I'm in high school, is my dating system working correctly?

Chapter 68 Intertwined Fingers

"What, are there no good seats left? Let me see."

Lu Yu casually reached out for Cheng Bailu's phone.

"Hmm, I'm a little conflicted."

The girl obediently handed over the phone.

"There are recommended seats available, just click on one."

Lu Yu said matter-of-factly.

Okay, looks like I'll have to sit in the regular seats. Oh well, it's okay, the important thing is to watch the movie.

Cheng Bailu stared nervously at Lu Yu's movements, as if Lu Yu wasn't looking at the ticket booking app, but at her chat history.

Well, I don't have any chat logs that I can't show him. Go ahead and look.

What kind of person do you take me for?

Am I the kind of person who would take the opportunity to go through chat history?

But then again, I am indeed a little curious about when the system will give me a temporary bout of electronic ghost-like madness so I can find out what's going on.

"It's settled, you can pay now."

Lu Yu returned the phone.

With a slightly dim look in her eyes, she took the phone, and the seat the boy had reserved came into view.

The seats towards the back in the middle are for couples.

In an instant, Cheng Bailu felt her head buzzing. In her field of vision, there were only those two seats, shining brightly across the room, occupying all her attention and making everything around her seem unreal and distant.

"What? If you don't pay soon, you won't get a seat."

Seeing that the girl's thoughts were silent, Lu Yu reminded her.

"ah."

Cheng Bailu let out a soft gasp and hurriedly paid the money in a flustered manner.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the QR code for ticket collection that popped up after payment.

Thank goodness, I managed to buy it; it wasn't snatched up.

"Just kidding, you've already reserved your seat, you just need to pay within 15 minutes."

Lu Yu smiled.

"Hmm."

Cheng Bailu puffed out her cheeks, feeling like she'd been tricked, but when she looked at the couple's movie tickets on her phone, she couldn't help but smile.

So, does he also want to sit in the couple's seats with me?

That's too much talk.

"Oops, I think I accidentally selected the wrong seats. How did I end up with couple seats?"

As a small punishment, Lu Yu pretended to take Cheng Bailu's phone away.

"It seems inappropriate for us to sit here. Perhaps we should give them back to the couples?"

Cheng Bailu immediately covered her chest with her phone.

"—There probably won't be any good seats left if you buy them now, so you'll have to make do."

Well, not everyone sitting in the couple's seats is a couple; I just chose this seat because it has a good view.

In this way, she convinced herself and the boy opposite her.

"Okay."

Lu Yu abandoned his intention to tease her and instead focused on the small events at the mall.

The system never fails; if it says it will give you a thousand dollars, it will give you a thousand dollars.

He kept searching for the head of the one who ended it all.

Unfortunately, apart from the cashback raffle that Lu Yu won at Walmart on the basement floor last time, none of the other stores' lucky draws offered prizes as much as a thousand yuan.

Are there any other experts?

Forget it.

Lu Yu decided to leave his troubles to himself at midnight.

Trust the system.

Putting down his phone, Lu Yu saw that Cheng Bailu across from him was also looking at her phone, seemingly watching some kind of video.

So even top students watch short videos?

Is this some kind of advanced calculus tutorial video? Watching this kind of thing the night before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday will give me nightmares!

Seemingly noticing Lu Yu's gaze, she hurriedly ended the video call and put down her phone.

"I just saw a video forwarded in the class group chat."

I wonder if I could give it a try with Lu Yu...

He called her A-Yu, but in his heart he still thought of Lu Yu; they were being distant.

"What video?"

Intrigued by the girl's heartfelt words, Lu Yu became curious.

"Okay, hold out your hand and give me an OK sign."

Cheng Bailu considered for a moment before speaking.

"so?"

Lu Yu extended his right hand, hooking his index finger and thumb into a circle, while the other three fingers naturally bent.

Cheng Bailu nodded slightly, then raised her left hand and gave a thumbs up.

"Then, you put your hand in."

She gave a thumbs up.

If we let it in, then...

What will happen then?

Don't break the story, Cheng Bailu.

Lu Yu had a vague premonition, but he still placed his hand on it. The circle he made with his fingers fit perfectly around the girl's soft thumb.

next moment.

Cheng Bailu rotated her palm, spread her fingers, and slipped them between Lu Yu's fingers.

Then, gently close your hands and interlock your fingers.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

I can't hear Cheng Bailu's inner thoughts.

Lu Yu couldn't even hear his own inner thoughts anymore.

The noisy world fell silent in an instant, and the two people turned their gazes from their intertwined hands to each other simultaneously.

The instant our eyes met.

A crackling sound, like something breaking, rang out in the air.

The girl's neck started to turn red from the collar, and when she realized what she had done and hurriedly let go, even her fingertips were tinged with a beautiful blush.

"Yes, that's what they taught in the video."

She tried to explain weakly.

[What did I do?! What the hell?!]

Why did I do this on a whim?!

My mind was a complete mess, enveloped in a mix of embarrassment and nervousness.

Lu Yu felt that the mall's heating was a bit too strong.

He tugged at his collar to fan himself, then smiled nonchalantly.

"Short videos are really harmful; they even teach these tricks to get people to hold hands."

"Uh-huh!

""

Cheng Bailu nodded vigorously.

[It's all their fault for posting those videos in the group chat. Is this something students should be learning?]

I was inwardly cursing it.

"Speaking of which, I didn't quite see clearly what was done in the video."

Lu Yu said casually.

"Hmm, I see...."

'

Suddenly asked the question, a slightly bewildered Cheng Bailu made an OK sign with her right hand, and then gestured for Lu Yu to extend his thumb with her other hand.

Then, she put the circle she had made between her fingers onto Lu Yu's thumb.

"And then you..."

'

Suddenly.

Lu Yu rotated his palm, spread his fingers, and probed between Cheng Bailu's slender fingers in the same way as before.

Then, gently close your hands and interlock your fingers.

"Yes, that's it."

Cheng Bailu had just managed a slight smile when she immediately realized what the two of them were doing, and her expression instantly went out of control.

"!!!"

Is this really the right thing to do?

"I've learned it."

Lu Yu stood up with a grin and pulled her up with their intertwined hands.

"Let's go for a walk. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I wonder if there are any activities tonight."

"Um.

"7

Cheng Bailu stood up as well, her voice soft and delicate, like bubbles bursting in water.

As she rubbed her school uniform against her skin, she glanced furtively to her side.

Their hands, interlocked, did not separate.

*

"Would you two like to try our new fresh meat mooncakes?"

As the two, hand in hand, passed by a Chinese dessert shop, the shop assistant beckoned them to the shop.

Mooncakes with fresh meat filling? Aren't those just sesame seed cakes?

Lu Yu had eaten mostly five-nut and lotus seed paste mooncakes since he was a child. This was the first time he had ever heard of a mooncake with fresh meat filling.

"This is a specialty from the Jiangzhe region; it tastes quite good."

The salesperson continued to push the product.

"Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you mean?"

""

Lu Yu looked at the girl beside him.

Hmm, Dad does have these in his hometown. He mentioned them to me before, asking if I should buy a few for him to try; I think he'd like them.

Cheng Bailu pondered for a moment.

"Then I'll try it first."

Having worked as a product sampler in a supermarket, she wasn't shy about this aspect.

The shop assistant handed her a small piece of mooncake with meat filling stuck in it, which Cheng Bailu took and then extended towards Lu Yu.

Lu Yu was about to take it when he realized that the girl showed no sign of handing it over.

Does that mean, feed me?

Is it really appropriate for a tall guy like me to be fed by a little kid like you?

"Ah Yu, here, have a taste first."

Ah Yu, here, have a taste first.

If everyone says that, then there's absolutely no reason to refuse!

Lu Yu lowered his head and ate Cheng Bailu in one bite.

He ate the small piece of mooncake from Cheng Bailu's hand.

"Mmm, it's quite delicious."

It feels like the filling of a sesame seed cake, but the crust is crispier and thicker.

[The way Lu Yu ate just now was kind of cute, hehe.]

Do you have a misunderstanding about what cuteness is?

No, I can't lose.

Lu Yu then asked a shop assistant to get a piece and handed it to Cheng Bailu.

The girl reached out to take it, but Lu Yu immediately moved his hand away, preventing her from getting it.

What...what do you want to do? This makes me feel like a child who needs to be fed...

Haha, that's not what you were thinking just now.

"This is called reciprocity, opening your mouth."

Lu Yu smiled smugly.

Cheng Bailu puffed out her cheeks, stared at the small piece of fresh meat mooncake for a few seconds, and then, amidst the auntie smile of the shop assistant next to her, swallowed Lu Yu in one gulp.

She swallowed the mooncake that Lu Yu had fed her.

Don't swallow the words, it's making it sound like some kind of horror game.

"It tastes just like the food my dad used to take me to eat."

Cheng Bailu swallowed the mooncake.

Buy some for Dad; he must really miss the taste of home.

He turned his head and took out his phone towards the shop assistant.

"Hello, could you please help me pack this, um..."

"[One for each family member, one, two, three... and Lu Yu too.]"

"Pack four for me, I've transferred the money to you."

So, I'm family?

"Okay, I've packed it for you. It's best to eat this while it's hot. If it gets cold, you can reheat it in the microwave."

The shop assistant handed me four fresh meat mooncakes in a cardboard box printed with the shop's logo.

"If you get hungry while watching the movie later, you can have one. I bought it for you."

She took the box, grinning and showing off how thoughtful she had been.

"Then you can have one too, and fill the movie theater with the aroma of fresh meat mooncakes."

Lu Yu remembered someone eating Original Recipe Chicken while watching a movie. He couldn't remember what the movie was about, but he did remember that Crazy Thursday V50.

"I'll save it to eat with my parents tomorrow. Mooncakes are meant to be shared as a family."

Cheng Bailu quite values ​​these small rituals.

"Then, I'll share half with you later."

Lu Yu thought for a moment and then said.

"You said that mooncakes should be eaten by the whole family."

Upon hearing this, the girl, who had been slightly swaying her hand as she held the cardboard box, immediately stopped.

She glanced at Lu Yu, then at the mooncake in her hand, and finally her gaze settled on their clasped hands.

"...Okay then."

He lowered his eyes and nodded in response.

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