Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!-Chapter 186 - 159 Holding Hands with Her
Chapter 186: Chapter 159: Holding Hands with Her
Chapter 186: Chapter 159: Holding Hands with Her
Inside the theater, Cheng Zhu had draped his own denim shirt over half his body.
To be fair, he bought the shirt initially because he was afraid Lin Lu would be cold.
Because he really was strong and healthy, and he really wasn’t cold at all.
That’s the most fundamental reason.
The rest of his actions were just because he was indeed quite cunning.
To him, if Lin Lu would share a bit of the shirt with him, that of course, would be the best.
The pitch-dark environment of a cinema is the most suitable for romantic undertones to intensify.
If she felt too shy, embarrassed to share the same shirt with him, it didn’t matter to him, because he really wasn’t cold.
To offer one’s coat and then to freeze like a dog, that would indeed be the most pitiful.
Right now, the two of them were lying on the sofa seats of the cinema, covered with the same shirt, which pretty much amounted to sleeping under the same quilt!
Lin Lu didn’t know if it was her own illusion or some other reason, but she felt the temperature inside the shirt soared speedily after Cheng Zhu came in, and she felt increasingly warm, even… hot!
Her heartbeat began to quicken slightly, and her cheeks started to get hot and red, but luckily it was dark enough in the theater, so she reckoned Cheng Zhu hadn’t noticed.
Little did she know that her doe eyes were already brimming with emotions, not sure if it was the reflection of the big screen’s light or that her eyes naturally had stars in them.
All of this was a feedback from a series of Cheng Zhu’s playful actions.
But for some reason, when Lin Lu truly focused on the big screen, draping the shirt over him without looking aside, his heart still throbbed a little.
For him, a wanderer, his few years of wild life could be said to be more thrilling than what most people experience in several lifetimes combined.
Logically, what hasn’t he experienced?
“The flirting stage is indeed the most intoxicating,” Cheng Zhu thought to himself.
He glanced at Lin Lu huddling more tightly inside the shirt from the corner of his eye and found her damn cute.
Her current position was such that her upper body was curled up, while her lower body had both legs closed together, then placed to one side on the sofa seat.
Without the cover of the shirt, the scene would probably have been very delightful.
Both could clearly smell each other’s scent, and their arms were actually just a tad apart.
Cheng Zhu initially planned to say a few words to tease her a bit, then let the atmosphere of flirtation continue to heat up.
But once he saw the female Avatar scene in the movie, he immediately felt it was unnecessary.
Soon, the scene inside the car appeared.
After the two in the car kissed, the female Avatar said she wanted to remove her makeup.
Xu Zheng immediately said, “No, no, can’t do that, I want the Avatar!”
The couples in the theater felt the scene was both “vulgar” and ridiculously funny.
Many of the guys burst out laughing.
Damn it, playing cosplay in the car, huh!
The young couple sitting in front of them had already started fooling around with each other.
Cheng Zhu also didn’t know if he had misheard, but thought he faintly heard the man in front mention something about… Spiderman?
“Damn it, don’t tell me I ran into a client?” he murmured to himself.
His thoughts at this moment drifted away, and the business-minded man even considered: “If Ning Hao used the Spiderman bodysuits from my shop instead of the Avatar costumes when directing this movie, wouldn’t I sell like crazy!?”
Lin Lu, sitting next to him, had her eyes wide with disbelief.
“How could this movie be so… so…”
She hadn’t expected that her first time going out to watch a movie alone with a guy, she had picked such a film!
And to watch it sitting so close to each other under the same shirt.
Throughout the film, the narrative runs on two parallel lines, with Huang Bo playing the role of the divorced and cuckolded Geng Hao, who is unable to get over the emotional scars left by his ex-wife Kang Xiaoyu.
The other line follows a woman played by Yuan Quan traveling to Dali.
From many details in the movie, it seems to hint to the audience.
These two yet-to-meet characters seem incredibly suited for each other, as if they were soulmates.
Many scenarios converged to continuously hint to the audience the psychological suggestion that they would meet and rescue each other.
Under the denim shirt, Lin Lu nudged Cheng Zhu lightly with her shoulder.
After more than an hour of companionship in the theater, he naturally leaned his ear a little closer to her small face, pretending to listen.
At such times, there was no need to speak, no need to ask her “what’s wrong.” All you had to do was to draw your ear closer to her.
Body language is more powerful than a thousand words.
“How come they haven’t met yet?” Lin Lu was getting impatient.
Remembering the climax of the film, Cheng Zhu naturally knew the truth of this movie.
Also because of the special filmmaking technique and narrative mode, the film’s message was elevated, bringing all fantasies crashing back to reality.
He turned to look at Lin Lu and asked, “Do you think they will meet in Dali?”
“Yeah, otherwise what’s the point of shooting this? Wouldn’t this woman’s storyline be pointless?” Lin Lu found this obvious.
The two whispering with their faces very close, Cheng Zhu listened to her words, didn’t say anything, and just locked eyes with her for two seconds. Then he chuckled softly, expressing his disagreement.
“Bet!” Lin Lu stretched her little fist out from under the shirt.
“On what?” Cheng Zhu was embarrassed to wager too much with her.
“Then let’s bet a meal!” Lin Lu suggested.
“Alright then.”
As the movie progressed, Geng Hao bought a plane ticket to Dali.
Lin Lu immediately looked triumphantly at Cheng Zhu and let out a disdainful “Hmph!”
Cheng Zhu just smiled and remained silent.
The movie had already provided many details, but they were easy to overlook during viewing.
The eventual outcome was that the woman in Dali, who was never named, indeed met Geng Hao, and they got along well with complementary personalities, even leaving their names together on a signature wall.
Then, the name written on the wall turned out to be—Kang Xiaoyu!
Yes, she was Geng Hao’s ex-wife.
The movie’s narrative was split: one part told the story chronologically, portraying the aftermath of Geng Hao and Kang Xiaoyu’s divorce.
The other part was in reverse, depicting Kang Xiaoyu’s life before meeting Geng Hao.
Lin Lu was so surprised that her mouth gaped open upon seeing this twist, and she wasn’t the only one in the theater to be shocked.
On the big screen, as if time rewound itself, Geng Hao stood in front of the signature wall, the surroundings continually changing as the timeline went from the past to the present.
“Ah! So it was shot like this! It’s giving me goosebumps!” Little Lu watched the scene, genuinely surprised.
She had thought the two were each other’s saviors, a match made by heaven, a perfect pair!
It never crossed her mind that the woman would turn out to be his ex-wife!
“Did you guess this from the beginning?” Lin Lu leaned over and asked.
The two were already shoulder to shoulder, after all, whispering all this time.
“There are a lot of details in the film, like that dog,” Cheng Zhu replied.
Lin Lu felt a bit defeated: “Okay, okay! You win again!”
“It’s not exactly like that though, they did meet in Dali, just not the way you thought, and it wasn’t on the chronological timeline.”
He glanced at Lin Lu and said with an indifferent tone: “Let’s call it even this time!”
“Cut it out, I don’t need you to go easy on me!” Lin Lu retorted.
The two continued to watch the movie, but their shoulders remained close together.
Cheng Zhu didn’t care, he was not at a loss.
Lin Lu didn’t mind either; she found it comforting and pleasant, after all, she had Cheng Zhu in her heart.
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Time passed, and the movie was nearly over.
Lin Lu suddenly found herself thinking about Cheng Zhu’s previous relationship.
In the film, Kang Xiaoyu took the initiative with Geng Hao, seeming to be full of love before they were together.
But their ending was ultimately terrible.
“Watching this movie, is he thinking of that girl?”
She knew many people watching movies have strong empathy, especially for films with love themes.
After the movie ended, the lights in the theater came on.
Cheng Zhu was the first to shed the denim shirt, then saw Lin Lu stretching out her fair and balanced legs from under the shirt, slowly reaching for her shoes on the ground.
“My legs are a bit numb,” she said.
After standing up, she stomped her feet lightly on the spot.
“I would have given you a paid massage service if you had said it earlier,” he said casually.
Lin Lu visualized the scenario in her head, the two of them under the same shirt in the cinema, his hands inside the shirt, continuously kneading her calves…
“Cut it out! It would be too cheap for you, and you would charge!” Lin Lu said, annoyed.
As a result, when they left the venue, Lin Lu almost stumbled on the steps of the theater.
Cheng Zhu, walking beside her, quickly helped her.
Luckily, Lin Lu had bought tickets for the last row and sat in the farthest seats, so they were the last to leave.
It would have been terribly embarrassing if she had been at the forefront of the crowd!
The little fool was still a bit shaken.
“Do you have flat feet?” he teased with a laugh.
“You’re the one with flat…”
Before she could finish her sentence, her hand was grasped by Cheng Zhu.
But he was still holding the denim shirt they had shared, effectively holding her hand through the shirt.
“Come on, I’ll lead the way,” he walked faster than Lin Lu by a stride.
Lin Lu gazed at her own hand being led, mechanically following behind him, not looking at the road or him but only at their hands.
Just after they descended the steps, Cheng Zhu naturally let go.
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The hand-holding had been so natural, and the release was just as natural.
He didn’t give her a chance to respond or speak, simply saying, “I’ll go to the restroom first.”
Then, he quickly walked ahead, leaving Lin Lu standing alone in the corridor, watching his retreating figure.
Watching him go, she couldn’t help but look down at the palm of her hand.
For some reason, Lin Lu felt her palm was…
“Really burning up,” she thought to herself.
