After finishing the fish balls, the two of them squeezed through the bustling crowd and made their way out.
Su Jinning patted her belly contentedly, then gently nudged Shen Moyu with her arm, saying expectantly, "When will you bring me here to eat again?"
Shen Moyu frowned and pouted in disgust: "Then wait until you treat me to a meal." After saying that, he crossed his arms and looked at him with an arrogant expression.
“Completely OK!” Su Jinning suddenly became excited, put her arm around Shen Moyu’s shoulder, and leaned closer to him.
Shen Moyu quickly grabbed Su Jinning's arm, looking at him with some concern: "Don't be so smug. Your foot has just learned to walk. Don't break it again. I don't want to be supporting you all the time."
Despite saying that, he was still somewhat worried about Su Jinning.
"Okay, okay." Su Jinning moved her arm away and obediently walked away.
Shen Moyu looked at him with amusement, followed his pace, and the two walked forward side by side.
"What time do you start work?" Su Jinning turned to look at him.
"It's two o'clock today," Shen Moyu replied as she walked.
"Oh," Su Jinning replied softly, glancing at the time with a hint of annoyance; it was 10:30.
So, they have three or four hours left to stroll around together.
He turned his head away and clicked his tongue in annoyance. Suddenly, he felt that time was passing too quickly, as if Shen Moyu would be leaving in the blink of an eye.
"It's still early." Shen Moyu also checked the time, as if she could read his mind.
Hearing Shen Moyu's words, Su Jinning perked up and began to plan their next move: "So, what should we do after we finish eating?"
He asked Shen Moyu, but Shen Moyu also wanted to ask him the same question.
The two stared at each other, and Shen Moyu finally couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and said with a hint of reproach, "So you didn't even plan where to go after all this time?"
He always felt that going out to play without a plan was troublesome, and he wouldn't have bothered to do it if Su Jinning hadn't come to find him.
Su Jinning scratched his head and gave an awkward laugh: "I didn't have time to plan, so..." He suddenly stopped speaking, avoiding Shen Moyu's gaze that seemed to want him to continue.
I just impulsively came to find you... I didn't prepare anything, I didn't think anything, and I even found it inexplicable to myself.
He swallowed his words and didn't say anything.
"Never mind." Shen Moyu took a step forward, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's go see a movie."
Su Jinning rubbed his nose. Actually, he didn't like watching movies at all, but after hearing Shen Moyu say that, he couldn't refuse. Besides, if Shen Moyu liked it, he could accompany him.
“Okay, let’s go. I know a good movie theater on the pedestrian street. They’ve been showing a lot of new movies lately. Do you like action movies, adventure movies, or, well, romance movies?” Su Jinning said as they walked, trying to appear as if she shared the same tastes as Shen Moyu.
"Hmm, either is fine." Shen Moyu replied indifferently. Anyway, he hadn't watched many movies and didn't have a preference for any particular genre, so it didn't matter what he watched.
Su Jinning can watch whichever she likes.
"Okay, let's talk about it there then." Su Jinning didn't know what else to say, so she went along with it and ended the conversation.
They arrived at the pedestrian street, bustling with people as usual. Su Jinning tried hard to recall the location of the movie theater; it had been so long since he'd been there that he'd almost forgotten. The last time he'd been there was three or four years ago when Chen Hang had dragged him there to watch a melodramatic romance movie. Every girl in the theater was crying in their boyfriends' arms, and Chen Hang, a grown man who'd been single for over a decade, was sobbing uncontrollably, clinging to him. Since then, he'd absolutely refused to watch any more romance movies.
"Tsk, are you even capable?" Shen Moyu rubbed his forehead when he saw Su Jinning's blank expression.
"What do you mean by 'can't' or 'can't'?" Su Jinning felt a jolt from his words. For some reason, the way Shen Moyu said it always made people think.
“Why can’t I do it?” Su Jinning gave him a reassuring look, as if to say: Why don’t you give it a try?
Shen Moyu gave him a push: "Then hurry up and lead the way!"
"Hello, handsome young men." A soft, gentle voice suddenly came from behind Su Jinning, and the two of them looked over together.
A girl wearing a white floral dress and with long, loose hair stood behind them, smiling kindly.
Shen Moyu stared at her for a moment, then his voice suddenly turned cold: "Is there something you need?" He could roughly guess that she wanted his WeChat.
"It's like this." The girl suddenly stretched out her hand from behind her back, holding a camera. This left the two people in front of her completely bewildered.
She smiled and said, "Can I invite you to be my models and take two sets of photos?"
"Huh? Huh?" Su Jinning felt dizzy, her mind filled with a bunch of questions.
Shen Moyu gently nudged him, and after realizing that the girl wasn't asking for his WeChat, he softened his tone and asked, "Could you elaborate a bit more?"
The girl smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, let me explain in detail." She waved the camera in her hand, "Hello, I'm a student from Fudan University. This week, the photography club is organizing us to take a series of photos about youth and vitality. I think the two handsome guys are probably high school students, and they are quite good-looking, which fits the requirements. I'd like to ask if you two are available to be my models."
The two men stared blankly at the girl in front of them, as if their brains were racing to decipher what she was saying.
"Us? Models?" Su Jinning pointed to herself, then to Shen Moyu, somewhat surprised.
"Yes." The girl nodded with a weak smile. She must have been busy with this assignment for a long time, as her lips were a little chapped.
"No, we don't have time." Shen Moyu doesn't like taking pictures, and besides, who knows if she's telling the truth? What if it involves portrait rights? He's always been very wary of strangers.
After saying that, he grabbed Su Jinning's arm and started to leave.
"Hey! Hey you two handsome guys, I won't take up too much time, just twenty minutes! This assignment is very important to me!" The girl hurriedly ran forward a couple of steps and said pleadingly.
Shen Moyu suddenly stopped and looked back at Su Jinning, as if he was hesitating.
"If all else fails, fifteen minutes will do!" The girl's hair was blown into a mess, and her pale, chapped lips looked somewhat sickly, suggesting she had been searching for a long time under the scorching sun.
Su Jinning licked her lips, crossed her arms, and tentatively asked, "You said you're a student at Fudan University, and some kind of club or something. How can we believe you?"
"I'll show you my student ID and the chat history in the photography group." The girl didn't want to let the subject she had finally found slip away, so she hurriedly handed her phone and student ID to the two people.
The two people moved closer together. Name: [Bai Ming] Student ID: [...] Department (School): Finance.
The two compared the photos again, confirming it was indeed her. Shen Moyu looked at the school badge on the girl's chest; he had seen it in a friend's pocket before and had handled it for a long time. Its luster and quality made it unmistakably genuine.
Shen Moyu nodded, then turned to Su Jinning and said, "It seems to be true."
"I have no reason to lie to you. Can the two of you cooperate now?" Bai Ming asked cautiously, pursing her lips.
Shen Moyu glanced at Bai Ming again and felt that there shouldn't be any problems. If she had any other intentions, she wouldn't need to have such complete equipment or act so realistically.
She'd been searching for so long, it wasn't easy. It's just taking a set of photos, it won't take up much time. Shen Moyu nodded, then looked at Su Jinning, as if asking for his agreement.
The two handsome men who were ultimately chosen by "luck" willingly became models. They sat obediently on the stools as Bai Ming handled their cosmetics.