“……”
“It’s about four… ten more minutes…”
“Little Ruoxi?”
After glancing at the time on her phone and triple-checking that the movie start time she’d bought tickets for was correct, Yin Xiaomeng turned her head to look at Bai Ruoxi, who was sitting beside her, lost in thought.
The linked hands swayed.
The girl, who had just been spacing out, shook her head sharply, a subtle panic on her face, as if harboring some secret…
Though the sudden flush of red on her cheeks had already exposed her innermost thoughts to the air.
“N-nothing…”
“…Xiaomeng, do you want some popcorn?”
Her fingers unconsciously tightened, but realizing her loss of composure, she quickly composed herself, asking about an seemingly irrelevant topic in as normal a tone as possible.
The strange thoughts in her head continued to spread.
Bai Ruoxi struggled to calm her pounding heart, awkwardly changing the subject to buy herself a short moment of solitude, trying to suppress all those improper notions in her mind.
Having undergone a complete transformation from head to toe thanks to a certain little rich girl, the shy, evasive expression on the now-revamped girl’s face was rather enticing.
‘Why… would I think…’
‘About wanting to see Yin Xiaomeng exposed?’
‘This is completely wrong… How can I think about such things?’
Her free hand clenched into a fist, fingernails digging into her palm, bringing a slight sting.
Though it couldn’t fully suppress those excessive thoughts, it was better than nothing…
Sitting beside her, Yin Xiaomeng’s lips curled up slightly.
Even though she hadn’t said anything, judging by the sudden change in the girl’s expression, she could probably guess what Bai Ruoxi had been thinking about…
Probably just kissing, touching, hugging—at most, cuddling up and sleeping together.
As for the more intimate stuff, if she didn’t make the first move, this girl, who blushed just from a kiss or even holding hands, would probably only dare to think about it in her head—and maybe even smother those thoughts as soon as they popped up.
Struggling to control her emotions, Yin Xiaomeng suppressed part of her excitement, careful not to scare this pure prey with overly enthusiastic behavior.
It was safe to say that this rare, pure little white rabbit was incredibly entertaining.
She’d been a bit disappointed earlier by her misjudgment, but who would’ve thought this would be far more fun than the clingy cat type she’d initially expected.
“Popcorn, huh~”
“I kind of want some…”
She tossed out an excuse for Bai Ruoxi to reasonably escape from her side, but the drawn-out ending tone hinted that these few words weren’t the whole sentence.
Just as the other girl began trying to break free from her grip, planning to use buying popcorn as an excuse to calm down alone, she slowly added the second half—
“…You feeding it to me.”
A blatantly straightforward tease.
The struggling force in her hand suddenly weakened.
Yin Xiaomeng kindly let go, giving the blushing girl, already flustered by her simple words, a chance to be alone.
‘Ah, I’m so considerate.’
She mentally patted herself on the back for this thoughtful, kind quality, while eagerly anticipating the other’s reaction.
Would she run off in silence from sheer embarrassment?
Utter a weak, barely audible verbal protest?
Or, with a red face, put up a stubborn but feeble resistance?
Come on!
I’ve prepared three plans for these three scenarios, and I’ll just hang that label of easy prey right on you first!
“……”
“Hah…”
Bai Ruoxi, frozen in place, took a deep breath.
The blush on her cheeks still burned, but her brain, dazed by the sudden tease, had calmed down after the chaos subsided.
The girl, who had just stood up, changed her path, temporarily turning back to Yin Xiaomeng, who was sitting on the bench waiting for a show.
Her fair hand was now tinged with red.
She bent down sharply, closing in.
The faint jasmine fragrance was no longer a calming balm but instead became the last spark to ignite the kindling…
“………”
“………”
The whispering was inaudible, but when Bai Ruoxi straightened up, patted her cheeks, and walked toward the theater counter, Yin Xiaomeng’s expression—which had been grinning ear to ear, eager to stir up trouble, proud of her successful tease—became indescribably complex.
A bad feeling surged up.
Even though this turn of events seemed to lead to a similar outcome to her original expectation, and might even make the final fruit sweeter and more tempting…
She still felt that if things went down this path, something unpleasant might happen…
The girl, who had planned to deepen their bond during the movie, watched the retreating figure and subconsciously lifted a hand to bite her finger.
A vague unease and anxiety warned her that stopping the plan now was the best move, but the victory so close at hand made Yin Xiaomeng hesitate.
“……”
“Tch…”
‘Damn, can I take this insult? Just a little unexpected change—no big deal!’
‘Watch me go all out!’
…
Just as she was about to take advantage of the darkness when the movie started to get handsy with her target, she suddenly realized that the other girl had already pushed up the armrest of her seat…
Yin Xiaomeng realized the severity of the situation.
She had originally thought that the comments made in the waiting area outside the theater were just this little white rabbit’s tough talk after being teased too much.
But the moment she felt her skirt being lifted bit by bit, she shamelessly chickened out.
She could figure out the plan later.
Shifting her butt, she tried to escape Bai Ruoxi’s detection range.
For the first time, the girl felt sweat trickling down her back.
‘No, something’s wrong.’
‘Big trouble.’
In the darkness, Yin Xiaomeng could clearly feel the warm fingers gripping her ankle.
The force, which had been gentle not long ago, now inexplicably strong enough to make her resistance futile—
“Eep!”
Her body was forcibly pulled closer.
The familiar sensation felt like something she’d seen before.
She let out a faint yelp.
Whether lucky or unlucky, the movie had only been out for a few days, but in this theater, aside from the two of them sitting in the back row, the remaining audience was seated closer to the front.
A vacuum zone prevented strange moans from being noticed by others, but it also allowed Bai Ruoxi, who had pressed the struggling girl down onto the seat, to truly let loose.
Her slender right leg was lifted and pressed against the back of the seat.
Using the light from the screen, Yin Xiaomeng maintained this extremely embarrassing pose, constantly struggling to break free from the sudden restraint and get up…
“L-l-little Ruoxi!”
“The movie! The movie’s starting!”
“Don’t you like—”
Before she could finish, her words were forcefully cut off by fingers shoved into her mouth.
Her tender tongue was pinched, bringing a slight sting.
The rest of her sentence turned into nothing but garbled sobs.
“The movie…”
“There’s always another chance to watch it. It’s fine.”
Bai Ruoxi knelt on the seat, the thought of wanting to see the other girl cry before her eyes sprouting like bamboo shoots in spring, now impossible to contain.
—
Thinking about it, isn’t Qin Shi Huang the most famous Confucius rejecter in history?