護花近衛 - 第2191章 有些失落 - 翰墨軒

"Me? Well... my motives aren't exactly pure either..." Wei Zhao said with a laugh. "I didn't come to watch the movie. I wanted to spend a little more time with you—just a little** more time..."

At the first half of his sentence, Wang Xinyan's heart nearly jumped out of her chest, but as the rest of it landed, she relaxed—and then, for some inexplicable reason, felt a faint pang of disappointment... Did he think of her as nothing more than a **tool?

"Then there's no need to come to the theater," Wang Xinyan said. "After school from now on, I'll stay in the classroom and study for a while, and you can just leave a little later too..."

"But watching a movie is a nice experience too," Wei Zhao said. "In the classroom, I can't sit too close to you. Here, there's no problem with that..."

"Ah..." Wang Xinyan's heart tightened again.

Just then Bai Weituo returned, arms laden with snacks, all of them freebies from the group-buy vouchers, and went around handing them out to Wei Zhao, Zhao Shengji, and the rest.

"Boss, Miss Xinyan**, what do you two want to eat?" Bai Weituo came over holding a mountain of popcorn and the like.

"I'm not big on snacks. You all go ahead," Wang Xinyan said with a shake of her head.

"Huh? Not even a little?" Bai Weituo hadn't expected a girl who didn't like snacks. "Don't be polite!"

"I'm really not being polite. I genuinely don't care for them..." Wang Xinyan said with a wry smile. "I'll just take a pack of gum, then..."

"All right, then!" Hearing her say so, Bai Weituo had no choice. "What about you, Brother Lin?"

"I'll pass too," Wei Zhao said. He wasn't much interested in snacks either—and besides, if Wang Xinyan wasn't eating, how could he help himself alone?

Bai Weituo could only turn and go to Zhao Shengji's booth. Zhao Shengji, being a proper glutton, never turned anything down; he simply took half the snacks out of Bai Weituo's arms, and Bai Weituo carried the remaining half back to his own booth.

Before long the theater lights dimmed and the film began—a youth romance, perfectly suited to college students' tastes.

Wang Xinyan naturally took off her coat, then shifted a little toward Wei Zhao, and Wei Zhao likewise edged closer to her side, closed his eyes, and began circulating the Xuanyuan Dragon Taming Art, striving to **...

As for his Earth-rank mid-stage cultivation, Wei Zhao knew it couldn't be raised again in a short time unless some special opportunity came along. But his other main task now was to cultivate the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon Taming Art to its **utmost**, so that he could refine a storage space into the jade pendant.

With a storage space, Wei Zhao would enjoy great convenience, and important items could be carried on his person.

Breathing in the rich fragrance that clung to Wang Xinyan, Wei Zhao's progress was rapid—though he also realized that his **speed wasn't purely because he was simply inhaling the scent from her body. What mattered most was being close beside Wang Xinyan, letting her fragrance be drawn through the acupoints all over his body into his meridians.

Having figured that out, Wei Zhao also understood why his **had been fastest during those military-training days when he'd held Wang Xinyan as she slept, and why these past days at school—even when she wore very little and deliberately leaned her upper body toward him—the gains hadn't been as great as during training.

Glancing at the dim light around them, Wei Zhao's courage grew. He edged closer to Wang Xinyan bit by bit, and soon his body was pressed right up against hers...

Wang Xinyan might have looked like she was watching the movie, but in truth how could she be? Wei Zhao was right there beside her; her mind hadn't been on the film at all. The moment he leaned in, she felt it, and her whole body gave an involuntary little shiver. In a voice barely audible, she murmured, "You... what are you doing?"