I've spent Qixi Festival with a girl too… Chu Ge's thoughts were wandering.
It was sudden, yet not entirely unexpected.
If he were to spend Qixi Festival with someone, it could only be Qiu Wuji.
You've come out of the book… that's good.
"What is Qixi Festival?" Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge.
"Emmmm…" Chu Ge's gaze wandered. "It's just a lovers' day… Hey, don't hit me! I really didn't know it was Qixi Festival… Actually, even if it were, it wouldn't be a big deal. We just came out to have fun. A calm mind brings coolness…"
"I only found out it was Qixi Festival when we came out to have fun, not because of Qixi that I came out with you!" Qiu Wuji waved the nine roses in his hand, saying very seriously, "Don't misunderstand!"
Chu Ge smiled sweetly, "Mhm."
"I accepted the flowers because I already bought them and couldn't let them go to waste." Qiu Wuji became even more serious, "I can take them home and keep them alive. I have magic to make them come back to life."
Chu Ge still smiled, "Oh right, I got it."
"What's with that weird tone!"
"Ah, how about this place? Italian steak, want to experience some international flavor?"
"Is it good?"
"It should be alright…"
"Why do we have to wait in line to eat?"
"Does that mean it's good?" "A commoner's opinion: let's go somewhere else." Qiu Wuji tugged at Chu Ge's collar. "Looking at all those people sitting in line outside is really stupid."
"I suspect we won't get anything if we don't line up today."
"Then let's not eat. While others are eating, we can do something else so we won't be so crowded. Anyway, we've been eating along the way, so we're not hungry. We can have a late-night snack later."
Chu Ge exclaimed, "Brilliant, Sect Leader Qiu!"
"That's easy to understand." Qiu Wuji tilted his head back, his ponytail swaying. "This principle applies to every world. You're the one who's stupid!"
Chu Ge thought for a moment, then took out his phone to book movie tickets. Given the current situation, it didn't matter what movie it was; getting tickets was already a feat… After searching for a while, he finally found a 9 PM showing with two corner seats left. Chu Ge booked them with the speed of someone who'd been single for twenty-eight years, then sighed, "Let's go to the amusement park first, then we'll watch the movie later, perfect."
The two of them dashed off to the amusement park, and Chu Ge bought his tickets and went inside.
Qiu Wuji said, "There are more people here than on the subway, why don't we need health codes?"
Chu Ge: "Emmmm..."
Qiu Wuji asked casually but didn't dwell on it. He looked up at the roller coaster going up and down, shaking his head listlessly.
"I can fly by myself, why ride this?"
"It's so silly to have a bunch of people screaming up there."
Chu Ge had expected this and laughed, "Want to try that?"
Qiu Wuji turned his head in the direction he was pointing. Someone was throwing darts at balloons, missing every single one. There was a bunch of cute toys nearby.
"What's this for? Throwing darts and getting something for free?"
"Yeah, isn't this pure profit for you?"
Qiu Wuji hesitated for a moment: "Isn't this a bit of a rip-off?"
"You hit the dart with your own skill, how is that a rip-off? People in South Korea who're involved in organized crime throw darts, people from Kaiyuan throw darts too."
"I'm a cultivator, it's too unchallenging. Even games need some challenge to be fun." Chu Ge tilted his head and looked at her for a while, finding that she indeed lacked interest, and couldn't help but scratch his head: "You seem to have lost your childlike heart."
Come to think of it, it's really not easy to get an old lady who has cultivated for ten thousand years to be interested in playing games. She's been using computers for so long, just watching videos, searching for information, and there are game ads everywhere, but she hasn't shown any curiosity or interest in getting into them.
Hmm, not much curiosity or desire to play, too laid-back, otherwise everyone wouldn't have waited so long to come out and play for the first time.
Thinking about it this way, oh no, the haunted house I was most looking forward to is meaningless now.
What kind of ghost could scare her? I don't want her to turn me to ashes with her Tai Xu Fire…
Thinking back and forth, he felt a real headache coming on: "The tickets are so expensive…"
Qiu Wuji smiled slightly: "Let's go, the haunted house."
Chu Ge was dumbfounded: "How did you know…"
"I searched it." Qiu Wuji walked forward with his hands behind his back, swaying slightly: "They say men take women to amusement parks, and they love Ferris wheels and haunted houses the most. On the Ferris wheel, two people can hide in a small cabin in the sky, watching people get scared and hug each other…"
Chu Ge: "That's a lie. If you're all tightly bound, what's the point of hugging?"
Qiu Wuji ignored him and continued: "…In the haunted house, you just watch girls get scared and cling to him."
Chu Ge: "That's a lie. These days, girls would kill a ghost with a glass bottle."
Qiu Wuji said leisurely: "I'd like to see how they play the ghost game."
Chu Ge: "I think I'd better forget it. I'm afraid of losing money."
Qiu Wuji: "Do I look like someone who has no sense of propriety?"
Haunted House.
"Bang!" Chu Ge covered his face, staring at the ghost actor who had been slapped to the ground by Qiu Wuji.
"Um..." Qiu Wuji stammered, "Didn't you say it was all fake? Why did a real person rush at me..."
"I only attacked because I sensed the approaching aura of a real person! Otherwise, what if someone ambushed me! Chu Ge, you have to believe me..."
The staff member on the ground was both angry and anxious: "We have to strive for realism now, otherwise who would play this role!"
"Um..." Qiu Wuji said awkwardly, "Don't you guys get hit a lot?"
The staff member covered half of his pockmarked face: "When other people see a ghost, their first instinct is to hide in their boyfriend. I've been playing a ghost for so many years and I've never seen anyone dare to slap a ghost in the face! Not even a man!"
Chu Ge kept apologizing: "Brother, I'm so sorry, my girlfriend is a bit violent."
Is she a bit violent? The staff member covered his face, no longer feeling much pain, but instead scrutinizing Chu Ge's face with deep sympathy in his eyes.
This guy must have a tough time at home, probably kneeling on durians. Blushing, Chu Ge pulled away the equally blushing Qiu Wuji, and the two quickly slipped into another passage, far away from the fortune teller.
"I didn't mean to," Qiu Wuji weakly explained, forgetting that Chu Ge was holding her hand.
"Hmm," Chu Ge glanced at their clasped hands, feeling strange.
Others achieve their goals by being frightened by ghosts, but he achieved his goal accidentally after beating up a ghost. It just didn't feel right… Never mind, as long as he achieved his goal, he'd send that ghost-playing guy a red envelope later…
"Roar!" Another evil ghost pounced, apparently ignoring his colleague's warning.
Chu Ge didn't dare let Qiu Wuji fight again. He immediately pulled her into his arms, turned her around, and used his back to shield her from the evil ghost.
Qiu Wuji's forehead touched his chest, and a slight stirring ran through her heart, an indescribable feeling rippling and spreading within her.
Even though she knew the ghost was fake.
He knew perfectly well that even if it were a real ghost, he could turn it to ashes with a flick of his wrist.
But the feeling of someone shielding you in their arms, using their back to block danger…
Haven't you experienced this in ten thousand years?
Chu Ge pulled her into his embrace, but seeing her lack of reaction, and unsure of what she was thinking, he guiltily released her: "Um… I was afraid you wouldn't be able to resist again, and I'd have to pay for your medical bills…"
The whole mood, the whole experience, was completely ruined.
"Pay for your medical bills, Chu Ge!" Qiu Wuji stomped viciously on his foot and strode away.
"?" Chu Ge, clutching his foot, limped away: "Hey, wait for me…"
What's going on?
Truly, by choice, single for twenty-eight years.