Shi Nuan turned to Fu Chengyan with a flushed face and felt rather embarrassed, “Girls do like a domineering guy to some extent!” Fu Chengyan looked slightly doubtful, then she added, “I’m serious. But the movie is a little overdramatic. I’d rather go for a regular guy if a guy were to act like this in real life.”
“Mhm!” Fu Chengyan raised an eyebrow. He didn’t refute her but didn’t say anything else either.
Feeling rather awkward, Shi Nuan shifted her gaze to the huge screen. Fu Chengyan was constantly holding her left hand, she felt extraordinary, and her heart couldn’t stop pounding.
“Hmm… My hand is sweating.” Shi Nuan spoke carefully.
Hearing that, Fu Chengyan looked at Shi Nuan thoughtfully. He opened up Shi Nuan’s palm, placed it on his own thigh, and rubbed it against his pants.
Shi Nuan was dumbfounded.
“How am I going to eat?” Shi Nuan asked. “Fu Chengyan, can you stop being so—” Before she could say the word ‘childish,’ Fu Chengyan had already used his other hand to grab a popcorn and put it in her mouth.
Shi Nuan’s eyes widened as she stared at Fu Chengyan in disbelief. She couldn’t figure out what that man was thinking in his mind.
“Swallow it!” Fu Chengyan’s low voice sounded so pleasant. It sounded better than the male lead’s voice in the movie.
Shi Nuan remembered how Song Rongrong and Su Yian fawn over voice actors. They would talk about how those men had such beautiful voices that could impregnate one’s ears.
Shi Nuan used to think her friends were so dramatic. Looking at Fu Chengyan and hearing his voice, she now realized nothing was exaggerating about what her friends used to say.
“Why are you looking at me?” Fu Chengyan asked while smiling. “I thought you wanted to eat?”
Shi Nuan quickly swallowed her popcorn. Just as she felt thirsty, Fu Chengyan brought a Coke cup in front of her with his slender arms.
Shi Nuan’s eyes widened, but she remained unmoved. “Don’t choke yourself while eating,” Fu Chengyan said patiently. “Take a sip, but don’t drink too much.” Shi Nuan subconsciously opened her mouth to drink the Coke. After that, she realized that they were both behaving unusually.
Shortly after, Shi Nuan heard a woman from behind saying, “Look, how good that guy is! He is not only here for the movie, but that man is feeding his girl! What about you? You kept saying ‘NO’ when I invited you to watch this movie and even fell asleep here.”
“If you’re jealous of other people, why don’t you date someone else?”
“You…”
A speechless Shi Nuan turned her head and took a glance from the corner of her eye to determine the couple’s location. She then turned back to face Fu Chengyan and pointed to herself. “Is she talking about us?”
“Are we not like a couple?” Fu Chengyan asked in return, smiling. “Do you want more?”
“That’s not the point, OK? The point is we’re being watched!” Shi Nuan didn’t feel good. They were in a public place, and being watched by other people made her feel uncomfortable, especially when she was being used as someone else’s example.
Fu Chengyan didn’t seem to care. “That shows how different we are from the crowd. Eat up!” he said as he picked up another popcorn with his slender fingers. Shi Nuan couldn’t help but think that the Creator did practice favoritism when creating human beings.
Fu Chengyan was probably one of the favorites. He didn’t only have a brilliant mind and captivating appearance – even his fingers looked so stunning. Just an act of him holding a pen or picking up a popcorn was a beautiful sight.
“Wow! They’re so sweet. Why do you think I invited you to a movie with me? As if all the P.D.A in the movie isn’t enough; now we’re seeing P.D.A in real life too! You idiot!”
“Why are you being so unreasonable today?” a man asked unhappily.
“What? Say that again!” The girl responded rudely.
“I said you’re being unreasonable!”
“You don’t love me anymore.”
“Do I have to put on a show like them just to prove that I love you?”
Shi Nuan was speechless. Why were she and Fu Chengyan getting caught up in other people’s crossfire? She turned to Fu Chengyan. “He said we’re putting on a show!”
“Hmm, that’s just a sign of jealousy!” Fu Chengyan concluded as he placed another popcorn in Shi Nuan’s mouth. “Eat up!”
Shi Nuan was speechless once again. Sometimes, she felt that she was just childish.
In reality, what that guy said earlier made perfect sense. She and Fu Chengyan really weren’t a real couple, but she dared not say this aloud. Even if they weren’t a couple, they were husband and wife!
Besides, Fu Chengyan’s little actions truly were so heartwarming that Shi Nuan felt proud as a woman. At that very moment, she enjoyed how well she got along with Fu Chengyan.
The movie finally ended. Shi Nuan had practically finished the popcorn on her own, along with the two cups of Coke.
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