Staring helplessly as the two men left, An Nuo and Yang Zimo, who were whispering in the corner, were both bewildered.
"No... what's going on here?"
An Nuo's emotions were more turbulent than ever. She could swear to heaven that Qin Chuan had absolutely no prior acquaintance with Zhou Tai, and even Zhou Tai had shown intense hostility.
But who would have thought that in just a few minutes, Zhou Tai, who was originally strongly hostile towards Qin Chuan, would have become good buddies with him?
The two men, with their arms around each other's shoulders, took the elevator downstairs and left, abandoning the two goddesses in the mall without a care.
It was unbelievable!
If she hadn't experienced it herself, An Nuo would never have believed it was true.
"An Nuo, what exactly happened? Hurry up and tell me!"
Yang Zimo asked. It wasn't a big deal that Zhou Tai had left, but why had Qin Chuan left too?
"I... I don't know either!"
Seeing her best friend anxious, An Nuo also became flustered. She dared not hide anything and recounted the whole process.
Just as Qin Chuan had predicted, An Nuo had secretly contacted Zhou Tai via text message in the car, with a simple purpose: to create trouble.
An Nuo wanted to use Zhou Tai to deeply understand who this Qin Chuan was, and how powerful he was, to have made her best friend fall for him.
An Nuo's plan was well-thought-out, but unfortunately, the outcome was so abrupt that it confused even her, the mastermind.
"You... you worry too much!"
After understanding the cause and effect, Yang Zimo looked at her best friend with a hint of helplessness.
"Of course. I'm your only best friend. If I don't worry about your matters, whose should I worry about?"
An Nuo tightly hugged her best friend's arm, resting her head on Yang Zimo's shoulder.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and said in a low voice, "However, this guy named Qin Chuan is really not easy to deal with!"
"He told me before that Zhou Tai wasn't worthy of being his opponent, and I didn't believe it."
"I didn't expect that in just a few minutes, the outcome would be like this..."
Seeing her best friend, who always believed she could easily manipulate all men, looking dejected, Yang Zimo couldn't help but laugh gleefully.
"If he were that easy to deal with, he wouldn't be called Qin Chuan!"
"Go! Go! Go!"
"Let them drink their drinks, and we'll continue shopping!"
With that, she pulled the depressed An Nuo towards the next store...
About two hours later, after finishing their shopping, Yang Zimo and An Nuo received a call from Qin Chuan at a dessert shop, asking where they were.
Yang Zimo told them their location, and Qin Chuan arrived shortly after.
"Waiter, a cup of milk tea, please!"
Qin Chuan plopped down beside Yang Zimo.
An Nuo immediately covered her nose: "How much did you drink? You're so strong!"
Teacher Yang, however, didn't mind at all, just quietly looking at Qin Chuan.
"About half a pound, not much. I've already dealt with it specially. Does it still smell that strong?"
Qin Chuan sniffed his clothes and then leaned towards Yang Zimo: "I don't smell anything. Can you smell it for me?"
"Go away, you're acting indecent!"
Yang Zimo pushed Qin Chuan aside and then asked curiously, "Where's that Zhou Tai?"
An Nuo also perked up her ears.
"He drank too much. I found him a hotel and arranged for him to sleep!"
Qin Chuan answered casually. At this moment, the waiter brought the milk tea. Qin Chuan took it, took a big sip, and looked satisfied.
"Hmph, he's really useless. Can't do anything right, and can't even hold his liquor."
An Nuo couldn't help but murmur softly.
Her voice wasn't loud, but Qin Chuan and Yang Zimo, sitting so close, could still hear it.
Yang Zimo quietly raised her leg and kicked her friend, giving her a look and signaling her to stop causing trouble.
As for Qin Chuan, he seemed not to have heard, turning to Yang Zimo and saying, "Teacher Yang, I see there's a movie theater nearby. Shall we watch a movie later?"
Yang Zimo raised her eyes and glanced at her best friend sitting opposite her: "An Nuo, it seems we really haven't watched a movie in a long time?"
"Okay, okay, let's go then!"
As a best friend, how could An Nuo not understand Yang Zimo's thoughts? She immediately nodded reluctantly.
At the same time, she couldn't help but mutter to herself: "It's over! It's completely over!"
"My best friend seems to have truly fallen for this Qin Chuan!"
In An Nuo's memory, Yang Zimo had never watched a movie with any man before, except for this Qin Chuan.
About fifteen minutes later, the three of them walked into the movie theater.
At the entrance of the cinema, there were large posters of many newly released movies, such as "King of Assassins," "Young and Dangerous," "Saving Private Ryan," and so on.
"Wow, they're showing 'Titanic' today!"
An Nuo pointed at the largest poster and suddenly exclaimed with delight.
Qin Chuan quickly looked over and saw that it was indeed a poster for "Titanic," featuring the handsome couple, Jack and Rose.
This classic poster quickly brought back his memories. Qin Chuan recalled that "Titanic" was released in China around 1998.
The sincere love between Jack and Rose had touched the hearts of countless young men and women, and the movie had set numerous box office records.
Many years later, "Titanic" remained a classic in people's memories, an irreplaceable one!
"Xiao Mo, let's watch 'Titanic.' I've heard about this love story for a long time and never had the chance to see it!"
An Nuo excitedly grabbed Yang Zimo's arm and shouted.
Yang Zimo's beautiful eyes also lingered on the poster for a long time. She had also heard about this movie. It had almost no negative reviews and a high reputation, being very famous abroad.
"Alright, let's go with this one! I haven't seen it either!"
"Got it, I'll go buy the tickets!"
Qin Chuan darted to the ticket booth, bought three tickets, and a large bag of snacks, then returned.
Seeing Qin Chuan so proactive for the first time, An Nuo rarely praised him: "Good performance this time, keep it up!"
"Thank you, beautiful lady, for the compliment!"
Qin Chuan called her "beautiful lady" sweetly, but inwardly sneered, "If it weren't for Teacher Yang, who the hell would bother showing off for you, a third wheel?"
After waiting outside for about twenty minutes, they began to enter the theater.
The crowd was immense. Even in the afternoon, the audience for this movie was large, with almost everyone coming specifically for it.
And more than ninety percent were young couples, holding hands, sweetly enjoying themselves.
"Teacher Yang, be careful, don't get separated!"
Qin Chuan wouldn't miss such a good opportunity. He quietly took Teacher Yang's small hand, its texture smooth and soft, like holding a piece of fine white jade.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had held Teacher Yang's hand. The sense of happiness instantly surged.
In the dimly lit, narrow aisle of the cinema, Yang Zimo was caught off guard and couldn't help but try to break free. But the large hand seemed to have anticipated this. No matter how she struggled, it was futile; on the contrary, the tighter she struggled, the tighter the grip.
Yang Zimo knew Qin Chuan's rascal and thick-skinned personality. She quietly glanced back at her best friend, and seeing that she wasn't paying attention, she stopped struggling, as it wasn't the first time they had held hands.
She then let Qin Chuan hold her hand as they walked towards their seats.
However, her cheeks were faintly flushed...