Chapter 192 Pomegranate

Su Xia was stunned for a moment. "How did you search for autumn outfits for men?"

"Search for dates."

He lowered his eyes and paused before saying, "I want to look like your boyfriend."

They are not some cram school teacher, nor do they seem to be in different worlds even though they are holding hands.

The more Su Xia indulged him, the more greedy he became.

Human selfishness can expand to such an extent that he wants to be worthy of her dignity and also wants intimacy that can be seen at a glance.

It would be best if they could be like the couplets wobbling on the inflatable arch of a wedding banquet when he was seven or eight years old and passed by the town guesthouse on his way to school.

Lovebirds, intertwined branches.

When he saw her, all the images that flashed through his mind were so strange and corny that he himself found it unbelievable.

The line stretched to the door. Xu Jiqing took the movie ticket from her, punched a hole in it in the volunteer's hand, and handed it back.

The school's free movie screenings are always extremely popular. Students flock in like a school of fish, stepping from the bright sunlight outside into the old auditorium that smells of dust.

Some people entered the market early, and the prime positions in the middle and back were already occupied.

"Sit at the back," Su Xia pulled him and whispered, "You have to keep looking up in the front rows. Your neck will be sore after a show."

Just sit in the middle of the last row.

The lights dimmed, and the boys in the front seat who were whispering to each other suddenly fell silent, and their cell phone screens went off.

Su Xia's hand was placed on the armrest between the two of them, the diamond bracelet gleaming slightly. She tilted her hand slightly towards Xu Jiqing, and was covered by his hand again, which he held in his palm and squeezed like a glutinous rice snack.

She has a typical round body and small frame. As she grows older and becomes thinner, she hides her flesh and her body is soft everywhere.

Xu Jiqing seemed to be addicted to pinching, and didn't let go for a long time. The tip of his thumb was a little scratchy, and it was embedded in the shallow dimple on the back of her hand like petting a cat, rubbing it from time to time.

Su Xia couldn't sit still because of his rubbing, so she grabbed his fingers in silent protest.

In the darkness, Xu Jiqing didn't struggle at all. The collar of his hoodie covered some of the lower half of his face, but the curve of his mouth could be seen.

He looked straight ahead, and was quietly held by her for a while, and was attracted by the smooth hand cream on the girl's skin.

He used some force with his knuckles, pushed inward along her tiger's mouth, and hooked her soft palm.

The play playing in the auditorium today was Tony Leung Ka Fai's version of "Lover".

The Mekong River was rippling, and the old rain fell on the deck, with a lingering ambiguity. It seemed that a couple was secretly kissing in the corner of the front row.

Su Xia thought about the time when she and Xu Jiqing went out to see a movie in high school and he kissed her. Then her attention was drawn to the hand holding hers, and she wondered when he was going to kiss her again today.

She was distracted for an unknown amount of time, and the shoe laces on her ankles were rubbed untied by herself.

The buttons are purely decorative and won’t fall off when opened, but they do make you feel insecure.

Su Xia smoothed her hair, bent down in the dark to button it, but couldn't get it into the buttonhole for a long time.

Xu Jiqing asked, "What's wrong?"

"The shoe is torn," Su Xia said in a whisper, looking slightly embarrassed. "I'll fix it right away."

Xu Jiqing touched her hair and said, "Go to the corridor outside and I'll tie it for you."

The auditorium is designed so that movies can be shown by lowering the projection screen, and it can also be used for drama club performances. When you lift the curtain from the last row, there is a long and narrow aisle outside. No one passes by during the performance, and the dim light is reflected red by the red velvet curtains.

As soon as Su Xia stopped in the aisle, Xu Jiqing naturally squatted down on one knee, adjusted the small buckle, and pulled it to the side.

Behind a curtain, the rain in the movie was so heavy that no one could hear what they were talking about.

But Xu Jiqing's voice was still very low, "Is it tight?"

"It's alright."

Su Xia didn't know what she was nervous about. Just when she was about to laugh at herself for thinking too much, Xu Jiqing's breath was already close to her calf outside the hem of her skirt, so light that it seemed like he was talking to himself, "Why does it smell so good?"

Like almonds and honey, oats and milk.

Red pomegranates and tulips covered with dew.

Xu Jiqing could hardly think of anything during the more than half an hour he had just sat next to her. He only remembered that he had been embraced and even soaked in this fragrance more intimately.

"Going back?"

Before he stood up, he quickly kissed Su Xia's calf. She was a little overwhelmed by that kiss, and her breathing became disordered. "Where?"

"Let's go to the movies," Xu Jiqing said. "It's still over an hour away."

Who is this person?

"...the tickets are free anyway."

Su Xia was so hooked by him that she was neither here nor there. "You want to watch a movie so badly, why are you coming out to tie my shoelaces? Just sit there and watch it."

Xu Jiqing looked at her calmly and paused, "You said tickets were hard to get."

"I also said I wanted to be with you..."

Su Xia's cheeks burned, and she bit her lip and swallowed the rest. "Why do you only remember the unimportant things?"

Xu Jiqing didn't say anything else, but his gaze became deeper for a moment.

She was worried that he had misunderstood something, so she raised her eyes hastily, "But not here!"

"I don't want to be seen. I'm very thin-skinned."

There are more than seven billion people in the world. Which shameless girl would say such a thing?

Su Xia's face flushed, and she felt like her forehead was smoking.

Xu Jiqing paused and couldn't help but smile.

"Of course not here."

-

From the side door of the auditorium to the parking lot, I got on the familiar Porsche and drove out of the school gate.

The aftershock of her slip of the tongue was still lingering. Su Xia didn't even ask where Xu Jiqing was taking her. She just faced the window and pretended nothing had happened, using the street scenes she had seen countless times over the past two years to cool her cheeks.

But the more I look at it, the more familiar it feels——

The direction of the vehicle's movement was basically the same as her daily internship.

The law firm where Su Xia works now was founded a long time ago and is located in an absolutely Feng Shui treasure land, with the Summer Palace just half a street away.

He Miao always teased her about this position, saying that not having traveled at the age of eighteen would eventually become an obsession for the first half of her life.

Thinking back to the suite they had stayed in Boston before, near the Summer Palace, a hotel of this level...

That's probably just the old money style.

The only thing she could think of immediately was Aman.

The young man in the driver's seat next to me had a blank expression on his face, only his fingers on the steering wheel moved occasionally.

Su Xia asked indirectly, "Do you still have money?"

“The company makes money every month.”

Xu Jiqing said, "The school's projects have a share of the profits, and MIT provides scholarships, which can cover my living expenses."

The warm sunlight made her sleeves look golden and fluffy, and her exposed fingertips were as white as mutton-fat jade, making people feel itchy when they looked at her.

"What do you want?" he said. "I'll give it to you."

"I don't lack anything," Su Xia shook her head. "We don't really need to do that, you know."

"We should live within our means and save money even if we increase revenue. Premature consumption is a trap set by businesses to exploit people."

Xu Jiqing's eyelashes narrowed slightly, "The speed will be increased after the A round."