Chapter 84
The store clerk gave the two of them a Christmas gift package. Due to the playful joke just now, Su Bin’s face was flushed, and he didn’t dare to linger. He picked up the clothes, the gift bag, and left.
Once they were outside the store, Allen intentionally asked Su Bin, “What did she say to you?”
Su Bin evaded the question, “Nothing…” He realized that wearing the same clothes as Allen felt a bit ambiguous. After walking out of the store, more passersby turned to look at them.
“So why are you so shy?” Allen continued to inquire.
Su Bin pretended to be clueless, “Am I…? Where?”
Allen reached over and lightly touched Su Bin’s ear, “It’s all red, and yet you say there’s nothing.”
Instinctively, Su Bin covered his ear with his hand, feeling both annoyed and flustered, “It’s because it’s cold.”
Allen couldn’t help but hold his mouth with a fist, pretending to cough and laughing.
Su Bin: “…” His ear that had been touched felt even hotter now…
Allen stopped teasing him and pointed at the gift bag, asking, “Is this what they gave us?”
“Yeah!” Su Bin finally remembered to open the gift bag. Inside, there was a pair of socks, a hat, and a piece of… fabric?
Su Bin took out the piece of fabric and examined it, flipping it over, “Is this a scarf?”
Allen’s eyes slightly widened as he took the thin piece of cloth, twirling it in his hand, his gaze deep. After a while, he said, “It’s very good silk, it should be a decorative scarf.” Saying that, he tucked it into his down jacket pocket.
Su Bin handed over the socks and hat as well, but Allen shook his head, saying, “These are for you.”
Su Bin was speechless, feeling that he owed Allen more and more… He peeked into the gift bag and pulled out a movie ticket for a nearby cinema… Oh well, just one ticket! This store is so misleading!
“Want to go watch a movie?” Although there was only one ticket, it would still feel like a waste not to use it. Besides, the movie theater was right in front of them.
Allen glanced at him and asked with a smile, “Are you inviting me to watch a movie?”
“It’s a free ticket!” Su Bin shifted his gaze, “Well, yes, do you want to go?”
“Hehe, let’s go then,” Allen said.
Su Bin hadn’t watched a movie in a long time. He wasn’t sure if the movies currently showing in China had English subtitles. Seeing the schedule on the electronic screen indicating a showing of “Twilight” (in English, 2D) in ten minutes, he also glanced at the poster nearby… It looked familiar, but he couldn’t remember where he had seen it.
“Hello, ‘Twilight,’ one ticket please,” Su Bin told the clerk.
“Sir, the regular seats for the showtime you want are sold out. We only have couple sofa seats left. You’ll need to pay the price difference for the free ticket,” the clerk explained.
“Uh…” Su Bin turned to look at Allen not far away, seeing that he was also looking at the vertical poster for “Twilight,” “How much is the price difference?” he asked the clerk.
“Twenty yuan, the total will be eighty yuan,” the clerk replied.
Su Bin looked at his wallet, realizing that he only had around three hundred yuan in cash left. He needed to find a chance to get his bank card back from Allen…
After purchasing the tickets, Su Bin bought two cups of coffee and found Allen standing next to the poster, expressionless. He had already attracted a group of female passersby who were discussing quietly whether Allen was a model or even speculating that he might be hired by the film company to advertise the movie.
Su Bin was speechless. Allen was way more handsome than the male actor on the poster. Standing there, he was mistaken for causing a scene!
“Let’s go…” Su Bin handed the coffee to Allen, “I got you a sugar-free latte.”
Allen smiled with a smirk, “You’re starting to understand me more.”
Hearing a suppressed scream and exclamation behind him, Su Bin felt overwhelmed!
Once they entered the theater, Su Bin led Allen to their seats. Since there was no divider in the middle of the couple sofa seats, they naturally sat close to each other…
“I like the seat design in Chinese movie theaters,” Allen straightforwardly praised the couple sofa seats.
With a red face, Su Bin explained, “These are couple seats. The normal seats are already sold out.”
“So, are we watching the movie as a couple?” Allen looked at Su Bin and asked with a smile, “Do you want to lean on me?”
“No, no need…” After saying this, the theater dimmed, and Su Bin could finally blush freely O////O
Allen lightly chuckled and extended his arm around Su Bin’s shoulder. “Let me indulge your fantasies a bit more.”
Su Bin: “…” (//////)
The movie had a somewhat somber and decadent atmosphere. The female lead was very beautiful. Su Bin found it a bit strange – he felt like he had seen the name “Twilight” somewhere before, and even after Edward appeared, he felt strangely familiar with the name.
As the male lead gradually revealed his unique traits, Su Bin also became more tense. It suddenly dawned on him – it was in that post on the forum on the cliff. Someone had asked whether Allen resembled Edward from “Twilight”!
So, this was a vampire movie? Oh my god…
But wait, wasn’t this movie just released? Why did people mention it three months ago?
Allen leaned in close to Su Bin’s ear and spoke in a low, husky voice, “I really want to bite you now… What should I do?”
Su Bin usually got absorbed into movies, so when Allen said that, he almost wet himself. He pushed against Allen’s body and stammered, “No, you can’t…”
“Why not?” Allen persisted, leaning even closer, and his arms tightened around Su Bin.
Su Bin felt completely surrounded by Allen, and he weakly resisted, “You’re not a vampire, so why do you want to bite me?”
Unyielding, Allen continued, “But I want to…”
Su Bin: “…” How could he be like this…
“I want to bite you…” Allen’s warm breath sprayed on Su Bin’s neck, his murmurs repeating over and over, “I want to bite you, I want to bite you, want to bite you…”
No matter how Su Bin refused, Allen kept repeating the same phrase, and each time Allen said it, Su Bin felt his psychological defenses weakening a layer…
He finally compromised, “Alright…” Q_Q Anyway, it’s not like he hasn’t been bitten before… “Just be gentle…”
Ah… seriously! He meant it when he said ‘gentle’… It hurts so much!
Su Bin’s breathing became rapid, and he watched the vampire movie while being bitten on the neck in the dark theater… but he wasn’t paying attention to the movie at all. His focus was entirely on his neck!
It lasted for a good five minutes… oh no, maybe almost ten minutes! Su Bin was willing to bet that he would have a mark on his neck for at least a week!
But this time, besides a little fear and a lot of nervousness, Su Bin strangely felt something else… he seemed to have another “reaction.”
No way… (skip ten thousand words expressing Su Bin’s internal breakdown…) Will I still be able to live a normal life in the future? orz…
After the movie ended, Su Bin was completely “red.” He didn’t dare to look Allen in the eye and kept avoiding his gaze. Allen, on the other hand, seemed to be in a good mood, looking much more lively.
Su Bin’s phone rang right on time, interrupting the eerie atmosphere…
He answered the call, then signaled for a taxi, “Let’s go to Hangzhou Restaurant. My dad said he booked a private room there!” Su Bin was excited, and once they were in the car, he chattered away to Allen about the restaurant, how it was an old-fashioned eatery with many special dishes, and encouraged him, “You ate so little for lunch, eat more tonight, don’t starve yourself!”
Allen chuckled, “Sure.”
Halfway to their destination, Su Bin suddenly exclaimed, “Oh no, I left the gift I bought for my dad at home!”
Allen asked, “Should we go back and get it?”
“Yes, yes, yes!” Su Bin quickly provided the address and instructed the driver to turn around and head to Qingbo’s house first. He frequently checked the time on his phone, worried about being late. Allen patted his hand to comfort him.
After retrieving the pile of health supplements, they hurried to the restaurant. Upon arrival, Su Bin rushed in to ask about the private room’s location and immediately headed upstairs.
A few minutes later, Allen saw Su Bin’s dad, but there was also an unfamiliar woman and a two- or three-year-old toddler in the private room.
“Bin Bin?” Su Bin’s dad stood up, “Is this your friend?” He looked at the nearly 6.2 feet tall Allen and seemed a bit at a loss for words – how do you greet someone like this?
On the other hand, the unfamiliar woman stood up and greeted with a smiling face, “Bin Bin, hello. Your friend is a foreigner, and he’s really handsome.”
Su Bin was a bit dazed. Although he subconsciously knew the woman’s identity, he still stupidly asked, “Who are you?”
Everyone: “…”
Su Bin’s dad finally snapped out of it and quickly asked the two young men to sit down, introducing the woman, “This is Aunt Li.” Just these five words and nothing more.
—Who is Aunt Li? Why is she here? What does she have to do with me?
Su Bin’s mind was a mess, and he irritably tossed a bag of health supplements to his dad, “For you.” … All those good words, he had forgotten them now.
His dad accepted the bag with a puzzled look, took a glance, and said, “Don’t buy these in the future. They’re all in English, and I don’t know how to use them.”
The woman glared at Su Bin’s dad, scolding, “It’s just a small gesture from the kid. How can you speak like that?” Then she turned to Su Bin and smiled, “Your dad isn’t good with words, don’t mind him.”
“…” Su Bin felt extremely disheartened. There was also a surge of anger within him. He had intended for his dad to have a private dinner with Allen. But his dad didn’t even mention it beforehand and just invited this unfamiliar woman and child… and why did this woman, who he was meeting for the first time, feel entitled to say these things on behalf of his dad? Su Bin was really frustrated!
He had imagined a cheerful father-son heartwarming feast, but reality was far from that. His dad remained silent, Allen was a foreigner, and they all knew he couldn’t speak Chinese, so there was no hope for him to break the silence.
Aunt Li’s expression wasn’t great, but she persisted in wearing a smile and tried to find topics to talk about. She asked Su Bin this and that, and he tried hard to calm his restless emotions, telling himself “to understand his dad,” “his dad had been alone for so long, so he should have someone to take care of him,” “Aunt Li is a nice person, try to communicate with her…”
But before he finished his mental preparation, the child next to them suddenly burst into tears…
Just when Su Bin was starting to calm down a bit, he saw an even more unacceptable scene –
“How come Xiu Xiu is crying?” Su Bin’s dad nervously stood up, picked up the toddler by the unfamiliar woman, and gently rocked and comforted, “Don’t cry, don’t cry…”
Su Bin watched this scene and, for some reason, felt like crying himself…
He wanted to endure, to convince himself not to envy, not to resent, but he couldn’t control it!
He put down his chopsticks in a panic, his hands trembling, and found Allen’s leg under the table. He just wanted to feel a sense of presence, but unexpectedly, a hand swiftly grasped his hand, holding it in its palm and gently rubbing it… as if to say, don’t be afraid, I’m here.
