Chapter 393: Chapter 393 - 387: What Got Into Mr. Jing?

As soon as she entered, Shi Su bluntly asked, "When did you add me back on WeChat?"

The man replied calmly, "Do you have some obsession with deleting and blocking?"

Shi Su: "I don’t have an obsession, but after breaking up, isn’t it better to cut cleanly?"

Jing Jihan: "You now have a responsibility to take care of me. Restoring contact is one of your responsibilities."

Shi Su rolled her eyes at him and helped him to take a bath.

Twenty minutes later, she came out of the bathroom and intended to leave; after all, she was just there to help him bathe, other matters were not her concern today.

Just as she was about to reach the door, Jing Jihan came out, tying a bathrobe: "How did you get here? By car?"

"I didn’t drive, I’ll just call a cab downstairs." Shi Su said while looking down and changing her shoes.

The man’s tone was unperturbed but firm: "It’s too late, not safe, have Zhou He pick you up."

"No need to send me, it’s easy to get a cab near Kaixing Mansion, catching one by the roadside is convenient."

As she pushed the door open, the man had already walked up behind her. Shi Su’s phone vibrated, she picked it up while pushing the door open.

Wei Sinan: [Originally, Mr. Li had scheduled me for a night shoot, but now there’s a change, the night shoot is canceled. Did you finish your livestream? If you’re free, want to catch a movie together?]

Wei Sinan sent another message: [Let’s watch the one you starred in, to express our friendly CP feelings, I can book the whole venue to show my sincerity.]

Shi Su glanced at WeChat and suddenly realized Jing Jihan was standing beside her, promptly turned her gaze to him, seeing the man’s elevated posture standing by her side, his gaze coldly resting on her hand, evidently having seen the WeChat message Wei Sinan sent her.

She quickly turned off her phone screen, "I’m leaving first."

After leaving Kaixing Mansion, Shi Su adjusted the brim of her hat and headed to the roadside to hail a cab. After getting into a car, she replied to Wei Sinan: [No need to book the whole venue, got it. If you really want to watch, I can invite you another day.]

Wei Sinan suddenly sent a screenshot of movie ticket reservations: "Earlier at the set, I was free, and I’ve already booked the tickets in advance. The whole venue booking is for tomorrow’s show, today there isn’t an empty slot for booking the entire place. Tonight, it’ll be just us watching, and I’m guessing no fan would ever expect to be in the same theater as the female lead. It’s the ten o’clock show, are you coming?"

Colleague relationship, keep a distance.

Those eight characters have always been the boundary Shi Su maintains.

But Wei Sinan had booked the whole venue for tomorrow, with remarkable sincerity, and tonight’s tickets were also booked. If Shi Su made excuses not to go, it might seem too cold-hearted.

Though she truly wanted to go home to cuddle Shi Mianmian to sleep.

She glanced at the cinema location in the screenshot, didn’t act coy, replied with an OK emoji, and then hailed a taxi to head over.

...

Zhou He was working overtime at the company tonight and had dinner nearby with some executives from a partner company, thankfully didn’t drink. When called by Jing Jihan to come over, he thought it was to send Shi Su, but when he arrived at Kaixing Mansion, he realized Shi Su had already left.

Jing Jihan stood by the window, calmly gazing at the endless stars and neon lights outside, suddenly asked, "How long has it been since you last watched a movie?"

Zhou He thought he misheard, looking shocked, "Huh?"

Jing Jihan turned back, "I’ll treat you to a movie."

"...?!"

Zhou He’s legs trembled in fear, "Wha-what movie?"

What kind of movie was worth Mr. Jing, disregarding his injuries to go out late at night to watch?

And...and to treat him?

What’s up with Mr. Jing? Did he get triggered by something?

Jing Jihan glanced at Zhou He, who looked completely startled and anxious, pondered for a moment, recalling the name of the movie Shi Su was starring in that was currently showing.

When Shi Su arrived at the cinema, Wei Sinan was already there, emulating the young couples around him, buying a tub of popcorn and snacks, wearing a mask and sunglasses, standing in a less populated corner waiting.

For others watching a movie, especially a nighttime show, they usually wouldn’t wear hats, let alone sunglasses late at night.

But Shi Su and Wei Sinan were rather special, upon meeting, noticed each other’s face was covered tightly, couldn’t help but laugh looking at each other.

After collecting their movie tickets, they queued to enter, Shi Su whispered, "Isn’t this too risky?"

"No, as long as we’re not photographed, it’s like a casual outing for relaxation. Even if someone snaps us, at most it’s CP fans celebrating, we happen to have a joint endorsement next month, strengthening CP feelings wouldn’t hurt. Plus, it’s your starring movie; if anyone insists you’re romantically involved outside marriage, I can easily use the excuse of supporting your movie premiere to explain it away."

Shi Su laughed, "Sounds a bit far-fetched."

"It is far-fetched, but I’m grateful you could come."

"...You’ve booked the venue, if I didn’t give you face, how can I work peacefully as a colleague in the future?"

Wei Sinan’s mouth twitched behind the mask: "You really never miss a chance to clarify relationships, ’trusted confidant’ would be better than ’colleague’."

Shi Su chuckled, grabbed a piece of popcorn, but considering there were still lights around, didn’t take off her mask, sighed.

"After all, I owe you a favor." As Shi Su spoke she walked to her seat and sat.

As soon as she sat, Wei Sinan stuffed the popcorn into her lap: "Eat up, my dear colleague."

Shi Su laughed, the lights in the theater dimmed, the movie began.

For the perfect viewing experience and to choose seats that wouldn’t draw attention, they sat in the third-to-last row.

The big screen displayed Shi Su’s enlarged face, the deafening sound effects seemed close at hand, hammering away in rhythm with the heartbeat.

Despite being the female lead, Shi Su was enjoying eating popcorn.

It was her first time coming to the cinema to watch her movie, within five minutes of the start, everyone in the theatre was holding their breath tensely because of the plot, including Wei Sinan getting caught up in it, watching quite earnestly.

Though every now and then, the crunching sound of Shi Su munching popcorn like a small animal echoed beside him.

One was watching intently, the other eating wholeheartedly, neither noticed that a few minutes after the movie started, two people walked through the aisle to the last row.

Invited by the big boss to watch a movie together, Zhou He was extremely nervous.

Especially considering it was a movie starring Shi Su.

Even more nerve-wracking.

He truly couldn’t fathom what Mr. Jing meant by inviting him to watch a movie starring Shi Su...

Logically, if Mr. Jing wanted to express something, he could easily book dozens of shows. Spending a few dozen bucks to enter and watch didn’t make sense...

Zhou He dared not ask a word, sitting next to Jing Jihan he only softly asked, "Mr. Jing, are your injuries really okay?"

Late at night, the boss still bearing injuries, Zhou He constantly worried, fearing any incident could cost him his life.

Jing Jihan said nothing, sitting in the center of the last row, his gaze swept around the hall, finally resting on the two back heads in the middle of the third-to-last row.