Chapter 1696: Cloud Boss and Little Cousin Extra (11)_2
Chapter 1696: Cloud Boss and Little Cousin Extra (11)_2
The result...
He squatted at the door, watching the neighborhood kids and puppies run back and forth in front of him.
As dusk fell, he still hadn’t come back.
Where exactly did he go?
Zheng Lansheng called, but no one answered. It wasn’t easy coming from the city to the suburbs, and he wasn’t willing to leave without seeing him.
Little did he know, Yun Hezhi was on a date.
**
Yun Hezhi didn’t have much dating experience; when they went out, there wasn’t much of a plan or goal. They ate a meal together, accompanied Fan Zhengyu to a music store, and watched a movie.
It was a series of movies that Fan Zhengyu liked; even before it started, she was telling him how much she was looking forward to it.
As she was talking, she noticed Yun Hezhi wasn’t saying much, "You... haven’t seen it before, have you?"
"I rarely watch movies."
"Then when was the last time you came to a cinema?"
"I don’t remember. Probably when I was a kid." Usually, he was either training or singing opera, with no time for movies.
When he did have time, he felt empty, unsure what to do besides sing. Watering plants, drinking tea, and basking in the sun seemed pleasant enough, but the deeper they got to know each other, the more differences they discovered.
Fan Zhengyu nodded, feeling she had picked the wrong movie, somewhat regretting it.
The lights in the theater dimmed, and Yun Hezhi leaned closer, "Zhengyu."
Yun Hezhi sings as Qingyi now, but he also learned Laosheng. His voice is versatile; at the moment, he deliberately lowered it, making it sound deep and alluring.
"Hmm?" Fan Zhengyu turned her head. In the dim light, the movie screen was playing advertisements, casting its glow onto her face.
Her typically elegant and relaxed face suddenly seemed more defined and vivid.
Darkness tends to magnify danger.
Especially when it’s a man’s...
It was such a beautiful face, but Fan Zhengyu saw an aggressiveness in it.
"Do you ever feel like we don’t have common interests?"
"Why do we have to have common interests? You are you, I am me. We’re naturally different. It’s normal for you not to like what I like."
"I suppose that’s true, as long as... you like me, that’s enough."
"..."
Fan Zhengyu didn’t know whether this man said those words unconsciously or was deliberately teasing her.
Her heart started to race uncontrollably.
She handed him a popcorn kernel directly.
"Want some?"
Then she realized he avoided many foods; he probably wouldn’t eat this and stuffed it into her mouth instead, "Popcorn is fragrant and sweet; it’s okay to try it once in a while."
She crunched the popcorn loudly.
Raising her hand to continue eating popcorn, just as she picked one up...
The next second...
Yun Hezhi lifted the armrest between them; this theater’s armrest could be raised. He leaned over, tilted his head, and gently pecked her on the lips.
Just a light touch, soft and warm.
The burning sensation erupted instantly, spreading rapidly throughout her body with her blood. At that moment, the theater screen suddenly went completely dark, and she felt him close in again.
Deepening that kiss from before.
The movie had already started playing. The familiar music from the movie banners, the theater’s surround sound, continuously buzzed in her ears, shaking her heart.
She felt like a drowning person, the only thing she could cling to was the popcorn in her hand.
The result was, the popcorn got squashed.
The shortness of breath and feeling of suffocation made her heart tremble like a leaf.
He kissed her and, in the gentlest tone, said:
"This counts as... having tasted it."
"Popcorn, indeed..."
"Very fragrant, very sweet."
...
What to do, she can never look at popcorn the same way again.
He had already returned to his seat, while Fan Zhengyu’s head was dizzy, her body turning soft, even her favorite movie series wasn’t engaging her attention.
Throughout the movie, as she ate popcorn, she felt her face flushing and her heart racing.
**
When they left the theater, it was already twilight. Because it was National Day, restaurants and shopping malls outside were very crowded, and they didn’t know what to eat for a moment. Yun Hezhi suggested going to their place where he would cook.
Fan Zhengyu often practiced with him, visiting frequently but never staying for a meal, so she nodded in agreement, phoning home to say she was dining with a friend. No one was suspicious.
During the National Day holiday, she’d been at home accompanying the elder. Even Fan Mingjue felt she should go out and enjoy herself.
Little did they know she was not just accompanying her grandfather but also going on a date.
They went to the mall to buy some ingredients. As they got closer, and more familiar, Fan Zhengyu didn’t hold back, directly choosing dishes for him to make.
"You don’t eat fried or barbecued foods, do you?"
"Not much."
"Then what do you like to eat?"
"I’m not picky; I used to follow my master, eating communal meals with hardly any oil or water, you couldn’t be choosy. Without eating, you’d have no energy, and bad performances would get punished..."
They chatted as they left the mall and drove to Yun Hezhi’s place. It was completely dark by then, and a person was squatting at their doorstep.
Zheng Lansheng was fiddling with a small stick, playing with the ants on the ground.
Seeing Yun Hezhi’s car return, he let out a long breath!
Just as he was about to rush over, he noticed a figure in the passenger seat. Because the car’s headlights were on, it disturbed his vision, making him unable to see clearly. Until that person got out of the car, he was stunned—
Miss Fan!
"Mr. Zheng, what brings you here?" Fan Zhengyu brightly greeted him.
Preconceived notions made Zheng Lansheng think her tone...
Sounded like she was the mistress of the house, what was going on?
"I came to see my brother."
"You came at the right time, help with the stuff in the trunk." Yun Hezhi got out of the car, his first words were instructions.
Zheng Lansheng: "..."
Someone in a daze carried a bunch of stuff into the house: cooking ingredients, but that wasn’t all, there was also a big bag of snacks, milk chips, soft candies, chocolate.
His brother never ate this stuff.
"Brother, these..."
"She likes them, so I bought them. You’re not going to fight a little girl over snacks, are you?"
Zheng Lansheng was floored!
What did his brother imagine him to be, a three-year-old craving snacks? How could he possibly fight over snacks with others?
Wait a minute...
Buying snacks for her? How far did their relationship progress over a single National Day?
Could it be that Fan Zhengyu really was going to become his sister-in-law, and so his brother was defending his sister-in-law’s snacks?
"Zhengyu, it’s been a tiring day, why don’t you sit in the east room of the living room for a bit, I’ll go cook."
Zheng Lansheng looked dumbfounded:
What the heck with Zhengyu, why so intimate?
"I’ll help you." Fan Zhengyu didn’t feel comfortable just waiting for the meal.
"No worries, Lansheng will help me. The kitchen isn’t big, it’d be cramped with you in there too."
"Alright then."
...
Zheng Lansheng entered the kitchen, his mind in chaos, "Brother, you two went out to..."
"Date."
"Oh, what did you do?"
Yun Hezhi glanced at him, probably feeling he was asking too many questions.
"I’m just curious about what you two did since you mentioned she was quite tired."
"Ate, watched a movie."
A movie could be tiring? Are you kidding me?
"Brother, when did you two start..."
"Looks like I should talk to the manager about scheduling more shows for you, seeing you chatter on without exhaustion, truly youth means endless energy, can’t expend it all."
Zheng Lansheng was about to cry.
Everyone thought he was already a star, but who knew how he was bullied in private.
Originally, it was a meal for two, yet Zheng Lansheng ended up the third party. Usually thick-skinned, he couldn’t stay in such an atmosphere. He ran off right after eating...
His brother was actually in love? Quickly hit him with lightning, sobering him up.
There was no lightning, but passing by a certain house, a sudden dog bark scared him enough.