5 How Could He Get A Girlfriend When He Was So Useless?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Qin Guanglin was a little flustered. His face was red because of embarrassment and not because of shyness.

Since he had experienced dating back in high school, he considered himself a man with a complicated relationship history. It went as far as holding hands and hugging before. Although it only reached that stage, it was still a rather complicated experience.

But now, he was being teased by a little girl younger than him by two whole years. How embarrassing!

His complicated relationship history did not permit him to be cowardly. As a man, he ought to have a man's dignity.

Qin Guanglin looked in front as he watched the movie. He quickly chewed a few times and swallowed some popcorn.

Fortunately, her little hand did not reach over again after she had grabbed some popcorn. Qin Guanglin did not know what nonsense she had been thinking. On the movie screen, Shen Teng was currently asking around for news about Ma Dongmei.

He was feeling slightly nervous. He had to relax… He breathed in and reached for the popcorn, only to touch something small, soft, and cold.

As he retracted his hand, Qin Guanglin casually glanced at the bucket of popcorn and saw that a tiny hand had taken some popcorn. After that, He Fang had her eyes on him with her head tilted from his peripheral vision.

He drank a mouthful of carrot juice and shifted his attention to the movie.

"Have some popcorn," He Fang softly reminded Qin Guanglin. She held a piece between her fingers and shook it in front of him before she threw it into his mouth.

Qin Guanglin vaguely sensed the threat behind this movement. He tilted his head and looked at her. Wasn't she just teasing him? Would a man be afraid of a woman?

What a joke!

So what if they took turns to feed each other popcorn?

He felt that he had been too cowardly. The more bothered he was, the more she overdid it. She was simply doing it on purpose.

Be firm, stay calm. I can win!

He reached for some popcorn and ate. Hm. Fragrant and sweet.

He took another piece. It was also fragrant and sweet.

The movie continued playing, but He Fang did not mess around again. Qin Guanglin turned to look at her and realized that she was still looking at him. Although she was smiling, there was no sense of playfulness like what she displayed earlier on.

"Have some too." He instinctively pushed the popcorn to her, and He Fang simply took it from him.

They continued watching the movie. However, the atmosphere at the start was no longer there, leaving Qin Guanglin in a mess inside. He also felt a little gloomy.

After teasing him halfway, that was it?

He had already thought of how to deal with the situation, but she suddenly retreated. He felt as if he had suffered a curse, and before he could organize his thoughts and retort, the culprit had already run away.

How could it be? He was so angry!

If only he had grabbed her hand earlier and gave her a taste, instead of ending up worse in trying to gain an advantage!

Qin Guanglin did not know what was happening for the rest of the movie. Despite concentrating, he did not understand the movie's punchlines. He saw that He Fang's head remained tilted, and he did not know what she was thinking.

"I'll send you back." After the movie had ended, Qin Guanglin went to the washroom. Subsequently, he went to the entrance of the cinema to wait for her. By then, it was nearly nine o'clock.

"Sure." He Fang smiled again as she looked at him. After that, she walked ahead of him as if nothing happened at all.

"The movie was okay, right?" At the moment, he did not know what to say either. He was merely talking for the sake of it.

"Hm. Not bad."

Qin Guanglin resisted the urge to roast her for missing the entire movie. He had already sensed that she genuinely did not like it, and somehow he understood how she felt about it. If he were the one in the cinema watching 'Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz,' he would probably be bored out of his mind too.

In the future, he would watch a good movie with her again to make up for it.

"If you could go back in time, what would you want to do?" Qin Guanglin recalled the theme of the movie they just watched. He felt that it was a great conversation starter.

He Fang lowered her head slightly. "How can that be possible?"

"That's why it's hypothetical." He smiled. Everyone knew that something like that was impossible, but thinking about it was harmless.

"What about you? What would you do?" He Fang stood in front of the traffic light. Every time they reached this specific traffic light, the light was always red.

Qin Guanglin looked up and pondered over the question. What if he could return to the past? More specifically, to that moment when she teased him. For sure, he would grab her hand and take revenge without mercy!

Of course, he could not say this out loud. Smiling, he turned to look at He Fang, who was looking at him too.

A moment later, a soft, cool, small hand appeared in Qin Guanglin's hand. He kneaded it and found it very comfortable to the touch.

"Come on," she said in haste.

Qin Guanglin regained his senses. He Fang was looking at him with a strange glint.

Once again, his face felt slightly warm. He thought that He Fang reached out her hand after she had read his mind. He even kneaded her hand twice.

Well, consider it revenge for her teasing him earlier.

The road was so narrow that it took only a few steps to cross it. He Fang jerked her hand briefly, but it was a futile attempt since Qin Guanglin held on tightly.

She turned to look at Qin Guanglin, while the latter looked at her in kind. At the same time, he gently squeezed her hand twice.

Comfortable.

Both his hands and heart felt very comfortable.

This was what they called revenge.

Qin Guanglin smiled as he looked at her. He was smiling very brightly. It was an act of delayed revenge by a man with a complicated relationship history.

He Fang smiled, too, as if she knew what he was thinking. She turned her head and continued walking forward. She did not retract her hand again.

A sense of victory sprang up in Qin Guanglin's heart. Then he felt a nail lightly scratching his palm.

It was just a brief touch, but it seemed to have tickled the bottom of his heart, making it itch.

He froze completely, and his heartbeat quickened involuntarily. He Fang turned her head, glanced at him, and continued walking forward. She then gently scratched him again.

Qin Guanglin was flustered. He felt as if he had suffered a counter-attack. What was happening?

Did he try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it?

When they reached the dormitory, Qin Guanglin still had not come up with a suitable method to maintain his victory. He wanted to let go but refused to admit defeat. How could he give in to her just like that when success did not come easily?

"You can't bear to part with me?" He Fang turned back to look at him, with the corners of her mouth turned up gently. She then curled her little finger and lightly scratched his palm twice.

A tickling sensation crept up his palm to his arm and then to his chest. He reflexively let go of her hand, with his heart pounding uncontrollably.

"You… I…" Qin Guanglin felt that his rich experience was not enough to help him deal with the present situation. He felt as though he was getting shy.

He Fang stepped forward and leaned in close. She looked up at his eyes. "I like you, Qin Guanglin. Let's go on a date."

Her warm and moist breath landed on his throat. Perhaps Qin Guanglin thought he had misheard, or maybe he wanted to avoid the sudden mental shock that caused him to reply, 'Huh' instinctively.

He felt something soft and fragrant press briefly against his lips. There was a slight coolness to it. But then, something had nibbled his lips.

Qin Guanglin stood dumbly on the spot as he watched He Fang go upstairs. He was still undecided on how he should best react.

The fatal hit!

It was a checkmate!

He turned his head blankly and lifted his wrist to look at the time. He could still get on the B3 bus.

Ruthless! How ruthless!

A crushing defeat!

Qin Guanglin's mind was a mess. He went home in a daze.

"You're back?" When Mother Qin saw her son walk through the door, she found him much more pleasing to the eye than before. "What did you do today?"

Qin Guanglin licked his lips and was about to say something. But he suddenly tasted something a little sweet, which seemed to be orange-flavored lip balm. His hand, which was removing his shoes, suddenly stiffened.

When Mother Qin did not receive a response, she looked at him curiously. He was still holding his shoes, barely moving. "What happened?"

He looked up at Mother Qin, his lips opening and closing slightly. In the end, he put down the shoes in his hands. "It's nothing. I'm going to bed."

It no longer seemed as if she was teasing him.

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