Chapter 28: Exclusive Movie Theater

  The second day was a fine Saturday - in this sweltering summer, what's called "fine weather" is overcast skies, drizzle, and refreshing breeze.

  In this beautiful coastal city, several typhoons come from afar every year and brush past Baishui City. When the typhoon passes through, the city will have abundant rainfall, dispelling the sultry heat and bringing people a few days of coolness.

  After lunch, Mo Wei suggested going to see a movie.

  At that time, it was raining outside the window, and the purple flowers on both sides of the road were also blown by the typhoon. However, Cheng Ziyixiang thought about Mo Wei's bad mood in the past two days, so he went out to relax his mind. He didn't care about the strong wind and rain, and accompanied Mo Wei out.

  Maybe because of the typhoon weather, the cinema was not as crowded as usual, with only a few people watching movies. There were also fewer new releases recently, and Cheng Qiyuan and Mo Wei coincidentally chose "To Our Youth That Is Fading Away".

  On such a slightly melancholic typhoon day, watching such a slightly sad movie is really suitable!

  After entering the theater, however, they found that the large screening hall was empty except for the two of them. Cheng Zhiyi was puzzled: when she bought the tickets earlier, it clearly showed that this movie's tickets were all sold out? Why is the screening hall empty?

  Mo Wei also looked at Cheng Zhiyi with a "perplexed" expression, and asked in a low voice: "Won't it be just the two of us watching? Wouldn't that mean we can enjoy the VIP treatment of a private screening?"

  "Who cares! As long as the movie plays normally, that's all that matters. If it's just the two of us watching, isn't that even better!"

  The lights dimmed and the movie began.

  Ten minutes later, the only ones left in the screening room were Cheng Zhiyi and Mo Wei. However, Cheng Zhiyi had gradually become immersed in the lively and vibrant youth of the heroine "Zheng Wei", forgetting everything else, her emotions fluctuating with the movie, sometimes sad, sometimes happy.

  Suddenly, the mobile phone in Mo Wei's bag rang. Mo Wei went out to answer the call and came back saying that there was an urgent matter at school and she had to go to school, so she hurriedly left.

  Cheng Zhi was puzzled in her heart - if it were a school day and encountered such typhoon weather, it would be required for teachers to go to school to "resist the typhoon", but now that the school is on summer vacation, how could they let teachers go to "resist the typhoon"?

  After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Zhiyi didn't think much and focused on watching her movie - since the money had been paid and the tickets bought, she should finish it. Otherwise, wouldn't that be a waste?

  Watching Zheng Wei and Chen Xiao's joys and sorrows, Cheng Zhiyi unknowingly thought of Lin Zhihao. In those years, her youth with Lin Zhihao was also carefree and unrestrained, bright and radiant. They accompanied each other with smiles and laughter, promising a future together with sincerity, trusting each other wholeheartedly.

  However, good flowers do not often bloom, and good scenery is not always present. There are no gatherings that never disperse, and nobody can possess eternal youth! In the end, Lin Zhihao was like Chen Xiaozheng in the movie, giving up his ideals and love for the sake of his career and fame...

  In the end, everyone has nothing!

  At the end of the movie, Jingyi was already in tears and secretly crying. The lights came on, but she was still immersed in her own sorrow, unable to extricate herself, sitting silently in the empty theater for a long time...

  Suddenly, the screen in front of her flickered and lit up again. Through her blurry tears, she saw a line of text appear on the screen: Cheng Zhiyi, I like you! If you are willing to turn back, you will see the blooming roses of spring; if you are willing to embrace spring, I am willing to give you eternal happiness that will never be hurt!

  Ah, the movie is already over! Cheng Zhiyi suddenly came back to her senses, hastily stood up and turned around.

  But then, Xu Shaoyan was seen standing behind her with a bouquet of delicate roses in his arms, his refined and handsome face wearing a faint smile as he gazed at her with deep affection, his eyes filled with a hint of unspoken heartache.

  "Hey, prosecutor princess!" He gazed softly into her tear-filled eyes.

  He, when did you come? Cheng Zhiyi stared at him blankly, with a moment of daze. So to speak, the text on the screen just now was Xu Shaoyan's confession? Not what Lin Zhikai had done for her in memory?

  Reality and memories are entangled in her mind, the handsome face before her eyes gradually overlapping with Lin Zhihao's warm face... She doesn't know whether the sadness in her heart is because of the youth that is about to pass away or the love that has already passed away...

  "Will you accept my heartfelt feelings?" Xǔ Shǎoyàn said softly, his eyes shining with sincerity. "I can also give you ordinary happiness."

  She said she just wants to have an ordinary love affair and live an ordinary life.

  Looking at the handsome face in front of her, tears began to well up in Cheng Zhiyi's shining eyes - once, Lin Zhixiao had also given her such a huge shock, making her mistakenly think she was the happiest woman in the world; once, she had thought that the most romantic thing in the world was gazing into each other's eyes, with two hearts beating as one...

  Forget it! Love is a luxury, worth the price of a city, but she's just an ordinary woman, unable to pay such a huge cost!

  She stood expressionless in front of Xu Shaoyan, her bright big eyes wide open, staring at Xu Shaoyan steadily, with a thousand thoughts in her mind and waves of sadness in her chest. Finally, crystal tears fell one by one from her eyes, wetting her delicate white neck.

  Was she moved by him? If she was really moved, why would there be a deep sadness in her eyes and a chill on her face? Why did she look at him with such sorrow and grievance? At this moment, she seemed like an abandoned child in the vast snowy land, innocent and desperate, every move of hers tugging at his heart.

  He stared at her steadily, unsure whether she was crying from sadness or joy.

  Suddenly, a faint smile appeared on Cheng Zhiyi's lips, her pearly whites slightly exposed, and in a sweet yet slightly husky voice, she said clearly: "Sorry - I still can't accept you!"

  "Why?" Xu Shaoyan's heart suddenly froze, his faint smile stiffened on his face, like a withered flower that would fall from the branch with just a gentle breeze.

  Why? Jing Yi didn't answer him, but instead looked at him deeply and left with tears streaming down her face. In the depths of her heart, a voice was answering him, as well as herself - because my heart still holds hatred, and between love and hate, it's either one or the other!

  Yes, it wasn't until after watching this fleeting youth that Cheng Zhiyi finally understood: It turned out that she had repeatedly refused Xu Shao Yan not because she disliked him, but because her heart still held resentment; It turned out that she was not as carefree as she imagined, and to this day she still cannot forgive Lin Zihao's betrayal, cannot forgive love!

  Only by driving away the demon lurking deep in her heart can she once again embrace the blooming rose of spring!