Chapter 266: Date

Sweet Enjing leaned against the door frame of the bathroom, taking a full few minutes to find that trace of sober reason from the mixed emotions of surprise and confusion.

Then she thought of Lin Xiuyuan.

She needed to ask clearly, or rather, she needed an answer to soothe herself, or perhaps... she needed more "immortal pills."

So with almost no hesitation, the sober Sweet Enjing immediately found her phone, brought up the familiar number, and dialed it.

The call connected very quickly.

But what came from the receiver was not the deep male voice she expected, but a female voice carrying thick sleepiness, lazy and sexy.

The ending note was slightly dragged out, like a cat that had just been woken up. "Hello...?"

With just one word, Sweet Enjing heard who the other party was.

It was Krystal.

And the intimacy and laziness revealed in that voice also made her instantly imagine the figure on the other end of the phone, having just experienced what kind of entanglement with the man she was looking for last night.

A complex taste she hadn't had before welled up in her heart, but that subtle emotion was immediately suppressed by a stronger desire for verification.

So Sweet Enjing quickly adjusted her breathing and asked as naturally as possible. "Oh, it's Xiujing, good morning. Not awake yet? Sorry to disturb you."

"Enjing Unnie?" Krystal's voice became clearer, and she seemed a bit surprised, but still carried a lazy tone. "Morning, it's fine, it's about time to wake up, Unnie, do you have something to find me?"

"Ani~" Sweet Enjing immediately denied, then pretended to ask casually. "I have something to find Xiuyuan, is he... busy?"

Krystal on the other end of the phone first looked at the phone, and then realized it was Lin Xiuyuan's.

Then she turned her head to look at the empty pillow beside her that still had residual warmth, and then yawned a little, the sound of fabric rubbing when she stretched out making a subtle rustling sound. "Him, he left in a hurry early this morning, saying that he seemed to have an appointment with someone over there, and left without even eating breakfast."

Then, Krystal also didn't forget to ask about Sweet Enjing's condition.

Date? Went back to 2013?

Sweet Enjing, who didn't expect this result, was slightly stunned, a trace of hard-to-capture disappointment flashed in her heart, but her tone remained steady. "I see, that's really unfortunate. I'm much better here, thank you for your concern, Xiujing."

"Does Unnie have anything to do with him? Should I have him call you back when he comes back?" Krystal's voice carried a hint of undetectable probing.

"Actually, it's nothing big." Sweet Enjing almost didn't think and made an excuse. When her gaze swept over the brand-new support frame in the corner of the bedroom, she said, "It's just that he came over yesterday to help me install that support frame, and it seems there's a small problem, so I wanted to ask him how to adjust it."

Krystal on the other end of the phone smiled silently, as a woman, she naturally heard the cover-up behind this excuse, but she considerately didn't point it out.

"Nae~ I know, Unnie, I'll tell Xiuyuan when he comes back."

"Hmm, then I'll trouble you, Xiujing, you rest first, I won't disturb you."

"Unnie, goodbye."

Krystal on the big bed threw the phone aside, turned over, hugged the pillow that still had someone's scent, and almost instantly fell into a deep sleep again.

Someone last night really tossed her enough.

And on the other side, as the phone was hung up.

Sweet Enjing, holding the phone, looked at her complex face in the mirror and sighed gently.

Then she looked down at her left foot, clicked her tongue, and then moved around in this small space of the bedroom, planning to try where the limit was.

And then when Lin Xiuyuan had time, see how much improvement there was after eating the "immortal pill."

Xiuyuan~ don't let me wait too long.

2013, Seoul.

Unlike Sweet Enjing's slight disappointment and Krystal's lazy make-up sleep, Lin Xiuyuan, who hurried back from the 2025 villa, was standing in Lin Xiaolu's apartment at this moment.

With a gentle and slightly apologetic smile on his face, he looked at the little deer Bambi sitting cross-legged on the sofa, staring at himself with obvious resentment.

The two stared at each other for a long time, the air quiet enough to hear the arguing sound of the couple in the next apartment.

Finally, after a while, Lin Xiaolu pouted slightly, opened her mouth slowly, her voice carrying a hint of grievance and accusation. "I thought you had forgotten about this, like a scumbag, eating and wiping clean and then patting your butt and leaving, not caring anymore."

Hearing this, Lin Xiuyuan immediately took a step forward, his tone sincere and guaranteed. "How could that be, I couldn't have forgotten what I promised, but you know Jessica's situation, she was busy flying, and I just settled it yesterday."

Don't look at Lin Xiuyuan saying beautiful things, he was actually a bit guilty in his heart.

To be honest, if it weren't for Krystal mentioning the private cinema at the villa last night, which triggered the relevant memory in his brain, he might have really thrown this appointment with Lin Xiaolu completely behind his head.

This was originally a date set to soothe her emotions after the first time he rolled on the bed with her.

The original plan was to fulfill it in the next few days, but he didn't expect Jessica's sudden situation later, which disrupted all their arrangements.

Later, although Jessica was settled.

But also because he relaxed too much in 2025 these days, his brain didn't remember this for a while, so it was shelved and almost forgotten.

It wasn't until Krystal mentioned it last night, and when he woke up this morning, the gate of memory opened suddenly.

And after remembering, Lin Xiuyuan's subconscious thought at that time was: since he had forgotten for a few days anyway, then accompany Krystal for a day first, she rarely had a break.

But as soon as this thought popped up, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

If it could be said to be unintentional because of an accident.

But if he wanted to procrastinate even after remembering, then it became intentional neglect.

This was definitely not his character, let alone his style of dealing with people.

After all, Krystal rarely had a break, then wasn't Lin Xiaolu the same?

So Lin Xiuyuan, after remembering, hurried back to 2013 and appeared directly in Lin Xiaolu's home, who happened to have no schedule today.

His initial thought was if Lin Xiaolu happened to have a schedule, then go back to accompany Krystal.

But if Lin Xiaolu happened to be resting, then accompany her.

As for Krystal... she had enough enjoyment last night.

So Lin Xiuyuan at this moment looked at Lin Xiaolu's little eyes that still carried a bit of disbelief, and smiled.

Then he took out the two movie tickets he bought when he ran into a cinema on the way, and shook them in front of her. "Don't be angry anymore, I've bought the tickets, there's no one in the morning session, how about it, you should believe me now, right?"

And when Lin Xiaolu's gaze fell on the two movie tickets in Lin Xiuyuan's hand.

After seeing the promotional picture and movie name printed on it, she was stunned for a moment, and then gave him a reproachful white eye.

But the slightly raised corners of her lips revealed her true mood. "Lin Xiuyuan, are you crazy? Who watches horror movies on a date? Shouldn't you watch a romance movie?"

However, Lin Xiuyuan was also well-prepared, so he wasn't panicked when he heard this, but raised his eyebrows righteously, leaned closer, and explained with a mischievous smile, lowering his voice.

"Watching romance movies on a date is a routine operation, but I always feel like something is missing if we haven't watched a horror movie together. Think about it, the lights go dark, the music starts, a ghost shadow suddenly pops up on the screen... at that time, a certain fragrant little guy gets scared and dives into my arms..."

Speaking of this, someone deliberately dragged out the tone, full of expectation in his eyes. "That feeling is completely different from usual, right? YoonA~"

"Get lost~"

This crooked reasoning directly amused Lin Xiaolu, and also made her beat the other party's arm angrily.

Then she stood up from the sofa and hummed. "Only you have crooked reasoning."

At the same time, her gaze also glanced at the exquisite tea snacks and coffee that Lin Xiuyuan brought on the way and were still steaming on the dining table, and the smile on her face finally bloomed completely. "But I'll count it for you, you still know to bring breakfast."

"That's for sure." Lin Xiuyuan laughed, because he was also hungry.

Facing Lin Xiuyuan's answer, Lin Xiaolu asked again. "But why didn't you call me first, Xiuyuan, and just came over like this? What if I wasn't in the apartment, wouldn't you have run for nothing?"

And what Lin Xiaolu thought was, if it was confirmed that only she was at home, Lin Xiuyuan could have opened the Anywhere Door and came over directly, without having to drive so much trouble.

However, Lin Xiuyuan shrugged, looking justified. "If I wasn't at home, then I'd call to make an appointment for a place, but if I was at home..."

Speaking of this, his smiling eyes looked at Lin Xiaolu in front of him. "Isn't this a big surprise? What do you think? I won the bet, aren't you happy?"

Lin Xiaolu didn't answer immediately, but in her mind, she couldn't help but replay the scene of opening the door a few minutes ago.

At that time, she had just woken up, wearing loose home clothes, rubbing her sleepy eyes and opening the door...

As a result, she saw this boy she had been missing for some days standing at her door, one hand carrying a breakfast paper bag exuding a tempting aroma, and the other hand behind his back.

The morning sun outlined a circle of soft halo behind him, and his face carried a dusty but incomparably warm smile.

At that moment, a soft place in Lin Xiaolu's heart was fiercely poked, surprise, emotion, and an indescribable sense of peace of mind instantly surged up.

It also washed away all the small grievances caused by waiting and missing.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiaolu gave a soft "hmm."

It was considered acquiescence to Lin Xiuyuan's statement.

After chatting for a while, the two also sat down at the dining table, untied the takeout bag, and prepared to enjoy breakfast first.

The time was just past 9:30, and the movie was in the 11 o'clock session, with plenty of time.

After eating breakfast and tidying up, it would be just right to go over. After watching the movie, they could find a place nearby to eat lunch, and they could stroll around leisurely in the afternoon.

Lin Xiaolu had a rehearsal in the evening.

Lin Xiuyuan, who was eating breakfast while thinking about things, had already arranged today's time seamlessly.

Similarly, Lin Xiaolu, who was eating delicious shrimp dumplings, finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been held in her heart for a long time. "Xiuyuan, Unnie... what on earth is going on? You only said it was settled in the group, how exactly was it solved?"

Everyone had been busy recently, although curious, they didn't have a chance to ask in detail.

Plus Lin Xiuyuan ran to 2025 these days.

So until this moment, Lin Xiaolu finally found the timing.

Lin Xiuyuan was picking up a siu mai, and his movements paused when he heard this, and he said lightly, "Her, she probably figured it out herself."

However, Lin Xiaolu, who heard this answer, squinted her lively little deer eyes, obviously not believing this rhetoric, and pursued. "Really? Really not because you did something 'terrible' to Unnie, Xiuyuan, that made her 'figure it out'? The Jessica in my impression wouldn't compromise so easily."

"I didn't say she surrendered, I mean she hid the fuse for the time being and stopped making trouble."

This statement was more in line with Jessica's stubborn personality.

So when Lin Xiuyuan swallowed the food in his mouth and corrected the answer, Lin Xiaolu nodded in agreement.

She believed this answer, because everyone's initial guess was about the same.

But this also made Lin Xiaolu couldn't help but worry again, sighed gently, her tone carrying a hint of undetectable fear. "Then what about the future?"

In case something really goes wrong, leading to the loss of a future time-space situation, this thought just popped up, and she felt trembling all over.

"Take it one step at a time."

Lin Xiuyuan seemed very calm, he used the end of his chopsticks to gently tap the edge of her bowl, signaling her to focus on eating.

"If I thought so far ahead, I wouldn't have gone to Zheng Xiuyan in the first place, let alone pulled you all in." After saying this meaningfully, Lin Xiuyuan's meaning was self-evident, so he continued to urge Lin Xiaolu. "Okay, eat quickly, don't think about too many useless things, it won't taste good if it gets cold later."

"Ooh~"

After eating breakfast, the two lingered on the sofa for a while, and then went out to the cinema.

Today, because it was a weekday morning, the mall was sparsely populated, and the cinema was even more deserted, with only one waiter busy starting various machines behind the counter, preparing popcorn and fries.

Lin Xiuyuan, who came to the cinema lobby, let Lin Xiaolu wait in the rest area on the side, and walked to the counter, asking for a standard couple set.

That is, a large bucket of popcorn and two cups of cola.

At the same time, he also handed the movie tickets to the waiter, directly completing the ticket checking process, saving the trouble of doing it again later, and also saving Lin Xiaolu from being discovered at close range.

Later, when the two held popcorn and drinks and pushed open the heavy soundproof door of the cinema hall.

What caught their eyes was an empty cinema hall, with only the patch GG about to start playing on the big screen, the light flickering.

This situation made Lin Xiuyuan and Lin Xiaolu look at each other, and they saw the same surprise and laughter in each other's eyes.

"We booked the venue."

Lin Xiaolu, who said this softly, had a very strong sense of joy in her voice.

Because in this way, this empty cinema hall could become their secret base to enjoy alone, and it also added a few points of privacy and expectation to this unusual "horror movie date."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 267 =====