On the eleventh, Gu Shiting turned off his phone.
He lingered in the cinema all day, from the 8 AM showing until the midnight showing.
He bought a lot of movie tickets.
The ticketing staff, seeing him going in and out of the theater all day, got a bit curious.
"What’s this guy doing?" Two female ticket inspectors whispered curiously, one of the older ones couldn’t help but ask.
The younger girl shook her head: "I don’t know, but he’s so handsome!"
"Is he heartbroken?"
"He’s so handsome, what kind of blind girl would turn him down?" The young girl immediately refuted, "He’s so tall and so handsome. Did you see his watch, Sister Hu? It’s the three million one."
"Could it be a fake?" The older woman was more rational, "He seems a bit abnormal, who watches movies all day?"
The young girl was not pleased.
She pouted and refused to talk to her colleague anymore.
"What’s he watching?" Sister Hu asked again.
The young girl responded immediately: "Workplace Rivalry, Zheng Weiwei’s new drama."
"Yes, yes, I heard this movie is good. Let’s check it out when we’re free." Sister Hu said, "I saw on my social media, everyone’s talking about this movie. My husband even said he’d come to watch it after work, but too bad I have a full day shift today."
"I watched the midnight showing." The young girl immediately said, "It’s really good, Sister Hu, you must watch it! Zhao Beibei is amazing. She’s so beautiful, it’s a visual treat."
Sister Hu was somewhat tempted by her words.
The young girl suddenly said: "That handsome guy, do you think he’s fallen for one of the actresses in the movie?"
Sister Hu: "Who would be so unreliable?"
"I think it’s possible." The young girl immediately responded, "If I were a guy, I’d fall for Zhao Beibei, she’s totally my type. By the way, Sister Hu, do you know Sheng Tang who plays Zhao Beibei?"
"Nope."
"She’s awesome, she knows martial arts and can take down strong men single-handedly. I watched her video last time and even thought about learning boxing." The young girl said longingly.
Sister Hu: "No wonder, during the last meeting, you young ladies were all talking about learning boxing and Sanda. You mentioned a female star who’s really strong..."
"Yes, yes, that’s Sheng Tang."
"She seems quite impressive." Sister Hu said.
They continued discussing Sheng Tang, while Gu Shiting re-entered the cinema, waiting for the next movie to begin.
Song Chen found him only at nine in the evening.
Mrs. Gu had been unable to contact Gu Shiting all day and was extremely anxious. But Song Chen had a way.
"...He’s at the cinema." Song Chen called back, "Mom, don’t worry, he’s fine, just probably hasn’t eaten all day."
Mrs. Gu: "..."
After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Gu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tangtang’s movie, Ting watched it all day." Mrs. Gu said to her husband and daughter.
Gu Shiyan also sighed in relief.
"That little troublemaker, never gives anyone peace." Gu Shiyan grumbled, then cheerfully snuggled up to her parents, "Let’s go watch a movie too? Tangtang’s new film is super popular; I heard she did an amazing job."
Mr. Gu hesitated.
He still wanted to stay home and play with his grandson. Besides, it was a love story; hard for an old man like him to be interested.
"You two go, I’ll stay home with Yangyang." Mr. Gu said.
Gu Shiyan hooked her arm around her father’s: "Come on, Dad, it’s been years since we watched a movie together. Yangyang has people to take care of him."
Yangyang had a nanny and housekeeper; the Gu Family villa had plenty of other servants, they didn’t need to take care of him personally.
"Let’s go." Mrs. Gu also chimed in, "You’ve got me curious about the movie now."