Meng Ting suppressed her smile with great difficulty.

  She hastily asked him: "Haven't you answered what I bought yet?"

  Jiang Ren couldn't stay in City B for a few more days, Gao Yi was urging him to hurry up. He looked down at his watch and saw it was already 21:35. Her school was over 40 minutes away by car.

  "He said: 'Milk, towels, toothbrush, food. Can't think of anything else, just take a look.'"

  Meng nodded slightly.

  She knew men didn't like shopping and thought Jiang Ren needed her help. So she bought dark-colored towels and toothbrushes, Jiang Ren saw them, glanced at them lightly, and said nothing.

  Meng Ting knew they would be watching a movie later, so he bought some popcorn and potato chips.

  She was very cooperative, but in her heart, she was calculating these numbers. Jiang Ren was very frugal, and she thought to spend as little of his money as possible. However, she couldn't let this man be unhappy, so the things she bought were of good quality, just not many.

  Jiang Ren picked up a bag of women's disposable underwear and threw it into the shopping cart.

  Meng Tingpa stood in front of the goldfish glass wall and watched the goldfish. The sparkling water light illuminated her small face, and she was very happy: "Jiang Ren, my two goldfish have grown a lot. More lively than them."

  He felt his heart soften after hearing it.

  That was what he gave her on her birthday. She couldn't wear it properly, and he casually threw it into the fish tank with goldfish. Unexpectedly, she really took good care of them.

  When they finished shopping and were checking out at the supermarket, Jiang said, "Go out first and wait for me."

  When he was checking out and took out that pack of women's sanitary napkins, the supermarket staff smiled kindly.

  Jiang Ren settled the bill and saw her standing on the streets of B City.

  Meng Ting wore the simplest white T-shirt and jeans, with long hair scattered down, and a few strands of hair dancing lightly in front of her forehead. The city was about to welcome autumn, she stood under the roadside trees, not speaking but very beautiful.

  It's a bit cold at night. This street is different from the one near their school. The residents here are mostly older people, and the nearest cinema takes twenty minutes to get to.

  "Jiang Ren, I'll help you carry it."

  He picked up a bag of potato chips from his pocket and handed it to her.

  She hugged a bag of potato chips and looked up at her.

  A smile in his eyes: "How about this one?"

  Her face was burning, but she didn't argue with him.

  The apartment where Jiang Ren lived in junior high school was very close by. As they walked, he explained: "There's a big TV at home that can project movies."

  From young to old, Grandma was the most fond of him. When Jiang Ren was driven by Jiang Jixian to Jun's house, Grandma Jiang still shed tears, afraid that her precious grandson would suffer, and everything was arranged for him. This apartment is also under Grandma Jiang's name, the apartment is decorated very comfortably, three bedrooms and one living room, everything is complete.

  The young man's personality is still there, and he even took a room and turned it into a large screen TV for playing games.

  Watching movies is also convenient.

  Jiang Ren went in first and took off his shoes. The man's movements were quick and casual, inadvertently revealing the injury on his ankle. Meng Ting lowered her eyes and saw it.

  He used to be so thin that his bones were visible from his ankles to his legs, and there were fractures everywhere. That's why he now walks with a hidden illness.

  Jiang Ren didn't mind himself, he wore black socks and stepped on the floor to find shoes for Meng Ting.

  The man had big and long feet, he brought over slippers, squatted down and untied her shoelaces for her.

  Meng Tingguang looked at his wound, she didn't stand firm, and dazedly grasped his shoulder.

  "Good boy."

  The girl was wearing pink and white striped socks, with an animated tiger on the back of her foot. He remembered that it seemed to be from a certain bear, but he couldn't remember what this thing was called.

  Her feet were still shorter than his palm, and they looked delicate just by looking at them.

  "Have the shoes I sent grown?"

  Meng Ting's face flushed, and he took two steps back to remove his canvas shoes. Why did he take off her shoes again? Jiang Ren was a proud and aloof person, but this was the second time already.

  She hastily put on her slippers and replied, "Yeah, it's a bit long."

  Jiang Ren saw her shy appearance and smiled. He didn't make things difficult for her and went to put the milk in the refrigerator instead.

  The apartment hadn't been lived in for several years, but he cleaned it up this morning and now it looks fairly tidy.

  The clothes are just too small and can't be worn. After all, they were his middle school clothes, so the ones he's wearing now are also cheap goods bought casually from outside.

  Jiang Ren endured and put away his good things, seeing her looking at him without being distracted or wandering off.

  His heart softened: "Not curious this time?"

  Meng thought of the consequences of her last "curiosity" and whispered: "Don't be curious."

  Jiang Ren said, "Then let's watch a movie first?" He turned on the lights in the game room, which had some pretty cool lamps from his middle school days. There was also a colorful lamp that flashed on and off, originally meant to create an intense gaming atmosphere.

  He paused for a moment, then turned on two more bright lamps. The light made everything look softer and less harsh.

  In front of the big TV is a gray sofa, looking quite luxurious, and in front of it is a pile of game controllers.

  Jiang Ren put away the game controller and went to find the black box that played discs.

  He found it and said: "They're all old movies, don't mind."

  "It's okay, I'll look for it."

  He let Meng Ting go turn on the TV when he suddenly remembered something, and when he turned back, he saw Meng Ting's small face was bright red, staring blankly at the box.

  Jiang Ren walked over and handed her the remote control.

  She cast her eyes down.

  Damn! He forgot there were still those adult videos brought by that group of friends back then.

  Adult video, the cover is quite explicit.

  Their family's game room was coveted by the entire military compound back then, and they even held a party there once. Jiang Ren wasn't as old as them at the time, he took a glance from the doorway, lost interest, and went out to play basketball with He Junming instead.

  Jiang Ren took out those two and lowered his eyes to meet a pair of moist eyes.

  He curled his lips: "What's wrong, want to see this? Not allowed to look!"

  Meng Ting's face turned red with shame and anger: "Who wants to see that, nonsense!" She really wanted to kill him!

  He smiled: "Yeah, it doesn't look good."

  He casually threw it into the trash can.

  "Have you seen it?"

  He was also frank: "I've seen a bit, and when I was young, I was naturally curious. But I don't like to say it, these are not mine. What? In my heart, I'm so beastly?"

  She didn't say a word, but her eyes reflected his appearance, as if saying how could you be so bad. And yet she had actually seen it before.

  Jiang Ren thought that it wasn't like this, even if they were book-smart boys in their class, they wouldn't dare say they hadn't seen these things. Men's first times are always given to their own hands. Physiologically speaking, men are a bit more aware of this aspect than women from an earlier age. He also hadn't done anything like that with anyone before.

  However, looking at her big eyes and clever appearance, his heart softened.

  He lost. A girl from a single-parent family whose mother passed away early has indeed lacked understanding in this aspect.

  Forget it, she doesn't understand. There's nothing that needs her to understand anyway. He self-examined: "It's all my fault, I promise not to do it again. Are you still angry? Hmm?"

  "She bit her lip and said softly: 'I'm not angry.'"

  She remembered that Zhao Nuan had shown her some erotic comics before, and if Jiang Ren found out, he would probably blow his top. She felt quite guilty about it.

  Jiang Ren accompanied her to pick out dishes.

  Most of them are martial arts films, and some are Hong Kong films. Meng Ting doesn't mind the type of movie, but most girls don't like watching martial arts films.

  All that's left is suspense and horror movies.

  "Which one?" Jiang Ren asked her.

  Meng doesn't like horror movies, so she chose the one with a less scary cover.

  The name is quite normal and artistic, called "After Today".

  Jiang Ren fell silent for a moment, then picked up the thing and put it away.

  He's seen this one, it should be the most terrifying horror movie in the box. He Junming brought it back that year, and a group of young masters from the military compound were scared out of their wits in the room.

  Jiang Ren hugged his arms and sneered, pulling out He Junming and beating him up.

  He Junming died in a wronged manner. He originally brought it to scare Jiang Ren, but he himself was scared out of his wits. Jiang Ren had nothing to do with it.

  Jiang Ren thought of Meng Ting's 18th birthday in the haunted house, where he was scared by a few staff members and cried pitifully. He paused for a moment. He is a man, not a saint.

  Then he pushed forward decisively.

  She's right, he is indeed a beast.

  Jiang Ren went and turned off the lights.

  The entire room, which had been flashing with colors, suddenly went dark.

  He raised his legs and went to see her reaction.

  The window was open and the night wind blew in. She watched the plot development very seriously.

  It started with a college couple walking in the campus's youthful and romantic breeze, her slender small hands tearing open popcorn to share with him.

  Jiang Ren was very pleased and ate one.

  She turned her head again.

  Then the woman in the movie died!

  Hit by a car with a loud crash, brain splattered everywhere.

  Jiang was chewing on popcorn, her tongue touched the maltose, and she suppressed a smile.

  Meng Ting felt that something was off and softly analyzed it with him: "Was there some kind of conspiracy behind the car accident? Will the police investigate the case and find out who's really responsible?"

  "I don't know, I haven't seen it."

  Meng Ting's heart skipped a beat.

  In just two minutes, she was completely done for!

  After the girl died, she became a female ghost and came back to find the boy every night. The boy was trapped in this day, his girlfriend's ghost had to repeat a different death every day, and then come to him at night... That's why the title is called "After Today".

  When a female ghost with a bloody face appears on the screen.

  It was too real, the TV screen was high-definition, she sat in the middle of the sofa, and that gray gloomy ghost face seemed to move instantly in front of her eyes.

  She didn't hold onto the popcorn tightly and was stunned.

  So scared that she didn't dare move, she didn't say she was afraid, nor did she rush into his arms, and she didn't even cry.

  The male protagonist inside is afraid of what she will become, and she is also afraid of becoming that way.

  Jiang couldn't help but feel both heartache and amusement.

  He's a bit regretful, why so afraid?

  He turned off the TV and pressed her little head into his chest: "It's okay, don't be afraid, it's all fake."

  She felt the man's scorching body temperature and burst into loud sobs, burrowing into his arms.

  "Her eye fell out!"

  He kissed her hair: "No drop, special effect, fake."

  "It came from behind." She felt a chill run down her spine.

  The man's large palm wrapped around her slender back, softly cooing: "Baby, you're mistaken, it was the director who came up with a borrowed position."

  She grasped his shirt and cried with a wronged and pitiful expression. Tears wetted his chest, and he was somewhat flustered.

  Jiang Ren picked up the person and turned on the light.

  She was so scared that she didn't dare to lift her head. As if closing her eyes would make her not see the scary things.

  He was heartbroken.

  Holding her in the house and walking back and forth repeatedly, whispering to comfort her: "It's all fake, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

  She hugged his neck and sobbed softly.

  Jiang could not bear the fear of ghosts and did not know what it felt like to be afraid of them. In those years, a group of military dependents' compound's young masters were scared and ran wildly in the house, but there were two who were not afraid.

  They were even more afraid, but he didn't feel anything.

  But she was afraid, and his heart felt like it had been severely punched.

  It wasn't until a gentle night breeze blew through her hair that she finally comforted herself: "There are no ghosts, it's all fake."

  Afraid of horror movies, no matter how others comfort her, it's useless, she can only figure it out herself. She figured it out and lifted her head, with peach-colored eye shadow at the corner of her eyes, and tears in her shining eyes under the dazzling lights.

  Every place is pitiful.

  So beautiful it makes you want to ravish her.

  Jiang could hardly bear to part with her and didn't dare look at her again.

  "Alright, let go?"

  She sobbed: "I, I think that in case..." She always felt that if she let go of her hand, something would suddenly pop out from behind her back.

  Jiang Ren thought she was so cute it was against the rules.

  He carried her to the living room, where the crystal chandelier was shining brightly white. Jiang Ren sat on the sofa, looking at her calmly.

  Then gently push her away a little bit.

  The girl's body was slender and delicate, she knelt on his leg.

  Meng looked back at him with tears in her eyes.

  After a good while, she reached out and touched his cheek.

  Jiang Ren's nerves were taut, his muscles also tense: "What are you doing?!"

  Meng touched the spot where he had been hit and then showed him his own bloody finger.

  Jiang Nianxiao is dead, damn it.

  He shouldn't have let that film be shown.

  He certainly knows about nosebleeds; he's not dead yet.

  Those two soft and fluffy things stuck to him, he was perfectly normal.

  He has been eyeing her for too long.

  He glared at her fiercely: "It's hot outside and you're getting heatstroke from eating too many potato chips and popcorn!"