFF watch the movie on an empty stomach.
I quickly picked up a takoyaki with a toothpick and held it to his mouth. "It's still hot and really delicious. Try it?"
You know, in the dark and enclosed environment of a cinema, one's sense of smell becomes extremely sensitive. Even if you usually don't like a certain food, it will smell delicious when you're hungry. Maybe because he was hungry, Cheng Yu said, "Give it to me."
I didn't let go.
The movie was in a very intense part, with the light flashing wildly. I couldn't even see the thin toothpick in my hand clearly. What if it dropped on the ground? Supplies were already scarce, and now we had to share the food. We couldn't waste a single bite.
I whispered, "Don't drop it. Just open your mouth. Ah -"
Cheng Yu: "..."
He hesitated for a few seconds. Maybe he couldn't resist the temptation, or maybe it would look bad to be tugging in the cinema.
He slightly opened his thin lips and bit the takoyaki.
Me: "Delicious, right!"
He didn't say a word. He just chewed and looked at the screen.
I lowered my head, picked up another takoyaki, and was about to put it into my mouth when Cheng Yu said, "One more."
I was stunned: ...
Cheng Yu: "What, are you reluctant?"
I quickly said, "No, no! How could I be?"
Damn it.
I was really reluctant.
There were only six takoyakis in a box, and I'd only eaten two. Wuwuwu...
Takoyaki was so delicious...
Then, one by one, I reluctantly fed them all to Cheng Yu.
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After taking a sip of my milk tea, I started to unwrap the sandwich.
To avoid my BFF scolding me for eating alone, I politely asked him, "You don't want this, do you?"
I thought a pampered canary like him would never eat such cheap, common fast food.
But Cheng Yu said, "Give me half."
Me: Aaaaaaaah no!!!
This was one of my only two sources of food!
If I gave you half, I'd be hungry!
But like a warrior sacrificing his wrist, I lowered my head and tearfully started to break the sandwich bit by bit. You know, once you opened this kind of thing, it would easily fall apart. It was sticky and hard to tear. Even through the plastic wrapper, my hands were all dirty. I could only say to Cheng Yu, "Just eat from my hand. Don't get your clothes dirty. They look quite expensive."
Cheng Yu seemed to agree with me. Without saying a word, he lowered his head and bit a piece of the sandwich from my hand -
OMG!
He bit my finger...
Although it was through a plastic wrapper, that gentle bite, with the warmth of his mouth, was really seductive.
Fortunately, I wasn't a man. Otherwise, I'd be aroused now...
This little seductress. Hmm... He had something!
-
He seemed not to notice that he'd bitten my finger. He continued to eat the sandwich and then looked back at the movie.
Just like this, while he was eating and watching the movie, when my hand was almost numb from holding it up, a guy in the back row suddenly said, "Honey, can you feed me like that girl?"
The guy's girlfriend said, "You're daydreaming!"
Cheng Yu: "..."
Me: "..."
Cheng Yu: "I'm full."
Me: "Oh, do you want some milk tea?"
Cheng Yu: "No."
Me: ???
Is he embarrassed because of what that guy said?
How can he be a playboy with such a thin skin!