Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Ying Qiao drove the black Honda with ease and went straight to the cinema.
Along the way, he imagined countless scenes of two people dating alone. They could choose a romantic movie or a comedy movie, preferably one that was warm and could create an ambiguous atmosphere. He had already planned which restaurant they would go to for dinner after watching the movie and which park they would go for a walk after.
He even almost stopped to buy a bouquet of flowers when passing by a flower shop.
But thinking about it calmly, the little monster still didn’t know what he was thinking, thus sending flowers would be a bit abrupt, so he regretfully gave up on this idea.
Finally, Ying Qiao bought two fruit-flavored lollipops at a convenience store, and then entered the cinema with a smile on her face.
On a weekday, when it was time to go to work, there were not many people in the cinema. Ying Qiao looked around and found Jiang Lan easily.
However, when he looked at the familiar figure beside Jiang Lan, he slowly frowned, and a bad premonition gradually emerged in his heart.
When he came closer and saw Xue Meng sitting with Jiang Lan, the spring breeze on his face had turned into frost.
He called Jiang Lan, lowered his eyes and looked down at Xue Meng on one side, with a smile on his face: “Why is Xue Meng here? Don’t you have to go to work at this time?”
He had obviously forgotten that Jiang Lan and Xue Meng were colleagues. If Jiang Lan didn’t go to work, Xue Meng naturally didn’t have to go to work either.
Xue Meng met his gaze. He always felt that the boss’s eyes were a bit scary. So, he shrank his neck and said softly: “No, no need.”
Jiang Lan didn’t notice anything strange. He looked at the time and urged, “The movie will start soon. Let’s go in first.” After saying that, he handed Ying Qiao a movie ticket.
Ying Qiao picked it up and took a look – “Rainy Night”, a new domestic thriller and suspense movie, which had been very popular recently and had high online ratings. The atmosphere was said to be very scary and frightening.
Ying Qiao:……
He took a deep breath, tried his best to smile, touched the lollipop he had no chance to take out, checked in and entered the venue.
The movie had just started when they entered the screening room. Fortunately, they were seated in the back row. The three of them entered the theater in a low-key manner and started watching carefully.
At this time, their seating order was: Ying Qiao, Jiang Lan, Xue Meng.
Ying Qiao sat next to Jiang Lan and finally felt better. He thought to himself that maybe when the little monster got scared, he could comfort him.
This was what the book said, when your sweetheart is afraid, giving him a solid and reliable arm will make him fall in love with you faster.
Ying Qiao pursed his lips and fixed his eyes on the big screen, but his thoughts were all on Jiang Lan.
Five minutes into the movie, on a rainy night, in a narrow alley, a blurry black shadow moved along the corner. Four or five meters in front of the black shadow, an unconscious girl in a long skirt holding a red umbrella hummed a tune and strolled leisurely in the rain.
She didn’t realize that the black shadow behind her was getting closer and closer to her, four meters, three meters, two meters, one meter… The black shadow gradually approached, the sound of raindrops became more and more rapid, the big screen suddenly went black, and suddenly in the screening hall, there was an ups and downs full of screams.
Ying Qiao’s lips curved slightly, secretly expecting the little monster to scream and pounce on him.
The sound of dripping rain hit the audience’s eardrums. The darkness only lasted for two seconds before the big screen lit up again.
The rain was pouring down, and the girl in the long skirt was nowhere to be seen. Only the red umbrella that had fallen on the ground.
Jiang Lan sat firmly in his seat, with someone hanging on his right arm, Xue Meng.
What Ying Qiao expected did not happen.
Xue Meng was really frightened. He was completely unprepared for the scary effects of domestic thrillers. The moment the movie screen went dark, he subconsciously grabbed Jiang Lan’s arm.
Ying Qiao stared at him coldly.
At this time, the movie screen changed to daytime with fine weather.
Xue Meng belatedly noticed the death gaze on his body, touched his arm with a cold feeling from behind, and let go of Jiang Lan’s arm angrily.
The movie was still going on. The plot of this movie was really good, and the scare points did not fall into the clichés. They would always suddenly pop up and scare the audience at the next moment that they could not guess. Xue Meng was startled throughout the whole process, and Jiang Lan’s arm became a prop for him to gain a sense of security.
Jiang Lan took the time to tease him while watching the movie.
As a result, Ying Qiao, who was sitting on the left, was almost completely ignored.
This was probably called, the child who cries gets milk.
Ying Qiao’s face turned dark.
This was completely different from what he had imagined.
When the three of them came out of the screening room, one was expressionless, one was still feeling unfulfilled, and the third was still in shock.
A shocked Xue Meng said: “I thought that after experiencing Sanshui Village, I would no longer be afraid of watching horror movies. As expected, I was still too naive.”
Jiang Lan comforted him perfunctorily: “You won’t be afraid after seeing too much.”
Xue Meng shook his head timidly: “No way, I’d better go home and play games. Do you want to go back to the unit?”
Jiang Lan said: “I’m going to pick up Ni Ni.”
So the two parted in the cinema. When Xue Meng said goodbye to Ying Qiao, Jiang Lan only reacted belatedly, and Ying Qiao remained silent.
He turned to look at Ying Qiao: “I have to go back to the work unit first, how about you?”
Without the huge light bulb, Ying Qiao felt a little better and said, “I’ll take you there. Let’s have dinner together?”
Jiang Lan readily agreed, and the two returned to the unit together.
Jiang Lan had left Suan Ni and Jiao Tu in the office when he went out today. When they arrived at the unit, it had been a while since they got off work. Zhang Tianxing was still waiting in the office, playing with Suan Ni with a cat stick.
Suan Ni was jumping up and down, having fun, and he was still a little bit unsatisfied when Jiang Lan came back.
Jiang Lan took Jiao Tu out of the aquarium, while Ying Qiao took advantage of the situation and picked up Suan Ni. When passing by Zhang Tianxing’s desk, he and Zhang Tianxing looked at each other, nodded slightly, and said hello.
“I’m sorry to trouble you today, so we’ll leave first.” Jiang Lan said to Zhang Tianxing.
Zhang Tianxing nodded, looked at Ying Qiao’s wrist, and said slightly surprised: “You also like to collect watches? I also wanted to buy this limited edition Patek Philippe before, but unfortunately the quantity was too small and I couldn’t buy it.”
His tone was sincere, his expression regretful, and he acted as if he were real.
Ying Qiao looked at him steadily, Zhang Tianxing looked back, and even smiled slightly and said, “Can you let me see it?”
Jiang Lan holding Jiao Tu: ???
He subconsciously looked at Ying Qiao’s wrist, which indeed contained a finely crafted mechanical watch.
Although he didn’t understand watches, he had heard of Patek Philippe. It was said that limited editions from that brand cost millions, not to mention that some popular collectible models could be auctioned for tens of millions.
What Ying Qiao was wearing was a limited edition from Patek Philippe?
He looked sideways at Ying Qiao with doubtful eyes.
Ying Qiao had a stern face, touched the watch on his wrist, and said calmly: “My watch is a high quality imitation.”
Jiang Lan suddenly understood, and asked how Ying Qiao could afford Patek Philippe.
Zhang Tianxing sighed regretfully and said, “Really? I thought it was genuine.”
Ying Qiao’s face was calm, and he had regained the feeling of controlling the field. He raised the corners of his lips: “The workmanship is indeed good. If nothing is wrong, shall we take the first step?”
The two looked at each other tacitly, and Zhang Tianxing said: “You go slowly.”
After leaving the unit, the two went to have dinner.
Jiang Lan had long been thinking about a newly opened snail noodle shop and took Ying Qiao to eat there.
When Ying Qiao saw that he didn’t mention the watch again, he knew that he believed his words and his expression became much more relaxed.
Until he walked into the store and smelled the smell of snail noodles.
Ying Qiao:……
The corner of his mouth twitched: “What does this smell like?”
Jiang Lan ordered two bowls of snail noodles and added an extra portion of sour bamboo shoots to his bowl: “Snail noodles[1], haven’t you ever eaten it?”
Ying Qiao felt like he was suffocating. The light scent of pine wood on his body seemed to be tainted with the smell of snail powder. He shook his head with difficulty.
Jiang Lan enthusiastically sold him Amway: “Then you must try it. Although the smell is a bit strong, it tastes super good.”
As he spoke, two large bowls were placed in front of him. Jiang Lan could not wait to eat the noodles. Ying Qiao stared at them with a deep expression for a long time. Seeing that Jiang Lan was eating well, he took down his chopsticks with difficulty.
Fortunately, the taste in the mouth was quite acceptable.
He ate half a bowl of snail noodles in silence, while Jiang Lan had already finished a whole bowl of noodles and was drinking soup slowly.
After finishing the bowl of noodles, Ying Qiao felt that his whole body was exuding the smell of snail noodles from the inside out. He patiently didn’t move his nose, trying not to smell his own scent.
After eating the snail noodles, Jiang Lan was in a good mood. Seeing that it was still early, he suggested: “Shall we go for a walk by the river?”
Ying Qiao was torn for two seconds between going home to take a bath and change clothes or going for a walk by the river with the little monster. In the end, he chose to go to the river: “Okay.”
The riverside was neither too far nor too close. Jiang Lan originally wanted to ride a shared bicycle there, but when he asked Ying Qiao, he didn’t know how to ride a bicycle, so the two of them had to take a taxi there.
When they arrived at the beach, the sky had darkened and the street lights on Jiangbin Avenue were on. Pedestrians taking a walk and exercising mostly come in pairs, bringing their families with them.
Jiang Lan was holding Jiao Tu, and Suan Ni was squatting on Ying Qiao’s shoulders. The two blended into the crowd and seemed to be no different from the ordinary people around them who had dragged their families out to play.
Because of this hidden knowledge, Ying Qiao’s discomfort was diluted by a lot.
The two walked along the long riverside avenue. When they were tired, they found a place with few people to sit down. It hadn’t rained recently and the water level in the river was not high. They could go down the stairs and play in the water for a while.
Suan Ni jumped off Ying Qiao’s shoulder and ran over to grab Jiao Tu from Jiang Lan’s arms.
He pushed Jiao Tu’s big conch shell up with his head, then ran to the water’s edge and threw Jiao Tu into the river with a splash.
The large conch shell studded with gems floated up swayingly. Jiao Tu stretched out his head, puffed out a squirt of water at Suan Ni, and then quickly retracted.
Suan Ni used her paw to splash the water back, and the two brothers had a great time playing with the water.
Jiang Lan sat not far away and watched and saw Suan Ni turning into a drowned cat after a while.
Ying Qiao’s mind was all on him, and he didn’t pay attention to the two brothers who were playing around.
The little monster looked at his brothers, and he looked at the little monster.
Jiang Lan looked at them and suddenly let out a sigh. He leaned forward to look at the center of the river – a large turtle was swimming quickly towards the shore.
He looked in the direction where the turtle was swimming. It was also a slope. Because the street lights there were broken, there were no tourists. There was only one man wearing a hooded sweatshirt squatting in the green belt on the river bank. He was holding a nylon rope as thick as a finger in his hand, and the other end of the nylon rope was hanging in the river.
Through the swaying water surface, he could vaguely see that it is a water cage for catching turtles.
The author has something to say:
Brother Zhang: Revenge.
Longlong: The snail noodles smell so bad.
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The date failed, Longlong was depressed.jpg
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