I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"I, I'm fine with anything."

As she spoke, Bai Xiaoqi couldn't help but glance at her feet, which he was massaging. She could barely bear it through her socks, at least his hands weren't directly touching her skin, so the temperature of his hands wouldn't burn her heart.

She curled her toes slightly, trying to appear calm as she looked away, attempting to ignore the shyness in her heart.

"Hmm, let me see."

Chen Shuo opened the food delivery app, only to find that food delivery was also suspended. Due to the slippery roads caused by the snow, many businesses closed down, and delivery times were significantly extended, starting at two hours.

In winter, all I want is something hot to eat, but if it's delivered two hours later, even the hottest food will be completely cold.

With a sigh, Chen Shuo put his phone back in his pocket, squeezed the little foot in his hand, and then let go: "Let's go out to eat."

"Didn't you order takeout?"

"There's no takeout available right now, so we'll have to eat out."

"Oh."

Bai Xiaoqi suddenly realized, and without asking why there was no takeout, she pulled her foot back, bent down to put on her shoes, looked at her little feet again, and turned her head to ask, "So you sighed just now because you haven't touched my feet enough?"

"Some things are better left unsaid; it's better to keep them to yourself."

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Having a girlfriend who is straightforward and says what she thinks has many advantages; at least you don't have to guess what she's doing.

There won't be situations like, "What's wrong with you? I'm fine." or "Are you angry? I'm not." After a barrage of questions, the answer will always be "I'm fine," and it will indeed seem like nothing's wrong.

But in the middle of the night, she would suddenly post a message on her WeChat Moments, saying that in the end she still had to bear everything alone, and adding that love will disappear, right?

I even tagged you specifically.

This situation is really frustrating.

Ultimately, women are a species that likes to make their boyfriends or husbands guess what they're thinking. In this process of guessing and testing, they gain a strange sense of security.

"Sometimes, it's okay not to say what you're thinking at home, but when you're out in public, especially when others are around, being so straightforward and saying whatever comes to mind can embarrass or bother people, and may even offend them. So you should be mindful of the occasion; this is a principle of interpersonal relationships."

The two walked hand in hand towards the entrance of the residential area. After thinking for a moment, Chen Shuo decided to give them some instructions.

It doesn't matter what you do at home, but if you act like a straightforward person outside, it might cause a major social disaster, and the person who gets embarrassed will either be yourself or someone else, but it certainly won't be her.

Turning my head, I saw that she was busy looking around, and I didn't know if she was listening or not.

Did you hear what I just said?

"heard it."

"You heard me, why didn't you respond?"

"I'm checking if anyone else is around."

"What do you mean?" Chen Shuo was stunned.

"Do you want to kiss me?" Bai Xiaoqi looked away from him and added, "There's no one else around."

Chapter Fifty-Six: That Wasn't a Bite

After finishing my hot pot and leaving the restaurant, it was afternoon. The snow had stopped, and the snow shone brightly in the sunlight, almost blindingly so.

It's only 2 p.m., the wind isn't strong, and the sun is shining warmly on you. Compared to winter, it's a rare good day.

Chen Shuo had originally planned to go home and write after dinner, but now he changed his mind. With such a nice day, he should give himself a break.

A cold mist wafted around his nose with each breath. He turned to look around, intending to devise a plan.

The date plan.

We've been living together for a while now, and we've been officially a couple for some time, but it seems we haven't really gone on a proper date yet. At most, we'll have a meal together, take a walk, or go for a stroll in the park.

Buying milk tea, shopping, watching a movie?

These were the only ideas Chen Shuo could think of for the time being; at least these didn't require ID cards. He held hands and looked around.

There's a milk tea shop not far away, but the nearest movie theater is a bit of a distance. Since I've just finished eating, I can buy a milk tea and walk over. The walk can be like shopping, and it can also help digest my food.

Yes, it's a perfect date plan.

"Let's go over there."

Aren't you going home?

“We can go home anytime. I’m planning to take you to buy a milk tea and then go to the movies. Let me tell you, the movie screen is huge, about this big.”

Chen Shuo tried to gesture with his hands, drawing a large circle, but then realized he couldn't express it properly with his hands, so he had to sheepishly withdraw his hand.

"Anyway, it's huge. It's more satisfying than looking at it on your phone. You haven't been there yet, let me show you around."

As they chatted, they strolled to the milk tea shop and bought two cups of hot milk tea. As usual, Chen Shuo handed her the cup with sugar and continued, "Let's drink milk tea on our way to the movie theater. Shopping can also help with digestion."

"Mmm." Bai Xiaoqi readily agreed, took the milk tea, and asked, "Are we going on a date?"

"That's right, a date."

Half an hour later, the two strolled leisurely to the vicinity of the cinema. There was also a pedestrian street nearby. When they passed a shop, Chen Shuo stopped and led her inside.

When they came out again, each of them had a pair of gloves around their necks. Chen Shuo had only planned to buy her a pair, since he, as a man, didn't need such things.

Moreover, even if necessary, one should wear normal gloves. Gloves like these that hang around the neck seem to be something I only wore when I was a child. Wearing them now just doesn't feel right.

But I couldn't refuse her, and the two of them wore the same style of gloves, just different colors.

One is pink, and the other is blue.

"These gloves are very warm." Bai Xiaoqi's hand was being held by him, and her other hand was tucked into the glove. She looked quite happy.

She is afraid of the cold, or rather, she is not used to it. When she was a cat, she had fur on her body, but after becoming a human, she lost that layer of warm fur and can only rely on clothes to resist the cold.

So every time she goes out, she has to wrap herself up thickly, layer upon layer, looking round and plump like a penguin.

"Yes, as long as it's warm."

Chen Shuo reached out to straighten her scarf and instructed her, "When we go in to watch the movie later, we'll be sitting in a dark room. Don't talk loudly. You can speak quietly, but don't talk too much, or you'll disturb others."

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There weren't many people at the movie theater in the afternoon. Only when a movie was about to start did a few people come in to have their tickets checked and enter.

Chen Shuo had already chosen his film. Since it wasn't a holiday or anything like that, there wasn't much to watch. After much deliberation, he picked a big-budget film with the most glamorous cast, which would at least be worth the ticket price.

After getting the tickets and checking the time, there were still about ten minutes before the movie started. Chen Shuo pulled her to a corner of the lobby to wait quietly. Just as they sat down, he remembered something and stood up again, saying, "Wait for me a moment."

As he spoke, he walked to the counter and bought a bucket of popcorn and two cups of cola.

Of course, they also sell milk tea at the counter, but drinking cola while watching a movie feels more ceremonial.

"You hold onto this popcorn, and you can eat it when we go inside to watch the movie."

Why do we have to wait until we're watching a movie to eat?

Bai Xiaoqi held the popcorn bucket, her little nose twitching slightly as she smelled a strong, sweet aroma.

"Because of the sense of ritual, when watching a movie, you have to... I'll tell you later, let's go, let's check our tickets and go in."

Chen Shuo was halfway through his sentence when he saw that they were starting to check tickets and let people in, so he pulled her over there.

There were no problems with the ticket check. You don't need to show any valid ID to watch the movie; just show your ticket.

After entering the theater, the two found their seats according to the numbers on their tickets, in the last row and the corner.

Chen Shuo placed two cups of cola into the grooves of the armrests of his seat, looked around, and figured the movie probably wasn't going to be very good, since hardly anyone was watching it; there were only about ten people scattered throughout the theater.

After sitting down, Bai Xiaoqi looked around, watching others enter and find their seats, and then looked at the huge movie screen in front of her, unable to help but marvel inwardly.

This screen is really big.

Remembering something, she looked up at the spotlights in the movie theater. The warm light, though not bright, didn't make it seem dim either. She couldn't help but ask, "Wasn't it supposed to be a dark, gloomy room?"

"It's not time yet, it will get dark soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the lights in the theater went out in a flash, and the movie began.

As Chen Shuo predicted, the movie was indeed not very good. To put it simply, it was a movie adapted from a game based on a famous Chinese novel adapted by an island nation.

Before entering the theater, Chen Shuo thought the movie was unreliable, but he didn't expect it to be this unreliable. Although it was adapted from a game, the entire movie had the feel of a web game.

The Three Kingdoms fantasy theme, with its various characters, gives people a feeling of thunder and lightning as soon as they appear.

It's like a large-scale ancient costume cosplay scene.

As Chen Shuo watched the various familiar characters appear on screen in the movie, he felt somewhat uneasy.

To be honest, he regretted choosing this one a little. If he had known it was this, he would have preferred to watch Tiny Times.

Damn it, I was fooled by the movie synopsis. It clearly said it was an epic Three Kingdoms fantasy blockbuster.

It does have a magical element, but I didn't see any Three Kingdoms elements at all.

Are these characters really from the Three Kingdoms period?

And won't watching this kind of thing really hurt my cat's young heart?

Chen Shuo kept turning his head. In the dimly lit movie theater, only the light from the screen fell on the girl's cheek beside him.

She seemed to be watching very intently, and of course, she was eating even more intently, stuffing handfuls of popcorn into her mouth every now and then and chewing mechanically. In the dim light of the screen, you could see her cheeks puffing out.

Noticing Chen Shuo's gaze, Bai Xiaoqi turned to look at him twice, then handed him the popcorn she was holding, saying indistinctly, "Want some?"

"No good, no good."

Chen Shuo shook his head and continued watching the movie, but found it too irritating. He started looking around the theater and soon spotted a suspicious pair of people.

In the middle of the front row, a couple was doing something suspicious. Through the dim light, you could see them hugging and kissing, probably kissing so intensely they were practically suffocating. The woman was twisting her body and patting the man's back.

That's outrageous! Even if we were sitting in the very corner, we wouldn't dare do that.

Chen Shuo was engrossed in the movie when he suddenly heard a familiar voice beside him, "Why did that man bite that woman?"

"That wasn't a bite, that was a kiss."

"relative?"

Bai Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, then observed carefully and felt that she couldn't understand why she struggled like that when being kissed.