[hr: The new avatar is really nice! ]
When Tao Zhiyue received this message, he was sitting in front of the computer typing code attentively. He didn't have time to surf the forum today as he had to finish the work left over from the day.
It was almost ten o'clock. Tao Zhiyue, who had finally finished his work, rubbed his sore shoulders. His eyes could hardly open. He was about to get up to take a shower and rest, and then he looked at the unread messages that had been lying in the list for a long time.
[Tao: I was working just now.]
[Tao: I took the photo^-^]
hr responded promptly as usual.
[hr: Are you still working so late?]
[hr: Go and have a rest.]
Tao Zhiyue was unwilling to confess why he was distracted and slacking off during the day, so he tried to get around it with some reluctance.
[Tao: I am quite busy today, so I won’t do it tomorrow.]
[Tao: How is Nanshan Road? Do you want to eat there?]
[hr: I was going to share this with you at night, but now it seems like I’m spreading poison late at night.]
[hr: So let’s talk about it tomorrow.]
Tao Zhiyue was very pleased with HR's speed in mastering buzzwords.
It's a pity that I can't praise him with confidence now.
[Tao: .]
[Tao: I’m going to take a shower first.]
He took a warm bath and returned to bed in a drowsy state, his phone already full of messages from HR.
[hr: I ate too much today. I must control myself next time.]
[hr: It’s the weekend again soon. This week has passed so quickly. Dr. Tao can take a day off and have a good rest.]
[hr: There is a romantic movie coming out this weekend, do you want to go watch it?]
[hr: I saw many bloggers recommend it, and I heard it was very touching and funny.]
It took five minutes for the next message to arrive.
[hr: It would be very satisfying if you go to see it yourself.]
[hr:dog rolling around.gif]
Reading such trivial and daily chatter before going to bed, Tao Zhiyue felt that his dreams would become gentler for some reason.
Tao Zhiyue doesn't often watch romance movies, but after watching HR's automatic patch, he couldn't say no.
[Tao: , I’ll go and see it on Saturday afternoon.]
[hr: !!! ]
[hr: I'll go and see.]
[hr: Good night, Dr. Tao, wish you a happy dream/moon]
[Tao: Good night~]
Tao Zhiyue fell asleep quickly. That night, he coincidentally dreamed of watching a movie with HR.
So for the whole Friday that followed, he was surrounded by subtle expectations.
HR never asked him if he wanted to watch a movie together.
If I really asked him, would he agree
Tao Zhiyue didn't know the answer.
But he put off buying the movie tickets until Saturday morning because if he bought them later there would be no seats left.
During this time, the HR just asked him indirectly whether he would go to the movies at 8 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The cautious tone made Tao Zhiyue laugh.
He came to the cinema alone, and most of the people around him were couples. In the atmosphere full of dog food, he felt a little lost.
The HR on the phone had been silent for a long time. Tao Zhiyue wanted to poke him several times, but he tried hard to hold it back.
More than 20 minutes before the movie started, HR finally sent a message.
[hr: Dr. Tao, which seat did you buy?]
Tao Zhiyue was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly beating fast. He looked around subconsciously, feeling that hr would appear out of thin air in the next few seconds.
After a moment, he woke up again and didn't know which cinema he was in.
The other party didn't even know what he looked like.
Tao Zhiyue couldn't help but hold his forehead, feeling that his IQ had been gradually dropping to the bottom recently.
[Tao: Row 9, seat 12.]
[hr: Oh.]
Then there was no movement. Tao Zhiyue thought silently for a while, feeling itchy in his heart.
Ten minutes later, ticket checking for admission began.
When he walked into the theater and sat down in the seat in the center, HR sent him a picture.
Tao Zhiyue ordered movie tickets for another cinema in the city. He remembered it was in the city center.
Then he saw the seat number printed in the middle at a glance.
9 rows, 13 seats.
[hr: This way we can watch the movie together^-^]
[hr: I bought a Coke and popcorn. I put the popcorn in the cup holder on the left armrest and the Coke on the right.]
[hr: The Coke is very cold and full of gas. There are so many people watching the movie today.]
[hr: This patch ad is silly, but kind of funny.]
Tao Zhiyue was speechless for a moment, and he couldn't help but look towards the empty seat 13 on his right.
It was as if a tall boy really appeared in front of him. He had just finished drinking two big gulps of cold cola and was looking at the big screen that was playing the pre-film advertisement. He couldn't help laughing. Then he quietly leaned towards him, complained in a low voice, and his warm breath fell on his neck.
Between them stood a large bucket of freshly-popped popcorn, the air filled with a sweet caramel aroma.
In a trance, he seemed to have walked into another time and space.
Tao Zhiyue was stunned for a long time, with countless complex and unspeakable emotions surging in his heart. He tried to organize them into complete words, but he couldn't do it.
Everything that happened at this moment was beyond his understanding.
This person always brings him countless surprises and unexpected things.
A flashy ad was playing on the big screen. Occasionally, a laugh could be heard from the front seat. Tao Zhiyue stared blankly ahead, the corners of his mouth rising uncontrollably as he lowered his head to type.
[Tao: Yes, very stupid.]
Being brought into the atmosphere of watching a movie together, Tao Zhiyue couldn't help but feel a little worried.
[Tao: This seat is very spacious. I think someone will come sit next to me.]
As soon as he sent this message, he felt an indescribable shame. When he was about to quickly withdraw it and pretend nothing happened, HR sent a message first.
[hr: No, today all the seats in row 9 and seat 13 in all the cinemas are mine.]
[hr: cat giggles.jpg]
[pottery:!!!]
Tao Zhiyue was shocked, but didn't seem surprised.
The first day he met him by chance, he had already vaguely guessed the other party's extraordinary family background.
Perhaps it was because HR did not show the status of a wealthy man in previous online contacts, but instead seemed like an ordinary person, so he chose to deliberately forget about it.
Tao Zhiyue clicked on the favorites list, trying to find an emoticon package that could accurately reflect his current mood, to dilute the increasingly ambiguous atmosphere at the moment.
[Tao: Big brother lights a cigarette.jpg]
[hr: Ah, I don’t smoke! ]
[hr: I don’t drink often, I only drink in business situations.]
[hr: No other bad habits! ]
[hr: Although I like to drink cola, I exercise regularly, so I am healthy and my blood sugar is normal.]
The topic gradually went off track. Looking at the new messages popping up one after another, Tao Zhiyue's happy mood instantly disappeared and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It was like I had accidentally walked into some strange online blind date situation.
[Tao: The little penguin who seems to be thinking about something and failing.jpg]
Just at this moment, the lights in the theater went out, the screen turned black, and the main film began to play.
Tao Zhiyue breathed a sigh of relief and quickly changed the subject.
[Tao: Let’s go to the movies!]
[hr: Oh, I’m busy here.]
Tao Zhiyue immediately turned off the sound, put the phone in his pocket, and looked at the big screen intently.
The other audience members who were chatting in low voices in the theater suddenly became quiet, with only an occasional cough or two being heard.
Because it is a love movie, there were no audience members with children. Today, I was very lucky as there was no one making phone calls without paying attention to other people, so I could immerse myself in the plot of the movie without distraction.
But after watching for a few minutes, Tao Zhiyue's mind kept wandering and he unconsciously looked at the seat 13 next to him which was still empty.
He must have reached for the popcorn.
Then I drank a sip of Coke.
The light and shadow from the screen fell into his eyes, flickering brightly.
The aroma of popcorn bought by other audience members wafted into his nose. The cup holder next to him was empty. Tao Zhiyue suddenly felt envious.
The screen just showed the heroine's miserable and unlucky day, and then she met the hero who seemed to have fallen from the sky.
Slow motion, freeze frame, romantic music plays, the wind blows through the male protagonist's hair, and his teeth are shining white.
Tao Zhiyue had a blank expression on his face.
It's not as good as the one he saw at the game show.
His eyes moved back and forth between the seat next to him and the big screen. After struggling for several minutes, Tao Zhiyue could not bear it any longer. He bent over, apologized, walked past the audience in this row, and walked out of the theater.
Hr can't be the only one enjoying popcorn and Coke.
He returned to his seat with the biggest bucket of popcorn, which was bigger than the cup holder. Tao Zhiyue held it contentedly in his arms and gulped down a big gulp of Coke.
The stimulating gas penetrates into the heart and spleen, making the whole person feel energetic.
As time went by, he could only rely on drinking Coke to survive.
Tao Zhiyue felt that being sleepy was definitely not his problem. After all, a couple in the front row had already started whispering to each other, looking left and right but not at the screen in front of them.
The phone in his pocket vibrated slightly. Tao Zhiyue felt relieved and took it out quickly.
He dimmed the screen and carefully blocked the faint light leaking from the screen with one hand for fear of disturbing others.
[hr: I feel sleepy, I want to go to sleep.]
[hr: I heard a loud snoring sound from the back row, very rhythmic, three long and one short.]
[hr: I think half of the audience is watching him now, he is funnier than the movie.]
Tao Zhiyue was amused by his description.
[Tao: I’m sleepy.]
[Tao: This movie is not worth watching.]
[hr: crying cat head.jpg]
[hr: Sorry, I thought what those bloggers said was true.]
[hr: It’s not the same at all.]
[Tao: It’s okay, at least the popcorn in this cinema is delicious.]
[Tao: It tastes like butter.]
[hr: I'm almost done with the caramel flavor.]
Tao Zhiyue glanced at the popcorn bucket in his arms and suddenly felt a strange sense of comparison.
[Tao: I still have half a bucket!]
With the light from the big screen, he took a photo of popcorn and sent it with some pride.
[hr: Envy.]
[hr: The caramel flavor would be a bit darker.]
So hr sent me a photo of popcorn, and sure enough, there was much less popcorn than in his bucket.
Reason told Tao Zhiyue that the two of them now looked like childish elementary school students, but he still saved the photo of caramel-flavored popcorn with a smile.
[Tao: I’m about to eat the small beans that haven’t popped yet.]
[Tao: Be careful not to hurt your teeth.]
[hr: Already eaten.]
[hr: crying cat head.jpg]
…
The stagnant time passed quickly, the movie ended, the lights in the theater came on again, and many people were tired of playing with their phones and stretched their bodies.
Tao Zhiyue was the same. After two hours, the hero and heroine on the screen broke up and got back together many times, but he couldn't remember the plot at all. He only got ten full pages of chat records.
People stood up and left one after another. Tao Zhiyue blinked his sore eyes and felt that today was really like a dream.
Not only the pursuit during the period of ambiguity, but even the couples in love get along with each other in these common ways: eating, watching movies, going to amusement parks, shopping... without exception, they all require face-to-face contact between two people.
Before today, Tao Zhiyue had never imagined that they could watch a movie together without meeting each other.
He was touched by HR's silent respect and tolerance. After all, the rich people described in novels and movies can always find anyone they want at any time just by moving their fingers.
He said he was not prepared for the meeting, and the other party really took this as a premise, never mentioned the matter again, and tried hard to express his feelings in other ways.
I was afraid that he might be worried, so I didn't even ask him his seat number until the movie was about to end.
No one will not be moved.
Tao Zhiyue felt that after watching this movie, he seemed to be mentally prepared to meet HR.
They are truly in the same space with each other, sharing the same popcorn and Coke, and watching the same movie side by side.
But before that, he still had some curiosity and expectation.
Will HR prepare any surprises for him
Tao Zhiyue was thinking wildly in his heart. He fell behind the crowd and slowly walked towards the exit of the theater.
There was a small commotion in front, and Tao Zhiyue was awakened from his thousands of thoughts and looked over curiously.
At the exit of the theater, there were large buckets of roses. A female staff member was giving flowers to the audience who were leaving, and there were two staff members standing beside her to help maintain order. This unique scene also attracted many audiences coming out of other theaters to stop and talk.
Most of the people who came to watch this movie were couples. Whenever a man or a woman came out hand in hand, the staff would smile and give them a rose and a universal blessing: "I wish you two happiness and happiness."
Most of the girls showed pleasantly surprised smiles, took the flowers, and happily snuggled up to their boyfriends as they left.
The rare audience who come to watch the movie alone will receive a more special gift: a big bouquet of roses.
Among the crowd waiting to leave, whispers of surprise gradually emerged.
"Although this movie is terrible, the plot is very romantic."
"This doesn't look like something the film crew did. I just checked Weibo before watching it and didn't see anyone saying they were sending flowers."
"I just saw someone in my city post a Weibo post, locating it at another cinema, which seems to be only available at this showtime of this movie."
"Hey, why do different people receive different amounts of flowers? Are they trying to show their support to the singles? It's a big gift!"
Tao Zhiyue's heart began to beat violently when he heard the few words that came into his ears. He thought that he might have been fantasizing too much and had hallucinations.
Until everyone in front of him left with flowers, it was finally his turn as he was at the end of the crowd. The girl in charge of delivering flowers looked around him and confirmed that he came alone, then she brought him a large bouquet of bright and gorgeous red roses.
Each flower was blooming vigorously, with crystal water droplets condensed on the petals, dazzling and eye-catching.
"Sir, I wish you a happy life and a happy life every day."
Tao Zhiyue took it blankly, his arms filled with the fragrant bouquet. He was actually a little at a loss, and he was not even sure whether to take the left or right step.
There were no other spectators behind him. He stood there with a dazed expression. The girl who gave him flowers couldn't help but look at him, and gradually she realized something and revealed an envious look.
It turns out that ten roses blooming together have such a strong fragrance.
The phone vibrated again, and the screen showed the message just sent by HR.
[hr: Have you collected the flowers?]
Tao Zhiyue's sight was obscured by the gorgeous red color. The overwhelming fragrance squeezed into his heart, making him almost forget to breathe. He typed out his answer with difficulty.
[Tao: Was it a gift from you?]
[hr: Yeah!]
[hr: Although many people will accept it, every gift is a gift.]
[hr: If everyone holds flowers, I won’t blush ^-^]