A Bookworm’s New Routine

Chapter 18 WATCHING MOVIES

Soon, the final exams were over, and the next thing that greeted everyone was the winter vacation. However, before the winter vacation, they still had to wait for the exam grades to come down, so they had to take two days off first, and go to school on Monday to get their test papers and assigned homework.

Hu Ying had already been longing for the winter vacation for a long time. As soon as the exams were over, she was so excited that she rushed to Mu Qi with her schoolbag, and with her face very red, she said: “Qi-ge let’s go play, let’s go play.”

She looked like she could fly with wings.

Mu Qi broke into a laugh and shook her head, then turned to look at Su Yanxi, who was seriously stuffing her books into her schoolbag. Mu Qi handed her the stationary bag and asked: “Yanxi, do you want to join us?”

“Okay.” Su Yanxi smiled and nodded as she zipped up her school bag.

The other students in the class were also planning on where to go and play for these two days. The exams were over, and without homework, naturally, they wanted to go out and play.

“Mu Qi.” At the back door, Fan Siyu stood there and called out softly. Immediately, the eyes of the entire class fell on her. Although she was a little embarrassed, her eyes were full of pride. After all, she was very confident about her beautiful appearance.

When she saw her, Mu Qi’s brows furrowed and her mind unconsciously remembered the scene at the library a few days ago. She originally didn’t plan on paying attention to her, but the girl stood there and didn’t leave, and everyone in the class looked at her, so she had no choice but to stand up and walk over.

Su Yanxi frowned and looked at Fan Siyu. She didn’t expect the other party to come to the class openly to look for Mu Qi, nor did she know what the other party would say to Mu Qi. The thought of the other party confessing to Mu Qi made her nervous and she unconsciously grabbed the strap of her schoolbag.

Hu Ying unintentionally turned her head and saw her extremely nervous look. She usually had an elm head (!), but now, she was suddenly enlightened. She approached her with a teasing look on her face, and whispered: “Do you like Qi-ge?”

(!) 榆木脑袋 (elm head): A metaphor used for people who are stubborn, uncivilized, and unenlightened.

Su Yanxi, however, didn't panic and nodded generously.

Hu Ying was startled by her courage, then she held her chin and looked at Qi-ge who was talking to Fan Siyu at the door. She also felt that Qi-ge was very charming, and it was normal that Xiao Ke (!) might like her.

(!) 小可 (Xiao Ke), I think, comes from 小可爱 (Xiao Ke’ai), which is the Chinese word for ‘Little Cutie’

When she thought of this, she suddenly remembered the day when Little Cutie first transferred to the school, and the other party looked at Qi-ge with an abnormal expression. The hand stroking Hu Ying’s chin abruptly stopped, her body unconsciously tilted and leaning over Su Yanxi’s ear, she lowered her voice and asked: “Did you know Qi-ge before?”

She felt that, at the time, Little Cutie looked at Qi-ge with an obviously familiar look. However, she didn’t think of it much, but now, thinking about it, the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was reasonable.

At this moment, Su Yanxi looked at her with surprise. After all, she hid it very well, but she didn’t expect to be discovered by Hu Ying. Ordinarily, she looked carefree, but she didn’t expect her to also have moments of carefulness.

She looked at Mu Qi, who was talking to Fan Siyu, then leaned her head towards Hu Ying and said seriously: “Don’t tell her about this in advance.”

“Don’t tell her? Why?” Hu Ying couldn’t understand why Su Yanxi and Qi-ge knew each other, but didn’t tell the other party.

Su Yanxi pursed her lips and said: “I want to wait until the time comes.”

Now, Hu Ying didn't understand even more and scratched her head. Seeing that she didn't want to say more, she also no longer said any more. At this time, Mu Qi also finished talking to Fan Siyu, her face a little bad. Hu Ying’s shoulders shrank in fear, and cautiously said: “Qi-ge, what did she say to you?”

Hearing this, Mu Qi unexpectedly immediately looked at Su Yanxi.

Hu Ying blinked her eyes, not knowing what was going on. Why did Qi-ge look at Little Cutie? She asked with uncertainty: “Don’t tell me that Fan Siyu said something to you about Little Cutie?”

Mu Qi shook her head, and at the same time, she was also a little surprised at herself. After all, she didn't know why she looked at Su Yanxi a moment ago.

“Then what did she say?” Hu Ying was extremely curious at this moment. She thought that Little Cutie and Qi-ge were both a little fascinating today.

Mu Qi frowned and glared at her, and said: “How do you have so many questions, are you still going to play tomorrow or not?”

“Play, must play.” Hu Ying shut her mouth at once and asked no more questions.

Su Yanxi stepped aside, and Mu Qi went in and sat down.

Not long after, the head teacher told everyone that he would come to school in two days, and announced that school was over.

The students immediately ran away happily while carrying their schoolbags.

The head teacher, Li Wei, looked at the lively students and changed his stern expression to a smiling expression. As for the students’ recent learning situation, he felt that this exam must be better than before.

With his hands behind his back, he returned to the office with a smile on his face.

Hu Ying and them followed the head teacher downstairs. On the way, Hu Ying couldn't help but laugh, and said: “Qi-ge, did you guys see the head teacher’s expression just now? Why was he so happy? Did we take the exam well?” Speaking of this, Hu Ying’s eyes lit up.

Mu Qi couldn’t help but hit her on the head, and scold her with a smile: “It’s barely been an hour after the exam finished, and the marks are immediately able to come down. Do you think that the teachers are superhuman?”

Hu Ying heard this and stuck out her tongue, and knew herself that this kind of thing was impossible.

Su Yanxi watched from the side, and covered her mouth and smiled.

“Hey, did you guys hear? There is a nice-looking movie showing today, and I heard that it’s in 3D. Put on the glasses, then the scene would be the same as if it was in front of your eyes.”

Hearing this, Hu Ying suddenly became interested, and walked beside those people and listened to them chatting.

Mu Qi and Su Yanxi also followed behind them.

“Really? I’ve been reading about it in my dad’s newspaper. I didn’t expect our side to introduce it so soon. I’ve been looking forward to seeing it.”

“The exams are over today, how about we go?” Another person suggested.

“Okay.” Several people unanimously agreed immediately.

After listening to them, Hu Ying ran over excitedly, and said: “Qi-ge, let’s go watch a movie, I heard it’s in 3D.”

Mu Qi was also very interested in this. She nodded her head and said: “Okay.” Having said that, she leaned her head to the side and asked Su Yanxi, “Coming with us?”

“I’ll go home and talk to my mother.” Su Yanxi also said excitedly.

.”Okay, we’ll just place our school bag at home and then we can go together.” After all, it was inevitably inconvenient to watch while carrying a heavy school bag.

“Okay.” Su Yanxi and Hu Ying agreed loudly.

The three people came to an agreement, and they placed their school bags at home and then came out. Su Yanxi also talked to her mother, and Mama Su, seeing that she had been reviewing so late in the evening, agreed to let her go out and relax, but told her not to play too late. Su Yanxi nodded obediently and agreed.

Mu Qi and Su Yanxi (!) were in the front of Chengnan Community waiting for a while when Su Yanxi ran over from afar. Because she was too excited, her whole face was very red.

(!) The raws said Su Yanxi, but I’m pretty sure the author meant Hu Ying here.

When Mu Qi saw her, she couldn’t help but pull the hairball (!) on her chest and jokingly said: “So happy?”

(!) When you search up 毛球 (hairball), the pokemon Venonat shows up lol. But here I think they mean those little furry ball things, if that even makes sense.

“Yes!” Su Yanxi gave a heavy nod, her eyes glistening. After all, she was going to watch a movie with Mu Qi. This indirectly feels like a date, how could she not be happy.

Hu Ying, who was directly ignored by her, also waved her arm happily and said: “Go, let’s go now!”

The three of them went to the front of the cinema, but they didn’t expect to meet Mushroom and them.

Seeing her, Hu Ying curled her lips, and couldn't help muttering: “How can I see her anywhere.”

Naturally, this sound was heard by Qi Wei, who also paid attention to their side. She raised her eyebrows and walked over, took her by the shoulders, and said while smiling: “What, only you're allowed to come and watch a movie, but we're not allowed to come?”

Hu Ying turned away with a ‘Humph!’. She wanted to slap the irksome hand on her shoulder, but the other party, who was given an inch but wanted a mile (!), hung her whole body on hers, and she angrily glared at her, annoyed.

(!) 得寸进尺 (to gain an inch and want a mile): a metaphor used to say someone is endlessly greedy, and not satisfied with small gains

Mu Qi watched from the side and said teasingly: “You two bicker slowly, Yanxi and I will go in first.”

“Qi-ge, wait for me!” Hu Ying hurriedly shouted as soon as she heard that they were going in.

Qi Wei pulled her, not letting her go, and said with a smile: “Go, go, Qi-jie will invite you to see the movie.”

(!)齐姐亲你看电影: Not sure how to translate this. It was translated as ‘Qi-jie will kiss you to see the movie.’ in the translators I used, which didn’t make sense. I asked NU Forums, and someone said it might be a typo, and that the author probably meant 请, meaning 'invite'

As soon as she heard her invitation to see the movie, Hu Ying immediately stopped struggling, looked at her with a frown, and said: “Are you sure?”

“Of course.” Qi Wei smiled, then pulled her in with her, and three or four little brothers immediately followed from behind.

This is a foreign science-fiction film. The special effects were gorgeous, plus, with the 3D glasses, everyone watched while repeatedly exclaiming in surprise, and Su Yanxi also watched without removing her eyes.

For more than an hour, close to two hours, the plot kept rising and falling, and the climax continued repeatedly, and the people watching wanted to continue. When they walked away from the movie hall, everyone was discussing the story plot.

Because the air conditioning inside was very strong, Su Yanxi’s face was a little red.

Mu Qi saw this, and couldn't help pinching her face, and she said: “Why is your face so thin?”

This time, Su Yanxi’s ears turned red.

At this time, Hu Ying and Qi Wei came over. Hu Ying was still rather excited, and was talking to Qi Wei about the movie plot. Seeing the way the two people were getting along, completely without the momentum of fighting before watching the movie, Mu Qi shook her head with a laugh, thinking that Hu Ying was too easy to bribe.

“Qi-ge, Little Cutie!” Hu Ying only saw Mu Qi and them at this time, and ran over to them at once and called out happily.

Mu Qi couldn't help but want to pat her on the head again, but in order to not make her lose face in front of Qi Wei, she endured it.

Qi Wei walked over and said: “Qi-ge, Do you want to go eat hot pot together? We also finished our exams today, so shouldn’t we loosen up and relax?”

“Okay.” It was still early, and they also haven’t eaten dinner yet, so it was a good idea for everyone to have nice and warm hot pot together.

Thus, a party of six or seven people found the hottest hot pot restaurant.

There were a lot of people inside. When they pushed the door open and went in, they were greeted by a burst of warm air, which was mixed with the aroma of hot pot, making several people’s stomachs more hungry. They quickly found a seat for eight people to sit down.

The waiter quickly brought them the menu for them to choose from.

Mu Qi put the menu in front of Su Yanxi and said: “You order first.”

“Okay.” Su Yanxi was not pretentious. She lowered her head to look at it seriously, and took a pen to tick off the back from time to time.

Mu Qi looked at her serious appearance and couldn’t help but want to laugh.

And on the other hand, Hu Ying and Qi Wei had a menu and the two of them were choosing together. When they had the same opinion, they would be friendly, but when they had different opinions, they would fight.

Mu Qi looked at them and shook her head repeatedly.

After a while, several people chose their dishes, then Mu Qi asked the waiter to serve them.

While waiting for the dishes, several people started chatting about what to play during the summer vacation. Unconsciously, time passed, and the dishes were served at this time. Everyone wrapped up the conversation and began to ‘shua’ (!) the dishes.

(!) 唰: Onomatopoeia for swishing and rustling.

“Do you want to order a few bottles of wine?” Qi Wei asked.

Mu Qi shook her head and said: “No need for wine, why don’t we just order two bottles of drinks?” After all, they were only seventeen years old. They could drink wine, but it was better to drink less.

Qi Wei didn't insist and asked the waiter to serve two bottles of drinks.

When the drinks came, Mu Qi poured them for Su Yanxi.

“Sprite!” Su Yanxi smiled, obviously liking the drink.

Mu Qi smiled and said: “If you like it, drink more later.”

“Okay.” Su Yanxi nodded happily.

Eating hot pot and drinking Sprite was also considered delicious.

After eating hot pot, it was already eight thirty, and it was already dark. Because the weather was too cold, everyone stopped playing, and went home separately.

Mu Qi sent Su Yanxi downstairs, and when she saw that the other party had entered the house and the bedroom light turn on, only then did she return.

For the next two days, Mu Qi invited Hu Ying and Su Yanxi to come over to her house and play. Because it was too cold, people didn’t want to go out to play, so they watched TV or played video games at Mu Qi’s house, and were at ease.

And in these two days, the teachers marked the exam papers and were surprised by the sophomore class' class three’s grades, especially the head teachers who were in the same office as Li Wei were even more surprised.

When they originally listened to Lao Li, they teased the other party for rejoicing too soon, but this result now made them click their tongues endlessly. It seems that Old Li is will be happy this year.

But Mu Qi and them did not know these. They only knew that this exam, compared to the past, can only be good, and cannot be worse.

To have this kind of result is okay, as for the rest, they don’t care about it.