Chapter 119: Chapter 115 Brother, I’m Scared Chapter 119: Chapter 115 Brother, I’m Scared Lu Jingyan thought he had misheard and didn’t think much of it, looking towards the big screen straight ahead.

Mu Chuci had won Best Actor for several years and was very selective about scripts. With his acting prowess, this film, from production to plot, was quite impressive.

Lu Jingyan slowly became engrossed in the movie’s storyline, forgetting all those messy thoughts.

The movie was a detective film shot in the United States, with some scenes being so horrifying and bloody that, with the help of special effects and music, it added a lot of horror.

Miss Lu always cared about face, pretending to be fearless even when she was scared.

Where no one else could see, only heaven knew how several sudden scenes in the movie had startled her into breaking out in a cold sweat.

The movie lasted for two hours, and Lu Jingyan barely made it through one hour, believing that no matter how terrifying the rest might be, it couldn’t get much worse.

No sooner had this thought crossed her mind than she was proven wrong the very next second—

In the dead of night, a corpse floated past on the river’s surface, and once it was hauled out, the director did a close-up on the corpse’s face.

Just as she had relaxed, Lu Jingyan was scared witless, her reflexive reaction to grab something beside her.

Still shaken, she had no idea what she had clutched, only feeling that it was very warm.

Sheng Xian looked down, saw his hand being held, kept silent for two seconds, then turned to look at the person beside him.

She seemed very calm and collected watching the movie, but the fingers clutching his hand were noticeably trembling.

The person who acts so arrogantly and queen-like is actually afraid of ghosts?

The adorable contrast piqued Sheng Xian’s interest, and he leaned in close to her ear and asked, “Scared?”

Lu Jingyan kept her eyes glued to the big screen, pretending for all she was worth, “Not scared.”

No sooner had her words fallen when another blood-drenched scene flashed on the screen.

She tightened her grip on Sheng Xian’s hand and blurted out an involuntary curse, “Fuck, what a trashy movie.”

Sheng Xian chuckled lightly.

Lu Jingyan took a moment to react, her expression gradually stiffening.

After a few seconds, she turned her head stiffly to sneak a peek at Sheng Xian.

The smile still lingered on his lips, soaking in the humor from the joke she had just made.

Lu Jingyan pursed her lips, staring at him for a while, seeing that he had no intention of suppressing his smile, she slowly started to get annoyed.

Since he already knew she was scared, trying to maintain her dignity wouldn’t change the fact.

In a fit of impulsiveness, she stretched her neck close to his ear and whispered softly, “Brother, I’m scared.”

Sheng Xian’s body stiffened, his breath hitched for a second, and then the smile on his lips faded instantly.

He maintained his position, quietly watching the movie straight ahead for about five seconds before finally turning to meet Lu Jingyan’s eyes.

Her face was quite close to his, and when he turned towards her, the tip of his nose almost brushed against hers.

She could faintly feel his breath, her heart skipped a half beat, and she couldn’t dare to look into his eyes, unnaturally retracting her head a bit as if nothing had happened, stiffly sitting upright back in her place.

Another terrifying scene flashed across the movie screen.

Before Lu Jingyan could see it clearly, a hand covered her eyes.

Before she could react, she heard a very soft voice near her ear, “Little Fish.”

The voice was so close to her ear, so close it was as if speaking right against her eardrum, “Don’t be afraid, Brother will protect you.”

“…”

Lu Jingyan’s mind blanked out, staring at Sheng Xian’s palm for a while, as if turned to stone.

His hand smelled nice, carrying the same scent as his body wash and shampoo.

Lu Jingyan felt a bit short of breath, she swallowed once, then again, but couldn’t calm her wildly racing heart.

After what seemed like an eternity, she gradually came back to her senses, trying hard to keep her tone even, though a fine tremor tinged the end of her words, “Thank you, Brother.”

As she finished speaking, several excited voices came from nearby.

They didn’t quite sound like they were scared.

Lu Jingyan, curious, asked, “Brother, is it over?”

Sheng Xian lifted his eyelids to look at the movie still playing.

On the screen, Mu Chuci was unbuttoning his shirt one button at a time, quite the debonair rogue in the act of undressing.

As he took off his shirt and reached for his belt, Sheng Xian said without hesitation, “No.”

Lu Jingyan let out an ‘oh’, then waited a bit longer, “What about now? Is it over?”

Only when Mu Chuci disappeared from the screen did Sheng Xian hum softly and remove his hand from in front of her eyes.

There wasn’t much horrifying footage afterward, with the plot mostly revolving around reasoning and solving cases.

Lu Jingyan gradually calmed down, and even felt like drinking some water.

She naturally reached out with her right hand to grab the bottle, but as soon as she touched the mineral water, she froze as if someone had hit her pressure point.

Slowly, she moved her gaze from the movie to her right hand holding the water bottle, then just as slowly from her right hand to Sheng Xian’s left hand.

She looked at his hand without expression, then at her own, and then mentally collapsed.

She?

Just now?

Out of fear?

Grabbed Sheng Xian’s hand?

Lu Jingyan felt guilty as if caught red-handed, hesitated for quite a while, then took a drink of water while stealthily glancing to the side.

The professor was reclining leisurely in his seat, watching the movie.

He seemed pretty contented with his posture.

Maybe he didn’t notice her grabbing his hand?

Lu Jingyan felt uneasy as she observed Sheng Xian and decided to act as if nothing had happened, as if she knew nothing.

…

After the movie ended, the two had a late-night meal outside, and on the way home, Lu Jingyan opened her phone to check what people were saying online about the movie they had just seen.

The reviews were quite positive; half the people were praising Mu Chuci’s acting, a small portion was praising the plot, and the rest belonged to the typical online trolls.

On the topic of the movie, most of the comments were controlled by Mu Chuci’s fans.

Among them, quite a few were praising Mu Chuci’s nudity.

[The close-up of the Movie King taking off his shirt killed me!]

[Wuwuwu, his body is too good, especially during the belt-unbuckling scene!]

[It got my blood boiling, even though I know the bed scenes and the kissing were shot with stand-ins, the acting was simply sublime, it felt like I was the female lead.]

Lu Jingyan blinked, doubting she had watched some fake movie.

Why hadn’t she seen any of the scenes that these girls liked?

Lu Jingyan, doubting that the movie she watched was the same as the one being discussed online, turned her head and asked, “Were there kissing scenes in the movie? And bed scenes? And close-ups of taking off the shirt?”

Sheng Xian, gripping the steering wheel, replied with a calm face, “I don’t think so.”

Lu Jingyan handed her phone over to Sheng Xian, “But the internet says there were.”

Sheng Xian glanced down at the phone then looked towards the road ahead, “Those must have been cut.”

PS: Yep, that’s right, they were manually cut by Professor Sheng.