Chapter 792: Movies Aren't As Good Looking As You

Beijing, the Xu Family.

University student Xu Jinzhu, on summer break, was at home eating a fruit platter his aunt had just sliced.

While eating chunks of chilled watermelon with a fork, he held his phone to reply to Xiao Cai on WeChat.

Several months had already passed since they first met at the cinema.

For some faster-paced young people, they might have already reached the stage where their descendants died in their throats or in their stomachs.

But for these two, whose progress was slow, they were still in the ambiguous phase.

Through their chats during this time, Xu Jinzhu was very clear—Xiao Cai was a die-hard fan of his brother-in-law.

At the same time, she was also a 【Mo-Xu】 CP Fan.

Judging by fan circle attributes, she was consistent with him.

In Xu Jinzhu's view, Xiao Cai was a model of effective star-chasing.

Some people chase stars blindly, making their own lives worse and even hurting their families.

While others chase stars because there is a perfect "him" in their hearts, and in the process of following him, they also improve themselves.

Because of Luo Mo, Xiao Cai became a Drama Critic, and after Luo Mo entered the film industry, she also began working hard to write film reviews, earning a decent income each month.

She also took pleasure in this work.

It's just that Xiao Cai didn't know for the time being that she had added Luo Mo's brother-in-law on WeChat and was currently in an ambiguous phase with him.

It is said that many super rich second-generation heirs want to find a woman who doesn't love them for their money.

Xu Jinzhu didn't have such pretentious thoughts.

But he didn't want the reason he attracted Xiao Cai to be Luo Mo.

If a woman was with him because of another man... it just felt weird.

If it ended up that her ultimate goal was his brother-in-law?

This plot seemed like it should appear in the 【Ethics】 category.

Of course, Xu Jinzhu was cautious and rational; he was mainly worried about affecting his sister and brother-in-law's work.

They were public figures, Top Traffic across the country, and had no stains on them.

As a family member, he had to be more cautious in his actions and be more considerate of them.

In this era, posting a few essays on the internet could destroy a person.

If he were truly a playboy who had dumped countless people, and the woman hammered him on the internet, tagging the terms Luo Mo and Xu Chujing, it would definitely hit number one on the Hot Search!

Like Xu Chujing, who had never established a noble persona as a wealthy heiress since her debut, nor played any 【Human Wealth Flower】 marketing tactics.

However, everyone knew her family was in the hotel business.

Once the business went cold and they were saddled with debt, even if the whole family was working hard to pay it off, there would definitely be a batch of rival companies stepping in to stir up trouble, claiming that a deadbeat's daughter was living it up in the entertainment industry.

Xu Jinzhu took another bite of chilled watermelon; in the process of chatting with Xiao Cai, she took the initiative to ask Xu Jinzhu to go to the movies.

The two had already watched The Wandering Earth together, and they had even gone for a second viewing together.

She was asking Xu Jinzhu to go see Shanghai Fortress.

Xiao Cai even said on WeChat: "I really don't want to give box office to rotten Pineapple! Back then, Pineapple TV actually cut all of Luo Mo's scenes and even wanted to blacklist him!"

"I just don't believe they can film good Science Fiction; I'm going to see how rotten it is, and then write a film review to roast it!" Xiao Cai said.

"I don't want to contribute to the box office for rotten Pineapple either," Xu Jinzhu replied.

"Then you don't want to go? I'm treating!" Xiao Cai asked.

"It's not that I can't, it depends on which row you want to buy tickets for," Xu Jinzhu began to launch an ambiguous strike.

"My young master, you're picking seats? If you're that picky, then you treat!" Xiao Cai began the extreme tug-of-war of the ambiguous period.

I can accept sitting in any row, but I need you to take the initiative.

Based on the principle that men should be more proactive, Xu Jinzhu smiled and bought two couple seats in the last row.

"Seats are picked."

Since the other party had taken the initiative to deepen the ambiguity, Xiao Cai naturally had to give a little response.

She didn't talk further in the direction of couple seats, but expressed in a more tactful way that she was willing and happy to sit in couple seats, saying:

"Then I'll treat you to milk tea!"

…….

…….

The two bought tickets for the golden slot at 7:45 PM.

Xu Jinzhu also asked Xiao Cai to have a meal in the mall now, and then go to the movie together.

In the sweltering summer, Xiao Cai didn't wear a JK Uniform for the date.

Girls in the JK Uniform circle sometimes chat online about how boys feel about these clothes.

She knew very well that many men liked this kind of uniform, and liked it very much!

However, they mostly viewed it as a kind of fetish clothing, rather than clothes that could be worn out on a daily basis.

It could be daily wear, but it couldn't be daily wear.

Because wearing these clothes on the street drew a lot of attention, and some men would reject this kind of attention, feeling uncomfortable.

Xu Jinzhu didn't care about this, because he was quite handsome; handsome guys drew attention wherever they went, and he was used to being looked at.

It was rare for Xiao Cai not to wear a JK Uniform because she had been working out recently, with her main energy focused on training her glutes.

The results were now significant, and her little butt was noticeably perkier, so she wore a pair of denim shorts.

The tight shorts outlined the fullness of her glutes, and below were a pair of impeccable snow-white long legs.

This pair of young people had clearly dressed up carefully today.

A boy's careful dressing was actually just washing his hair and wearing a more refined outfit. If he even went to the trouble of styling his hair, that was the highest level of importance.

Girls are different; they will spend more time.

They have to apply foundation, draw eyeliner, curl eyelashes, draw eyebrows, apply contour, pick perfume...

With a wardrobe full of clothes, they might also take a long time to choose.

After doing all this, they still have to go to the hair salon to wash their hair and let Tony style it with a perm.

After this whole process, two hours might just pass by.

All this is very troublesome, but the thought of seeing you looking beautiful later still makes one very happy.

The restaurant that Xu Jinzhu chose had pretty good food.

During the meal, Xu Jinzhu said, "I saw that the film review you wrote after watching the movie for the second time was liked by Luo Mo again."

"Of course! After all, during that second viewing, we discovered a detail that no other Film Critic had noticed!" Xiao Cai said.

The two of them had no idea that Luo Mo and Xu Chujing had long been keeping an eye on their Weibo accounts, and would often watch their interactions with smiles on their faces—their expressions were incredibly kind.

Xu Jinzhu praised, "Not bad, not bad, your film reviews are indeed quite good."

Xiao Cai imitated the way a Taiwanese girl speaks and said, "It's super amazing!"

After finishing the meal, Xiao Cai first took Xu Jinzhu to buy milk tea.

Because of body anxiety, she drank the one with thirty percent sugar.

Xu Jinzhu never drank such bland milk tea; he always had seventy percent or even full sugar.

After checking their tickets, the two walked into the Cinema and sat down in the couple's seats in the last row.

Before the movie had even started, the two of them put on their 3D Glasses.

Then, shielded by the Glasses, their peripheral vision would glance at each other from time to time.

On the big screen, advertisements were currently playing.

When Xu Jinzhu took out his cup of milk tea, which had many toppings added, and forcefully inserted the straw, he couldn't help but let out a soft cry: "Ouch!"

When the straw went in, the hole opened too wide, and since it was filled too full, it spilled a bit onto the seat.

Xiao Cai hurriedly took a tissue from her bag and handed it to Xu Jinzhu.

After Xu Jinzhu wiped his hands, he placed a tissue on the seat, otherwise the seat would be sticky from the milk tea.

Xiao Cai shifted her little bottom, sitting further to the edge, and then said to Xu Jinzhu, "You should sit over a little bit."

"Alright, alright, alright!"

The two sat extremely close like this, their arms pressed together.

"It's a good thing I'm thin," Xiao Cai said.

Using a tone that seemed like a complaint to tell you—actually, it's not that crowded.

Perhaps... I wouldn't mind being a bit more crowded.

On the big screen, "Shanghai Fortress" officially began.

At the very beginning, just like "The Wandering Earth", the movie was explaining the situation of the future world and the background of the story.

This movie followed the usual trope of alien creatures.

And Shanghai became the main battlefield for Huaxia to turn the situation around.

This place was critical; it concerned the survival of humanity!

Then, the male lead appeared.

In such a great catastrophe, he had dyed yellow-brown hair and a hairstyle that was clearly meticulously styled in a four-six part.

The aliens had already invaded, and as the captain of the squad, he looked like he still had time to apply hair wax every time he washed his hair; one could see how powerful his strength was, as he didn't take the alien creatures seriously at all.

"I don't like the filter of this movie," Xiao Cai said softly.

"The Actor's skin smoothing is also very heavy; everyone's skin is just too good," Xiao Cai said.

Xu Jinzhu nodded; looking at this male lead Zhong Feifan and his idol-like attire, he also felt it was absurd.

He had already heard some male audience members softly cursing about sissies.

Honestly, Xu Jinzhu didn't think that whether a man was a sissy was determined by his appearance; he felt it depended on the inside.

However, doing this in a movie really affected the immersion; you couldn't immerse yourself in this environment filled with crises at all.

Then, the male lead couldn't sleep at night.

Because he didn't know how to reply to the message sent by the female lead.

The next day, he arrived at headquarters looking slightly tired and participated in the battle plan; the female lead felt a bit heartbroken, but still stubbornly ignored him.

Good grief, the survival of Shanghai is all on you guys!

Can you care a little bit about whether we live or die!

In the end, the male lead was even distracted during the battle.

What kind of trash is this, it's truly ridiculous!

After finally finishing the first big battle, the two didn't go to check the battlefield to see if anything was missed, but instead started arguing directly.

Then, an alien creature came to launch a sneak attack, and the male lead pushed the female lead away, suffering serious injuries.

Well, the two finally made up! Wow!

Xiao Cai and Xu Jinzhu were left stunned during this process.

What was even more absurd was that a Rival in Love appeared later, showcasing the classic love triangle Drama.

What made people even more speechless was that this Rival in Love was the... superior of the male lead and female lead!

Good grief, the survival of Shanghai depends on you three, and you three are still here with your tangled, messy affairs!

People of Shanghai: Is there no one to speak up for us?

Actually, there is; didn't everyone in the cinema curse up a storm?

The key Drama of the film lies in the survival of Shanghai, which requires one of the male or female leads to sacrifice themselves.

So, why did it turn out like this?

Because earlier they were only focused on Romance, leading to a major error that caused this situation to arise.

Following that, naturally, came an even more classic scene.

"I'll die!"

"Let me die!"

"No! Let me die!"

Audience: "Damn! Can't I just die instead?"

In the film, a plot point was also arranged to stir up sentiment.

That is, these people all have a 【Relic Box】.

The male lead didn't die in the end; he went alone to a small shop he and the female lead often frequented, then opened his Relic Box, inside of which was a marriage proposal ring.

Wow, so he had wanted to propose all along.

But, here is the point.

He used his own fingerprint to open his own Relic Box.

Audience: "..."

What does that mean, my death certificate requires my own signature?

Immediately after, the film's huge Reversal began to appear.

After seeing the ring he hadn't managed to give away, the male lead's IQ finally came online.

He began to recall rapidly, analyzing everything, and realized the female lead might not be dead yet!

He grabbed the ring and put it in his pocket, resolutely embarking on the road of proposing while saving the female lead!

Disregarding orders from his superiors and knowing full well the risks were high, the male lead acted without authorization.

If Zhong Feifan's brainless fans saw this scene, they would surely think: "Brother is so handsome!"

But the ordinary audience was already starting to feel exhausted watching it.

And sure enough, his loyal subordinates were going to follow him to save the female lead, and one died within five minutes.

Five minutes later, another one died—a loli girl wearing twin tails and carrying a big gun.

When she died, she even confessed to the male lead, expressing that she had had a crush on him for a long time, accompanied by many flashback scenes.

But still, I give you my Blessing!

You must save the female lead!

Then, the team had an internal conflict.

Because the deputy captain liked this loli girl.

He kept questioning the male lead: "Stop playing dumb! Did you really not know Feifei liked you all this time? You bastard!"

Xu Jinzhu found it amusing as he watched: "666, they're fighting!"

Note that the previous content had already established that they were acting without authorization, so their weapons and equipment were limited, resources were limited, and the energy of their battle armor was also limited.

In such dire straits, this story—which I don't even know how many sides of a love triangle it involves—actually wasted another 10% of their energy bar.

Alright, this mode was used to create the tense atmosphere of a grand finale.

After a fight, the two men lay on the ground panting together, then shook hands and made up.

"I will fulfill Feifei's final wish!" the deputy captain said.

After planting that flag, he died shortly after.

Because his battle armor was out of energy, he could only use his physical body to feed the enemy, then self-destructed.

Xu Jinzhu began to realize he was wrong: "This film doesn't just lose because of the male lead Zhong Feifan's mediocre acting."

"Even if my brother-in-law came to act in it, this would absolutely be a trash film!"

"Its core is that Love Film trope—love is greater than heaven!"

Most importantly, it wasn't moving at all, nor was it sweet at all.

Is writing a romance subplot really that hard? It is truly baffling.

The more Xu Jinzhu watched, the more nauseated he felt; later on, he couldn't be bothered to watch, and his main attention was focused on Xiao Cai, who was still watching the film seriously.

He was even thinking about going to watch his brother-in-law's The Wandering Earth again to wash his eyes.

"The expression she had when she opened her mouth just now is kind of cute," he thought to himself, looking at Xiao Cai's stunned expression.

After a few minutes, Xiao Cai turned her head and discovered that Xu Jinzhu hadn't been watching the film, but had been watching her the whole time.

Their eyes met, and she asked: "Why aren't you watching the film?"

"Because the film isn't good," he said as a matter of course.

"Then why are you looking at me?" Xiao Cai asked, knowing the answer.

"What do you think?" Xu Jinzhu said with a smile.

(PS: Last day of the month, asking for monthly votes.)

(End of this chapter)