Chapter 56 A Happy Little Date
As winter approaches, it is the off-season for movies, and there are not many high-quality entertainment popcorn movies. Recently, it is the domestic film protection month, so most of the movies are unpopular themes.
Cao Feng took Xue Qi to sit in the VIP room and handed her a movie list: "What do you want to see?"
Xue Qi glanced around, but didn't find anything interesting. She asked him, "Do you have any recommendations?"
Cao Feng hesitated for a moment, then handed her the screening of "Motherland." "This is a re-released movie, and our company requires all employees to watch it every year. If you haven't seen it, why not come watch it with me? The movie company can reimburse the ticket."
Xue Qi nodded: "Okay, this one."
She had heard about this movie when it was in Country T. There were five stories in total, one of which was based on Feng Kai's boss.
The movie starts and we walk into the theater. Because we have to consider other audience members, the camera can only be set up in the aisle.
The light dimmed and there was a blind spot for shooting.
Xue Qi was about to get a Coke when Cao Feng grabbed her wrist. Then, the man stuffed something like a note into her hand.
She naturally knew that Cao Feng slipped the note to her because he didn't want to be photographed by the program crew.
When watching the second story of the movie, Xue Qi went to the bathroom and opened the note. There was a sentence written on it:
"This movie contains my past. There are some things I can't tell you in full, but please believe me, I'm not hiding it on purpose, I just can't for the time being. I'm very sorry, but please trust me, I'm not a joke when I say I like you."
Xue Qi thought of Cao Feng's skills and the comrades he had talked about at the wonton stall, and a rough idea formed in his mind.
She tore up the note, flushed it down the toilet, and then returned to the cinema, just in time to start the next story.
The unit drama of this story is called "Soldiers of the Motherland".
This unit drama tells the story of the boss of a technology company who was kidnapped by an anti-peace armed terrorist organization. He faced a life-and-death crisis and suffered humiliation, but he refused to surrender.
The protagonists of this unit drama are the boss and a group of young special forces soldiers.
This team of young special forces received a rescue mission and went deep into the enemy camp.
Captain Liu Jian is the oldest, 25 years old, and serves as an assaulter.
Deputy Captain Shenyin is a girl, only 24 years old. She is Liu Jian’s fiancée and a demolition expert, responsible for bomb disposal and blasting. She has good psychological qualities and is the psychological counselor of the team.
Team member Xiaoliu, a sniper, is extremely meticulous.
Team member Bobcat, observer, medic, gunner, signalman, etc.
A group of twelve members, each of them is brave and heroic, ready to die.
The most touching scene in the movie is when the deputy captain Shenyin and the sniper Xiaoliu died.
When the team members rescued Mr. Tan, a special bomb was installed on his body. The bomb could be removed, but once removed, it still depended on the human heartbeat, otherwise it would explode immediately.
Shen Yin asked everyone to take Mr. Tan away. She covered her chest with the bomb, ready to die. "Let's go! Let's go! Liu Jian, if I can't be your wife in this life, then I'll be in the next. Don't forget our mission! Bring Mr. Tan back and we'll have accomplished our mission!"
Liu Jian carried the emaciated Mr. Tan on his back, turned around and walked away while crying.
Just after running a few dozen meters, I heard an explosion behind me.
They had just gotten engaged a month ago and promised to be together forever, but he didn't expect that their life would be so short.
In order to protect Liu Jian and Mr. Tan, Xiaoliu was discovered by the enemy sniper and was hit by several bullets, but he still insisted on shooting.
With the last shot, he successfully killed the enemy sniper, but he himself sat there unable to move.
In his dying moments, he heard the captain calling his name: "Xiao Liu! Xiao Liu! Are you okay? Report your location immediately! I'll send a dragon to pick you up!"
Xiaoliu knew that once his teammates came to pick him up, he would be completely exposed. In order to protect his teammates, he would rather die than reveal his hiding place.
He spoke to the captain through the communicator, spitting blood and foaming from his mouth:
"Captain... don't act on impulse. Remember Shenyin's words and fulfill... your mission... Help me tell Grandma... in the next life, the next life... I'll be filial to you again."
The blood foam in his mouth soaked his clothes. "I really want to eat grandma's wontons. Hot, thin skin and lots of fillings... that red oil full of crushed peanuts... pouring it on... pouring it on, it's so delicious!"
Xiao Liu took out his bomb and shouted, "You sons of bitches, my name is Liu Xiao Liu! A true Chinese man with a strong character! I will never leave my body to you to destroy! Come on, come and kill me!"
He struggled to his feet from his hiding place and shouted loudly, attracting the attention of the anti-peace elements patrolling downstairs.
The young man grabbed the explosives in his hand and jumped out of the second-floor window. The moment he landed on the ground, he and the dozens of anti-peace elements were all turned into ashes.
In order to cover the captain and Mr. Tan's successful escape, all members of the team except Liu Jian were wiped out.
This vigorous and heroic effort successfully rescued Mr. Tan.
Mr. Tan also successfully brought back to China the scientific research results he had been guarding for many years.
This clip, at the end of the movie, is Liu Jian’s dream.
In the dream, he was training with his teammates, and the boy and his fiancée were resting by a pool in the jungle.
After training, they were sweating profusely and singing the song "Youth's Journey" in the jungle.
This song is adapted from the song "Man's Journey". Because there are girls in the team, the "man" in the lyrics was simply changed to special forces.
"Special forces, special forces,
Kill the enemy without mercy.
In the past, there were heroes with great generosity,
Remember that China values friendship and loyalty.
If any evildoer offends our country, we will chase him down for thousands of miles without mercy!
Guarding the Chinese legacy for thousands of years,
Revitalize the earth's great spirit.
Sacrifice your life for your country and face death with dignity!"
Liu Jian's dream finally overlaps with the scenes before his teammates' death.
The teammates used their bodies to build a wall to block the bullets for Liu Jian and Mr. Tan, buying them time to escape.
Bullets pierced their bodies, but they held each other tightly, not falling down, and sang with gritted teeth:
"Special forces, special forces,
Kill the enemy without mercy.
In the past, there were heroes with great generosity,
Remember that China values friendship and loyalty.
If any evildoer offends our country, we will chase him down for thousands of miles without mercy!
Guarding the Chinese legacy for thousands of years,
Revitalize the earth's great spirit.
Sacrifice your life for your country and face death with dignity!"
After singing the last line "face death with equanimity", everyone took their last breath. The tragic scene coupled with the music was extremely tragic.
When the story ended, there were suddenly a lot of sounds of people blowing their noses in the theater.
Xue Qi also had tears in her eyes and realized that she was crying. She was about to get a tissue when Cao Feng handed it to her first.
After blowing his nose, Xue Qi realized a problem.
After coming to this world, the emotions of this tool person have become more and more rich.
She would feel sorry for the children who were harmed by the golden finger. She used to be indifferent to the matter, but now she does it not only for money, but also for people.
I will be angry because the girls’ freedom is restricted, and I will feel sad because the movie is adapted from a real background.
Xue Qi thought of Grandma Liu who sold wontons, and roughly guessed that Xiao Liu in the movie was Grandma Liu's grandson.
And Cao Feng is most likely the only special forces soldier who walked out of the movie.
After coming out of the cinema, the two returned to the Love House. They still had some distance to walk after getting out of the taxi.
Because the light was dim and the solar street lights were not that bright, Xue Qi looked at the road under his feet and walked very carefully.
Realizing that Xue Qi had been quiet, Cao Feng asked her, "What's wrong? You haven't been in a good mood since we finished watching the movie."
Xue Qi took a deep breath and said, "I was thinking about the special forces unit in the movie. They were all so young. The youngest, Xiaoliu, was so young. His family must be very sad, right? And Shenyin, she was also so young. She could have been a wife and a mother, but her life ended at the age of 24."
Cao Feng was also speechless and fell into silence with him.
As Cao Feng's bodyguard, Tang Xiong followed the photographers from beginning to end, watching them from a distance.
From the love hut to the boxing gym, from the boxing gym to the wonton stall, and then from the cinema back to the love hut.
This is not the first time he has watched this movie. Every time he watches it, it feels like he is back to the beginning.
He would go to see any movie that was re-screened.
Because he was afraid that he would forget.
Afraid of forgetting his fiancée and his comrades.
He was the only one left from that high-spirited team. After returning to China, he received psychological treatment with Cao Feng and eventually stayed with Cao Feng.
Reality is more cruel than movies. Movies cannot capture the heavy bloody fighting and desperate silence on the scene.
Back at the Love House, when Cao Feng and Xue Qi were parting ways in the corridor, Xue Qi suddenly called out to the man, "Butler Cao."
Cao Feng turned around and looked at her: "Hmm?"
Xue Qi's throat rolled and his voice was very low: "Can I hug you?"
Cao Feng: "Hmm?"
He was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Of course."
Xue Qi opened his arms and hugged Cao Feng, then took off his and Cao Feng's headsets, stood on tiptoe, leaned close to Cao Feng's ear, and whispered:
“A brave man will surely find happiness.”
Xue Qi didn't know whether Cao Feng would feel sad when he saw this movie and recalled the past.
As a friend, as a Chinese, she just wanted to comfort him and hug him.
The brave will surely be happy, and so will a brave man like Cao Zongguan.
Cao Feng knew what she meant, and also knew that this hug was just a comforting hug between friends. He smiled and said, "Of course I will. But next time, I hope you hug me, not as a friend."
Xue Qi laughed and said, "Butler Cao, I'm a bit clueless. I might not be able to experience the kind of emotions that couples have in the short term."
Cao Feng: "It doesn't matter. I'm only 30 years old. I still have a lot of time."
When Xue Qi first started dating Cao Feng briefly, she felt something strange and unnatural inside.
But at this moment, she felt that even if she was interacting with Cao Feng in this capacity, it would not be a big problem and would be very comfortable.
Cao Feng is really considerate of her feelings.
When she treated him as a friend, his behavior would never embarrass her by treating him as a couple.
He would only occasionally express his true thoughts, because this honesty and gentlemanly physical behavior made her feel comfortable.
She was really afraid that Cao Feng would be like other male guests, who would come up and hold her hand as soon as they got to know each other, or deliberately create "accidental intimacy", which would make her feel awkward and greasy and very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Cao Feng did not touch her nerves. Overall, today's date was very comfortable and memorable, and it also gave her a deeper understanding of Cao Feng.
She recalled that when she and Cao Feng were at the 05 Institute, Cao Feng would carefully dry her wet bedding.
The dried bedding has a dry cotton smell, and wrapped in the quilt, you will feel as comfortable as falling into the clouds.
Thinking of this, Xue Qi couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips and said, "Okay, go to bed early and see you tomorrow."
When netizens saw this, the barrage of comments flooded the screen:
"Ahhh, although Fenfen and 77 treat each other with respect, they get along so comfortably and sweetly!"
"1. Watching this couple date together is much more comfortable. Zhu Quan and Bai Rou next door seem so awkward no matter how you look at them. Zhu Quan is secretly creating physical ambiguity to close the distance between him and Bai Rou, flirting with her. But the more he does this, the more greasy it feels to me. It doesn't feel sweet at all."
"1. Lin Yan has already proposed holding hands with Li Yun. Although that couple looks really innocent and sweet, I always feel...weird. Maybe it's because there's no editing, and it feels a little too fast to go into the city. I feel much more comfortable with this couple."
"Fenfen is such a gentleman! 77 feels much more at ease now!"
"That hug from 77 was so gentle! Fenfen used to be a soldier, and after watching 'Motherland,' he came back feeling down. 77 understood his emotions and gave him a hug to comfort him. Honestly, even though it was just a comforting hug between friends, I felt so touched and at ease."
"Fenfen and 77 are so sweet, woooo, woooo, be sweet! I've got you two locked up!"
"Don't lock it! I want to see 77 and Fugui date! I want to see Fenfen jealous!"
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When Cao Feng and Xue Qi returned to the room, the embarrassed Sun Fugui and Chu Cheng also came back.
After eating a hundred wontons, the two were forced to walk ten kilometers to digest the food, and their legs were almost broken.
They collapsed exhausted on the sofa, no longer having the strength to move.
At this time, Bai Rou, who had just finished her date, went downstairs to get some water. Seeing the two of them looking tired, she probably guessed what had happened.
She made a cup of lemon tea for them, brought it over, and said considerately, "I made this honey grapefruit lemon tea myself, you guys should try it. Why do you look so tired? Did you go out to play?"
Chu Cheng and Sun Fugui didn't even look at her, and they didn't even have the strength to speak.
Bai Rou was also very patient. Seeing that they were too tired to speak, she did not rush upstairs. She applied a facial mask while checking her phone and replying to emails.
Sun Fugui recovered, picked up the tea brewed by Bai Rou, and drank it all in one gulp. He even choked on the last sip.
Seeing him choking on the water, Bai Rou reached out and patted him on the back: "Drink slowly, are you okay?"
She expected that her actions and care would bring her closer to Sun Fugui.
She hoped that she would not have to date Zhu Quan tomorrow. Zhu Quan's progress was too aggressive. If things continued like this, within two days, she would be forced to make a choice whether to lock him in or give up.
This disrupted all her plans and she couldn't play the long game to catch the big fish.
The fish she wanted to catch must be people like Sun Fugui and Chu Cheng, not a small cho like Zhu Quan.
But Sun Fugui didn't buy her trick at all. He moved aside as if facing a great enemy and asked, "What are you doing?"
Bai Rou looked innocent: "What did I do?"
Sun Fugui warned her seriously, "I have someone in my heart, and I've locked myself in with Xue Qi. You don't need to think about putting any effort into me, and you don't need to have any ideas about me. I have no interest in you, and you can't compare to Xue Qi, who is the apple of my eye! Little girl, I advise you to put away your cunning thoughts and give up on this idea!"
Bai Rou was speechless. "Mr. Sun, are you overthinking this? I made you some water because I saw you were thirsty. I only patted your shoulder when I saw you were choking. I really didn't mean any other harm."
Sun Fugui was righteous, displaying his "normal man's mysterious confidence" to the fullest: "Don't bother to quibble. You have your own date, why are you being nice to us single guys? People should be loyal to one person. Once you decide on someone, it's your turn. You're so fickle and casting a wide net like a sea king. My former 77 really has a unique vision. You really are a sea king!"
Bai Rou was so angry at Sun Fugui's self-confidence that she felt shortness of breath and chest tightness: "I——"
Sun Fugui didn't even give her a chance to talk back, and shouted angrily: "You bastard! Stop talking!"
Bai Rou was really mad. This was the first time she was so angry since she appeared on the show.
And she finally realized that her golden finger was useless. As a virus of this world, her "virus" seemed to be suppressed by something.
Failing to control her expression, she angrily said, "Sun Fugui, don't be so narcissistic. Don't think that just because you have a few bucks, you can do whatever you want and bully others."
Bai Rou realized that she had failed in her expression management, so she simply went with the flow and acted like a fierce character.
If Sun Fugui were a normal person, he would be shocked by the contrast between her before and after.
Since she usually has a good personality and temper, her sudden outburst will definitely shock Sun Fugui and make the man believe that she is really not interested in him.
But Sun Fugui is not a normal person at all.
He said, "Yes, I'm rich, and I can do whatever I want to green tea girls like you. So what? Do you think that if you play hard to get and act like a shrewd heroine, I'll believe you don't have feelings for me? Do you really think you're the heroine of a romance novel? When you encounter setbacks, comforting yourself with a "Oh! Come on, Xiaorou, you can do it," does that mean you can really make it? It's ridiculous."
Bai Rou was so angry that she was fuming: "You! Mr. Sun! You're going too far!"
She couldn't argue with Sun Fugui, so she stomped her feet, turned around and ran upstairs.
Zhu Quan heard the noise and came downstairs. Seeing this scene, he frowned and before he could ask what was going on, Sun Fugui took the initiative: "Zhu Quan, your date is not very honest. I made a date with you, but she still wanted to seduce me and King Chu. We are the elite among the elites, high-quality males of mankind. How could we not see through her little tricks? Zhu Quan, I think you can reach the position of Feng Kaicho, you should not be stupid, right?"
Zhu Quan frowned and whispered, "If Bai Rou did anything to upset you, I apologize to you on her behalf."
Sun Fugui was willing to forgive others and waved his hand: "Okay, I accept the apology."
Zhu Quan knew what Bai Rou was like. After spending these days together, he probably knew that Bai Rou just wanted to find another job while she was still in the program crew.
But he really liked Bai Rou because of a special aesthetic preference.
Zhu Quan is a very picky person. He has many restrictions on his girlfriend, especially in terms of appearance, which eliminates 98% of the women he can get close to.
Bai Rou's appearance met his aesthetic standards and was in line with his requirements for a girlfriend. He knew that finding an ideal girlfriend was not easy, so he could tolerate some of Bai Rou's shortcomings.
Moreover, due to the special nature of this program, before they are in a relationship, men and women can have multiple choices, more dates, and more comparisons, so that on the last day they can choose the one that suits them best and hold hands with him or her.
Therefore, Zhu Quan could tolerate Bai Rou's little thoughts on this show.
But when Bai Rou's little thoughts were revealed by Sun Fugui, he, as her pursuer, also began to feel uncomfortable.
It felt like being betrayed, like someone was pinching my face and slapping me in the face.
This made Zhu Quan feel very uncomfortable.
When he returned upstairs, Zhu Quan wanted to knock on Bai Rou's door and call her to comfort her, but he gave up and turned back to his room.
Netizens probably understood what it meant and commented:
"Fugui'er, you are taking the bamboo shoots. It's hard to tear them apart!"
"It's cool! Now that Fugui'er has brought this up, Bai Rou's status in Zhu Quan's heart has been greatly reduced, right? Fugui'er, go grab the bamboo shoots."
"In my opinion, Fugui'er did a great job! He was right to confront this kind of white lotus! He found out what the lotus was thinking and left the white lotus with no way out!"
"Wow, I love Fuguier's personality too. I hope Fuguier and 77 can go on a date soon! I can't wait, woooooo!"
That evening, the guests exchanged text messages.
Xue Qi and Cao Feng sent text messages to each other. When Xue Qi sent the text message to Cao Feng, the barrage of CP fans went crazy:
"Ahhhh! Holy crap! 77 actually sent his first text message since going on the show to Fenfen!"
"Fenfen is so impressive! I love it, hahaha!"
"Woo woo woo, I, the 7 Finns, got hit!"
After they finished texting each other, they received the rules from the program team:
Did you all enjoy your date today? Please cherish the time you spend with your current partner. To help you see the other guests and get to know them better, you'll be cross-dating starting the day after tomorrow. Below is the cross-dating list.
Group 1: Xue Qi, Sun Fugui
Group 2: Bai Rou, Lin Yan
Group 3: Zhu Quan, Li Yun
The fourth group of people who failed to make the cut: Cao Feng and Chu Cheng.
[Don't worry if you're missed out, everyone gets missed out sometimes, and the competition system is absolutely fair and just.]
Sun Fugui was taking a bath in the bathroom. He got the qualification to go on a date with Xue Qi, rushed out naked with his phone in his hand, and showed off to Cao Feng who was lying on the bed reading:
"Lao Cao, your good days are over! Starting the day after tomorrow, I'm going on a date with 77! Hahahahahahaha!"
Cao Feng and Sun Fugui lived in the same dormitory. He took one look at Sun Fugui and reminded him, "Clothes."
Sun Fugui immediately wrapped himself in a bath towel and began to hum: "Watching the one you love go away, your heart feels empty and lonely. It's like the sea has drowned you, suffocating you, making it impossible to breathe."
When Sun Fugui entered the room, he stopped and wiggled his butt towards Cao Feng: "It's going to make you, unable to breathe! Hahahahahahahaha!"
Cao Feng: “…”
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