Inferior star

The movie theater was pitch black, and a thriller was playing on the screen.

During the daytime on weekdays, no one came to watch movies, and Wei Yu and Xu Mingzhao had the entire movie hall to themselves.

It happened to be placed at the climax of the film, and the background music disappeared, warning the audience in advance that the horror point of the plot will follow.

It was so quiet that I could hear Xu Mingzhao's heartbeat.

Wei Yu grabbed the popcorn placed between him and Xu Mingzhao, and bit into Xu Mingzhao's ear with a short, crisp and loud "click". Xu Mingzhao, who was immersed in the plot, took a deep breath in fright.

"Is it okay to watch a movie? Are you childish?" Xu Mingzhao blamed.

"You are younger than you." Wei Yu smiled vaguely while chewing on the popcorn in his mouth.

The dark environment has always given him a sense of security.He turned his head to the left to look at Xu Mingzhao's side face, and he could see Xu Mingzhao's eyes glowing slightly because of the light on the screen.He reached over and moved the popcorn cup to the ring on the right seat handle, clearing the distance between them.

"Finish?" Xu Mingzhao glanced at Wei Yu removing the popcorn cup from the corner of his eye, feeling a little puzzled.

"Don't eat it. Let it get in the way."

After finishing speaking, Wei Yu stretched out his hand to hold Xu Mingzhao.

He opened his fingers and slowly inserted them between Xu Mingzhao's fingers. His fingertips touched Xu Mingzhao's protruding joints, and his thumb rubbed back and forth on Xu Mingzhao's skin.Xu Mingzhao's hands were a little cold from the air-conditioning blowing, but he soon broke out in sweat.He felt Xu Mingzhao's fingers pressing against the back of his hand, pressing a little harder.

"Wei Yu." Xu Mingzhao's voice resounded in the auditorium that was empty except for them.

"Ok?"

"Out of the cinema, can we still hold hands?" Xu Mingzhao looked straight at him.

"Would you like to? Maybe you will be watched by the public."

"Is it convenient for you?"

"Convenient? Why is it inconvenient?"

"Then we'll hold hands."

The movie theater is located on the fifth floor of the business district. When you come out of the movie theater, you will see a snack pedestrian street.Crowds come and go, well-dressed girls, couples who are intimate with each other, and singles who hang their heads down and play with their mobile phones are lined up at the entrance of the beverage store.Xu Mingzhao and Wei Yu held hands and squeezed through the narrow gap with difficulty. Wei Yu walked in front, holding his hand, with an unstoppable aura.

Walking through the crowd hand in hand with Wei Yu, the initial feeling was pride, a kind of secret joy that could not be made public, a kind of self-affirmation with courage inflated in the chest.Yes, they are showing off their bravery and love in a grand manner.Xu Mingzhao looked at the people in the team who covered their mouths with their mobile phones and whispered to their companions. There were two emotions of shock and affirmation in her interesting eyes.

After all, is he enjoying his relationship with Wei Yu, or is he enjoying the specialness of this relationship among the crowd?

When he was thinking about this question, he suddenly discovered that one of his adjectives for this relationship was "special" when he was in the crowd.

"Special" is a neutral word, but it is subtly different from "unique".

He looked at Wei Yu's calm and composed back.

When passing through the beverage store queue, a man with a mobile phone was turning his neck back and forth to relieve the stiffness of his neck. Wei Yu pulled Xu Mingzhao sideways and read contempt in the man's eyes.

He responded with a look, full of undeniable coldness.

He took Xu Mingzhao's hand and passed through the team, but he found that the other party's movements were a little slow. He turned his head, and Xu Mingzhao was smiling at him, but just a second before the smile, the frowning, somewhat dazed expression appeared. The face was already in his eyes.

Forgetting Xu Mingzhao may not be able to ignore other people's eyes.

"Thirsty? Would you like something to drink?"

"There are too many people."

"Yeah." Wei Yu let go of his hand.

"I said there are a lot of people, I mean you have to wait for a long time, not..."

"You sit and wait for a while, I'll go to line up. What do you want to drink?"

Shouldn't.

"I have nothing to drink."

"Let's go, we'll go home after a while."

He walked forward.

"Wei Yu, hand."

"My palms are sweaty, and it's uncomfortable to hold, so don't hold it."

You really shouldn't be holding hands outside.

Wei Yu and Xu Mingzhao kept a safe distance, neither appearing far away nor embarrassing to touch their arms occasionally.

He avoided the flow of people, and subconsciously walked towards a corner of the shopping mall that seemed somewhat deserted.

It was a jewelry store, with melodious violin music playing in the store, the lights were bright but not glaring, and there was only one shopping guide sitting at the counter playing with his mobile phone, as if he was used to an empty store.

He looked around at most of the accessories inlaid with mini gemstones in the cabinet. Judging from the pricing, this store took the mid-to-high-end route.

No wonder no one came, Wei Yu thought.

"Let's go, we don't wear jewelry." Xu Mingzhao had no interest in shopping.

Wei Yu stood still next to the central display cabinet. Inside was a new promotional product, a pair of ankle chains.

It is said to be an ankle chain, but it is actually a circular design, like a letter "T" that is stretched and bent.The one on the left is a very thin silver ring with a thin strip of blue-violet gemstones at the end. The design on the right is the same, but it is replaced with a rose gold ring and ruby.

"Do you think this looks good?" Wei Yu asked.

"The one on the left is fine."

"Then I'll buy a pair of silver ones, and we'll wear them together?" Before Xu Mingzhao could answer, he hurriedly added, "It's not as conspicuous as a bracelet, and it can be covered by wearing long trousers. Only we know. Is that okay?"

"But...it's very expensive." Xu Mingzhao looked at the price tag on the display, it was a four-digit number starting with 1.

"Just as... I gave you this year's birthday present in advance."

The shopping guide seemed to have captured the key word "expensive", stood up from the seat, quickly buttoned up the uniform, and walked towards Wei Yu and Xu Mingzhao.

"Hi sir, this one is doing an event now, if you buy a pair, it will be [-]% off."

"[-]% off." Wei Yu turned his head to gesture to Xu Mingzhao, and then pointed to the one on the left through the glass shopping guide, "Wrap this up for me, I want a pair."

"But sir... the 'pair' in this event refers to couple models. Your...same model is not eligible for the event."

Wei Yu looked over the shopping guide and looked at the promotional board behind her. The word "couple style" was particularly eye-catching.

It's just "men's style" and "men's style", and it can't be divided into "couple style".

"Forget it, don't buy it, I didn't give you a birthday present on your birthday."

"You delivered it."

"That cake doesn't count, you bought it yourself before."

"I mean—this."

He kissed Xu Mingzhao, and quickly moved his lips away. Regardless of Xu Mingzhao who was stunned in place in a panic, he said to the shopping guide without changing his face: "I want a pair of men's models, and I will pay the original price."

It is competitive.Also possessive.

The author has something to say

Long time no see, I miss you very much.Not sure if anyone is missing this story too.The more I got to the end, the more I procrastinated and didn't want to write, maybe I didn't want to say goodbye (don't make excuses for being lazy!) So, good night.