Chapter 48: Date with Lin Minghe

This was indeed an art film. Xia Cheng felt sleepy while watching it. Literature about the pain of youth did not have much appeal to her. On the contrary, Lin Minghe watched it with a serious look on his face, his eyes drooping, and his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist in the light.

When he came out at eight o'clock, he still had a full bucket of popcorn.

Xia Cheng was almost half full.

"Let's go eat! I've booked a nice restaurant!"

Lin Minghe was completely out of the movie.

"Let me help you carry it. The popcorn must be quite heavy."

Actually, I just wanted to find an excuse to carry Xia Cheng's backpack.

Xia Cheng handed over the popcorn bucket, and Lin Minghe said, "Give me the bag too."

Seeing Xia Cheng hesitate, he smiled brightly.

"It's easy, it's okay."

Only then did Xia Cheng give him everything in her hand.

The two walked side by side, and Lin Minghe matched her pace, looking like a wobbly penguin, turning his body to look at her every few steps.

Xia Cheng covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

The two arrived at the restaurant. Xia Cheng thought they were just going to have a simple meal, but she didn't expect Lin Minghe to book the entire restaurant.

The solo violin and the chef's careful introduction belong only to them at this moment.

The trained waiters did not ask questions like whether they were a couple. They just diligently adjusted the angle of the table and made it suitable for taking photos.

Xia Cheng couldn't help but wonder, if she was just Xia Cheng, not the daughter of the Xun family, would Lin Minghe, who liked her, still spend a lot of money to come to such a high-end restaurant?

She just couldn't help thinking about people's hearts and staying sober.

Lin Minghe was much more natural. After cutting the steak, he exchanged plates with Xia Cheng, his eyes shining.

"Try it now! The steak here is delicious!"

Xia Cheng saw the blood. She herself couldn't adapt to this kind of food. She put it in her mouth and swallowed it without tasting it for too long. She said insincerely, "It's delicious. Thank you."

"That's good."

Lin Minghe didn't notice anything was wrong with Xia Cheng. He instinctively wanted to share his favorite food with Xia Cheng in order to get the same information, but Xia Cheng's expression was indifferent, which made him confused. He could only ask directly:

"What do you like to eat?"

Xia Cheng likes to eat barbecue, drink rice wine, spicy hot pot, and porridge with sugar.

Can you say these?

She looked into Lin Minghe's eyes and couldn't help wondering how someone's eyes could be so bright, so full of energy, and so close to pure contact.

In fact, Lin Minghe is a passionate and simple person.

Otherwise, how could he be attracted by her pretended kindness?

She suddenly felt relieved, lowered her voice, leaned forward and put her head closer.

Lin Minghe subconsciously moved his head closer.

He heard Xia Cheng lower her voice and say, "Actually, I prefer spicy hot pot, barbecue, fried skewers, hot pot and other strong-flavored foods."

Lin Minghe was not too surprised.

In fact, he likes it too.

But because of the competition, he always has to abstain from food.

"What about milk tea?" He added, "I like what you said, too!"

"Of course I like it! Who wouldn't like these?"

Lin Minghe stamped his toes happily.

Next, the two of them started talking.

The topic shifted back to Lin Minghe, and Xia Cheng deliberately glanced at his muscles.

"It must be hard to be a swimmer, being in the water all the time."

"For me, happiness outweighs hard work."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because every time I swim, I think of myself as a dolphin, as if I've returned to my real home, free and unfettered. Actually, I don't want to compete anymore. I want to be a coach and see more and more people fall in love with swimming."

"Is swimming really that fun? I don't even know how to swim..." Xia Cheng put down his knife and fork regretfully, supporting his chin with one hand.

"Of course it's fun! Do you want to learn? I'll teach you someday!"

She was waiting for this sentence.

I had originally thought of letting Yu Jingyuan teach me, and then showing off my graceful figure in front of Lin Minghe after I learned it. But now it seems that it would be better to pretend to be stupid and interact with Lin Minghe.

"Would that be too much trouble for you?" she asked deliberately.

“How could it be!”

Lin Minghe was overjoyed. "It's just swimming, it's easy. And since you were so good at business back then, you'll definitely learn it quickly!"

Xia Cheng bit the straw and blinked.

"Thank you so much, Coach Lin. Please don't be too strict."

Lin Minghe joked, "That won't do. A strict teacher produces excellent students."

The two smiled at each other, and Lin Minghe lowered his red cheeks in panic.

Although many things tonight were different from what he had imagined, it was unexpectedly harmonious, and it gave him more motivation for the next few days.

*

It was already half past ten when Xia Cheng returned to Chen Kelin's house.

Chen Kelin rested for a whole day and didn't even change out of her pajamas.

She waved her phone and asked Xia Cheng to accompany her to an interview tomorrow, which was in Hai City. It was a cosplay recruitment for a game exhibition.

Chen Kelin is a 2D girl. Her rental house is covered with posters, and the beds in the dormitory are all characters from anime. At the beginning, she often had to go out to find a job because the cosplay costumes were too expensive, and then she accidentally became a model and fell in love with the modeling industry.

"What game?" Xia Cheng asked while drying her hair after taking a shower.

"It's the mobile game we played!"

Chen Kelin opened the game, and the "Xianxing" logo appeared. Xia Cheng squinted his eyes and pondered for a while.

"Does this kind of gaming company recruit cosplayers?"

"Yeah, yeah, why don't you come with me? You've been playing this game for a long time, why don't you go for the interview too!"

Another interview? She remembered the anime convention was two months away. Recruiting two months in advance probably meant they needed training to avoid OOCs. It was mid-July now, and Xia Cheng still had work, so she definitely wouldn't have the time.

After thinking about it, she shook her head.

"I'd better go with you. I'm currently doing an internship and probably won't have any extra time, but I definitely have to go to the next exhibition!"

"Okay." Chen Kelin pouted. After all, this was her personal hobby.

After Xia Cheng finished blow-drying her hair, she opened her phone and saw the message from Lin Minghe.

"Are you free next weekend? I'll teach you how to swim."

"I'm currently interning at the company. If there are no emergencies, next weekend should be available. If you or I have something to do, we can make an appointment later!"

"Okay! Then you should get some rest early!"

"Yeah, goodnight Coach Lin."

Xia Cheng was in a very happy mood.

Chen Kelin leaned against the headboard. Seeing her finish cleaning up, she opened her laptop and asked, "Want to play a game together?"

"Call on!"

As soon as Xia Cheng came online, he saw Qiu Shui Yiren was also online.

They couldn't defeat the boss of one dungeon, so they decided to level up individually first.

Qiu Shui Yiren obviously received the reminder that the Great Demon King was online, and quickly clicked the small window to send a message.

"I'm on a date with the guy I like today!"

Xia Cheng sent a surprised expression.

"You're really inspired by what I said before?"

"Yeah, we still need to get in touch. We've got plans to exercise together next week!"

"I think there's hope."

Xia Cheng thought foolishly, if Qiu Shui Yiren really fell in love, would she have no time to play games with her in the future?