Before this, apart from Chen's mother, Chen Yuan had never watched a movie alone with any beautiful woman.

The only somewhat ambiguous instance was watching a movie with Chen Jing, who was eight years his senior, when he was in his first year of junior high.

Of course, his older female cousin was a dinosaur, not considered a beautiful woman.

Therefore, this was still his first time.

Before this, Xia Xinyu had only been to the cinema twice. Once was during the New Year, with children of the same generation, and the other was in Xia Hai, with her classmates, the two girls and herself.

After all, she went to junior high school in a small town. All the entertainment venues consisted of a single internet cafe and a swimming pool. There wasn't even a decent supermarket. Because she had good grades, the school took special care of her, and she spent all three years of junior high school studying diligently. She rarely went to the city, so naturally, she didn't have many opportunities for entertainment.

Of course, this was also related to her lack of interest in entertainment.

Therefore, for both of them, this was a first experience that was prone to nervousness, mistakes, and even unpleasant feelings.

Yes, I'm talking about the first movie experience that might lead to an unsuited film, resulting in a dull atmosphere and an imperfect memory.

Of course, this explanation is redundant. Honest people certainly wouldn't interpret it in any other way.

Right?

"Hello, which movie would you like to see?"

The ticket seller with the red cap asked with a smile.

"You decide," Xia Xinyu said, giving Chen Yuan the power of decision, without any particular preference.

Or rather, she didn't have any particular liking for any of the movies currently showing.

"Let me think."

Chen Yuan had indeed seen a lot of ads while scrolling through Douyin recently. As a pre-movie marketing investment, this wasn't inappropriate. After all, they needed to make money.

However, he could eliminate some options from a promotional perspective.

Firstly, this comedy film produced by Happy Maggots could be directly passed over.

Of course, this wasn't aimed at Happy Maggots in any way, nor was he a shill for a competing comedy. It was just that the works produced by this production team had a decent upper limit, able to meet the needs as commercial films with no boring parts, but the lower limit was too low.

Logically speaking, the excerpt they presented should have been a carefully selected hilarious scene, but Chen Yuan only felt awkward.

Therefore, the tone of this film was set: undoubtedly a bad movie.

Spending over forty yuan to watch this was worse than having Zhou Yu dance the gorilla dance for ten minutes.

The second movie: *Dog Outbreak*.

Actually, Chen Yuan really wanted to see it, but considering that the theater would likely be full of screaming, laughing, wriggling, and rolling children, he automatically gave up.

Since National Day had just passed, the remaining two tribute films ended too late. Xinyu had to catch the bus tomorrow, so they didn't need to be considered.

"So, based on time, reviews, and content." Although he wasn't particularly interested in this one either, and it probably had some cheesy plots, being a movie adapted from an old romance novel, Chen Yuan thought the attendance rate was decent, so he suggested, "How about this one?"

Looking at the romance movie Chen Yuan pointed to, which ran from eight to ten-thirty, Xia Xinyu thought for a moment and nodded, "Mm-hm, sure."

Judging from the screening times, this was the only suitable one. The others were too late, and the animated movie was a bit childish. As for that comedy... she had never quite grasped the humorous points of 'Happy Maggots'.

Chen Yuan must have thought the same way when he chose this movie.

[A scheming boy, looking nonchalant, but his calculations are so loud I can hear them]

[He definitely wants to secretly hold the little beauty's hand when the male and female leads hold hands in the movie, secretly kiss the little beauty's cheek when they see them kissing, and grope the little beauty's body when they see them hugging...]

Come on, come on.

If you're so good at imagining things, you write it.

You write this book, okay?

I already said it was chosen based on considerations of time, content, and environment!

My heart, my nature, as clear as a mirror.

"Break up,渣男 (zhā nán, scumbag)! You boys are all the same!"

The two were just about to buy tickets when such a crying voice suddenly came from the exit. Then, the girl ran away with her bag, and the boy next to her could only chase after her with an innocent look on his face.

The three of them: "..."

Xia Xinyu was the first to break the silence: "If we choose this one, I feel like we'll see something more radical than the movie content..."

I knew this kid Xia Xinyu had a bit of a humorous streak.

Low EQ: Spending money to watch monkeys?

High EQ: It will present something more radical than the movie content.

Immediately afterward, another couple walked out from inside.

Just like brothers who had lost all night playing video games, there was enough space between the two of them to fit two more people. They didn't exchange any words with each other, and their gazes were turned in opposite directions.

I estimate they won't talk to each other for the next three days.

Chen Yuan was silent and said, "I heard the reviews for *Dog Outbreak* are pretty good..."

"It's okay, let's just watch this one." Xia Xinyu waved her hand and said nonchalantly, "It's just a movie. Who would take the movie content seriously and make themselves angry? Besides, reality doesn't have as many dramatic plots as movies."

Xia Xinyu wanted to express that she wasn't so pointlessly sensitive or inexplicably empathetic, but after saying it, she overlooked one point.

Her story was more exciting than this kind of movie.

"Then, let's choose these two seats in the middle..." The ticket seller felt that if she didn't sell the tickets soon, more and more weirdos would run out of the movie theater.

She didn't know what was going on in recent years, but people always got carried away when watching movies and inexplicably went crazy.

Chen Yuan didn't agree with the ticket seller's point of view.

This was obviously a good thing.

Forty yuan could achieve the effect of a few thousand yuan hospital checkup. This was true medical care for all.

[As expected, high school couples are more normal and won't get too caught up in a movie...]

[But it's hard to say. Many girls who look quite gentle will also sulk with their boyfriends after watching this movie.]

You guys are underestimating Saint Xinyu, aren't you?

Comparing her to ordinary women is a death wish.

It's very easy for us Xin Pi to evaporate a little 黑子 (hēi zi, hater).

After the audience from the previous showing gradually left, the movie theater started queuing up after more than ten minutes.

While waiting, Chen Yuan also picked up the snack set.

Two cups of cola and a medium bucket of popcorn.

Chen Yuan was holding the popcorn and one cup of cola, while Xia Xinyu was sipping the other cup of cola while waiting in line.

How should I put it?

Xia Xinyu had the characteristics of a little cook, liked to cook, and was very good at cooking, so she ate a lot and didn't have any dietary restrictions, but...

She was really skinny.

Seriously, Chen Yuan hadn't seen a single bit of excess fat on her body.

Although she shared the milk tea, fried buns, pot stickers, and duck blood soup with him, she could still drink cola after a short while, and while waiting, she reached into the popcorn bucket, smiled at him, and grabbed a handful of popcorn to eat.

How could she not gain weight with her foodie constitution?

God closed a door for her, but opened too many windows.

But it was pretty good. Chen Yuan didn't know why, but watching Xia Xinyu eat was quite healing, like watching a giant panda eating bamboo shoots.

People only live once. If she likes it, he'll support her as much as possible.

He had to vigorously develop foodie-type talents.

After checking the tickets, the audience gradually took their seats.

Since it wasn't a very popular movie, only about 30% of the seats were occupied, mostly concentrated in the middle rows three, four, five, and six, but there were exceptions.

In the corner of the last row of the movie theater, a couple was sitting.

"It's so strange, what can they see sitting there?"

Xia Xinyu was a little puzzled. After asking Chen Yuan, she realized that he had clearly heard her question, but pretended not to hear it, and was even more serious than usual. So, she poked Chen Yuan's shoulder with her finger: "You seem to know the reason, tell me."

Just a little sparring before the battle under the moon.

Chen Yuan replied: "Maybe they're socially awkward."

"Even if they're socially awkward, they wouldn't hide in the corner, right?"

"I'm talking about terrorists in society. They probably hid bombs and are going to seal the doors and hijack the movie theater."

"Haha, you're so humorous."

Pouting, Xia Xinyu knew that Chen Yuan was lying to her, so she didn't continue to ask. She turned her head back to look.

But after taking a look, she immediately turned her head back and started gulping down the cola.

Chen Yuan followed and turned his head to look, only to find that before the ads had even finished playing, the two of them were hugging and making out.

He even seemed to see tongues.

Then, looking back at Xia Xinyu, who was buried in gulping down cola and pretending to be very busy, he couldn't help but laugh.

[Strange, how does Chen Yuan know everything?]

Mm, I can't laugh anymore.