Chapter 243 - 244: Forcibly Kissing Miao Qingqing
The movie was a poorly made domestic film with little to offer, but it did feature plenty of intimate scenes; it hadn’t even been twenty minutes, and there had already been several long kissing shots.
The audience for this film was sparse, fewer than twenty people scattered throughout the entire theater, mostly in couples. Perhaps stimulated by the plot of the movie, these pairs were now embracing and making out, ignoring the rest of the movie except for the scenes that seemed to encourage their affection.
Listereing to the murmur of intimate sounds filling the theater, Miao Qingqing’s face alternated between pale and flushed, a truly awkward situation.
"Qingqing, you really know how to pick, coming to see this kind of movie with me. Not only do we get to watch an exciting film, but there’s also so much live action—it’s like two movies for the price of one ticket. It’s really a great deal," Song Xiaodong whispered into Miao Qingqing’s ear.
"Stop talking nonsense." Miao Qingqing pushed Song Xiaodong away, her cheeks reddening even more. The atmosphere in the theater was overwhelming. She was already affected. Song Xiaodong’s lips were so close to her face as he spoke, the warm breath hitting her face made her panic. Could it be that he, like the others, wanted to get intimate with her too?
Miao Qingqing felt a flutter of panic at the thought. Just a few days ago, she would have been extremely repulsed, but now, alongside her nervousness, that feeling of dislike was absent. The past few days, influenced perhaps by her father’s words, she had almost felt brainwashed into somewhat accepting being together with Song Xiaodong.
Song Xiaodong, the old smooth talker, saw Miao Qingqing’s nervous and shy demeanor and could tell she wasn’t outright rejecting his advances. Otherwise, she would have stood up and fled the screening room by then.
However, at this moment, Song Xiaodong felt somewhat embarrassed to tease Miao Qingqing any further. If he escalated things too far, it would be difficult to smooth over, so he dared not get any closer to her.
The two sat there motionless, watching the movie, which was quite awkward.
Miao Qingqing didn’t know what to do. For someone who had never been in a relationship, she completely lost the cool and wise demeanor she maintained as a boss. "No, no, I can’t be like this." She picked up a water bottle from the armrest between them, took a couple of sips trying to calm herself down.