Gao Sheng had already guessed the purpose of this visit. After thinking it over, Gao Yuan couldn’t contain her curiosity. Under the guise of reporting on work matters, she used a specially encrypted communication app to call soone.
However, the casual response from the other end left her at a loss for words...
"Ah! I see, got it... How to handle it? Just handle it however you need to... Cough! I an, handle it as it should be handled, you need to trust your own abilities and judgnt.
How did I know... There’s no need to worry about these technical details, after all, you’re still an external mber...
Also, for small businesses worth tens of billions, there’s no need to consult anymore, business isn’t my strong suit.
You decide on the spot and handle it with full authority, don’t doubt the ones you use!
Besides visiting hos, I am one hundred percent satisfied with your work performance..."
...
At the entrance of "Yida International Cinema" in Su City’s Yida Shopping Square.
ng Lang held a bucket of popcorn in his left hand and a cellphone in his right, constantly looking around absent-mindedly.
A couple passing by couldn’t help rolling their eyes at him.
A small business worth tens of billions?
His belt isn’t even Hers, yet why does he walk as if he owns the place?
What’s his ranking on the Forbes list to be talking so big?
If you’re so wealthy, why not stay at your private ho theater instead of coming here to munch on popcorn!
"Wife, let’s go watch a movie! Let’s pick sothing realistic today!"
"Realistic? Why?"
"Because I hate those who brag incessantly!"
The young man gave ng Lang a look and wrapped his arm around his girlfriend as they entered the cinema.
While ng Lang was still on the phone, a suspicious-looking woman wearing a hat and sunglasses slowly approached him on the escalator...
"That, let’s leave it there, I have an urgent matter to attend to here, yeah! A task of strategic importance! Just like that!"
After hanging up, the woman had already walked up to him, her head down, still cautiously looking around, as if afraid of being recognized.
ng Lang assessed her from head to toe, his face full of disbelief.
"Mr. Lin, do you really need to dress like this? It’s just a movie, not a secret eting..."
The woman pulled down the scarf covering her face slightly, revealing Lin Haitang’s charming face.
She glanced at ng Lang, her lips curling sowhat helplessly, "You can still recognize in this get-up?"
"Heh! Have a little confidence in yourself, with that outfit, you’d stand out even in a shopping mall..."
Lin Haitang looked around and indeed, many people were giving her curious glances.
After all, dressing like this in the shopping mall on such a hot day, one might think she was a celebrity trying to keep a low profile.
"Cough!" Lin Haitang felt a bit embarrassed as she took off her sunglasses and hat.
"Why the secrecy? Are we doing sothing illicit?" ng Lang comnted.
Lin Haitang looked at the couples coming in and out of the cinema entrance, her face slightly uneasy.
"I just wanted to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings. Who knew you would invite here..."
ng Lang responded with even more helplessness.
"Isn’t this according to your request? Leaving on business for half a month, we finally get back, and when I say let’s catch up after so long, you say it’s not convenient at ho because Yan Weiwei and Xiao Yu might see us.
I suggested we et outside, you feared I had ulterior motives, and it took a lot of persuading on your part, with a million caveats—can’t choose sowhere too isolated, yet not too noisy.
’A busy yet quiet public place’...
It’s tough to et such a contradictory request, but..."
ng Lang pointed at the cinema, and chuckled.
"Look! At least a few dozen people here, isn’t it lively? And once they turn off the lights, we can watch the movie in peace, anyone making noise gets thrown out by security.
See, doesn’t this pretty much perfectly et your requirents?"
"..."
Lin Haitang looked sowhat resigned.
"Is that what I ant? Couldn’t you think of a more normal place like a library?"
ng Lang rolled his eyes instantly. "A library? Who goes to a library for a date?"
Hearing the word "date," Lin Haitang’s face flushed slightly.
"Who... Who is dating you! I’ve just been a bit tired from work recently. Watching a movie can also be part of work, a combination of rest and labor."
"Exactly! I am combining rest with labor too, okay?"
ng Lang looked helplessly put aside, yet he felt a little thrill inside.
Ever since their last trip to Nanshan Temple, although Lin Haitang had occasionally gone on "trips" and still seed to be avoiding him,
there was so subtle shift in their relationship, which was sowhere between there and not there...
At least they had started ssaging more privately, and during Lin Haitang’s business trips, she had even occasionally asked about ng Lang’s recent activities,
like what he had been reading...
To think that Lin Haitang had agreed, albeit reluctantly, to sothing akin to a date to watch a movie together was unprecedented...
Well... in ng Lang’s view, wasn’t this just being outwardly reluctant but inwardly willing, starting to face reality instead of running?
With a little more effort, couldn’t he stabilize their relationship?
"Let’s go then. Speaking of which, it’s been a while since I went out to see a movie. It’s a pity that Mr. Hao Teng’s new play isn’t out yet.
A few days ago, Duan Xian ssaged saying the filming had wrapped up, and only post-production was left; he guessed it might premiere during the spring festival..."
ng Lang appeared to be making small talk, trying to appear calm as he escorted Lin Haitang into the cinema.
After all, as a man who’d been single for over twenty years, taking a girl to the cinema... was also a first for him.
Of course, except for that girl ng Qingqing.
Taking her to a movie felt almost like taking a kid, not to ntion she was quite a chatterbox!
"By the way, what type of movies do you like? Girls usually like romance movies, right? I can also handle mystery or horror movies..."
ng Lang clearly had done his date planning, harboring well-known bad intentions.
Yep! Today’s Lang... must be the romantic kind of Lang!
However, his sleazy thoughts only earned him an eye roll from Lin Haitang.
She walked up to the electronic board displaying "Today’s Showing," glanced over it, and quickly pointed to one of the movies.
"Let’s go with this one."
ng Lang followed her pointing direction and imdiately looked puzzled.
"A cody... you like this type of movie?"
Lin Haitang gave him an odd look, "You co to watch a movie and don’t read the reviews beforehand?"
"Uh..." ng Lang scratched his head awkwardly.
He had looked, of course, but his focus was on romance and horror films, not on a movie labeled as "cody"...
He checked the movie’s main actor, who was the well-known codian Xu Lang.
In the cody circles, it’s said "Beihao Teng in the north, Xu Lang in the south." This was also a famous actor who dominated half of the cody world, although it seed he was on the path of "act well and then direct."
"This movie... it seems like it just ca out a couple of days ago, so it has good reviews?"
"Yeah! I heard it’s pretty good; my colleague even highly recomnded it to ."
"Oh? What’s it about?" ng Lang asked curiously.
Upon hearing this, Lin Haitang revealed a strangely amused smile.
"Hmm... it’s probably about sothing work-related..."
ng Lang: "???"
Now how did work get involved?
He looked confusedly at the movie title again...
I Am Not a dicine God!
...
Two and a half hours later...
[Special Thanks: ...]
ng Lang looked at the big screen starting to show the special thanks with a "wanting to cry but unable to" expression.
Yes, literally "wanting to cry but unable to"...
It’s that feeling of really wanting to cry but having to forcibly hold it back and maintain composure in front of a companion...
The movie started off alright, Xu Lang’s superb acting was sowhat heart-wrenching yet made one want to laugh.
Until... the scene where "Mr. Guangu" squatted at the hospital entrance eating a boxed al...
"He’s only 20 years old; he just wants to live. What has he done wrong?"
"Doesn’t every family have a sick person?"
These lines just made it impossible to keep it together!
Girls in the theater were scrambling for tissues, crying their eyes out...
He thought it was a cody; who knew it would turn out to be such a tearjerker!
Director, co out and explain!
What happened to the romantic date we agreed on?
At this mont, ng Lang’s mood felt as heavy as the shackles Xu Lang was wearing at the end...
It would have been okay on a normal day, but how was he supposed to proceed with such a heavy heart for the rest of the date today!
This atmosphere, completely ruined by one movie...
ng Lang sighed inwardly.
Today’s Lang, was not the romantic Lang, but the wasteful Lang...
"So can you explain what this movie has to do with work?" ng Lang asked with a speechless face.
Lin Haitang wore an innocent serious face.
"Hmm... didn’t you notice? This movie subtly explores a trial of reflection between the legal and the moral, discussing the widespread issues in today’s society.
It addresses the fundantal contradictions between morality and law, which is worth our deep reflection..."
"Heh! Hehe... so you’re saying, studying Tao Te Ching and you studying law are incompatible, right?"
"You’re reading too much into it!" Lin Haitang stifled a laugh.
ng Lang had a helpless expression.
He finally understood what she ant by "watching movies could also be a form of work."
It seems she indeed ca today to find work inspiration...
As for the movie content...
Legal or not, he wasn’t sure, but picking such a movie for a first date was pretty unethical...
But the movie was over, what else could ng Lang say?
The bad news is, although this hypocritical person agreed to a date, she still had to mask it under the pretense of work.
The good news is.
This was her final act of defiance?
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