Not really.

Chaozi, do you think what she said is right?

You be the judge.

Did I say anything just now?

I didn't say they chose the back row seats to make out, so how did I suddenly know everything?

Even if, hypothetically, I might know something, the internet is so advanced now. Maybe I saw it online, or learned some trivia from a Xue Bing novel. It's all possible. It's a bit much to just assume I'm an experienced driver.

[Chen Yuan knows so much, has he dated before...]

Chaozi, if you don't want to chat, then don't. Why are you twisting people's thoughts?

Sheng Xinyu would never think something like that.

"The movie's starting."

When the commercials ended, Chen Yuan reminded Xia Xinyu not to overthink things and just enjoy the movie.

Since there was no one to Chen Yuan's left, he put his Coke in the cup holder on that side and said, "I'll raise the middle armrest, and put the popcorn here."

"Okay," Xia Xinyu said, placing her Coke in the right cup holder and slightly moving aside to let Chen Yuan adjust the armrest.

The moment she turned her head, she saw a couple on her right also raise the middle armrest, and then casually prop their legs up on the guy's lap, as if they were lounging on a sofa.

She turned her head again and saw that the couple in the back row was doing the same. Before the movie even started, they had removed the bothersome armrest and were holding hands tightly.

Everyone's getting into the mood quickly...

While she was daydreaming, Chen Yuan's hand slowly rose, and before she knew it, it was reaching over. Xia Xinyu froze, her cheeks suddenly flushing. Her hand, resting naturally, didn't move away. She just stiffly watched Chen Yuan slowly put his hand...

Into the popcorn bucket.

...What am I daydreaming about? Of course, he's just getting popcorn.

Of course, I know that.

I want some too.

To avoid looking so silly, Xia Xinyu also grabbed some popcorn, alternating with Chen Yuan, like cars merging into a roundabout, with tacit understanding and naturalness.

Just like the old saying goes—eat, eat, eat, I'm gonna eat, eat, eat.

But watching these couples who were practically "hands-on," so sweet even before the movie started, Chen Yuan was a bit excited for the possible fights that might break out later.

Based on the reaction of the people who left earlier, it meant that this movie had some scenes that might trigger women and make them empathize.

The bros don't have many good days left, let's enjoy something good.

With the dragon mark transition at the beginning of the movie, a drizzle gradually appeared on the screen. The camera panned from top to bottom, showing two graves.

In front of the graves stood a group of guests in black clothes, offering condolences.

A middle-aged woman held a girl's hand, comforting her with a mournful expression.

The girl, however, stared blankly ahead.

The next scene showed tears flowing down her cheeks along with the rain, mixing together and falling into the dirt.

Three days ago, Xia An'an's parents died in a car accident...

I [bleep] your mom.

Wait, why is her last name Xia too?

Chen Yuan was numb. He nervously turned his head and saw that the expression on Xia Xinyu's face was no different. She still had the faint smile of someone watching a movie.

However, when Xia Xinyu turned her gaze because Chen Yuan had turned his head, the moment their eyes met, her eyes were completely filled with tears, on the verge of spilling over.

No, I really didn't know that the opening would be about the female lead losing both parents, and her last name would be Xia...

Damn it, can't the female lead in this movie change her name? It clashes with Xinyu, you know?

Xia Xinyu didn't want to cry.

It's okay to be moved to tears while watching a movie.

But the reason she wanted to cry now had nothing to do with the movie.

She thought she was prepared to go back, so she wasn't afraid of the reality she was about to face.

But she realized that she wasn't unafraid, she just didn't have a real sense of it.

The passing of loved ones wasn't a temporary downpour, but a lifetime of dampness.

Moreover, why does this girl also have the surname Xia? I'm completely projecting onto her...

She wanted to try her best to hold back the tears, so she kept enduring it.

Until Chen Yuan gently touched the bangs in front of Xia Xinyu's forehead.

Then, the tears in her eyes melted away, soaking her pupils and creating a faint glimmer of hope.

In the gloomy, endless rain, he used his hand to shield her from the rain.

She was getting rained on, but at least her eyes weren't getting wet.

"Can I lean on you?"

Chen Yuan's hand was still in front of her, shielding half of her face, preventing Xia Xinyu from looking disheveled. She asked softly.

He didn't answer, but gently touched her little hair bun. Xia Xinyu went with the flow and rested her head on Chen Yuan's shoulder, continuing to watch the movie.

Then, she stopped crying.

And Chen Yuan, judging by her thoughts, had already moved the popcorn that was blocking them to the empty seat next to them.

[She's already crying? The movie's only been playing for a minute...]

[Could it be that there's a previous installment, so this part is touching?]

[Such a scheming, pretty little girl, she's good at this.]

[Dating in a movie theater in school uniforms, waiting to get caught by the head teacher!]

Xia Xinyu did get into the mood quickly. After all, the opening scene of the female lead with the surname Xia losing both parents was too relatable.

But after leaning on his shoulder, she temporarily forgot those heavy things.

Although the beginning of this movie was a bit sad, the beginning was quite funny. The male lead, who seemed aloof but was actually silly, livened up the atmosphere in the movie theater with several antics. Although a joke was used several times in a row, it was still funny and made people smile knowingly because it had changes and progression.

Just like the joke about Zhou Yu being his eldest son. The more it was used, the funnier it got.

Each time was funnier than the last.

"Pfft...hehe." Leaning on his shoulder, Xia Xinyu was amused by a scene and laughed, "The male lead is kind of like you."

"How so?"

"He looks very serious, but he always says things out of the blue...it's not funny, but it's kind of funny."

What the hell are you talking about...

What do you mean, funny and not funny?

What's wrong with me using stale jokes?

"The female lead is also quite like you." After Chen Yuan said this, he immediately added, "Looks...personality, etc."

Xia Xinyu heard that Chen Yuan was afraid she would misunderstand that she was similar to the 'Xia-named girl who lost both parents,' so she smiled and stubbornly shook her head, "Not like me."

Hmm...

She's not really that much like her.

The male lead is about 50-50 with my looks, but he's wearing makeup, which is a bit unfair.

And the girl in the movie is indeed not as pretty as Xia Xinyu.

That's what she means, right...

[Not like me, so timid and useless]

[She could live without the male lead, but if Chen Yuan hadn't appeared, I would now...]

Yes, without me, your seventh day ceremony would have already passed for several days.

But timid and useless are not words to describe you.

Fear of the dark is human nature. As long as you can see the light, you can continue walking.

Rubbing her eyes, Xia Xinyu, who had finally adjusted her emotions, sat up straight and smiled at Chen Yuan, signaling that she could enjoy the movie now.

Then, Mr. Popcorn returned to the middle.

This movie is a bit like a "happy enemies" type. The interaction between the male and female leads is quite happy. The scene where the male lead stands up for the female lead and fights with someone is cliché but not awkward. The scene where the female lead calls the male lead by the window, asks him to look up, and then gives him a big heart with her fingers is quite sweet.

If it continues like this, can they just keep on showering us with sweetness?

Honestly, the plot is progressing a bit fast. They confessed their feelings so quickly, what else will they film later?

Just as Chen Yuan was wondering, his brow furrowed.

"This...this isn't going to be a misunderstanding, is it?" Xia Xinyu saw that a senior who was secretly in love with the male lead had taken him to the grove and became a little nervous.

"The idiot screenwriter is about to start."

Chen Yuan could already see how the plot was going to go.

"Huh?"

"What is this doing? Why isn't he rejecting her?"

"They actually kissed?! The male and female leads haven't even kissed yet?"

The reactions of the girls in the movie theater could explain the confusing nature of this plot.

"I overestimated domestic screenwriters." Chen Yuan was disgusted by this plot. He felt that the original work definitely wouldn't be this bad. It's all the screenwriter's fault.

The development that followed was very typical of serving the audience shit.

The female lead saw the two people kissing and ran away. In reality, the male lead pushed the senior away the moment they kissed. The senior also noticed the female lead coming, but she didn't say anything and secretly provoked the female lead.

In this way, the misunderstanding deepened, and the male and female leads had a falling out. The female lead kept bottling it up and wouldn't say anything.

Various things happened in between, and the female lead went abroad.

The male lead and the senior were together, and they had a few routine interactions. But the male lead still couldn't let go of the female lead. At this time, the senior realized that although she had obtained the male lead's person, she couldn't get his heart, so she confessed what had happened back then.

The male lead, knowing the truth, was filled with remorse and flew abroad. At this time, the female lead already had terminal cancer...

What are you doing?

Although speechless, Chen Yuan decided to watch it to the end.

Why?

Because I want to wait until the end credits to find the screenwriter's name and send it to my Yunnan netizen who I met playing games, and cast a Yin Snake Gu on that bastard!

In the end, the movie ended with a scene that it thought was beautiful, but was actually not even as good as Xia Xinyu covering her mouth and yawning.

Then, some of the girls in the movie theater started taking their anger out on their boyfriends instead of scolding the screenwriter.

Well, the ticket was worth it.

"Why don't you have any comments?"

When they walked out of the movie theater, followed some idiots down the escalator, and left the mall, Chen Yuan asked Xia Xinyu with some curiosity.

No matter what, she should complain a bit, right?

"It's okay, as you would say, am I just here for the fun?" When Xia Xinyu was speaking abstractly, she even used Chen Yuan's tone to confirm her grammatical errors.

A 'here for the fun' mentality is good.

Chen Yuan felt that a movie that could change people's values had to be at least on the level of "Schindler's List."

And Xia Xinyu is a smart girl who scores 625 points. Naturally, she wouldn't be influenced by this kind of thing like other people.

That's the reason Chen Yuan thought. He just thought so in his heart.

But Xia Xinyu refuted it in her heart.

The real reason was—

[Anyway, I'm not stupid]

[Anyway, he's not bad]

Walking side by side with Chen Yuan, thinking of those strange youth pain literature plots, she found it all hilarious, embodying the true spirit of someone 'here for the fun.'