Chapter 164: Frantic Refreshing, The Cinema Kiss

The downtown area was too crowded, and surveillance cameras were installed in every corner. To avoid unnecessary trouble, Jing Qingxin generally avoided storing or retrieving items in such urban areas; she would rather take the more troublesome route.

After storing their items, Jing Qingxin happily pulled Gao Shen along for the second item on her agenda: watching a movie.

The two headed to the cinema on the fifth floor of the shopping mall. During the walk, Gao Shen was startled once again by the escalators. After listening to Qingxin's explanation, he could not help but marvel once more at the wonders of this world.

Gao Shen kept steadying his state of mind, intensely suppressing the turbulent emotions within him. Fortunately, his self-discipline, forged through years of military training, was strong enough; otherwise, he probably would have lost his composure long ago.

A soldier's mental fortitude and stability are incomparable to those of ordinary people. Therefore, whenever he felt astonished, Gao Shen managed to appear relatively calm, with only true emotions flashing in his eyes and occasional subtle expressions slipping across his face.

Jing Qingxin chose a foreign sci-fi movie with the earliest screening time, and then bought the ultimate movie pairing: cola and popcorn. During the twenty-plus minutes of waiting, Jing Qingxin roughly explained the concept of movies and related products to him.

Gao Shen approached everything here with a sense of novelty, listening intently every time Qingxin gave an explanation.

They entered the screening hall. Since it was not the weekend, it was not particularly crowded, with only about a third of the seats occupied. Soon, the lights in the hall dimmed, plunging the surroundings into darkness, and the movie screen began to play.

Gao Shen's gaze remained fixed on the screen. This viewing experience was novel, somewhat resembling the open-air village movies of their era, except that the viewing experience had been upgraded countless times. He had seen televisions before, but they were only black and white, with small, blurry images.

Gradually, Gao Shen was drawn into the plot of the movie. Foreign sci-fi films generally featured imagination, suspense, and wildly out-of-the-box concepts, and the special effects left Gao Shen thoroughly dazzled.

Although Gao Shen was mesmerized, he remained constantly alert. Therefore, when movement came from the front row to his lower right, his gaze instinctively swept toward the direction. Vaguely, Gao Shen caught sight of two heads leaning very close together.

The theater was originally pitch black, but the bright images playing on the screen allowed Gao Shen to instantly see what the figures were doing.

Suddenly, a trace of dark brilliance flashed across Gao Shen's eyes. This was allowed too?

Gao Shen could not help but suppress the shock in his heart. He felt that in just a single afternoon, his worldview had been constantly refreshed, and he momentarily felt like a country bumpkin entering the city, acting like a foolish greenhorn making a fuss over nothing.

He needed to remain calm!

However, his gaze drifted forward once again, watching the man and woman passionately and selflessly kissing, and then looking at the other people sitting around them with completely indifferent expressions, as if such a phenomenon were entirely commonplace.

The warm touch of a hand in his pulled Gao Shen's gaze and thoughts back. He turned his head to look at Qingxin beside him.

In fact, the moment Gao Shen first looked over, Jing Qingxin had already noticed. She did not even need to look to know what was happening. After all, making out in a movie theater is something many couples want to try because they feel such kissing carries a hint of excitement and romance.

For a man and woman with mutual affection, a movie theater is the best dating venue to further test the waters or confess their feelings, and it is undoubtedly a dating method that helps increase intimacy for couples in the early stages of romance.

Thinking of this, Jing Qingxin inexplicably felt the urge to try it as well!

The chances for her and Gao Shen to date like this were far too few, and this occasion was all the more precious. She should seize this opportunity well, create some unforgettable, beautiful memories for each other, and experience firsthand what modern couples do, leading Gao Shen to thoroughly partake in it.

Given Gao Shen's personality, once back in the seventies, he would probably revert to strictly guarding his social status. Such a date was all the more exceptionally precious to him!

To think is to do!

Jing Qingxin tugged at Gao Shen's hand as a signal. Seeing Gao Shen turn to look at her, Jing Qingxin leaned in slightly and kissed the corner of his lips, lingering and sucking gently.

At the very instant their lips touched, Gao Shen froze slightly. His gaze narrowed for a split second before he let go of his reservation. In turn, he wrapped his arms around Qingxin, deepening the kiss. With a gentle nudge of his tip of the tongue, he parted Qingxin's lips and teeth, instantly swallowing up the boundless sweetness. Their tongues danced and entwined, tightly bound and inseparable.

Not until the very last trace of air between their lips and teeth was exhausted did the two separate. Panting slightly, they adjusted their surging emotions. Jing Qingxin spent the remainder of the movie plot snuggled in the crook of Gao Shen's arm.

After the movie ended, Jing Qingxin led Gao Shen for a stroll through the streets to soak in the atmosphere of the bustling metropolis. Seeing an ice cream cart by the roadside, she wanted Gao Shen to taste it, so she immediately stepped forward to buy two cones. Meanwhile, Gao Shen stood in his spot, his gaze locked onto the screen playing on the wall of a nearby building across the street.

Whenever Gao Shen encountered something novel, he had the habit of pondering its inner workings—for instance, how was this playing screen installed on the building, and did it cause any interference inside the building?

"Hey, handsome!"