CHAPTER 197: CHAPTER 45: THE ADVANCING YU XINYAN

It was a little after two in the afternoon when the two left the city library.

"Where else would you like to go?"

Xu Lin looked at his phone to check the time; he planned to pick up Ning Yuhuan around four or five.

Ning Yuhuan’s volunteer work lasted until five o’clock.

"I want to watch a movie..."

Yu Xinyan’s eyes were filled with anticipation. "Is that okay?"

"What movie?"

Xu Lin was just about to open an app to check.

"Titanic!"

"Let me search for it."

Though the movie is extremely famous, Xu Lin had never seen it. At most, he’d come across some clips on short video platforms. The movies he typically enjoys are either horror, crime, action, or big blockbuster movies.

Titanic, as a romance film, clearly wasn’t something he usually watched.

"There isn’t any showing of Titanic right now!"

"Yes, there is!"

Yu Xinyan also opened an app. "There’s a show at a private theater! Xu Lin, let’s go to the private theater!"

"Private theater might not be appropriate?"

Private theaters are generally dating venues for couples, though they also serve another purpose, which is for casual meet-ups.

"We’ve known each other for so long; can’t we go to a private theater together?"

Yu Xinyan looked at him with her beautiful, blinking eyes.

"Then let’s go to the private theater!"

After thinking it over, Xu Lin agreed. Just as he was about to search for a private theater, Yu Xinyan pointed to the opposite side. "There’s a private theater right over there!"

Xu Lin looked in the direction she pointed and saw the private theater.

"Get in the car, let’s go over."

"Yeah, yeah."

Soon, Xu Lin and Yu Xinyan entered the private theater.

Xu Lin was already familiar with booking rooms; he was just about to tell the front desk to open a private theater room when Yu Xinyan came over and scanned to pay.

In no time at all.

"Enjoy your movie!"

The front desk clerk wore a professional smile.

"Xu Lin, let’s go!"

Yu Xinyan took the room card and beckoned Xu Lin to follow her up.

Xu Lin: ?

"Did you book it last night?"

Xu Lin noticed the booking time.

Yu Xinyan said with a mischievous smile, "Of course, otherwise what if someone else booked it? It’s the best room!"

Only then did Xu Lin realize that this girl had arranged everything in advance, even choosing the city library because of its proximity to the private theater.

Soon, they arrived at their private theater room.

Sixth floor.

Room 601.

The room wasn’t large, but it was elegantly decorated, with posters of classic films on the walls.

In front of the projection screen was a double bed.

After locking the door, Yu Xinyan happily took off her shoes, stepped onto the bed, and even jumped a few times on it.

"Xu Lin, hurry, the movie’s starting!"

"Alright."

Xu Lin also removed his shoes and sat on the bed.

Pop!

At that moment, Yu Xinyan reached out and turned off the lights.

"Xu Lin, hurry up!"

"Ok."

Xu Lin then asked, "By the way, how long is this movie?"

"Three hours!"

Damn, that long?

"Xu Lin, keep me company for three more hours; I only get to see you once a week!"

In the darkness, Yu Xinyan spoke somewhat plaintively.

"Mhm, no problem."

Xu Lin leaned against the headboard, and Yu Xinyan lay next to him, snuggling up.

The room was pitch dark, though as the movie began, there was a bit more light, reminiscent of the illumination in a cinema.

Titanic is a well-known romance movie, undeniably a classic. But for someone like Xu Lin, who enjoys watching films like First Blood—full of blood and guts—it was a bit challenging to sit through a romance movie.

"Xu Lin, is it good?"

"It’s pretty good."

Xu Lin thought the film’s leading lady wasn’t particularly attractive, though that was just his personal taste.

The plot was what it was, and his nerves couldn’t grasp the allure of a romance film.

So, less than half an hour in, Xu Lin started to feel drowsy.

"Xu Lin?"

"Mhm..."

Xu Lin sleepily responded with a hum.

"Xu Lin?"

"Xu Lin?"

After calling his name a few more times, Yu Xinyan realized Xu Lin had fallen asleep beside her, no longer responding.

She covered him with a blanket and sighed.

"It’s been so long since I’ve kissed him!"

Yu Xinyan reminisced that the last time she kissed Xu Lin was before school started, back at the end of August, and it was now mid-October—almost two months had passed.

Time flows like water, fleeting too quickly.

Now they spent much time apart; every day, Yu Xinyan thought about Xu Lin.

Moreover, Yu Xinyan was quite busy, and she suspected she would only get busier; after all, the seniors and older students seemed quite busy.

At Jiangdu University, the pace was rapid, and the people around her were all outstanding in their fields—they were provincial champions, competition winners... all exceptionally talented. The pace and pressure of studying were unlike other universities, and definitely unlike the pressure from high school—at least for Yu Xinyan, it was like this.

Yu Xinyan then started kissing Xu Lin on the lips.

Afterward, she found that kissing him from her side was tiring, so she simply lay on top of him to kiss.

"If we get caught, we get caught."

"If this continues, he’ll belong to another girl."

Yu Xinyan took a deep breath.

She had already sensed the presence of another girl’s scent on Xu Lin; today at the library, she’d been feeling uneasy.

She needed to visit the Finance University; she wanted to know who this girl was.

Xu Lin, still in a daze, thought it was Ning Yuhuan or Rong Xiyi.

As everyone knows, dreaming is quite a mysterious thing; the randomness of dreams is strange—for example, one second you’re jumping off a building, and the next second you find yourself in bed—not because you woke up, but because the scene changed.