In the distant year of 2012, places like movie theaters held an indescribable charm for children from county towns, and were a special kind of urban complex.
After all, their memories of watching movies together were limited to the open-air movies at school. The scenes on TV of buying tickets to watch movies in gorgeous movie theaters were a very distant thought.
"We agreed to go to the movies together, but we've been in Jiangcheng for almost a year, and the three of us have never even been to the cinema once. We all need to reflect on this." Xia Yuan was very dissatisfied with this.
Mei Fang helplessly spread his hands and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Jiangcheng Normal University is very far from the city..."
Lin Youxi also took over the conversation, "Since we are here today, why not enjoy it?"
Although they are girls from a small county, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi's outfits when they go out are basically the same as those of the city kids. Their styles are cute and playful. They walk hand in hand on the road very intimately. At this time, Mei Fang, who is walking on the side, always seems like an extra person.
Everyone arrived at the intersection where they usually gathered. Xia Yuan looked down at his phone. "The movie starts at 2:30. We still have plenty of time. Do you want to go catch dolls?"
Mei Fang was just accompanying Qingmei out to play and relax, "I'm fine."
Lin Youxi was reluctant, "If I grab a bunch of dolls and have nowhere to put them when I watch a movie, that would be a waste."
"Just play a little. This is an arcade in a big city. We haven't been there before. There must be a lot of fun things to see and do."
Encouraged by Xia Yuan, Lin Youxi and Mei Fang entered a video game arcade in the mall. The first thing that caught their eyes was two large dance machines, on which two fashionably dressed girls were dancing.
"I've been curious about this since I watched it on TV a long time ago. How do they play it? How do they know how to dance?"
"First of all, the game itself is definitely a dance group or the music games that are slowly appearing on mobile phones. You can score points by stepping on the corresponding position at the right time."
Mei Fang continued, "But in essence, the game sets the drum beats based on real-life dances. If you know how to dance, it's easy to get the corresponding points, and you can also dance like them to make it more entertaining."
"Oh, so that's how it is! Fang really knows everything about games..."
Lin Youxi poked Xia Yuan on the back and said, "Since you are so interested, why don't you go up and try it yourself?"
"Me? I can't do that... I can't jump, why would I go up there?"
"Next time I will buy a dance machine at home and practice it at home before going out. This way I won't feel anxious when I go out."
"Where is the space in the house to put it?"
"When Sister Yueyue has settled the company's affairs, we can consider playing in the company, or directly buy a house."
Domestic housing prices have been rising slowly since the economic crisis in 2008, and began to soar in 2014 after a huge turning point. In fact, they have risen quite fast in the past two years, but because the base is relatively small, the price is still good, and it is a more suitable time to buy.
Mei Fang had previously been restricted from purchasing real estate to expand her assets due to her status as a minor, but now with Sister Yueyue as a shield, it is very feasible for her to hold some houses on her behalf.
Of course, Xia Yuan found Mei Fang's wild imaginations incredible.
"That's only possible when our songs or 'Journey of the Clouds' make some money, right? Right now this little money is just enough to cover daily expenses... But if I really want to buy a house, I'm still looking forward to it."
"What kind of house do you like?" Lin Youxi asked from the side.
"Of course, it's a big villa with a view of the sea. I plant flowers in the yard every day, play games at home, listen to music and watch dramas. After dinner, I go to the beach for a walk and enjoy the sea breeze. Then I enjoy the beautiful sunset together. Then I come back to cook and eat, take a bath and go to bed. What a pleasant day!"
"Wouldn't it be too damp to live by the sea? And you'd get tired of that feeling after a few days."
"So what kind does Youxi like?"
Lin Youxi smiled and said, "I like the super-large flats in top-level luxury apartments, the kind with one apartment per floor, with good lighting and large glass curtain walls, overlooking the entire city."
Mei Fang was a little surprised after hearing Lin Youxi's idea, "Youxi, do you like this? How come I can't tell at all..."
Xia Yuan also laughed and joked, "You Xi, your request is too high. Ah Fang may not be able to afford it in the future."
"Well... who knows?"
Lin Youxi smiled at Mei Fang and said, "Let's go in quickly and play other games together."
The arcade machines in Jiangcheng are more trendy than those in Baimei County, and of course the variety is richer, but there won’t be many children gathered around one person watching, and more of the customers are middle school students.
People here seem to be very rich.
Mei Fang bought 100 yuan worth of coins and everyone played around. They found that the difficulty of Jiangcheng was generally much lower than that of Baimei County. The machines were much more conscientious. Lin Youxi could even ride a motorcycle the entire time without getting off. Now she can win over Mei Fang and beat Yuanyuan in all kinds of games.
In the end, everyone had been playing for too long and had a lot of game coins left, so they stuffed them into the coin pusher, intending to spend them all at once. But then the coin pusher accidentally pushed out twice as many game coins, so everyone had to exchange them for coupons and some small gifts.
"In the end, the doll was replaced..."
Xia Yuan handed the huge Doraemon doll to Mei Fang to hold, "You're tired after playing for so long. There's still some time before the movie starts. Let's go have some dessert first?"
"Okay." Lin Youxi pointed at Xu Liushan and said, "Let's eat at this restaurant."
Xuliushan Dessert Shop is most famous for its mango desserts. Now that it is summer, the mango desserts here are also very effective in cooling off.
At Lin Youxi's recommendation, Xia Yuan ordered a large dessert made of mango and various ice creams, creams and chocolates. Initially, they were planning to share the dessert with three people. However, in the end, Lin Youxi and Mei Fang didn't eat much due to their lack of fighting strength, while Xia Yuan almost finished it all by himself.
"Huh... Ha, this feels so good."
Xia Yuan rubbed her belly and made a satisfied sound. Seeing her belly curve still flat despite eating so much, Mei Fang couldn't help but complain, "You girls really have two stomachs, right? One of them is in another dimension? Don't rush to the bathroom when you watch a movie later."
"It's okay, just go there before the movie."
Xia Yuan looked back at Lin Youxi. At this moment, her eyes were focused on the posters posted along the aisle of the cinema. "It's okay if Ah Fang is useless. He has always been like that. Youxi, why did you eat so little today?"
"I want to save some space for my popcorn. After all, movies and popcorn go best together, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, we can buy that popcorn family meal. That popcorn is in such a big bucket, it feels like we can eat as much as we want!"
When Xia Yuan was in elementary school, he was often taken to the cinema by his parents in Jiangcheng to watch movies, so he was very familiar with the operating procedures here. Mei Fang was also in the first time to the cinema, so he couldn't seem to know much. He just followed Xia Yuan's various operations, and then went to place an order to buy a popcorn set and wait in line for ticket inspection.
Xia Yuan had been on-site to buy tickets and place orders before. Mei Fang looked at the seats and said, "Wow... Row nine, seats eighty or ninety, right?... This seat seems a bit far?"
“They were sold out when I bought them…”
Xia Yuan looked away somewhat guiltily.
“The back row is pretty good too.”
Lin Youxi smiled slightly and said, "Maybe I can secretly see other couples being intimate in this corner."
"Well, you shouldn't be making out in front of a movie like this!"
Xia Yuan didn't like talking about too much awkward topics in public, so he quickly diverted everyone's attention and said, "But it should feel the same if you put on 3D glasses to watch the movie."
Xia Yuan deliberately left the ticket in the middle to Mei Fang, then smiled at Lin Youxi. Lin Youxi also gave Xia Yuan a gentle smile, showing a very tacit understanding.
As everyone was lining up to enter the theater, a movie just ended. Xia Yuan went to the bathroom and found that the queue seemed to be very long. After some hesitation, he decided to go in with Mei Fang and Lin Youxi first.
Mei Fang sighed as he sat down, "There's basically nothing interesting about this movie. I'm really worried that you won't be able to hold it in."
"I, I would never do such a shameful thing. Do you think I'm the king of bedwetting?"
Xia Yuan made a face at Mei Fang, then motioned Mei Fang to put the popcorn in his arms.
"That way the three of us can have some."
Mei Fang didn't mind being the guy who served popcorn. The three of them put on 3D glasses and started to enjoy the 3D remake of "2012: The End of the World".
Although the theoretical basis is very absurd, this movie is still a very popular classic disaster movie even ten years later. The cool and shocking epic disaster special effects are vivid, and the intrigues and human warmth and coldness between people before the disaster are all impressive. In the end, building the ark on the roof of the world is also a wonderful touch.
Of course, this idea of only thinking about building ships to allow a small number of advanced people to escape in the face of disaster is indeed very much in the style of the lighthouse world, and the last-minute decision to let the shipbuilders in to escape together is somewhat self-righteous and compassionate.
Mei Fang has seen Little Broken Ball, so of course he won't have much resonance with the plot now. He mainly watches it for fun and also gives some spoilers to those childhood sweethearts who didn't have the chance to watch "2012".
"The heroine's current husband is an eyesore. In order for the ex-hero and ex-hero to get back together and start a family, he will definitely die soon. I tell you, and it will be a miserable death."
"Ah... Ah Fang, have you seen it? Don't spoil the plot!"
The plot at the beginning was actually relatively bland, but every time Xia Yuan wanted to go to the bathroom, she would be attracted by the sudden acceleration of the plot. When she saw the catastrophe of heaven and earth for the first time, she was even subconsciously nervous for a moment, and then she leaned against the sofa seat in the movie to experience the shocking special effects.
Lin Youxi was relatively natural and calm throughout the whole process. She was watching the movie while eating the popcorn in Mei Fang's arms. As she was eating, she naturally leaned on Mei Fang's shoulder and was not at all awkward.
Xia Yuan found the plot tense, but felt a little uncomfortable. She was also conflicted when she saw Lin Youxi leaning on Mei Fang's shoulder eating popcorn. She was surprised and had the urge to compete secretly.
She saw Mei Fang putting popcorn into her mouth, then she grabbed Mei Fang's arm and put the popcorn in Mei Fang's hand into her own mouth.
Mei Fang took out some popcorn and fed it one by one to Xia Yuan who was crying for food beside her. Then, Lin Youxi poked Mei Fang with her arm, so Mei Fang understood what she meant and fed it to Lin Youxi as well.
Damn, are you treating me like a tool to feed you popcorn
While Mei Fang was thinking about things, the screen was playing a scene of mountains and seas. There were bursts of exclamations in the cinema. It must be said that the 3D effect was really good.
"Huh... this is too exciting."
Mei Fang was expressing his feelings when Xia Yuan suddenly hugged Mei Fang's arm and dared not look any further.
"What are you doing? You're watching a disaster movie like it's a horror movie. You haven't been this scared when you've watched horror movies before."
"No... it's... that..."
Xia Yuan blushed and said, "I can't hold it anymore."
"Ah? Why didn't you say so earlier..."
Mei Fang quickly made room for Xia Yuan after hearing this, "Hurry up and go to the bathroom..."
"No... the plot here is so good... I'm afraid I'll miss something—"
"Don't hold it in, it will be troublesome if you pee your pants. Go to the bathroom quickly, go, go..."
Mei Fang urged Xia Yuan to go to the bathroom quickly, and then continued to watch the movie with peace of mind.
"Youxi, do you want to guess how this husband will die?"
"Suffocating? Now that I'm here, the chances of suffocating from altitude sickness should be very high..."
"Haha, how could he die so easily? Let me tell you—"
As soon as Mei Fang finished speaking, Lin Youxi suddenly came forward and covered Mei Fang's mouth with hers.
…
Popcorn flavor...
Since Lin Youxi didn't dislike her, Mei Fang certainly wouldn't say anything, but instead cooperated with Lin Youxi and became intimate with her.
call…
Lin Youxi's attack was particularly fierce today, and he was almost suffocated by her kiss.
Mei Fang remembered that he once saw a couple kissing each other while watching a movie. He had been criticizing them in his heart, wondering how it was proper to do that in public.
Now I have become the person I hate the most. I always feel like, I feel like—
An inexplicable sense of refreshment
Hahaha…
"I told you not to spoil the plot."
Lin Youxi was quite annoyed as she tied up her hair and reminded Mei Fang seriously, "Don't ruin my movie-watching experience, or this will be the outcome."
“It’s pretty cool, haha.”
"abnormal."
While Lin Youxi was complaining about Mei Fang, she moved closer and gently pushed back a grain of popcorn that was stuck on Mei Fang's lips.
After a while, Xia Yuan came back from the bathroom with a sense of relief. He saw Mei Fang and Lin Youxi watching the movie intently, their eyes also fixed on the screen.
"What just happened?"
"The heroine's husband is dead."
"Ex-husband or current husband?"
"The heroine's ex-husband is the hero, how could he be dead? It must be the guy with glasses who died."
"Huh... He's really dead."
Xia Yuan rubbed his hands and looked at the movie screen. He didn't finish watching the movie properly, and the experience of watching the movie with Afang was only half and half. Suddenly he felt a little bit at a loss.
No... It would be a shame if we just end it like this...
I'm sorry, Youxi, I need to sneak away for a while!
Xia Yuan casually threw a ball of paper on the ground, then bent down and pretended to be looking for something.
"What fell?"
Xia Yuan said softly, "The keychain I bought over there by the arcade just now is gone."
"The movie is almost over. Why don't we look for it after we turn on the lights?"
"Well... that's fine... I'm just afraid that if there are too many people, someone might accidentally step on it."
"Then let me help you find it. It's not convenient for you to lean down. Let me..."
Mei Fang bent down and began to grope for something on the ground. Xia Yuan, who was sitting outside, also got up from his seat and squatted on the ground to search.
As Mei Fang was searching, Xia Yuan suddenly pulled his arm away.
She took the opportunity to look for something and came over and kissed Mei Fang briefly.
This time Xia Yuan is bolder than ever!
She gently pressed it a few times before Mei was willing to let go.
Hoohoo… It’s popcorn flavored, so sweet.
Mei Fang was obviously caught off guard by Xia Yuan's sudden attack. After a brief moment of stunned silence, he finally understood Xia Yuan's original intention and then returned to his original seat.
At this time, Lin Youxi raised his head and asked Mei Fang, "Did you find your stuff?"
"Hmm... Found it."
"Just find it."
Lin Youxi smiled at Mei Fang, and then continued to enjoy the last short segment of the plot.
After watching the movie, Xia Yuan, feeling guilty, couldn't help but turn the topic to the plot: "This last part is really a bit lame."
"I think it's pretty average, too." Lin Youxi nodded. "But the experience in the cinema was very good. I liked it very much. By the way, did you two see any couples kissing while watching the movie?"
"I didn't."
Mei Fang answered Lin Youxi very calmly and directly, while Xia Yuan was a little nervous.
"So I said... who would want to kiss in a movie like this?"
"I don't think so. Some people might only think about kissing until the end of the world."
"Hmm..."
Xia Yuan puffed up his face and approached Lin Youxi angrily, "Youxi, if you saw it, just tell me directly. Why are you always being so sarcastic to me?"
"Haha... No, just a little joke." Lin Youxi suddenly stuck out her tongue at Xia Yuan, "Sorry, Yuanyuan."
"OK, I forgive you."
Xia Yuan smiled at Lin Youxi and waved her hand, "But you have to treat me to a McFlurry later."
"How many stomachs do you have?"
I wrote 5,000 words for you today, which is of course yesterday's. As for today, I have something to do, so I might be very busy! I plan to take a leave of absence from work, and update my single brothers who are here to accompany me. That's it, I will never skip it.
(End of this chapter)