Chapter 200 Turbulence Cinema (5)

Su Yue originally wanted to just deal with Zhao Shuo and be done with it, but she never expected that when they met in the real world, Zhao Shuo was even more passionate than in the game.

Perhaps it was because there was no omnipresent threat of death that his passionate and masculine temperament was fully revealed.

Zhao Shuo: "Boss! Let me treat you two to dinner!"

Su Yue quickly made up an excuse to back out: "...Ah, no need. You don't even have a job, how can we ask you to treat us to a meal?"

"No, no." Zhao Shuo patted Su Yue's shoulder without hesitation, "Don't be polite with me, Boss! I said before that I would treat you to a meal! Let's go! Let's go, let's go, let's go!"

Su Yue: "..."

It wasn't that he didn't want to have dinner with Zhao Shuo. It was more that under these circumstances, if he had dinner with Zhao Shuo, he and Cang Zhi would have to pretend to be a couple the whole time.

But Su Yue hesitated for a while, but finally agreed. Zhao Shuo's expectant expression made him unable to refuse. Besides, pretending to be a couple... was not so unacceptable.

As soon as Su Yue nodded, Zhao Shuo excitedly said "Yeah!" and asked, "What are we eating? Hot pot?"

Su Yue usually likes to eat hot pot, but every time he sees Qi Wujiu, he is forced to eat hot pot, and he is indeed a little tired of it.

Zhao Shuo thought for a moment and said, "What about barbecue? There's a delicious restaurant nearby."

Barbecue sounds good, Su Yue nodded, and Cang Zhi naturally had no objection. The three of them looked at the map and headed towards the barbecue restaurant.

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Zhao Shuo has always been very outgoing, and this feeling was even more pronounced in the real world. On the way, he asked, "Boss, why did you two come to Yuanda Mall for a date? This place looks like it's about to be demolished. Usually, no one comes here."

Yuanda Mall was the old shopping district where the cinema was located. Su Yue was a master at making excuses, and without even thinking, he came up with an explanation: "I heard there's a cheap cinema here, so I thought I'd check it out."

"Oh, indeed." Zhao Shuo nodded. "It seems that cinema has a 50% discount all year round."

It seemed Zhao Shuo didn't know about the disappearances at the cinema, and logically speaking, he shouldn't have known about it. Su Yue was a little worried that Zhao Shuo would continue talking about the cinema, so she took the initiative to change the subject.

Su Yue: "Why are you here too? What are you doing here?"

"My school is here." Zhao Shuo said frankly, "It's in the nearby university town."

He looked down at the navigation again and pointed to a store not far away: "Hey! That's it!"

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This is a Japanese-style barbecue restaurant. The tables are separated by bamboo curtains. There are very distinctive clippings on the walls, and various shapes of lucky cats are placed on the counter. There are also colorful lanterns made of pleated paper hanging from the ceiling. It was just time for dinner and many people had already sat down in the restaurant. The waiter led them to a table for four.

There were two single chairs on one side of the four-person table and a sofa with seats connected to each other on the other side. Zhao Shuo naturally sat on one of the single chairs.

Su Yue: "..."

In order to maintain the couple image, I can only sit next to Cang Zhi.

After sitting down, they ordered the dishes. Since Zhao Shuo was the host, Su Yue handed him the menu.

"Buttered ox tongue, snowflake beef short ribs..." Zhao Shuo ordered four or five dishes and then asked, "Want a drink? This restaurant seems to be quite famous for its wine."

It’s not easy for everyone to meet outside the game, so let’s drink.

The dishes were served soon. The bright red beef had beautiful marbling. The coarse salt and sweet sauce were served in a small green porcelain plate. There was also wine, a blended drink based on plum wine, with added flowers, fruits and sparkling water. It tasted sour and sweet, but the alcohol taste was not strong, like fruit juice.

Cangzhi naturally took the tongs and placed the meat slices on the grill. He then asked the waiter, "Do you have chili powder?"

The waiter said politely: "Yes, I'll get it for you."

Zhao Shuo asked curiously, "Brother Cang, do you love spicy food? I didn't notice it before."

"I guess so." Cang Zhi nodded.

Su Yue sat aside in silence.

Cangzhi is not a fan of spicy food, but he does like hot pot and barbecue to be very spicy. However, when he was in the human world, Su Yue was the one who ordered the dishes.

He didn't expect that Cangzhi still remembered his taste.

The meat sizzled and shrank in the oven, soon becoming a beautiful shape covered in crystal-clear fat. Cang Zhi picked up a piece for Su Yue, then for Zhao Shuo, and finally for himself. He put the rest on the public plate and diligently took new meat to grill.

The stove was small, so the meat had to be roasted in many pieces, which naturally slowed down the pace of eating. Fortunately, Zhao Shuo was talkative and his mouth was never idle.

"I've always been curious about what you'd be like in the real world," Zhao Shuo said. "I thought you were already eye-catching enough in the game world, so you'd be more or less ordinary in reality."

"What actually happened?" Su Yue asked.

"Actually, when I saw you two, I wondered why you had to do such a dangerous job. With a face like that, wouldn't it be easy for you to be an internet celebrity and live a worry-free life?" Zhao Shuo said.

Su Yue smiled and didn't respond.

As for gods, this is the nature of their work.

Zhao Shuo didn't say any more. The shadow of death looming over the game was enough. He raised his glass and clinked it with Su Yue and Cang Zhi: "May everything go well!"

Cang Zhi silently grilled another plate of meat and put it on the plates of the three people.

After the meal, they paid the bill. Although Zhao Shuo said he would treat them, Cang Zhi immediately stood up and prepared to pay.

"No! Brother Cang! Sit down!" Zhao Shuo said immediately.

"Let me pay the bill." Cang Zhi said, "We appreciate your kindness, but you are still in school."

"No!" Zhao Shuo said immediately.

Seeing that Cang Zhi had already stood up to pay, Zhao Shuo had no choice but to use his trump card: "I bought a group purchase coupon! It's 30% off!"

Cangzhi's hand that was scanning the code stopped abruptly.

Zhao Shuo had a proud smile on his face, having successfully achieved the goal of treating everyone to a meal.

Cang Zhi failed to pay the bill successfully, and there was a hint of disappointment on his handsome face.

After dinner, they said goodbye to Zhao Shuo. Zhao Shuo walked towards the university town and returned to the dormitory. Su Yue and Cang Zhi continued to stroll slowly along the street.

As the lights came on, the shop signs on both sides of the street lit up, the street lights gently illuminated the branches and leaves of the trees on the roadside, and the aroma of snacks and the sound of laughter mixed together.

The human world has a worldly air that the divine realm does not have, or perhaps because he was once a human, Su Yue always likes to stay in the human world more.

It's time to go back, but I still can't bear to leave.

While Su Yue and Zhao Shuo were chatting during the meal, Cang Zhi had already delivered the news to the Academy of Classics while silently grilling the meat, so there was no pressure to go back and report.

When Su Yue suddenly saw a bar on the street with lights flashing inside and a big sign at the door saying "Buy one get one free on all beers", he became even more unable to walk.

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Su Yue was a god who was not very self-restrained. Things like eating hot pot and drinking alcohol were difficult for many gods to understand. However, Su Yue ate hot pot with Qi Wujiu while drinking with Cang Zhi.

He had wanted to go to a bar in the human world for a long time, but he didn't think it was fun to go to a bar alone. He had come to the human world with Cang Zhi before, and he felt that with his temper, the atmosphere in the bar would probably drop to freezing point. So although he had lingered outside the bar many times, he had never actually gone in.

But now...

Cang Zhi stood beside Su Yue, looked at the store, then looked at the sign at the door, and asked, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Su Yue thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to go in?"

Cang Zhi hesitated: "I haven't been there."

Ah, it’s still like this.

Su Yue smiled and said, "I haven't been there either. If you don't want to go, then..."

As a result, he was interrupted by Cang Zhi in the middle of his words.

"I think so." Cang Zhi said.

Su Yue was stunned.

"I want to go and see it," Cang Zhi said, "if you want too."

Su Yue was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."

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It was quite surprising that when he arrived at the bar door, Su Yue was actually stopped.

"Are you over 18?" the security guard asked seriously.

Su Yue: "..."

Not to mention 18 years old, he should be more than 180 years old.

However, he is good-looking to begin with, and with this adaptive outfit, he really looks like he is seventeen or eighteen years old, hovering on the edge of "adulthood".

Su Yue used his divine power to make an ID card and had it checked by the security guard before he was able to successfully enter. However, the security guard did not check Cang Zhi at all, which made Su Yue speechless and a little bit proud.

The bar was very lively, with resident singers singing on the stage and men and women dancing wildly on the dance floor. Colorful spotlights swept across the room, creating an extremely warm atmosphere. Su Yue was not that noisy, so he and Cang Zhi found a relatively quiet booth and ordered the most expensive craft beer on the menu. They had finally come to this world, so they had to enjoy themselves.

"Cheers!" Su Yue raised the beer cup in his hand and gestured to Cangzhi.

Cang Zhi immediately raised his glass, but looking at the full glass of beer, he hesitated and asked, "Do you really want to finish it all?"

"No!" Su Yue was speechless, "Just a token of my appreciation!"

"...Oh." Cangzhi tapped Suyue's cup with his own cup, "Cheers."

The two of them sat facing each other, drinking. The overhead lights swept across their corner, casting a shadow on the ground like shimmering waves. Su Yue recalled how he and Cang Zhi would drink on the lake in the mortal realm when they returned from missions. Back then, the lake, illuminated by the moonlight, shone like the lights on the bar floor now, and the clinking of glasses made the same crisp sound.

Their boat rocked in the center of the lake, and Su Yue's heart rocked with it. That feeling was wonderful, and even after all this time, he still hadn't forgotten it.

Su Yue thought that maybe it was because he drank sake at the last meal, and now the beer had stimulated him, and the alcohol was taking effect. Otherwise, why would the way Cang Zhi looked at him now be as gentle in his eyes as the lake water that night?

"Hey." Su Yue said, "I..."

He paused after saying "I" because he wasn't sure what he wanted to say. As he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a crisp "crash" in the middle of the dance floor and someone screamed, "Hit someone!!!"

Su Yue and Cang Zhi stood up at the same time.