Jiang Xiao chose the movie Your Name after asking for opinions from many people.
The number of movies he wanted to watch with Xi’er was simply countless.
Jiang Xiao watched Song Qiuyu sitting quietly beside the seat, sipping her iced cola, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth as he savored the feeling of being with his lover.
The shortest distance in the world is being able to connect heart to heart and hand in hand, even with an armrest between them.
“Jiang Xiao, want me to feed you some popcorn?”
Suddenly, Song Qiuyu turned her head to observe how other couples were dating.
Seeing other girlfriends feeding their boyfriends popcorn, she said seriously, “If other boyfriends get that treatment, mine should too!”
Seeing her determined look, Jiang Xiao smiled knowingly.
‘If Xi’er could put this much effort into studying romance into her actual studies, she’d be aiming for a perfect score on the college entrance exam at least.’
“If you don’t say anything, I’ll take it as you don’t want any.”
Song Qiuyu pouted, hugged the popcorn bucket tighter, grabbed a handful, and pretended to stuff it into her own mouth.
“I want it! I want it!” Jiang Xiao immediately said.
“Hehe.”
Song Qiuyu grinned at the person beside him, then separated one popcorn from the handful and put it into his mouth. The movie began.
As the plot began, more and more people got invested. Song Qiuyu was different; she was analyzing the movie more from the director’s and screenwriter’s perspective.
As for the content, this was an old movie from a few years ago; she had already watched it on a free platform a long time ago.
Back then, many couples at school and in the dorms went to see this movie in groups, and she couldn’t help feeling envious.
She never imagined she would reach this point with Jiang Xiao, having someone to watch a movie with, and that someone was her best friend.
“Xi’er, what do you think we should do if we ever encountered such a situation?” Jiang Xiao’s sudden question caused her to think deeply.
Song Qiuyu suddenly became a bit interested, wanting to try it.
After all, they were lovers now; what’s the difference between this body swap and an erotic roleplay? But after being a girl for a year, suddenly becoming Jiang Xiao, and having Jiang Xiao become her… Jiang Xiao would probably find it hard to accept.
“Then…”
She blinked at Jiang Xiao and said, “Then if I became you and you became me, would you still like me?”
Jiang Xiao was taken aback.
He had to answer this question carefully; if he answered wrong, he would probably lose points.
Seeing Jiang Xiao deep in thought, Song Qiuyu raised an eyebrow, looked at him helplessly, then picked up another popcorn and put it into his mouth.
“Don’t worry, even if such a thing really happened to us, I would do my best to change back as soon as possible!”
Who would want their sweet and soft girlfriend to suddenly turn into a man, and that man is himself? As brothers, how could he not know what his brother likes and what disgusts him? Hmm, although they were now in a romantic relationship between a man and a woman, no longer just brothers and friends.
“Oh?” Jiang Xiao also raised an eyebrow. “I thought you’d want to take the chance to experience being a man again, you silly.”
“How is that possible?” Song Qiuyu crossed her arms and said in a huff, “Please have a little more trust in your girlfriend!”
Not to mention what it would feel like to be a man again, just the thought of completely handing her body over to Jiang Xiao… Just thinking about it was embarrassingly mortifying.
“Yeah, I was wrong. Let me feed you from now on.” Jiang Xiao said with an apologetic smile.
Hearing this, Song Qiuyu didn’t stand on ceremony and nodded readily.
She saw Jiang Xiao grab a popcorn, then immediately lowered her head and leaned in, brushing aside the hair falling on the side.
But then the popcorn that was about to reach her mouth suddenly rose a few inches.
“Don’t you dare mess around.” She looked at him with pleading eyes, her small hand grabbing his sleeve.
Jiang Xiao was very candid, helpless. So, he simply brought the popcorn close to her lips. Seeing her slightly part her lips, her pink tongue darting out like a nimble snake, lightly licking the popcorn as if it were a cat waiting to be fed, he couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.
As luck would have it, he caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye of a couple in the back seat secretly making out, and the man’s hand was placed in a very delicate position. They seemed ready to have sex in the theater at any moment! If what he could see was like this, what more explosive things might be happening where he couldn’t see? He didn’t dare think about it.
At that moment, some thoughts that shouldn’t have arisen at this time welled up from deep inside him. Since he got a girlfriend, he had discovered that he actually had so many naughty and perverted thoughts.
The popcorn was squeezed into the girl’s lips. A few breaths later, a maddeningly charming blush spread across her obedient face. Truly tempting.
“What my husband feeds me is delicious~” The girl, like an innocent angel, grinned at him, making him unconsciously feel ashamed and embarrassed for those lustful thoughts that had flashed through his mind.
“Since Xi’er likes it, I’ll continue.”
As he was about to withdraw his finger, he felt a moist and soft sensation on his fingertip again. His adorable girlfriend was actually licking his fingertip!
“There’s still a little bit left, um… all done.”
Staring at the girl before him whose smile was as beautiful as a flower, Jiang Xiao didn’t smile along; he just frowned.
This was no angel; she was truly a succubus.
After feeding a few more pieces of popcorn, he tried his best to focus on the movie.
He had chosen this movie not only because it was suitable for couples but also because there were things he could learn from it.
Xi’er had already given up something for their future, so he needed to work even harder.
When they came out after watching the movie, Song Qiuyu saw her boyfriend looking deeply moved and couldn’t help teasing, “Jiang Xiao, you can’t be watching this movie for the first time, can you?”
“Yeah, it’s my first time.” Jiang Xiao nodded.
“Ehehe, then I’ve successfully taken another first from you~” Song Qiuyu said with narrowed eyes, teasing.
“What’s there to ‘ehehe’ about?” Jiang Xiao said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He couldn’t help clenching his hand and lightly tapping her head.
“Ouch, go easy.” Song Qiuyu deliberately cried out in pain, then narrowed her eyes, leaned close to Jiang Xiao’s face, and a hint of cunning slowly flickered in her eyes.
“Because it’s not my first time, and last time I watched it, I had someone with me!”
“Huh?” Jiang Xiao was stunned, catching the key word. Someone? Who could that be?
“This person is really nice, all soft, super cute, always smiling, and would even sit on my lap!” Song Qiuyu stepped back two steps, her small white hands behind her back, swaying her head as she spoke.
“So who is she?” Jiang Xiao pondered.
He watched the girl under the evening breeze, feeling that her petite body seemed as if it could be blown away at any moment.
Those bright smiling eyes reflected the lights, and also reflected his own amused expression.
“She is—” Song Qiuyu turned around, snickered for a moment, then looked back and smiled. “—the cutest Yingying in the world!”
“Oh, so you think the cutest in the world is Fumei.” Jiang Xiao pretended to be regretful, then stepped forward and walked toward her.
“If not Fufu, then you?” Song Qiuyu seriously examined her boyfriend’s appearance, feeling that no matter how she looked at him, he didn’t match the word “cute” at all.
“It’s you.” Jiang Xiao stopped in front of her.
Song Qiuyu was taken aback, and her pretty face couldn’t help but flush.
She widened her eyes, glanced at the surrounding people to see if they were paying attention, and when she saw they weren’t, she relaxed and said quietly, like a spy exchanging codewords:
“A bit cheesy, but I like it!”
This reaction was within Jiang Xiao’s expectations. He smiled and extended a big hand to her, signaling for her to put her small hand in his.
“Here, hold tight.” Song Qiuyu wasn’t shy and decisively took Jiang Xiao’s hand.
However, after walking maybe six or seven steps, Jiang Xiao took the initiative to stop, turned to look at her, and then just kept staring without saying a word.
“Jiang Xiao, what’s wrong? You seem a bit off?” Song Qiuyu thought Jiang Xiao might be hiding something or something had happened, and unconsciously showed concern as she said.
“Qia’er, have you ever regretted it?” Jiang Xiao frowned, asking with utter seriousness.
“Huh? Regret?” Song Qiuyu was confused.
Seeing her utterly bewildered expression, Jiang Xiao gave a helpless yet pained smile, but no longer hesitated, saying firmly, “I know the director of the Chinese Paladin production crew canceled your audition.”
“Ah.” Song Qiuyu suddenly understood.
“If Xi’er hadn’t chosen to start that livestream, and instead continued to hide her gender,” Jiang Xiao looked at her gently, his voice deep, “your audition would still be there. This might have been your first TV drama. More people would have seen your talent through it, and you would have been one step closer to your dream.”
Hearing this, Song Qiuyu’s heart thumped suddenly.
She lowered her eyes.
There was no denying that Jiang Xiao’s words made sense.
If the audition was still there, and if she successfully joined the production, she would have taken a big step forward toward her dream.
She would meet many talented people, expand her network, and if she became successful through this drama, it would also benefit everyone.
The short videos they made would become even more popular.
This should have been beneficial and harmless for everyone.
Except… it wouldn’t be fair to Jiang Xiao.
“So you heard about it, Jiang Xiao.” She sighed softly.
“Mm.” Jiang Xiao nodded lightly.
Song Qiuyu didn’t answer immediately.
Instead, she shook their joined hands, smiled sweetly, and said, “Jiang Xiao, do you know? Today’s date, so far, I’ve been really happy. If it weren’t for that livestream, who knows how long it would have taken before we could date so openly like this.”
“So not having that audition is fine. I, Song Qiuyu, have no regrets!”
“The pressure is starting to build.” Jiang Xiao mused for a moment and said.
“Why?” Song Qiuyu was curious.
“I still need to make you even happier for the second half of our date. How could the pressure not be great?” Jiang Xiao said.
“That really is a lot of pressure.” Song Qiuyu nodded.
Saying that, she seemed to remember something and glanced at the denim jacket Jiang Xiao was holding for her.
Although the jacket wasn’t heavy, since Jiang Xiao had offered to hold it earlier, she didn’t hesitate to let him.
After all, boys are like that; they never miss an opportunity to show off their coolness or gentlemanly demeanor to their girlfriends.
As a girlfriend, of course, she could only let him show off to his heart’s content.
“Jiang Xiao, could you take something out of the pocket of my jacket? The one on the chest?”
Thinking about his reaction when he saw that fake check, the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but curl up.
“Mm-hmm.” Jiang Xiao nodded, reached into the pocket, and pulled out the folded piece of paper.
He pondered, looked at it thoughtfully, but didn’t open it directly. Instead, he smiled and handed it to his girlfriend.
“Here.”
“Why don’t you open it and take a look?” Suppressing her smile, Song Qiuyu blinked her beautiful eyes and said again.
Jiang Xiao’s eyes narrowed slightly, visibly moved.
So there was something written on the paper.
It turned out that Xi’er hadn’t just been getting herself ready in the room back then; she had also prepared something else?
He opened the paper and was stunned.