Chapter 69: Date

  Another week passed, Zhao Juan and Yu Qian agreed to go see a movie together. The two people booked their movie tickets in advance and set the time for the weekend afternoon. After that, Zhao Juan went home.

  Back home, Zhao Tong was also idle at home. When Zhao Juan saw her brother, she burst out laughing, and the laughter made her skin crawl. Zhao Tong rubbed his arms hard to suppress the chill that ran down his spine.

  "Sister, what are you smiling at? It's really strange..." Zhao Tong asked in puzzlement.

  Zhao Juan was beaming with pride: "Hehe, I helped you out big time, aren't you going to come thank me?" Her head was held so high it was almost touching the ceiling.

  Song Jie watched from the side, speechless. How could her own mother still be so immature? It was really childish and she looked down on it.

  "What's the good news, sister? Just say it, if there's something good I'll thank you right away." Zhao Tong hastily chimed in, if he didn't express his gratitude quickly, his sister would be even more unreasonable. It's really true that as people get older they become more childish. Can't help but say that the psychology of cousins is very similar, there's a famous saying: "Nephews are like uncles", it's indeed well-deserved.

  Zhao Juan pulled out a movie ticket from her pocket and waved it in front of Zhao Tong: "See that? It's a movie ticket! I have one, Yu Qian has one. Hehe, do you understand now?"

  Looking at her sister's "you know I know" expression, Zhao Tong was completely confused and didn't understand what was going on. It turned out that people in love really do have lower IQs, and Song Jie once again proved the accuracy of this statement.

  Zhao Juan slapped a movie ticket on Zhao Tong's head with her hand: "Oh my, why are you so stupid? Later, I'll give you the ticket, and then you'll have an excuse to go on a date with Yu Qian!"

  "Sister, how did you know...?" The silly younger brother thought he had hidden it well, but didn't realize that everyone already knew about his secret crush.

  Zhao Juan and Song Jie both rolled their eyes, feeling that their own brother (cousin) was beyond help. How dense can he be, thinking others are blind?

  Zhao Tong scratched his head. Since even his niece had discovered that he liked someone, he was indeed a bit too slow-witted.

  "Sister, are you going to give me the movie ticket? This isn't good, Yu Qian doesn't know it's me, and she might leave without seeing me."

  It's really a case of "hating iron for not becoming steel". Zhao Juan exerted herself to glare at him: "Can't you think of a good excuse? Why not just let her go?"

  "What should I say?" Zhao Tong felt that cheating was not good, but he couldn't bear to give up this opportunity. He was really in a dilemma.

  "You said I had something and couldn't go, didn't want to waste money, so I asked you to replace me." Zhao Juan made a decision with one hammer.

  "Alright, I'll listen." Zhao Tong's heart was also excited, finally having some alone time? His chest felt like it had a lively little rabbit jumping around, and he couldn't calm down.

  Finally saw the silly brother opened his eyes. Zhao Juan let out a sigh of relief, really afraid he wouldn't agree, wasting her good intentions, fortunately not too stubborn after all.

  As soon as Zhao Tong thought about the date tomorrow, his heart couldn't calm down and he became restless. He could only shift his attention by doing other things. For an entire afternoon, the table had been wiped countless times, it was fortunate that the skin wasn't broken.

  Zhao Juan couldn't help but feel that something was off about this whole thing. Zhao Tong's reaction was also too strange, if things were to go wrong, what would happen? The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. In the end, she decided to follow and observe tomorrow, at least she could salvage the situation a bit.

  Song Jie saw her mother's eyes rolling around and knew she was up to something. She thought for a moment, could it be about tomorrow? Why else would she keep staring at Little Uncle? Tomorrow, she must pay close attention. Who knows, maybe she can stir up some excitement.

  It has to be said that these two women are the masters of stirring up trouble wherever they go, always trying to get involved in everything.

  The next morning, Zhao Tong got up early and sat on the bed in a daze. Even when his family members came to call him for breakfast, he didn't hear them. His father and mother were both puzzled, wondering why he was acting as if he had lost his soul.

  As things haven't been settled yet, several people in the know coincidentally concealed it from the two elderly people, who wouldn't have noticed anyway, they just didn't say anything.

  For the whole morning, Zhao Tong did nothing but change clothes. One set of clothes after another, turning over and changing back and forth, didn't know how to dress up properly, plus Zhao Juan giving random directions on the side, they were busy for a while.

  Song Jie didn't think there was anything good about changing clothes, those few pieces of clothing were all earthy gray and dark blue, the styles were almost the same, there was no difference at all.

  In the end, I chose a dark blue top and sky blue pants. There was even a fake collar inside the clothes, which made it look pretty good.

  In the afternoon, Zhao Juan helped Zhao Tong tidy up his hair with water, and all the bangs in front of him were combed back. Song Jie couldn't help but click her tongue, how come it looks just like **'s hairstyle, so silly...

  Zhao Tong walked out the door with a spirited and energetic air, holding his movie ticket. Zhao Juan saw that Zhao Tong had left and quickly put on her coat to follow him. Song Jie had been paying attention to her for some time now, and upon seeing her leave, she wondered where she was going without realizing she was being followed.

  Song Jie followed closely behind Zhao Juan, wherever Zhao Juan went, she would go. At first, Zhao Juan didn't notice, staring intently ahead, but later discovered that a little tail had been following her.

  "How did you follow me here? Go back quickly." Zhao Juan said in a low voice, covering her mouth.

  "I'm going with you." Song Jie stood still with a calm face, refusing to budge.

  How come I never found out that this kid was so annoying before? Zhao Juan was furious. There's no way, if the voice is too loud, it's afraid that Zhao Tong will hear it, can only reluctantly hold Song Jie's hand, and the two of them tiptoed behind.

  Luckily the cinema wasn't too far away, otherwise I would have gotten lost for sure.

  Zhao Tong arrived ahead of time, but Yu Qian was nowhere to be seen. Zhao Juan led Song Jie to a nearby hiding spot and stood still, closely monitoring the movements in front of them.

  Song Jie had a faint feeling of being a secret agent in her heart, and she was also a little excited. She didn't know how her uncle would perform this time, it was crucial, and she must not mess up.

  A figure appeared in the distance, Song Jie bet with her 5.8 vision that it must be Yu Qian.

  The figure slowly walked closer, and it was indeed Yu Qian. Yu Qian saw that only Zhao Tong was standing here, very surprised, and looked around, without finding Zhao Juan's existence, before disappointedly withdrawing her gaze.

  Zhao Tong saw Yu Qian coming and got excited to the point where his legs were trembling, Song Jie couldn't bear to look straight at him, it was... too embarrassing... covering face.

  "Where's Zhao Juan? Why didn't she come?" Yu Qian asked loudly.

  "Zhao Juan... isn't... My sister didn't come." Zhao Tong was so excited that he became incoherent, and Song Jie guessed that he had no idea what he was saying right now.

  "Poof" Qian Guo was suddenly amused. Zhao Tong felt embarrassed and really wanted to slap himself, what a loser.

  "How useless!" Zhao Juan and Song Jie spat out in unison.

  Zhao Tong took a deep breath, thinking to himself that he was also a grown man and couldn't lose face like this: "My sister had something come up and couldn't make it. She said not to waste money, so she asked me to come in her place. You... you won't mind, will you?" He scratched his head, his face flushing red as he spoke - a rare sight for someone who never lied.

  Yu Qian listened to this and stared at Zhao Tong with a ambiguous smile, Zhao Tong was confused by the deep meaning in her eyes that appeared from time to time. He gritted his teeth and told the truth: "Actually it's my sister who wants to match us up, so she gave me the ticket."

  "Haha" Yu Qian pointed at Zhao Tong's waist and laughed so hard that she was bent over, how could Zhao Tong be so interesting? One tease and he told the truth, it was too realistic.

  Zhao Tong was so laughed at by the girl in front of him that he became flustered, had he said something wrong? He suddenly became tongue-tied.

  Zhao Juan and Song Jie slapped their foreheads, "How can our little brother (younger uncle) be so stupid? It's really a waste of a movie ticket."

  "Haha, I won't tease you anymore, I already know. I was wondering why Zhao Juan was so willing to spend money to invite me to watch a movie." Yu Qian had an expression of sudden realization.

  Zhao Tong also felt a bit embarrassed, he thought he had no hope, and his performance was too poor. He himself didn't think it was good, and Yu Qian even laughed at him, so it's definitely not going to work out.

  "Let's go in." Yu Qian said with a smile.

  "Alright, I'll go first... What did you say!! Are we going in? I... Okay." Zhao Tong knew he had misspoken again, his face flushing bright red.

  Yu Qian didn't laugh at him this time, instead she waved her hand and said: "Let's go." With a beckoning gesture.

  Zhao Tong didn't speak again this time, and followed along as they walked in. Walking side by side with the person he liked, smelling that fragrance, Zhao Tong felt his heart was about to get drunk, as if he was going to float up to the clouds, the whole person seemed to be flying.

  The two people who were secretly watching from the side felt like they had been struck by lightning. They also thought it was hopeless, but who would have thought that there would be such a huge twist? It's just like a play!

  But in the end, I managed to complete the task, although the process was a bit unexpected, but the ending is always beautiful.

  It's still a bit chilly in early spring. The two of them had nothing to do with each other, and they couldn't just stand there stupidly, so they both turned around and left, going back to hear the good news.

  Back home, Mr. and Mrs. Zhao warmly welcomed the two into their house with beaming faces. The two were truly surprised by the special treatment, wondering what was going on today as everyone was acting out of character.

  Madam Zhao even moved a stool and poured tea for Zhao Juan, who shrugged her shoulders, feeling that something was off about her whole body.

  "How was Zhao Tong's performance today, Juan?"

  Zhao Juan suddenly stood up: "No, how did you know? I didn't tell anyone!"

  "Cut it out, you've been acting strange all day," Zhao's mother said disdainfully. "If I still don't know what's going on, then I'd be a fool. You're making such a big commotion, how could I not know?" Zhao's father surprisingly nodded in agreement beside her.

  Zhao Juan felt that she was also a failure, why didn't things go according to the script? Was it because she had no talent?

  Zhaos' father and mother were watching her with eager eyes on the side, waiting for her to announce the result. Zhao Juan suddenly felt a great sense of responsibility.