89: Silver? You actually gave that away!
"Alright, wait for me here."
Chen Kai took the initiative to go to the ticket machine to buy tickets. He selected the showtimes for the various films—there were four movies playing in total. He first clicked on a horror movie to check the time for Theater Hall 3.
"The horror movie's Hall 3 is... at eleven, that's not the one."
"What about this road movie? Hall 3 is... after ten, that's not it either."
"Romance movie... starts at nine-oh-five? That must be it!"
Chen Kai couldn't wait to buy tickets for the romance movie starting at 9:05. To make it easier to Score a Bargain, he specifically bought two seats together in the very last row.
The viewing experience might be a bit worse, but the speed of Scoring a Bargain would definitely be much faster.
When the tickets came out, he saw that there were actually still many empty seats for this romance movie.
Just then, someone suddenly tapped him on his right shoulder. He instinctively turned his head to look, but no one was there!
He turned his head to the left and discovered Tang Yunshu standing behind him to the left, staring at him with a beaming smile.
She was holding a large bucket of popcorn and two cups of cola in her arms.
"Hmm? Why did you buy popcorn and cola again? Isn't it my treat?"
"Big Brother is treating me to a movie, so Little Sister will treat you to popcorn."
"Isn't it supposed to be mutual? Do you really want Big Brother to treat you to a movie and treat you to popcorn?"
Tang Yunshu pouted, putting on an innocent expression.
"You!"
Chen Kai shook his head helplessly; this girl was too sensible.
However, just like Liu Yunshang, she was a little rich girl.
"Ticket check for the romance movie in Hall 3!"
Just then, the middle-aged woman at the ticket gate suddenly shouted out, and many couples stood up from the sofas in the waiting area.
The women held the popcorn, the men held the cola in both hands—what a loving sight.
"Are we watching a romance movie?"
A hint of anticipation appeared in Tang Yunshu's eyes.
"Yeah! Let's go get our tickets checked."
"Okay~"
The two walked side-by-side to the ticket-checking line. Chen Kai noticed a young couple behind them; the man was holding flowers, and his eyes revealed nervousness.
The woman, on the other hand, was scrolling through her phone with an indifferent expression. "Why don't you know how to be more ambitious? Instead of watching a movie, wouldn't it be better if you spent more time working? I'm really fed up with you; my male best friend is still waiting for me to go drinking."
The man holding the flowers looked a bit embarrassed. "Oh... Babe, it'll only take a little bit of your time. Can't you go find your male best friend for a drink after that?"
"Speechless. I'm going to the bar as soon as we're done watching."
Seeing this scene, Chen Kai finally understood why the silver-plated gold ring had been thrown away.
Could there really be a rich second-generation heir naive enough to pursue this kind of woman? What's the difference between that and a simp?
Chen Kai shook his head helplessly, but Tang Yunshu, who was beside him, suddenly leaned in close to his ear.
"Look at that woman. You can tell at a glance she's not a good person. She has a boyfriend and is still fooling around outside. Big Brother, you are not allowed to find someone like that as a girlfriend in the future, okay?"
Chen Kai chuckled. "Absolutely not. Don't worry, if I'm going to find someone, it'll be... um... someone good-looking."
He had accidentally spoken his true thoughts. What man doesn't like someone good-looking? And with a good personality, too.
"Good-looking? Do you think that woman is pretty?"
Tang Yunshu said, pointing at the woman who looked impatient.
"Average."
Chen Kai gave an objective assessment. The woman who was about to be confessed to only really had a slightly better figure and long legs.
And that was it—just long legs. Her leg shape wasn't even that great, and her face was very average.
"Oh~ Then what do you think... of how I look? Do you count me as good-looking?"
Tang Yunshu's face flushed slightly, but she still blinked her bright, large eyes.
"Definitely. If you don't count as being in the 'pretty' category, then only Miss World would count as pretty."
Chen Kai clicked his tongue and looked down, carefully examining Tang Yunshu's face. She was even prettier than those who had undergone plastic surgery.
"Oh~~ Big Brother has good taste!"
Just then, the ticket gate slowly opened, and the crowd in line moved forward in an orderly fashion.
Chen Kai, with her in tow, couldn't wait to get their tickets checked and headed straight for Hall 3.
He discovered that Hall 3 had aisles on both sides, and the trash can was conveniently located not far behind him; he could just get up and follow the steps over.
The two sat in their seats, and Tang Yunshu nonchalantly raised the armrest in the middle, merging the two small seats into one large one.
She scooted closer to Chen Kai and used her delicate hand to pick up a piece of popcorn and put it to Chen Kai's lips.
Chen Kai tactfully opened his mouth, and the next moment, the popcorn was in his mouth.
His gaze remained fixed on the couple holding the flowers; after entering the theater, they had sat directly in the first row.
The woman was still playing with her phone; from his hazy line of sight, he could barely make out that she was on WeChat.
The man sat in his chair without saying a word, his hands tightly gripping his pants.
When almost everyone had arrived, the big screen suddenly lit up. It wasn't an advertisement, but white text on a black background.
[Wang Yingying! I love you! Marry me!]
As these words appeared, a slideshow began to play on the screen, showing the little moments of the couple together.
Since the audience for romance movies was mostly couples, many people boiled over with excitement at this scene.
"Marry him! Marry him!"
"Stay together! Stay together!"
"Look at how romantic they are? And look at you!"
Chen Kai's eyes, however, remained fixed on the couple, watching to see when the confession would happen and the ring would be thrown.
He saw the woman suddenly lift her head, and upon seeing her own photos playing on the movie theater screen, she immediately looked displeased.
Her phone was still open to the chat history page.
Chen Kai continued to watch, but Tang Yunshu beside him suddenly said, "Big Brother, do you believe this man is going to be rejected?"
"Hmm? How did you guess?"
Chen Kai was slightly stunned and asked in confusion.
"You can tell just by looking at the attitudes of these two. This woman has probably been cheating for a long time, and the man is still being kept in the dark. Sigh~ how pathetic."
Chen Kai smiled faintly, his eyes remaining on the person holding the flowers.
He saw the man suddenly stand up, kneel on one knee, and raise the flowers.
"Wang Yingying! I've loved you for five years! We've been together for three years! Are... are you willing to marry me?"
The woman used her phone to cover her face with a look of disdain. "What are you doing, Han Song? We're just here to watch a movie, why are you proposing?"
"I really love you! I want to be with you for the rest of my life!"
The man pulled a diamond ring box from his chest pocket and slowly opened it. "Will you! Marry me!"
The crowd cheered him on.
"Marry him! Marry him!"
"What a good man! Just marry him!"
Wang Yingying saw the ring box, reluctantly took it, and looked. "Silver? You're using a silver ring to propose??"
"It's one thing that you're poor and unmotivated, but you use a piece of junk silver ring to propose? Do you think I'm some kind of easy woman?"
"I'm going to find my male best friend. You can keep the ring yourself, you poor loser."
As Wang Yingying said this, she casually tossed the ring behind her.