Chapter 72 - Watching a Movie

Due to the movie starting in just two or three minutes, Ye Fan and Tantai Wanrong started to casually chat.

Tantai Wanrong leaned her voluptuous and mature body lazily against the backrest of the couple’s seat, turning her stunning face to the left.

With a semi-squint in her beautiful eyes, she looked at Ye Fan and asked with a smile, “Ye Fan, do you often go to the cinema to watch movies?”

“No.” Ye Fan shook his head and said, “I haven’t been to a cinema in about five or six years.”

“Oh, you make it sound quite melodramatic,” Tantai Wanrong teased with a laugh.

Ye Fan just chuckled and didn’t explain.

Since he was sent to the military camp by his father at sixteen, his life had become disconnected from modern society.

Not to mention going to a cinema, he rarely watched movies on computers or televisions either.

“How about you?” he asked in return.

In the midst of the conversation, he pretended to casually move his gaze away from Tantai Wanrong’s graceful figure.

“Auntie also hasn’t been to the cinema for many years,” Tantai Wanrong said somewhat wistfully.

“When I first graduated from university and started working, I didn’t know anything and could only work hard.

Once I got proficient at my job, I was loaded with responsibilities and had even less time for the cinema.

Thanks to you, I’m actually at the cinema this time.”

Following that, she added regretfully, “Only because you didn’t succeed at matchmaking.”

“Oh, it seems being a vice mayor isn’t easy for you,” Ye Fan remarked, his eyes once again glancing covertly at Tantai Wanrong’s alluring body.

Tantai Wanrong nodded and said, “Although men and women are considered equal in Huaxia, on some job positions, a woman has to work much harder than a man to fulfill the same role.

Even then, people still speculate maliciously behind her back.”

“Mhm.” Ye Fan responded, stealing another glance.

When he redirected his gaze back to Tantai Wanrong’s lovely face, he found her looking at him with a smirk, her half-narrowed eyes teasing.

“Aunt Wanrong, why are you looking at me like that?” His heart “thudded,” and feeling flustered, he shifted his eyes away and asked somewhat anxiously.

The corners of Tantai Wanrong’s lips curled up with a playful smile as she countered, “What do you think?”

“How would I know?

I’m not a worm in your stomach,” Ye Fan said, trying to stay relaxed.

Just then, the lights dimmed, and the movie started.

“The movie’s starting, let’s watch,” he quickly said, putting on the 3D glasses and pretending to be focused on the film.

Tantai Wanrong giggled softly, straightened up her upper body, glanced at Ye Fan’s pretentious side profile, but didn’t call him out on it.

It was undeniable that “Journey to the West: Return of the Monkey King” was captivating, with engaging production and plot that held attention throughout, with no dull moments, filled with both laughs and tears.

After watching for a while, Ye Fan became engrossed, forgetting to chat with Tantai Wanrong.

Tantai Wanrong, being a thirty-year-old woman with mature experiences, didn’t feel much for Sun Wukong and, being an animated film, watched it just passably.

She had expected Ye Fan to whisper with her during the movie or take the chance to steal glances at her.

But to her surprise, three or fourty minutes had passed, and Ye Fan was still deeply absorbed, staring at the screen, completely ignoring her.

That made Tantai Wanrong unhappy; she stretched out her soft white jade hand and tugged at Ye Fan’s clothes.

“What’s up, Aunt Wanrong?” Ye Fan asked in a low voice.

“You’re such an adult, yet you’re so engrossed in this animated movie, isn’t it embarrassing?” Tantai Wanrong pouted her sexy red lips.

“Not at all.

This movie is really good, and its story isn’t childish at all.

It’s funny, thrilling, and quite touching.

The 3D effects are very realistic too,” Ye Fan responded and turned back to continue watching the movie intently.

“That Sun Wukong is so ugly, looks like a horse face, completely like a downtrodden uncle,” Tantai Wanrong commented, but waited in vain for Ye Fan to reply.

Now, she was even more displeased; it seemed a mere animated film was more attractive than her.

She stretched out her hand and tugged forcefully at Ye Fan’s clothes.

Ye Fan had no choice but to turn his head and say, “What is it now?”

“Are you annoyed with me?” Tantai Wanrong raised her delicate chin, her bright eyes shooting a cold glare.

A “thud” sounded in Ye Fan’s heart.

He quickly adjusted his mood and said with a forced laugh, “Hehe, how could I be?

How could I be?

Aunt Wanrong, what would you like to talk about?”

“Hmph, I knew you wouldn’t dare.” Tantai Wanrong’s pretty face revealed a satisfied and proud smile.

She then lazily leaned back in her chair and, with her half-closed eyes, looked at Ye Fan and said, “Why not come over and keep me company for a chat?”

Ye Fan reluctantly imitated Tantai Wanrong’s posture and leaned his back against the chair, turning his head to look at the beautiful profile of Tantai Wanrong, waiting for her to speak.

With a glance from the corner of her eye, Tantai Wanrong said, “You’re so far away, and it’s so noisy here, how can we talk?”

“Oh.” Ye Fan replied, moving a bit closer to Tantai Wanrong, immediately overwhelmed by the seductive scent of a mature woman.

“Come a bit closer.” Tantai Wanrong said.

So, Ye Fan unceremoniously moved significantly closer, suddenly finding his arm against Tantai Wanrong’s soft arm, feeling an unusual smooth and squishy touch.

Tantai Wanrong turned her head to glare at him and said, “Why are you so close?

Are you trying to take advantage of your aunt?”

“Far from it, far from it.” Ye Fan, frightened, shrank his neck and quickly returned to his seat, even guiltily moving further away.

Tantai Wanrong was a bit amused and frustrated, “Why are you sitting so far away now?”

After a pause, she teasingly crooked her finger and said, “Come here.”

“I was just afraid of a misunderstanding,” Ye Fan muttered coyly, “I’d rather not move closer.”

“Really not coming over?” Tantai Wanrong asked, her face a mix of smiling and serious.

Ye Fan firmly shook his head, “I don’t want to cause a misunderstanding.”

“Fine, then you don’t have to come over,” Tantai Wanrong said, adopting an elegant, noble pose intentionally.

She turned to watch the movie playing ahead, wondering how many seconds it would take before Ye Fan shamelessly moved closer.

One second, two seconds?

At most, five seconds.

She silently counted the time: 1, 2, 3, 4…

However, half a minute passed, and she still did not feel Ye Fan moving closer.

After another minute, there was still no movement from Ye Fan.

“I don’t believe you can last three minutes,” she confidently thought to herself.

Yet, three minutes passed, and Ye Fan had still not come over to chat.

Finally unable to sit still, she sneakily glanced at Ye Fan and annoyed, discovered that Ye Fan had become completely engrossed in the movie.

“What’s so great about a long-faced, red-haired monkey!” she muttered irritably, “And it’s all fake, not even performed by real people!”

Nevertheless, she still had her pride and naturally did not tug at Ye Fan’s clothes like she had done the previous two times to get him to chat with her.

She wanted to see how long Ye Fan would wait before remembering to chat with her.

At that moment, the movie was reaching its climactic, emotional, and exciting scenes, and Ye Fan was naturally captivated.

It was only at the end, when Sun Wukong broke his magical seals, forged armor from lava, transformed his flames into a cloak, took the Golden Cudgel from his ear, and swung it to cleave the heavens and earth, and purged the ultimate boss, the Chaos Monster, into ash, that Ye Fan, still immersed in his thoughts, remembered he had inadvertently neglected Tantai Wanrong.

(I recommend to everyone a quality domestic 3D animated movie: “Journey to the West: Return of the Monkey King”.

A fantastic film that has already demonstrated its excellence with a box office gross of 950 million yuan.)