Qi smiled and asked, "Did you have fun today?"
"Not bad, even some college students hit on me—"
Qi Xiaoyan on the other end of the phone paused for a moment: "As a married woman, don't you feel ashamed to deceive college students?"
Yang Wei slammed her hand on the table and said, "Who are you calling a married woman!"
"Look up now and look at the wedding photos on the opposite wall. Who do you see?"
Yang Wei's brow twitched: "I'm sorry, I only saw the divorce certificate in the drawer."
Qi Xiaoyan remained silent for three seconds, and Yang Wei tacitly agreed to add a point to her score.
Qi Xiaoyan then asked, "Are you free tomorrow?"
Yang Wei snorted: "What's it to you? Do you want to invite a married woman out to dinner?"
"This is what I'm thinking," Qi Xiaoyan paused, "I checked the movies showing during the May Day holiday, and there's a romantic comedy. Do you want to see it?"
"I think it's better not to. I'd be really embarrassed if you fell asleep in the movie theater."
Qi Xiaoyan: "..."
Yang Wei silently added another point to her score. Once, when she invited Qi Xiaoyan to the movies, this was the same answer Qi Xiaoyan had given her—
I've never understood why so many people enjoy spending time and money to watch these fictional stories in theaters. Most of them are boring, and I can't find any other purpose besides helping them fall asleep.
After a moment of silence, Qi Xiaoyan said, "A colleague of mine told me that love makes people try to do things they are not good at or think they would never do in their lifetime, and I am doing that now."
Yang Wei mentally reviewed his words twice, then raised an eyebrow slightly: "So you're saying you love me now?"
"Your logical thinking has improved."
Yang Wei rolled her eyes while holding the phone: "What time tomorrow?"
Author's Note: Special thanks to: Little Jade Soup (a little angel who threw a landmine), lestat (a little angel who threw a landmine), Yuzi (a little angel who threw a landmine), and Charlotte0603 (a little angel who threw a landmine). Thank you to all the little angels who donated, mwah! (づ￣3￣)づ╭??——Tomorrow we'll be holding hands, eating, shopping, and watching movies. So shy! (* /ω＼*)
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Qi Xiaoyan said he would pick her up downstairs at ten o'clock, but Yang Wei's alarm clock rang promptly at nine o'clock.
Yang Wei sat up in bed, feeling a wave of nausea in her stomach. She ran to the bathroom and dry-heaved for a while, but nothing came up. After rinsing her mouth with water, Yang Wei looked at her flushed face in the mirror and frowned slightly.
Could she really be pregnant? To conceive overnight, Professor Qi's sperm quality is just too good!
Yang Wei washed her face and considered whether to buy a pregnancy test, but she had eaten a variety of foods yesterday. Could it just be an upset stomach? And her period hadn't come yet…
Yang Wei felt like she was going crazy.
She rested her hands on the sink, looked at herself in the mirror, hesitated for a moment, and decided to observe for another day. If she still had gastrointestinal discomfort symptoms tomorrow, she would... go buy a pregnancy test.
She's never even won five yuan in the lottery, so it's not that easy for her to win a big prize, haha.
She floated out of the bathroom, then snuggled into bed for a while before starting to rummage through the closet for clothes. Strictly speaking, today was her first date with Qi Xiaoyan, so she had to dress up a bit.
Yang Wei tried on several outfits but wasn't quite satisfied. She was still lost in thought, staring at the wardrobe, when her phone rang beside her pillow. She picked it up and glanced at it. "Juan Juanzi?" she thought. "He wouldn't be here so early, would he? It's only 9:30."
Yang Wei answered the phone, and Qi Xiaoyan's voice came through the receiver: "I'm downstairs."
Yang Wei looked embarrassed: "Isn't it only 9:30? I just got up, wait a minute."
She hung up the phone after speaking, and casually took out a navy blue straight-cut dress from the closet. The three-quarter length semi-sheer princess sleeves added a touch of sexiness and cuteness to the simple style.
Yang Wei was quite satisfied with the makeup she put on. She picked up her makeup bag from the table, walked to the mirror, and skillfully applied foundation, eyeliner, and lipstick. After brushing her mascara a couple of times, Yang Wei tidied her hair, picked up her handbag from the sofa, and went out.
Qi Xiaoyan was wearing a black three-piece suit today, with a dark blue tie. His hands were in his trouser pockets, and his gaze met hers. Yang Wei's mind was filled with only two words: Stunningly handsome! So good-looking! So dashing!
Seeing her get out of the car, Qi Xiaoyan opened the door for her and handed her a warm cup of freshly ground soy milk. Yang Wei glanced at him, holding the paper cup: "Did you just buy this?"
"Hmm, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you?" Qi Xiaoyan said, handing over another custard bun. He knew Yang Wei loved the custard buns from this shop.
Yang Wei started eating her breakfast without any hesitation: "Oh? You also bought a beef bun?"
"The store gave it to me as a gift. They said they had a promotion today, buy one get one free."
Yang Wei: "..."
Buy a custard bun and get a beef bun free... You actually believe that?!
She took a few bites of the custard bun and asked Qi Xiaoyan, "Where are we going?"
Qi smiled and said, "I booked tickets for the afternoon movie. Where would you like to go in the morning?"
Yang Wei thought for a moment and said, "Whatever, let's just stroll around near the movie theater."
Qi Xiaoyan responded and drove the car towards Starlight Plaza. There were many more pedestrians on the street than usual. Qi Xiaoyan found a parking space, parked the car, and then got out with Yang Wei.
"Baby."
Qi Xiaoyan stood at the front of the car and called out to Yang Wei. Yang Wei looked at his outstretched hand and asked, "What?"
"Didn't you say we'd hold hands?" Qi Xiaoyan said matter-of-factly, his slender fingers blurred by the sunlight. Yang Wei stood there for a moment, then placed her hand on his. As soon as Qi Xiaoyan grasped Yang Wei's hand, he naturally squeezed it into his own.
Yang Wei felt a little awkward; this was the first time she had ever walked hand-in-hand with Qi Xiaoyan on the street like this. Qi Xiaoyan's fingertips were slightly cool, but her palms were warm—a reassuring temperature. She turned to look at the expressionless person beside her, and said with a smirk, "Why don't you have any reaction? Don't all boys blush with embarrassment when they finally muster the courage to hold a girl's hand?"
Qi Xiaoyan turned her head to look at her and said, "We've done even more shameful things together, what's so shameful about holding hands?"
Yang Wei's brow twitched, and she made a move to pull her hand back: "I don't want to hold your hand anymore!"
Qi Xiaoyan subconsciously squeezed her hand and said gently, "Baby, be good, don't make a fuss."
Yang Wei: "..."
Sometimes she really felt that Qi Xiaoyan was treating her like a baby and coaxing her.
The two of them strolled hand in hand down the street, attracting glances from many passersby. Yang Wei automatically interpreted this as attention drawn by their striking good looks, rather than as, "Look at these two, they're so old and still holding hands like everyone else!"
Qi Xiaoyan accompanied Yang Wei to buy two pieces of clothing, then took her to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. While waiting for the food, Yang Wei and Qi Xiaoyan chatted in the private room: "By the way, your bank card is still with me, when are you going to get it back?"
Qi smiled and said, "Just leave it there."
Yang Wei raised an eyebrow: "You paid for the clothes just now, do you have any money left?"
"I can easily support you, so don't worry."
"Oh." I should have ordered two more dishes earlier.
The afternoon movie started at 2:10 PM, and Qi Xiaoyan and Yang Wei arrived at the cinema at exactly 1:40 PM. Several new movies were being released during the May Day holiday, so the cinema was more crowded than usual. Qi Xiaoyan held Yang Wei's hand and pulled her closer to him, carefully shielding her from the surrounding crowd.
Yang Wei's lips curled slightly as she followed him silently. The romantic comedy that Qi Xiaoyan mentioned was very popular, and a large crowd had gathered in front of the movie poster. Yang Wei glanced at the posters in the corridor and inadvertently discovered that an older film was also being shown today.
This cinema occasionally shows some old movies, which can attract many nostalgic viewers. However, Yang Wei did not expect that the cinema would reserve a screening for an old movie during this prime time.
She checked the time; it started at two o'clock. If they entered now, they should still have enough time. She tugged at Qi Xiaoyan beside her and looked up at him, "Let's watch this one."
Although Qi Xiaoyan was somewhat surprised, he still nodded: "Mm." For him, it didn't matter which movie he watched, as long as he watched it with Yang Wei.
Yang Wei smiled at him: "You wasted two movie tickets, I'll buy this one." After she finished speaking, she went to the window to buy the ticket. There weren't many people watching old movies today. Yang Wei took the movie ticket and looked down at it.
Heartbeat (English), Hall 3, Row 7, Seat 7.
She carefully put away her change and turned around to see Qi Xiaoyan waiting for her at the entrance with a bucket of popcorn. The sight was rather comical, and Yang Wei couldn't help but laugh: "It'll start in a few minutes, let's hurry."
The two had just sat down when the lights in the theater went out. Everyone fell silent, as if witnessing an important moment.
At the beginning of the story, the male protagonist, Bryce, states that he had experienced social anxiety for five years because of the female protagonist, while the little girl with big eyes says that when I first saw Bryce, my heart skipped a beat.
Yang Wei recalled the first time she saw Qi Xiaoyan at the gate of Imperial University of Beijing, and she felt the same way. In Yang Wei's eyes, it was the most beautiful painting. If the angle of the sunlight were slightly higher or if Qi Xiaoyan were wearing a different color, it would not have been perfect. Everything was just right, unbelievably beautiful.
However, the attraction is only fleeting, and troubles follow in quick succession.
Entanglement and avoidance, liking and disliking, seem to be the same as all stories, yet each story is unique. In the film, there is a tall sycamore tree, and the female protagonist always likes to climb to the top, because the higher she climbs, the more enchanting the view becomes.
But in the end, the tree was cut down, leaving only a bare stump. Right next to this stump, the protagonist's grandfather said to him, "Some people are mediocre and shallow, some are all show and no substance, but when you meet someone as radiant as a rainbow, you will realize that everyone else is just fleeting clouds."
Yang Wei was somewhat moved. Not everyone gets to meet someone as radiant as a rainbow, but she was very lucky to have met one.
Qi Xiaoyan suddenly grabbed her hand. Yang Wei glanced at him and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing? Don't think you can take advantage of me just because it's dark in the movie theater."
Qi Xiaoyan didn't say anything, and didn't even take her eyes off the big screen. She just held Yang Wei's hand until the movie ended.
As they left the cinema, many viewers were still caught up in the emotions of the film. Yang Wei glanced at Qi Xiaoyan walking beside her and asked, "How do you interpret the line 'the whole is greater than the sum of its parts' from the movie?"
Qi Xiaoyan turned her head and looked at her, saying, "This is a famous philosophical proposition put forward by Aristotle, and it is still a basic principle of modern systems theory."
Yang Wei: "..."
It turns out that Professor Qi also has expertise in the field of philosophy.
"If I were to put it in my words..." Qi Xiaoyan's gaze lingered on Yang Wei, "If your appearance is 50 points, your personality is 30 points, your intelligence is 20 points, and your life skills are 10 points, then the total score is 200 points."
Yang Wei: "..."
Thank you so much!
After Yang Wei finished speaking, she walked quickly forward. Qi Xiaoyan chuckled, walked to her side, took her hand, and asked, "And you? How do you understand this sentence?"
Yang Wei said, "If your appearance is 50 points, your personality is 50 points, your intelligence is 50 points, and your life skills are also 50 points, then your total score is still 50 points!"
Qi Xiaoyan: "..."
"Didn't the movie say that most people are smaller than the sum of their parts?" Yang Wei raised an eyebrow at him.
Qi Xiaoyan didn't refute anything further. As they walked out of the movie theater, Yang Wei added, "However, there are exceptions."
Qi Xiaoyan glanced at her: "When?"
"The moment I first saw you at the gate of Imperial University." That instant must have been the ultimate moment where the whole was greater than the sum of its parts.
Qi Xiaoyan was silent for a while, then asked her, "Have you ever had a moment when your heart fluttered?"
Yang Wei glanced at him sideways: "And you?"
Qi Xiaoyan thought for a moment and said, "It was when I first saw you at the gate of Imperial University in Beijing that I felt a feeling I had never experienced before, like... the whole world suddenly lit up." He looked at Yang Wei, and a faint smile gradually appeared on his lips. "This movie is very good."
Author's Note: Special thanks to: lestat (thrown a landmine, time: 2015-04-22 21:10:01), Xiaoyutang (thrown a landmine, time: 2015-04-22 21:13:33), Youzi (thrown a landmine, time: 2015-04-22 21:42:54), and Weishou Tianzhen Yisheng (thrown a landmine, time: 2015-04-22 22:02:49). Thank you, little angels! Vivier will confirm her pregnancy tomorrow, congratulations on becoming a mother! (* /ω＼*) Vivier V: Can I cut out Professor Qi's part? ( *·ω·)8＜╰ひ╯ Finally, I wish all the little angels who read the official version will meet someone as radiant as a rainbow :)
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Yang Wei felt that although she and Qi Xiaoyan had been married for a year, it was as if she was only getting to know him again recently. She knew that this wasn't entirely Qi Xiaoyan's problem; she herself also had issues.