After deciding to give up, I became popular

As a classic choice, it never goes out of style, whether it's a date or anything else.

“I want to see this!” The little devil junior pointed to the poster on the wall. Xia Chuanzou followed her gaze and saw a classic love movie—Titanic.

“……”

This is too classic, isn't it?

But although it's not original, it's still a good choice.

“Then I……”

“Senior, you're not thinking of watching another movie, are you? Let me make it clear in advance, absolutely no watching one movie each!” The little devil junior crossed her arms in front of her chest, glaring fiercely at Xia Chuanzou.

“No, no matter what, I wouldn't do that, would I?” Xia Chuanzou was speechless. What did Yise Caiyu take him for?

Or rather, could there be such outrageous people in the world?

“I just wanted to say, ‘Then I'll go buy the tickets.’”

Only then did a smile appear on Yise Caiyu's face. “Then Senior, go early and come back early! Oh, right, remember to buy a large bucket of popcorn! Caiyu likes large ones!”

“Buy it yourself!”

065. No way, it's an innate talent

Many things feel amazing and interesting when you first see them, but after seeing them too many times, you no longer feel moved by them. This is especially obvious in the viewing experience.

“Titanic” is indeed a good work, but its commercial meaning is also very obvious.

A poor boy with a little talent accidentally meets a rich young lady and quickly falls in love with her. After experiencing various hardships, they confirm their feelings……

It doesn't matter whether the ending is good or bad, but at least such a process can move most viewers, so much so that no one cares about those innocent supporting characters, such as the woman's fiancé, the man's childhood sweetheart, etc. In reality, they should have been the ones to reach the end with the protagonist, but this is not the case in artistic works.

“So I don't like this movie,” Xia Chuanzou said definitively.

After walking out of the cinema with Yise Caiyu, he launched a sharp review of the movie.

Perhaps influenced by his own personal experience, he can no longer hold this movie in high regard, only feeling that it deceives the audience and excessively praises love.

It's not suitable for him anymore.

“Senior is too much of a straight man, isn't he? At times like this, you should go along with the girl's wishes!” The little devil junior kept poking him from the side, looking like she was venting her dissatisfaction.

Xia Chuanzou ignored her and asked directly, “What's the next item?”

His attitude was as cold as if he was completing a task.

“Tch……” Yise Caiyu glared at him lightly.

“Next… let's do some exercise!”

“But it's almost lunchtime, isn't it? Are you sure you want to choose a sports item?” Xia Chuanzou was a little puzzled.

Especially after just watching a movie, and a romantic literary film at that, shouldn't they find a place to rest and savor it?

“It's precisely because we're going to eat! So let's do a little exercise first, so the subsequent food will be more fragrant!” Yise Caiyu replied, then pointed to a gymnasium not far away.

“Let's go, Senior!”

“Hey……”

So she didn't plan to solicit his opinion at all, right? Xia Chuanzou sighed and followed along anyway.

Walking into the gym, after looking around casually, the two finally chose to play table tennis. As a sports item, it's not too tiring, but it's also quite interesting.

Provided that the levels of both parties are similar.

“If Senior loses, you have to treat me!” Yise Caiyu suggested.

“By the way, I haven't played table tennis since junior high school. Senior, you have to let me win a little.”

“Me too, more or less.” Xia Chuanzou glanced at her, thinking that this junior was really despicable, starting by showing weakness, and then saying that she was just rusty if she lost.

Okay, let him test her out……

That's what he originally thought, and even prepared for a back-and-forth tug-of-war, but he didn't expect the other party to be so bad that he couldn't bear to look at her. She couldn't even catch his ordinary serve.

“I say, you wouldn't…… not know how to play at all, would you?” Xia Chuanzou's expression was a little subtle.

“Don't underestimate people, you mere senior! I, I just… I'm just rusty after not playing for so long!” The little devil junior's face turned red, looking very angry.

“It's my turn to serve, Senior, take this!”

“Oh.” Xia Chuanzou said perfunctorily, thinking that you couldn't possibly hit a table tennis ball with a splash of 20 meters per second.

“Oh right, Senior, do you have anyone you like… Take this!”

“No.” Replying like this, Xia Chuanzou also returned the other party's serve.

“……” This time, Yise Caiyu couldn't sit still and immediately put her hands on her hips, puffing out her face to protest, “Why aren't you concerned at all, Senior! You should at least be stunned for a moment when asked about this kind of thing!”

“Even if you say that, there's nothing to think about……” Xia Chuanzou spread his hands.

Not to mention the reason why he wasn't very familiar with you, it was also a point that there was no need to lie. He didn't really like… or rather, he couldn't be sure if he liked anyone.

But more importantly, isn't chatting while playing ball a normal thing?

“Damn it… continue!”

So the little devil junior, unwilling to admit defeat, continued to make a fuss.

Like making faces and acting cute while playing ball, but unfortunately it was useless. Only the fluttering skirt when she moved accidentally attracted a little of his attention.

But that was it. After looking at it a few more times, he didn't care so much.

“That makes it 3:0, I won.”

“Damn it, I could only get a few points…” The junior's expression looked a little disappointed.

This was normal, after all, the match was almost one-sided, and she would even have to treat him later because of it.

“……” Xia Chuanzou didn't dare to reply.

In fact, he had already held back a lot, otherwise the other party would have had a hard time getting even one point.

But he didn't dare say that, otherwise it would be too cruel. The other party was just a junior who liked to be arrogant, and he didn't need to go to that extent.

“Senior's strength is too strong, isn't it? At this level, you can already become a school team player!”

“No, you're just too weak……” Xia Chuanzou retorted.

With his strength, he would go to participate in the school team? He used to be beaten to a pulp in class, so don't let him go and embarrass himself.

“Ugh! I don't care, it's clearly Senior's fault. You're so strong but you pretend to be a newbie. Does Senior want Caiyu to treat you that much?!” The little devil junior pouted, then kept poking his waist with her hand, looking teasing.

“Could it be that Senior likes Caiyu? You want to take the opportunity to attract Caiyu's attention, right!”

“That's elementary school behavior, Senior! Even if you do that, Caiyu won't like it. Or rather, if Senior cherished and was gentler, Caiyu might agree.”

At the same time, she kept blinking her eyes and acting cute.

“That's absolutely impossible.” Xia Chuanzou pushed her away, shaking his head at the same time.

This junior was probably talking nonsense after losing the game, starting to create a reasonable reason to explain herself.

But he wouldn't succumb.

“For lunch, I'd really like to try omurice.”

“Kukuku… Senior is still too young. Caiyu, I said ‘If Senior loses, you have to treat me,’ but I didn't say that I have to treat if I lose!”

“……” Xia Chuanzou raised his eyebrows, thinking that this junior was indeed cunning.

So he turned his head, didn't say anything, and just stared at her intently.

“W-what are you doing? Even if Senior stares at me like that……”

“Stare……”

“! Okay, okay! I'll treat you, ugh……” The suddenly serious eyes were really sharp, and the prolonged stare made the little devil junior unable to resist, “Caiyu's allowance, sob sob……”

Only then did Xia Chuanzou nod in satisfaction.

It wasn't that he didn't know how to quit while he was ahead, but why shouldn't he eat this meal that he won with his strength? At most, he would give way in the afternoon's project and treat this arrogant junior back.

066. Eeeh~, Senior, H

“Hey, Senior, I don't remember you saying that you wanted to come to this kind of store?” Standing in front of a maid cafe, Yise Caiyu asked Xia Chuanzou a soul-searching question.

“Could it be that Senior is also an otaku who likes to watch anime?” The junior's eyes seemed a little disgusted, but it didn't reach the level of disgust. At most, it was like saying “I didn't expect you to be this kind of Senior.”

“I can't be called an otaku, but some anime are actually quite interesting.” Xia Chuanzou shrugged, not refuting much. He didn't have many opportunities to watch them before, but now he has the opportunity but doesn't have the time.

He wouldn't think of deliberately hiding the fact that he liked to watch anime, but he wasn't social enough to freely promote his hobbies in this regard.

After all, in this society in Neon, “dead宅不如dog” is sometimes not just a simple joke.

“I've always wanted to go in and visit, but I'm a little embarrassed to go alone.” Xia Chuanzou explained to Yise Caiyu beside him.

“It just so happens that I'm with you today, so please help me out.”

The only ones who can have common topics with him in terms of otaku are Senior, Yinglili, and the others, but in their case… he's really embarrassed to invite them to come together.

But it's okay with Yise, anyway, they're not familiar, so it doesn't matter what she thinks.

“Eeeh~” The little devil junior made a disgusted shriek, but she didn't explicitly refuse. In the end, she hesitated and nodded lightly.

“Let me make it clear in advance, if it's some strange store… I'll leave Senior behind and walk away!”

“Don't worry, I've investigated before. This is a serious store, not what you think.”

Then Yise Caiyu's eyes became even more disgusted: “As I thought, Senior, you were thinking about that kind of thing, right!”

“……” Xia Chuanzou was numb. He didn't expect that he would be fished, but at this time, he had to bite the bullet. He couldn't waste the opportunity that he had finally gotten.

So he pretended not to hear her and took the lead in stepping into the store.

“Master (Miss), welcome back.”

As soon as he entered the door, he was infected by the youthful welcome of the maid ladies, and Xia Chuanzou's eyes couldn't help but become subtle.

“Senior! Your nose has gotten bigger!”

A green jade finger immediately poked Xia Chuanzou's waist.

Looking back, the little devil junior also came in, also pouting her lips to tease him.

“Where did I come from Pinocchio?” Xia Chuanzou retorted, then the two sat down under the welcome of the maids.

“Master, this is today's menu, please take a look.” As soon as he sat down, a sweet-looking maid lady brought a menu and waited beside him, ready to move at any time.

“Do you have that ‘Love Heart Omurice’?” Xia Chuanzou asked softly. He didn't forget his original intention. If he said he would eat omurice, he would eat omurice.

“It's on the back of the menu, Master.”

So Xia Chuanzou turned the menu over and sure enough saw today's recommendations.

Several options were also followed under the dishes, such as “Love Heart Magic” and other particularly shameful words.

If he remembered correctly, it seemed that when the omurice was served, some ketchup would be squeezed on it and “magic” would be applied……

“Cough cough… just follow the most classic set menu, I don't have any other requirements.”

Now that he's here, he should try it a little. It's just that those words look too shameful, and he can't say them.

After ordering, Xia Chuanzou looked at Yise Caiyu opposite him and asked her, “Yise, what do you want?”