“What’s there that can’t be done,”
Su Nuo thought for a moment and asked her,
“Is it illegal?”
“No, it’s not illegal or against the rules, but…”
Lin Chu Xi held her teacup with both hands, pondering how to phrase it, and spoke again after a while:
“Since I was a child, I’ve always been the good kid in their eyes. People just assume what I will or won’t do. Once I act differently from what they expect, I have to face all kinds of strange looks and speculation.”
So this is the trouble of being an honor student.
Su Nuo understood, stuffed the dessert into her mouth, and said casually,
“Just do whatever you want, as long as it’s not illegal or against the rules. Don’t care about what others think.”
A standard and ordinary piece of motivational advice, but after Lin Chu Xi heard it, she was silent for a while, then suddenly startled, her expression changing several times.
If anyone else had said this— even her good friend Zhao Xue— Lin Chu Xi wouldn’t have felt anything.
Because it’s really common.
But when Su Nuo said it, it felt completely different.
The sentence was like a key, unlocking memories from three years of living together, and among those “precious” memories, there was always a big-breasted beautiful roommate, lying on the bed, openly playing whether there was anyone around or not.
So, in the past three years, she had been trying to teach her this lesson all along, but it was only now that Lin Chu Xi understood.
“Thank you, Su Nuo,”
Lin Chu Xi lowered her head, looking at the menu on the table, her beautiful face tinged with blush.
“I’m still too embarrassed to go too far, but I’ll try a little bit, not too much, but things I’ve never done before.”
Su Nuo blinked.
She didn’t really know what was going on, but Lin Chu Xi looked grateful.
As for this matter, Su Xiao Nuo had something to say:
“You’re right, don’t care about others’ opinions. This Lin Chu Xi too, what’s there to care about those classmates for, none of them are richer than her anyway.”
As she spoke, Xiao Nuo got excited.
“If we’re talking about not caring what others think, you have to learn from me! I’ve never cared, and it’s as refreshing as you can imagine!”
“Did you die from being too refreshed?”
Su Nuo asked quietly.
Xiao Nuo’s happy little face instantly collapsed.
“Uuu…”
Though she didn’t mean it, Su Nuo enjoyed a rare, peaceful lunch afterward.
Today’s schedule, in theory, was complete— buy what they needed on the second floor, eat on the third floor.
They were about to go downstairs and head back to campus, but as they walked to the elevator, Lin Chu Xi looked up and glanced at the cinema on the fourth floor, suddenly recalling something Zhao Xue had said—
‘Can you guarantee that tomorrow, when you go shopping with the big-breasted girl, you’ll focus on your target and not do anything else— not eat, not watch a movie, just buy stuff and come back?’
Obviously, the answer was no, since they’d already eaten. And speaking of which, since they’ve eaten, why not watch a movie too…
Su Nuo walked to the elevator, suddenly realizing someone was missing beside her.
Turning back, she saw the black-haired girl standing at the other end of the escalator, looking at her with shining eyes.
“Su Nuo, want to watch a movie?”
“Eh, but don’t we have class this afternoon…”
“I know, so do you want to watch a movie?”
For the first time in her life, Lin Chu Xi skipped class.
As for Su Nuo, she couldn’t remember how many times it had been— between her and Xiao Nuo, it was at least a few dozen times, so there was no need to elaborate.
On the fourth floor, there were two cinemas.
One was a large theater, while the other was tucked into a corner— a private screening room, only holding a few people per showing, perfect for small gatherings of friends.
At this hour, with summer vacation almost here but not quite, it was the off-season.
Only a few small productions were playing.
Lin Chu Xi glanced at the small screening room in the corner.
“Should we go there?”
The good thing about private screening rooms was the freedom— you could play more things, though not everything was available, but there were more options.
“Sure.”
The private cinema had a nice atmosphere— quiet and tidy, no noise, and the staff patiently asked if they had any special requests.
Finally, it was time to pick a movie.
Lin Chu Xi didn’t have anything particular she wanted to watch, so she left the choice to Su Nuo.
She just wanted to experience skipping class and watching a movie together with Su Nuo.
Su Nuo held the movie list, outwardly calm, but inwardly asked Su Xiao Nuo,
“What do you want to watch?”
Xiao Nuo was still sulking from earlier.
“Let’s watch Joker,”
A crying voice came from inside her head.
“Let me look in the mirror.”
Unfortunately, the theater staff explained that this was a proper venue, and only movies with licensed resources could be shown— meaning only imported films or those with official Chinese versions.
Simply put, they couldn’t play anything that hadn’t passed censorship.
“Then let’s do Batman 2,”
Su Nuo said.
Anyway, Joker was in that too.
The two girls sat in the middle seats of the screening room.
The lights went out, and the movie started.
“Have you been here before?”
Su Nuo asked during the opening credits.
“I’ve been to regular theaters, but never a small screening room like this,”
Lin Chu Xi replied softly.
“And definitely not during class time.”
In the darkness, the light from the big screen reflected on the girl’s blushing face— she looked excited.
***
The class that started at two thirty in the afternoon was a core course in Business Administration.
The teacher took attendance by roll call, then looked carefully at the absent students, frowning.
He picked up his phone, opened the “2022 Business Administration Class 1” Class Group, and sent several messages in a row.
[Li Qiang, skipping class again? Do you want to fail?]
[Zhao Xue, off to do your club activities again!]
[Su Nuo, are you coming to class or not!]
[Sigh, Lin Chu Xi, you should at least ask for leave if something comes up.]
***
The movie was indeed excellent.
As the excitement faded, the girls gradually became absorbed in it.
When Hans Zimmer’s music finally played, the credits and lights rose together, and the movie ended at last.
“Honestly, I don’t really get it,”
Lin Chu Xi said, sitting in her seat.
“Why did Harvey Dent go dark just like that? Even if he lost his love, does that mean his sense of justice, his light, and his dedication were all fake?”
“To be honest, I don’t get it either, why that Batman and the two-faced guy were so obsessed with this Rachel,”
Su Xiao Nuo muttered inside her head.
“She wasn’t even that pretty, and her chest wasn’t big.”
“Because movie settings and the actual actors’ performances are different. Otherwise, if you watch Disney’s new Snow White, you won’t understand why the Queen is jealous of her, either.”
Su Nuo first answered Xiao Nuo’s question in her mind, then spoke to Lin Chu Xi.
“Because as the Light Knight of Gotham, Harvey Dent was always too tightly wound. To everyone else, he was perfect— but that kind of person has huge inner pressure. When something unexpected happens, it can snap the last string holding him together, and then he turns dark.”
Lin Chu Xi lowered her head, rubbing her fingers in thought.
She felt like…
“Also, maybe the person he loved was more important to him than he realized,”
Su Nuo added.
“You only know after you lose it.”