Chapter 23 Popcorn, your eyelashes are so long.
It had been a while since daybreak. Usually, Luo Shu would stay in bed for a while at this time, but today was different. It was her first date with Fang Qingzhuo.
She hadn't originally held much hope for today's date, but last night the time, place, and people were all right, and Fang Qingzhuo was very easy to talk to, so when she mentioned it, Fang Qingzhuo agreed without hesitation.
The movie started at 11, and she woke up at 7 to put on makeup and pick out her outfit. She didn't dare turn on the dorm lights to disturb everyone, so she either applied too much eyeshadow or her lashes were smudged by the desk lamp. It wasn't until someone's alarm clock started her up that she hurriedly put on her shoes, tiptoeing and quietly closing the door as she left.
The school gate was deserted, with cars rushing by. While waiting for the bus, Luo Shu tentatively sent a message to Fang Qingzhuo: "Are you awake?"
The reply came almost instantly, and the other end sent a concise reply: [Yes.]
There were quite a lot of new messages. In the blink of an eye, she pushed Fang Qingzhuo's position in the list and swiped back to find it. Luo Shu quickly typed on the keyboard: [I'm going out.]
Fang Qingzhuo didn't reply until they got in a taxi and drove some distance away from the university town. Luo Shu was puzzled. Why didn't he reply for such a long time? Could he have fallen asleep?
She clicked on the message again with doubt in her mind and nearly dropped her phone. She turned it over and realized that she was the one who didn't reply. What was even more wrong was that she mistakenly sent the message she wanted to say to the other person in the active student union group. It was too late to withdraw it.
On the other side, Fang Qingzhuo came back from drinking some water and found a message lying in the queue in the group that was out of place. As luck would have it, no one dared to speak after she sent the message. She raised her eyebrows, wondering if it was sent by mistake or was it sent intentionally to someone.
She kept jumping sideways whether intentionally or unintentionally.
This situation made Fang Qingzhuo's thoughts wander back to the scene when he rushed to pay the bill when they first met. It was also hard to understand. If you say she was sincere, she didn't take advantage of the situation to ask for favors. If you say she had no ulterior motives, she asked him to buy her a drink next time they met.
The key is that he really remembered her, with a little anticipation.
Suddenly, the ringing of his cell phone interrupted his recollections.
When you open it, there is an 8-second voice message.
"Fang Qingzhuo, I accidentally sent the message I wanted to send you to the student union group. What should I do?"
After listening to the impatient voice mixed with car horns three times, Fang Qingzhuo threw his phone on the sofa beside him, pinched his eyebrows, and was about to leave it alone, but his body was very honest. He picked it up again, typed three words "Got it" in the group, and then became a hands-off boss and left the group.
Two minutes later, under the words "Fang Qingzhuo exited the group chat", Luo Shu also exited the group chat.
The group chat page that dared not speak out inexplicably had a sound of "there is nothing fishy here" floating around.
When Fang Qingzhuo arrived at the agreed-upon mall, his chat box showed a message from Luo Shu, who had sent him a message ten minutes earlier, saying he was late. He muttered to himself, "This person is so slow and has no sense of time," as he walked into the milk tea shop with a long line.
The mall is having an opening event and it is bustling with people coming and going.
Fang Qingzhuo folded her arms and sat upright in the open-air lounge area outside the milk tea shop. A takeaway milk tea was placed on the round table in front of her.
Raise your arms, twenty minutes have passed.
It perfectly demonstrates the inability to know what is good for you.
Fang Qingzhuo felt that Luo Shu was really annoying him. He had never waited for someone like this in his life.
Unable to bear it any longer, he took out his cell phone and was halfway through entering his number when a caller ID popped up. He glanced at the number information and, as luck would have it, he slid to the answer button and was about to speak when the other party said in confusion, "Fang Qingzhuo, where are you? I can't find you." This quickly extinguished his anger.
I can’t find it, of course I can’t find it, it’s as big as a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment in a shopping mall!
I raised the phone to my other ear and patiently looked around for a reference point. There was a fountain a few meters away. The splashes of water changed shapes wildly, some big, some small, some high, some low. It was quite a scene and attracted some little kids to watch and scream.
"I'm at the fountain in the plaza on the first floor."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the playful noises abruptly ceased, the passionate surges of water stopping as soon as they were said to stop. Without the obstruction, the first thing that caught Fang Qingzhuo's eye was Luo Shu, who was idly wandering at the stairs leading to the basement, with her ear to the phone.
"I saw you..."
She tucked her smooth long hair behind her ear, and wore a black A-line skirt under a brown lapel leather jacket. Her legs were straight and slender, and she wore black boots that reached her calves. The chain of the bag on her shoulder was shaking, and for some reason Fang Qingzhuo couldn't take her eyes off it.
After a moment, he lowered his head to examine his black leather jacket and black trousers, thinking about something.
"Did you see me?" Luo Shu was still lost in the crowd, speaking incoherently on the other end of the phone. "Then I'll look for you."
Fang Qingzhuo stood up and approached her: "No need, wait where you are, I'll come find you."
Since he had given her instructions, Luo Shu could not act rashly. She waited obediently at her original location, rambling on and on about her lateness to the person on the other end of the phone: "Fang Qingzhuo, I really didn't mean to be late. It's all the fault of that driver. He insisted on taking a detour. Not only did he pick up passengers along the way, but he actually overloaded the car..."
After she finished her indignant accusation, the only response she received was the whistling of the wind. Luo Shu suspiciously held up her phone, thinking it was because of a bad network connection, but it turned out not to be the case. The call had already ended.
"Tsk, why didn't you say anything when you hung up the phone?"
After mumbling something in dissatisfaction, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind his head: "Are you done? If you are, come back."
Different from the usual tone without any emotional ups and downs, it is a rare gentleness.
Luo Shu turned around immediately, and was caught off guard when she was faced with a magnified handsome face.
Fang Qingzhuo leaned forward slightly, keeping his eyes at the same level as hers, his heart slightly moved, afraid of missing any expression on her face, as if it was the first time he had the chance to see Luo Shu like this, and he was extremely curious.
"Your eyelashes are so long."
After a brief moment of confusion, Luo Shu didn't know what she wanted to say: "Do you like it?"
"like."
The word "like" came out of his mouth easily, but the effect was complicated, just like a young and ignorant boy drinking a glass of liquor with ice cubes, so that Luo Shu's ears felt numb, and she couldn't figure out whether his "like" referred to his eyelashes or her.
Suddenly, the crowd around seemed to have received some instructions and swarmed to the basement floor. It seemed that they were some big star attending the opening ceremony of a new luxury store downstairs.
Luo Shu was not paying attention when she felt an irresistible impact on her back. Before she could think of any response, she stumbled and fell into a warm embrace.
Time seems to have been paused, leaving only two hearts scrambling to find a sense of existence in order to prove themselves.
After a few seconds, realizing that this gesture was too advantageous, Luo Shu awkwardly took a half step back. In the process, she saw someone holding a beverage brand package and exclaimed in surprise, "So you like this brand of milk tea too?"
"No." Fang Qingzhuo calmly withdrew his arm, the paper bag string deformed by his pinching. "I don't like sweet drinks."
Looking at the capacity, there was indeed only one cup. Luo Shu sorted out her thoughts and couldn't help but smile: "Could it be... bought for me?"
"No." It was difficult to say it, so Fang Qingzhuo quickly turned his head and looked away to deny it. "I got a free sample on the way, and it was forced upon me."
Seriously talking nonsense, Luo Shu still has some basic judgement ability. Which boss is doing charity and giving out free samples and large cups?
Moreover, in front of Fang Qingzhuo's iron wall, I can't say that I have a complete understanding of his tricks, but I have an 80% understanding. I have to go along with him and coax him: "Let me guess, is this Fang Qingzhuo brand milk tea?"
The light touch made Fang Qingzhuo change his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book. He had a sour face, and the word "unhappy" was almost engraved on his forehead: "Do you still want to watch the movie?"
"want."
"But I want to drink the milk tea too." Without waiting for Fang Qingzhuo to admit it, he took the bag of milk tea from him, inserted the straw into the cup and took a shallow sip, smacking his lips to taste it carefully. He seemed to feel something was wrong, squinted his eyes, and then swallowed the second mouthful.
Fang Qingzhuo was confused by this operation: "What? What's wrong with milk tea?"
"Fang Qingzhuo." Luo Shu licked her lips, raised her chin seriously and looked at him, saying meaningfully, "It's really sweet."
The movie in Theater 2 had not yet ended when Tao Jun walked out of the theater in displeasure, and refused to stop no matter how humbly Zhong Zixu apologized behind him.
"I'm sorry, Junjun, I really didn't fall asleep on purpose. I promise, I will watch the whole movie with you."
Tao Jun didn't bother to pay attention and took even bigger steps. If she hadn't been able to get a date with the person she wanted, then why would he have gotten one? She rushed through the exit corridor and returned to the crowded ticket lobby. As the old saying goes, if you keep thinking about something, it will come back to you. Wasn't the man standing out from the crowd in the snack bar, Fang Qingzhuo, the man she'd been thinking about day and night?
After tidying her hair and preparing to run over to say hello, she shifted her gaze and the curve of her mouth straightened.
Zhong Zixu, who was following behind, saw Tao Jun lingering and thought that his sweetheart was finally willing to forgive him, so he said, "If you are not angry anymore, then let's go back to the movie?"
However, Tao Jun turned a deaf ear and stood still as if his acupoint was pressed.
Zhong Zixu was completely bewildered. He followed her gaze and when he saw it was Fang Qingzhuo, he grinned, "It's Brother Zhuo."
Fang Qingzhuo was still as indifferent as ever. He bit a Coke straw between his teeth and took a bucket of giant popcorn from the counter with an expressionless face.
Zhong Zixu's family was somewhat related to Guan Siqi, so he was familiar with their circle of people. Just when he was wondering when Fang Qingzhuo changed his mind and started to like sweet things, the fragrant popcorn coated with syrup was delivered to the arms of a tall, long-haired beauty.
Everything makes sense now.
"Hey, the girl next to Brother Zhuo looks familiar. Is she the one from the hot pot restaurant last time? Her name seemed to be Luo Shu."
Zhong Zixu couldn't contain his excitement after discovering the shocking gossip, completely ignoring the disgusted looks from the people around him, "They're not going to be together, are they?
He pretended to take out his phone and said, "No, I have to ask my cousin right away."
Tao Jun called out coldly, "Zhong Zixu."
After a while, she took a deep breath and stared at him, as calmly as if she was just looking at a ball of air: "Don't you like me?"
"I promise to be with you."
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