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Chapter 559: Chapter 301_2
Shen Jingxiu looked at her, unable to tear his gaze away even a little.
After several seconds, he finally withdrew his gaze and turned to pull something out of the desk drawer.
From the moment he reached to open the drawer, Wenyan’s eyes had followed his hand closely, and when she saw what he was holding, she asked outright.
"What are you holding? Is it some kind of ticket?"
"That’s right." Shen Jingxiu played a small mystery; he didn’t answer Wenyan’s question directly but instead walked over to her with long strides.
He extended his hand, presenting the two tickets straight to Wenyan.
Wenyan took them and exclaimed with surprise, "’Miss Rose’ tickets?"
’Miss Rose’ was a renowned opera in this parallel world, and tickets were extremely hard to come by.
"I remember these tickets are tough to get. Even scalped tickets have reached astronomical prices. I almost bought them from a scalper, but then I thought better of it because I didn’t want to encourage such practices, so I dropped the idea. Big brother, where did you get these?"
Shen Jingxiu chuckled, "So, this gift hasn’t disappointed you, has it?"
"Of course not, I absolutely love it! You have no idea, I’ve been planning to polish my acting skills recently, the first part of my plan is to watch more operas and stage plays to feel the atmosphere and charisma that the performers create on stage, and the first one I wanted to see was ’Miss Rose’, and now I’ve got the tickets right away! Do we have such a strong connection, big brother?"
Wenyan rambled on, but Shen Jingxiu didn’t remember any of it; he only heard her last sentence.
She said they had a strong connection, and he really liked that phrase.
But to be strict, it wasn’t exactly a connection; it was just a few days ago when he passed by the living room couch and happened to see her phone screen.
She was looking up tickets for the opera at that time, and he happened to see it and took note.
"As long as you like it."
"Yes, I like it very much. Oh, you haven’t answered my question yet, where did you get these tickets, was it hard to get them?"
"What’s the matter? Are two tickets not enough?"
"Hehe, no one knows me better than my big brother."
"It was from a partner, he only gave me two."
"Ah, that’s too bad. If there was a way, I think we could arrange for the whole family to go and see it. The opera has received great reviews."
Shen Jingxiu raised an eyebrow, "It’s a good idea, but do you think they have time? Jinghe is filming out of town, and Jingchuan, even if he had the time, probably wouldn’t have the patience."
"That’s true! It seems like I’m the only one who’s rather free right now, Yulong has also been quite busy lately."
Shen Jingxiu nodded, silent for two seconds before he roundaboutly said:
"However, I am free on Friday evening."
Wenyan obviously didn’t catch the implication in Shen Jingxiu’s subtlety, "You don’t have to work overtime this Friday?"
"Yes, I also need to rest properly."
"That’s more like it, people need a balance of work and rest. Having proper relaxation is good for both the body and mind. Wow... these tickets are just perfect, and they seem to have such artistic value. I’ll take a photo or two first."
Wenyan was a photo-taking fanatic.
No sooner had her words fallen, she began taking action.
Watching her busily moving the tickets here and there, sometimes placing them on the coffee table, sometimes holding them in her hands, Shen Jingxiu began to reflect on himself.
Was he not being direct enough?
Had she truly not realized that he was hinting at them going together?
It took a while for Wenyan to finish taking photos, and though it actually didn’t take her many minutes, to Shen Jingxiu, the time felt especially long.
"Now that you have two tickets, who do you plan to go with?"
At that moment, Wenyan was intently adjusting filters on her photos, not even giving Shen Jingxiu a glance as she replied.
"I haven’t decided yet, I’ll fix up the photos and see if anyone in my WeChat moments is interested."
Shen Jingxiu: "..." At this moment, he was standing right in front of her, and she was thinking of posting to WeChat moments.
Yet he still couldn’t utter the words ’I’ll go with you.’
After pondering for a moment, he slowly said, "If you can’t find anyone to go with you, give me a call anytime."
Wenyan didn’t look up at Shen Jingxiu.
"Okay, I won’t post to my moments yet, I’ll personally ask some people first. Thank you, big brother! My phone’s almost dead; I’m going to my room to charge it."
"Okay." Shen Jingxiu proactively went forward to open the door for Wenyan, a forced smile hanging on his face.
