Chapter 629: The Dark Dance Hall

Hearing Yang Yin's words, Xiao Piqiu was pleased.

"Your answer is normal; here we can't follow common sense. I'm a revolutionary brick, you should answer, 'I'll smash your skull without discussion.'"

Yang Yin listened speechlessly; what a mess this is.

She was too lazy to deal with Xiao Piqiu any further, and dragged Lu Cheng to the dance floor to dance.

To the lilting, brisk waltz music, the two shuffled their feet at the edge of the dance floor, without moving further inward.

Because there were so many intermediaries, I really don't know how such an underground dance hall could attract so many young people.

"How did that Xiao Piqiu suddenly become a manager?"

Lu Cheng replied, "I've heard about it, it seems that once there was a fight at the Hua Bing Chang, and this Xiao Piqiu saved the son of a Section Chief of the Street Office.

At that time, the Street Office, in order to take in some Educated Youth, revived this abandoned film factory, and then Xiao Piqiu became the manager."

Yang Yin pursed her lips, "That Xiao Piqiu really got unlucky luck; it's because he's the son of a Section Chief. If he were the son of a high‑ranking leader, wouldn't he be taken up to the heavens…"

Before Yang Yin could finish speaking, the lights in the hall suddenly went out. Since it was a basement with no windows at all, the darkness became so thick that one couldn't see a hand in front of them.

Yang Yin instantly grew nervous and unconsciously leaned against Lu Cheng.

"Power outage? I told you this place is terrible; as soon as I say there's a power outage, it happens."

Lu Cheng kept his dancing posture, one hand clasping Yang Yin's slender waist, pulling her tighter into his chest.

It was a scorching summer, not as thinly clothed as in winter; through the warm body in his embrace, Lu Cheng could even hear Yang Yin's thudding heartbeat.

"No power outage."

"No power outage? Then why are the lights out?"

Yang Yin soon sensed something was off, because aside from her, none of the many young men and women around complained about a power outage.

Instead, as darkness fell, the whole dance floor quieted, but if one listened closely, it was not truly silent.

She seemed to hear some sucking sounds, not from one spot but from many unseen dark places, all emitting this eerie noise.

"Lu San'er, what is that sound? It sounds like a monster devouring people, it's terrifying!"

"I think this cinema is unclean; maybe it was abandoned after people died here, and now the power outage has let ghosts out? Let's get out quickly…"

Listening to Yang Yin's slightly trembling words, Lu Cheng almost laughed out loud.

As Lu Cheng slightly bent his body, Yang Yin's whole body pressed tightly against him, and his mouth was soon covered.

"Um—can't be here…"

Yang Yin's words quickly fell silent; she only just realized what those sounds were.

It turned out everyone was kissing.

No wonder this place is called Black Dance Hall; these men and women who have been suppressed for so long finally seem to have found a place to release themselves fully.

This must be why the hall draws so many people.

Perhaps such an environment makes people nervous yet excited; as Lu Cheng's large hands roamed over her back, Yang Yin's whole body quickly went limp, helplessly leaning on Lu Cheng.

After an unknown amount of time, someone seemed unable to hold back; because it was already hot and the basement was airtight, someone soon shouted.

"Push the circuit breaker up, it's too hot."

A ceiling fan was installed; when the circuit breaker was pulled, the fan stopped, and in a short time they were drenched in sweat.

But more people were willing to endure the heat; no matter how hot it got, they didn't feel that inner burning.

"Don't pull the circuit breaker, I haven't even kissed enough yet…"

Another voice shouted, "How long are you planning to keep kissing? Don't make the girl's mouth swollen."

Soon, loud laughter rang out in the darkness, and because of the heckling, the dance floor suddenly became chaotic.

At this point, it was no longer the shouts of male comrades, but of female comrades.

"Ow, who touched me?"

"Which Turtle touched my butt, go home and touch your mom…"

"Turn the lights on, turn the lights on, I want to see which Turtle is taking advantage!"

"You have no girlfriend, right? Why are you touching others!"

Seeing a female comrade in trouble, Lu Cheng hurriedly shielded Yang Yin behind a concrete pillar.

Outside, Xiao Piqiu, hearing things were getting out of control, quickly had someone push the circuit breaker up.

When the lights came back on, the scene seemed as if nothing had happened; everyone pretended nothing was amiss.

But clearly many comrades had sparkling saliva at the corners of their mouths.

Seeing Lu Cheng still smirking, Yang Yin twisted his waist a bit.

Even with the ceiling fan, it didn't help much; it was still hot, so Yang Yin pulled Lu Cheng and left the underground dance hall.

On the main road, Yang Yin finally exhaled, "What a crappy place, not fun at all, it's scorching."

Lu Cheng laughed deliberately, "Is that so? Don't you think it's exciting? It seemed someone just now responded quite passionately."

Yang Yin's face flushed red, "Annoying! Don't talk about me!"

"Alright, alright, let's go, I'll take you to drink soda."

Sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, Lu Cheng deliberately pedaled fast, creating wind, and Yang Yin felt much cooler.

Leaning her head on Lu Cheng's back, Yang Yin whispered from behind, "Lu San'er, do you know what I wrote to my brother?"

"It's just about the Induction Cooker, right?"

"That part's written, and also, I hope he can return to the country to invest and develop. Now the south is establishing a special economic zone, encouraging foreign businessmen and overseas Chinese to invest. If my brother is willing to come back, he could contribute to the motherland."

Lu Cheng nodded ahead, "Hmm, not bad, our little Yang classmate, your enlightenment is growing higher and higher."

Yang Yin's eyes curved into crescents, "Hehe, actually it's not that high, I just think if my brother can return to the country to develop, being closer would let him attend our wedding."

"I love every member of my family, I hope to receive all their blessings; if at our wedding ceremony even one person is absent, I would feel it's imperfect."

One can hear that in every sentence Yang Yin says, she is looking forward to the day of the wedding.

Lu Cheng also looked forward to that day; he was willing to satisfy this pure girl's every beautiful fantasy.

……

About a month and a half later, the Research Institute sent good news: the principle of the Induction Cooker and the substitute materials had been figured out.

Costs had dropped, and production could begin at any time.

But this time, unlike with the Electric Heating Blanket, they did not have other factories produce parts and then bring them back to assemble.

After multiple meetings between factory representatives and the Railway department, the Railway decided to fund the purchase of the relevant equipment and set up its own production line.

After another roughly ten days, Lu Cheng finally met Yang Yin's brother, who wore artistic thin-framed glasses and was very refined.