Chapter 31 ② 03850001: The Date Is Underway (3)
After hugging Lu Zhiyin in the fitting room and clinging to her for a while, Long Qinxin no longer wanted Lu Zhiyin to change back into her previous hoodie and sweatpants.
She picked Lu Zhiyin up. If the girl in her arms could stand straight, she would be a little taller than Long Qinxin, but much lighter.
Picking Lu Zhiyin up was not difficult for Long Qinxin.
After putting Lu Zhiyin back on the wheelchair, Long Qinxin called for a sales assistant.
“Check us out.”
As Long Qinxin finished speaking, the sales assistant didn’t hesitate and quickly took out a calculator to do the math.
“This Lolita dress is 38,888 yuan, and the socks are 1,888 yuan, for a total of 40,766 yuan. Please swipe your card, Miss Long.”
The sales assistant seemed familiar with Long Qinxin, but compared to their relationship, Lu Zhiyin was more concerned about the price of the clothes.
A skirt costing nearly 40,000 yuan and socks costing nearly 2,000 yuan were undoubtedly astronomical figures for Lu Zhiyin.
The debt weighing on her invisibly had increased.
Lu Zhiyin let out a silent sigh in her heart.
“Okay.”
Long Qinxin nodded lightly, seemingly unbothered by the price. She promptly took out her bank card from her wallet and paid with the portable card reader the sales assistant provided.
After payment, Long Qinxin went to retrieve the bouquet of roses she had given Lu Zhiyin earlier and then pushed Lu Zhiyin downstairs.
After leaving the clothing store, Lu Zhiyin became even more nervous. She retracted her hands into her sleeves and hunched her body, appearing even more petite.
Wearing a skirt in public was still a bit embarrassing for her.
However, Long Qinxin didn’t mind. Looking at the shy Lu Zhiyin, she felt her only light was adorable.
“Shall we go to the cinema now, or grab something to eat first?”
As Long Qinxin passed a trash can, she asked Lu Zhiyin’s opinion while intending to casually throw away the hoodie and sweatpants Lu Zhiyin had changed out of. However, Lu Zhiyin stopped her.
“Don’t throw them away… I’ll carry them myself.”
Shaking her head, Lu Zhiyin took the bag containing the clothes from Long Qinxin’s hand.
“…”
Pouting her lips slightly, Long Qinxin showed a bit of dissatisfaction. The clothes were old and ugly, so why couldn’t they be thrown away?
She hated Leng Qing Qiu, and by extension, she hated anything belonging to Leng Qing Qiu.
“Leng Qing Qiu lent these to me. If I throw them away, I’ll probably get beaten again.”
Lowering her gaze, Lu Zhiyin hugged the clothes tightly.
She had learned to play the victim.
Indeed, upon hearing that Lu Zhiyin would suffer if the clothes were thrown away, Long Qinxin understood her. However, her dislike for Leng Qing Qiu grew even more.
“Then let’s not throw them away. I’ll carry them for you. You just hold the roses, classmate Zhiyin.”
Taking away the bag containing the clothes, Long Qinxin’s possessiveness began to show.
She didn’t want her classmate Zhiyin to touch anything that belonged to Leng Qing Qiu.
“…? Okay.”
Lu Zhiyin was initially a little confused, but then quickly agreed to Long Qinxin’s request.
This made no difference to Lu Zhiyin.
“Then let’s go, we’re going to the cinema.”
A satisfied smile returned to her face, Long Qinxin pushed Lu Zhiyin towards a nearby cinema.
At the cinema ticket counter, after browsing through the options, Long Qinxin finally chose a romance film depicting the love between adolescent girls.
As she waved the movie tickets in front of Lu Zhiyin, Lu Zhiyin simply gave her a serene smile.
The ordinary smile made Long Qinxin’s heart skip a beat again. She was almost falling in love, even though she didn’t understand what love was, nor did she know if she had feelings for Lu Zhiyin.
She simply liked Lu Zhiyin, without overthinking anything.
“Classmate Zhiyin, you know, this is actually my first time at the cinema too. My first movie experience is with you, classmate Zhiyin. This is wonderful.”
As they walked, Long Qinxin chattered away, unreservedly expressing her joy.
The more she spoke, the more complicated Lu Zhiyin’s feelings became.
She was deceiving a girl’s affections, and she had practically given nothing in return.
“Classmate Zhiyin…”
“Classmate Zhiyin~”
“Classmate Zhiyin……”
On the way to the screening hall, Long Qinxin kept talking. When they passed a vending machine, she bought a large bottle of cola, and after asking a passerby for directions, she went to buy a large bucket of popcorn.
All these items were placed in Lu Zhiyin’s arms.
They felt heavy on her lap, and Lu Zhiyin could barely hold them.
“…”
“Classmate Zhiyin, we’ve arrived.”
Just as Lu Zhiyin was about to say something, Long Qinxin’s excited words cut her off.
Upon entering the screening hall, rows upon rows of seats came into view.
Lu Zhiyin counted them roughly; there were about 23 rows.
“Let’s go to our seats.”
Pushing the wheelchair, Long Qinxin took Lu Zhiyin to a corner seat in the 23rd row.
“Actually, I wanted to buy front-row tickets, but the ticket seller said the cinema doesn’t have an accessible pathway, so it would be too troublesome to take you to the front row, classmate Zhiyin. That’s why I bought tickets for the last row.”
She gently touched Lu Zhiyin’s shoulder apologetically. After bringing Lu Zhiyin to the seats, Long Qinxin placed the items from Lu Zhiyin’s arms aside. When she helped Lu Zhiyin onto the seat, she placed the bouquet of roses and the bag with the clothes on the wheelchair next to the seat. The cola and popcorn remained on Lu Zhiyin’s lap.
“The movie starts in about thirty minutes. Before that, we can eat something to pass the time?”
Sitting in the seat next to Lu Zhiyin, Long Qinxin picked a few pieces of popcorn from the bucket on Lu Zhiyin’s lap and popped one into her mouth.
The buttery aroma and slight sweetness made Long Qinxin’s eyes crinkle with pleasure.
Popcorn is sweet, and love is also sweet.
If that scoundrel Leng Qing Qiu didn’t exist in this world, her love would be even sweeter.
Unlike Long Qinxin, Lu Zhiyin just stared blankly at the distant screen.
She wasn’t particularly happy. Sitting in the last row, besides the movie, one could see other things too.
This was, after all, a world of butterfluff, and anything could happen.
Lu Zhiyin hadn’t forgotten what she had seen at the bar last time.
A group of people surrounded a girl, getting intimately involved. The scene was quite eye-opening.
At the same time, Lu Zhiyin was also worried that overly explicit scenes might corrupt Long Qinxin.
“Classmate Zhiyin.”
Long Qinxin noticed Lu Zhiyin’s distraction and gently patted her shoulder.
“…Ah, I’m here… mmmph…”
Snapping back to attention, as Lu Zhiyin opened her mouth to speak, Long Qinxin popped a plump piece of popcorn into her mouth.
The refreshing sweetness spread in her mouth, and Lu Zhiyin seemed to be less bothered.
“It’s our first date, after all. Can you be a little happier, classmate Zhiyin?”
As she said this, Long Qinxin boldly pinched Lu Zhiyin’s cheek.
“…Yes, I will be happier.”
Nodding, after a moment of hesitation, Lu Zhiyin leaned to the side, resting her head on Long Qinxin’s thigh.
This gesture of dependence was very pleasing to Long Qinxin.
