Chapter 29 A pleasant date with my childhood friend

Of course, Jiang Nian couldn’t do his homework; life is short, so enjoy it while you can.

Across the hall, in Xu Qianqian’s room.

One was playing on his phone at the desk, and the other was lying on the bed playing on her phone. The main point was that they each did their own thing, tacitly staying silent, which was also a tradition.

After all, under the watchful eyes of elders, nothing felt comfortable.

As soon as they pulled out their phones, their parents would start shaking their heads. If anyone said, “Playing, playing, all you know is playing on your phone all day,” the conversation would shift from family matters to the dangers of phones.

“Are there any good movies out recently?” Xu Qianqian suddenly asked.

“Why?”

“Couple tickets have a discount, and you’re just idle anyway.”

Jiang Nian felt a chill, a bit cold inside. No, he thought, ‘Your dad here is tall and handsome, and in your eyes, I’m just a damn movie discount tool?’

“What if I have a girlfriend?”

“You?”

Holy crap, one word caused tons of damage. The last time Jiang Nian heard such a shocking word was the last time, Original Roar. Chicken. Man.

“Are you even human?” Jiang Nian sighed. “I don’t have a partner; women ruined me. As soon as I lie in bed, I start thinking about women, Shanghai housewives, Nayuki.”

“So, I’m asking if you’re going or not?” Xu Qianqian was a bit speechless.

She thought to herself, if this person’s personality wasn’t so abstract, he might have actually found a partner. But currently, his condition seemed to have worsened quite a bit.

He used to love to cause trouble; now he’s into abstract things. The child probably has lung heat.

Jiang Nian actually didn’t really want to go to the movies and was hesitating. After all, pretending to be a couple wasn’t as fun as he imagined; Xu Qianqian would be poker-faced the entire time.

Ding! 【Thirty-eight-year-old you achieved initial success in weight loss. Half a month ago, you had a pleasant conversation with your childhood sweetheart, whom you hadn’t seen in a long time, and officially began to invite her on dates.

Mission: Complete a pleasant date with Xu Qianqian. Reward: 30,000 RMB.】

Looking at the message popping up on the System panel, Jiang Nian suddenly felt strange. It felt like a life simulation game, his eighteen-year-old self simulating his thirty-eight-year-old self.

More precisely, it should be simulating another version of himself from a different timeline, making a comeback at the age of thirty-eight.

At least the current Jiang Nian, when the System started, knew his fate line in advance. Putting other things aside, marriage was an absolute no-go; he wouldn’t marry a scummy woman.

Even more extremely, marriage? Who would get married when they’re rich?

Just get the rewards and be a scummy man.

Seeing that he hadn’t replied for a long time, Xu Qianqian pouted and turned away.

“Forget it if you’re not going.”

“Huh? Who said I’m not going?” Jiang Nian suddenly became bashful, acting flirtatious, “Tell me, does this count as a date for us?”

If it were before, Xu Qianqian would have kicked him, telling him to stop being so dramatic.

“A date my ass!” Xu Qianqian stood up with a whoosh, her face slightly red. “Are you going or not? If not, I’ll find someone else.”

“Alright, old rules, you buy snacks, I buy tickets.” Jiang Nian dropped his mischievous act. “I’ll go home, steal the electric scooter key, and you wait for me at the stairwell.”

Saying that, Jiang Nian turned to leave, but was suddenly called back.

“Hey, I’ll buy both the snacks and the tickets,” Xu Qianqian suddenly said. “You can treat me next time when you have money. My dad just gave me some pocket money.”

“How dare you assume I don’t have money?” He turned his head.

“My dad said you gave all the money you earned to Aunt Li for an emergency, so you probably don’t have any,” she said slowly, her eyes downcast. “He told me to occasionally help you out so you don’t starve.”

Actually, her dad, Director Xu, never said anything about helping out. He knew their relationship had always been bad, but this lie wouldn’t be exposed anyway.

“Alright, you pay then,” said Jiang Nian, who had twenty-seven thousand in assets.

Being a kept man has nothing to do with how much money you have.

Back home.

The three adults were still chatting in the living room, mostly about work and life. Occasionally, sighs like “five or six years” were mixed in, and the atmosphere was quite low.

Old Xu seemed to have never really recovered after Xu Qianqian’s mother passed away.

He quietly returned home, passing the living room, and happened to see Old Xu take off his frameless glasses. He turned to look at him, his eyes still slightly squinted.

“Xiao Nian is back?” A forced, unnatural smile appeared on his face, a smile twisted from sadness, making his expression seem a bit stiff.

“Yes, yes, I’m just getting the electric scooter key. I’m taking Xu Qianqian out to play with some classmates.” He very tactfully brought out Xu Qianqian, this Magic Treasure.

Sure enough, Li Hongmei swallowed the words she was about to say.

“The key is on the table in (mine and your dad’s) room. Don’t play too late.”

“Okay.”

Jiang Nian took the key, and as he walked through the living room with his head down, he vaguely heard some fragmented words. Unwilling to listen further, he quickened his pace and left.

He couldn’t understand Uncle Xu’s state of mind, only felt a bit of pity. Recalling the expression on Uncle Xu’s face, a line popped into his mind for no reason, ‘There is a loquat tree in the courtyard.’

Jiang Nian shook his head, shaking off the messy thoughts. He went to the stairwell and waited for a while, but Xu Qianqian hadn’t arrived yet.

Ridiculous, the transformation sequence of a Magical Girl isn’t even this slow.

After a long while, Xu Qianqian came down, having specially changed into a light green dress. The girl in front of him had her hair simply tied in a ponytail, her hair soft and fine.

Her face seemed not yet fully developed, and like all southern girls, her cheeks were fair and delicate. Her chin was slightly pointed, her eyebrows like distant mountains, and her chest was full.

Her face appeared pure and fair, but her figure was exceptionally well-endowed.

Xu Qianqian felt a little guilty. She didn’t even know why she subconsciously changed into a dress. She was just going out to watch a movie, and Jiang Nian was nobody special.

But she still did it, feeling both nervous and uneasy.

“Why did you take so long?” he asked, his eyes lingering on her for a long time.

“Oh, I accidentally wet my clothes while washing my face, so I changed,” Xu Qianqian made up a random excuse, sounding a bit deliberate. She could have just said she changed clothes.

“Does changing clothes take that long? Did you spend a lot of time putting on height inserts?”

Xu Qianqian’s anticipation was instantly shattered by the words ‘height inserts.’ She gritted her teeth and forced a smile, “You’re so young, if you’re not going to use your eyes, you can fry a dish with them.”

“I didn’t expect your taste to be so heavy, Xu Qianqian.”

“…”

There were only two cinemas in Zhennan County, one in the south and one in the north, both attached to shopping malls.

The two rode their bikes to the one in the south. There were still twenty minutes before the show started. Xu Qianqian went to the snack shop outside the mall to buy snacks, and Jiang Nian was responsible for parking.

There were many people watching movies during the National Day holiday, and ticket checkers didn’t check bags, so many people brought their own snacks.

The two met at the manual ticket counter; couple tickets had to be bought on site. Halfway through the queue, Xu Qianqian’s face suddenly turned terrified, and she tugged at Jiang Nian’s clothes.

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Nian was playing on his phone.

Xu Qianqian’s voice trembled, “Look ahead, couples have to kiss.”

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