Chapter 35

Of all the people present, the incompatibility between Yin Mu and Zhang Yang was the most obvious. Meng Meng could almost see the reluctance written on both Yin Mu and Zhang Yang's faces when the result came out. Yet, they were still enjoying the fun and fanning the flames by asking, "Yin Mu has never teamed up with Zhang Yang before, right? How do you feel now?"

She asked this question because she must have hoped that Yin Mu could give some controversial answers to attract attention to the show.

Yin Mucai didn't want her to get what she wanted, so he pulled the corners of his mouth and said with a forced smile: "I'm looking forward to it."

It's anticipation, anticipation of how many things he will say to make me unhappy when we're on a date.

"Oh?" Meng Meng raised an eyebrow and asked Zhang Yang, "What about you, Zhang Yang?"

Zhang Yang gritted his teeth and responded, "Well, I'm also looking forward to having new experiences on a date with Yin Mu."

Meng Meng didn't ask anything and let them go for the time being: "It seems that both of you are in a good mood. Well, I wish you a happy date in advance. Let's take a look at the next group first."

【One dares to ask, the other dares to answer. 】

【Looking at the expressions of others, everyone is so funny. 】

【Everyone, laugh if you want to, don't hold it in. 】

[Meng Meng, why did you mess with Yin Mu?]

Our Yin Mu is very sensible and won't let the production team succeed in their mischief.

…

As Zhang Yang and Yin Mu successfully formed a team, the remaining three male guests also pulled the colored ropes in their hands in order and successfully formed a team with the female guests. They were Jiang Nanyu and Zhong Mengyuan, Lu Zilin and Zhou Jingyu, and Chen Qinglin and Zheng Wei.

Meng Meng looked around, very surprised, and joked, "This is really a big reshuffle. Do you all have X-ray vision? How do you do it?"

Yin Mu thought back to the date a few days ago and found that it was just as Meng Meng said. This coincidence was too much.

She didn't care much about Zhou Jingyu's situation, and she didn't have to worry about Zheng Wei and Chen Qinglin being in the same group. As for Zhong Mengyuan, she and Jiang Nanyu were not familiar with each other at all, so there should be no problem.

Yin Mu felt a little uneasy and looked at Zhong Mengyuan, who was a few people away from her. Zhong Mengyuan seemed to guess what she was thinking and also looked at her.

When their eyes met, Zhong Mengyuan showed a faint smile on his face, which seemed to comfort him.

Meng Meng smiled and said, "The time and place of today's date are arranged by everyone. I hope everyone has a good time."

Yin Mu had been resisting going out on a date with Zhang Yang, but suddenly realized there was a loophole in Meng Meng's words and boldly suggested, "Actually, not leaving the villa is also an arrangement."

"Yin Mu." Meng Meng suppressed his smile and warned sternly, "You need to leave!"

The loophole was immediately blocked. Yin Mu was speechless and sighed silently: "Okay, I understand."

Meng Meng was relieved and gave another routine reminder, "Please get along with each other in a friendly manner and don't quarrel."

[Yin Mu, why do you always have such strange ideas?]

[It's clear that Yin Mu doesn't want to date Zhang Yang anymore.]

[Hahaha, as long as people want to refuse, they can come up with ten thousand reasons.]

[Is this the power of randomness? It's too random.]

[Except for Yin Mu and Zhang Yang, the other groups seem to be quite harmonious.]

…

In the quiet car, Zhang Yang drove silently. Yin Mu sat in the passenger seat, leaning back in the chair, his head tilted to one side, looking at the scenery passing by outside the car window boredly.

The destination of their trip was the cinema. Originally, Yin Mu wanted to play an escape room game, but when he thought about his date being Zhang Yang, he gave up the idea without much interest. In line with the principle of minimizing the conversation time, he suggested that they just go watch a movie.

Zhang Yang was eager for this and did not raise any objections. The two of them did not set off until two o'clock in the afternoon.

When they left, the other three groups had already left, and the villa was empty.

On the way, Zhang Yang glanced at her several times out of the corner of his eye, and finally asked when they were almost at the cinema, "What movie? Is there anything you want to see?"

Yin Mu turned around and said, "I'm fine with that. Let's go to the cinema."

"OK."

After a brief exchange of words, the car fell into silence again.

No matter how much they didn't want to admit it, this was a date after all, so they chose a private cinema, which could ensure privacy and was relatively quiet so they wouldn't be disturbed by other viewers.

It was Yin Mu's first time in this kind of cinema. After being led into the private room, he looked around curiously: "The environment is not bad."

"Not bad." Zhang Yang sat down on the sofa, looking at the pile of snacks that Yin Mu had put down. He hesitated to speak, perhaps because he was afraid of being criticized again. After a long pause, he gently reminded Yin Mu, "We still have to eat dinner tonight."

Yin Mu was amused by his hesitant tone and said, "I know."

"Then you're still like this."

"So what?" Yin Mu picked up a bag of cucumber-flavored potato chips and said, "I didn't say I'd eat them all. I can take some back and share them with Meng Yuan and the others, right?"

"……Can."

Yin Mu opened the potato chips and handed them to Zhang Yang: "Want a slice?"

Zhang Yang immediately waved his hand and refused: "No, I don't eat—" The word "junk food" came to his lips, but he swallowed it back and changed the subject, "I don't like snacks."

Yin Mu could watch a movie with the air conditioner on today, without having to run around or get sunbathed. He was in a good mood, so he didn't argue with him: "Okay, then I won't let you. If you want to eat, please help yourself."

Zhang Yang thanked him with a complicated expression: "Thank you."

Yin Mu smiled sweetly: "You're welcome."

【Hahahaha, Yin Mu completely suppressed it.】

[Yin Mu, you're going too far. Why are you eating all the food alone? Give me some!]

[Eating duck neck, fearless.]

[Snacks are ready. I'm not going anywhere today. I'm going to the movies with Yin Mu.]

[Zhang Yang, what did you urgently withdraw? Be brave and say it!]

…

Zhang Yang picked up the remote control and looked through the movie list. He casually asked, "What kind of movies do you like?"

"Me? I can do anything. I have a wide range of interests."

Zhang Yang probably happened to come across a horror movie. He turned around and looked at her and asked, "Horror movie, do you dare to watch it?"

Yin Mu smiled and agreed calmly: "Okay, it's fine as long as you're not afraid." Then he pretended to be surprised and said, "You're not afraid, are you? If you are, just tell the truth. I won't laugh at you."

"Who would be afraid?" Zhang Yang sneered. "Then let's go with this one, 'The Haunted House'. How about it?"

The name alone tells you it's a bad movie.

Yin Mu came to a conclusion in his mind, but still asked symbolically: "What are you talking about?"

Zhang Yang read the synopsis to her: "A few university students went to an ancient town to collect folk songs. They happened to hear local residents mention an abandoned old house. Every night, strange things happened in the house. Curious, they decided to stay there to find out what was going on. That night, just as they fell asleep, they heard eerie singing coming from upstairs... It sounded very interesting."

Sounds more like a bad movie.

Yin Mu shook his head and sighed: "Since you insist, then I'll listen to you."

[How come I could hear a hint of doting in Yin Mu's words?]

【Yin Mu: Okay, okay, I’ll do as you say.】

[Just like my perfunctory boyfriend. ]

【Emm, a classic bad movie plot. 】

[No, are you sure you want to see this? It's definitely not pretty!]

…

For other people, perhaps as long as they are with the one they love, it doesn’t matter what they watch. But for Yin Mu, it’s just a way to pass the time, so it doesn’t matter what they watch.

The lights gradually dimmed and the movie began to play. Yin Mu crunched potato chips and stared at the projection screen absentmindedly.

The movie begins on a bus, with several college students sitting in the back seat, chatting and laughing, talking about their upcoming destination and their plans for the next few days.

The plot of this movie is mediocre, the acting skills of the actors are hard to describe, and the creation of horror atmosphere is not very good. It all relies on startling sound effects and straightforward close-up shots. Yin Mu really couldn't get into it, and he started yawning frequently just halfway through the plot.

She wanted to suggest to Zhang Yang that they watch a different movie, but when she turned around, she saw that Zhang Yang was watching with great interest, as if he really liked it. She had no choice but to swallow what she wanted to say silently and continued watching patiently.

The movie lasted two hours, and in the last half hour, Yin Mu finally couldn't hold on any longer. Her eyelids were drooping, and she fell asleep on the pillow she was hugging. When she opened her eyes again, the subtitles had already started. She rubbed her eyes and asked Zhang Yang, "It's over. What's the ending?"

Zhang Yang turned his head to look at her: "You woke up just in time."

Yin Mu covered his mouth and yawned again: "You can't blame me, this movie is really boring. - What is the ending? Could it be that everything is an illusion after they came to the ancient house?"

Zhang Yang asked in surprise, "How did you know? Have you seen it?"

"..." Yin Mu rolled her eyes speechlessly, wondering if she really needed to guess at this undoubted trend. She hadn't seen it before. "What's the reason this time? Water, food, or miasma?"

"It's miasma," Zhang Yang explained. "There's a plant outside the old house that emits a strange miasma that affects people's minds. If you stay inside for a long time, you'll experience all sorts of hallucinations."

"I see." Yin Mu nodded, "Not surprising at all."

Seeing that she was as calm as if she was watching an animated series, and not at all moved by the terrifying scenes in the movie, Zhang Yang asked doubtfully, "Are you really not afraid?"

Yin Mu asked curiously: "What's so scary about this? Are you scared?"

Zhang Yang flatly denied it: "How is that possible! I've seen more horror movies than you've eaten snacks."

Yin Mu was too lazy to argue with him and clapped his hands in agreement: "Wow, you are really great."

Zhang Yang was choked and speechless. On the surface, Yin Mu was praising him. If he refuted it, it would be like he was trying to cover up his guilt.

Yin Mu stretched and said, "The movie is over, so we should go home. Should we eat first, or go home and eat?"

The two of them only watched a movie, and things were relatively peaceful between them. Zhang Yang's mentality was also much calmer. He asked Yin Mu: "What do you think? I'm fine with it."

Yin Mu said, "I don't care."

"That……"

Yin Mu thought for a moment and said, "Then go back. You can cook whatever you want. Eating out all the time is not good for you to maintain your figure."

Zhang Yang was surprised that she still cared about him and asked, "What about you?"

Yin Mu coughed lightly: "I'm almost full."

Zhang Yang looked at the packaging of the snacks she had eaten, was silent for a while, and said, "Well, it's what I should do."