If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 36: Date with a Boy

Mini-skirts were so pretty. Shen Chi was definitely blind. He had actually insisted that she wear long skirts. She couldn’t help but sigh over and over again.

After getting dressed, Xu Zhaomu fastened a butterfly bow on her head.

Suddenly, she looked so pretty.

“Good morning, Miss Xu.”

When she got downstairs, everyone stared at her with strange looks. This was only the second time the servants had ever seen Xu Zhaomu wearing a mini-skirt. She had dressed herself up so prettily.

“Good morning.”

Xu Zhaomu was in an especially good mood. She was only 18 years old, and everyone her age wanted to look beautiful. She’d made up her mind that she was no longer going to go clothes shopping with Shen Chi.

Shen Chi had exceptionally poor taste. She’d realized this ever since he’d said that he liked big-chested girls. This man was unbelievably tacky.

“Miss Xu, what do you want to eat?” Housekeeper Lin walked over.

“I’m not eating today.” Xu Zhaomu waved her hands and hummed a tune as she walked out of the living room with her handbag.

Housekeeper Lin stared at Xu Zhaomu, bewildered. She was acting like someone who was high on drugs.

“Miss Xu, where are you going?” Housekeeper Lin asked.

“Oh, I’m going to my classmate’s house to do homework.” Xu Zhaomu made up a lie.

Housekeeper Lin knew that Xu Zhaomu didn’t like studying. And yet here she was, going out at such an early hour with great excitement. She’d even refused to have any breakfast. Was it really because she was going to a classmate’s house to do homework? Housekeeper Ling didn’t think so.

“Why don’t you have the driver take you there?” Housekeeper Lin continued to probe.

“No need, I’ll get there by myself. It’ll be a good workout.”

“All right then, be careful on the road. Are you sure you don’t want to have any breakfast?”

“No need, I’m not hungry.”

Xu Zhaomu’s thought processes went something like this. If she ate breakfast, would she be able to eat snacks during the movie? How unromantic would that be?

Xu Zhaomu kept on humming as she left the Shen family’s villa. The moment she left, Housekeeper Lin gave Shen Chi a call.

“Fourth Young Master, Miss Xu has left the house. She didn’t even eat breakfast. She said that she was going to her classmate’s house to do homework.”

Shen Chi was in the middle of managing some documents. He asked nonchalantly, “Did it seem believable to you?”

Housekeeper Lin said, “No, it doesn’t. Miss Xu had even put on a mini-skirt. Her hair was done up in a butterfly bow, and she appeared quite excited.”

“She truly has got some guts. She still dared to wear it.” Shen Chi harrumphed coldly.

“Fourth Young Master, should I ask the driver to follow her?” Housekeeper Lin asked.

“Mmm.” Shen Chi silently agreed that was a good idea.

Xu Zhaomu walked along the streets merrily. She was completely unaware that someone was tailing her. It was rare that she didn’t have any extra classes, and she seldom had the chance to go out and have any fun. She took in her surroundings as she strolled toward the cinema.

As expected, Luo Yanli was already at the cinema when she arrived.

He was wearing a white T-shirt, with a backpack on his shoulders. The bright rays of sunlight beamed onto his figure. The corners of Xu Zhaomu’s mouth slipped into a smile as she looked at him from afar.

No wonder everyone in school called Luo Yanli a prince. In the past, she had always believed that Shen Chi was a man beyond comparison. However, when she looked at Luo Yanli now, he appeared young and in the prime of his life. How could Shen Chi even compare? He was astute, mature, and shrewd. He always had evil tricks up his sleeves, and, what was more, he was exceptionally vulgar.

Hence, when she compared them side by side, she instantly felt that Luo Yanli was many times better than Shen Chi.

“You…were waiting for me?” Xu Zhaomu walked up to Luo Yanli.

This was Xu Zhaomu’s first time going on a date with a boy. She didn’t really know what to do. This girl, who usually behaved like a hoodlum, suddenly became a little shy. She smiled, no longer baring any fangs or claws.

Luo Yanli smiled at Xu Zhaomu. “You’re here!”

That smile of his caused the azure sky to lose all its color.

However, not far away from them, the driver gave Shen Chi a call.

“Fourth Young Master, Miss Xu is having a date with a boy.”

Shen Chi tossed his pen on the table with a bang. “Keep an eye on her!”

“Yes, sir.” The driver continued his observations.

Xu Zhaomu and Luo Yanli walked into the cinema side by side. Luo Yanli bought popcorn, milk tea, and fried chicken for her. Xu Zhaomu was delighted. She was very easy to please.

There was still quite a long time before the movie started. Xu Zhaomu and Luo Yanli started to chat with one another.

Xu Zhaomu was not very familiar with Luo Yanli, because mediocre students and top students lived worlds apart. What’s more, Luo Yanli was in a science class, while she was in a humanities class. Hence, the two of them hardly ever came across one another at school.

Xu Zhaomu’s biggest impression of Luo Yanli was that he was good at his studies and that he was handsome. However, they hadn’t been really acquainted before that day.

After chatting for a while, Xu Zhaomu finally got to know that Luo Yanli had liked her for a long time. The reason being that the first time he’d seen Xu Zhaomu, he’d felt that she was a unique girl.

Xu Zhaomu thought he should have added quotation marks to the word unique.

“I remember that back in grade one, we’d all queued under the hot sun to submit our school fees. The queue was very, very long. You were the only one who dared to run over to the school administration and request a hat. You even distributed hats to everyone else.”

Xu Zhaomu didn’t expect Luo Yanli to have remembered such a small thing.

“Back then, I thought that you were very kind and smart.”

“But I am only a mediocre student,” Xu Zhaomu uttered faintly.

“There only needs to be one top student between the two of us.” Luo Yanli smiled, revealing his pearly white teeth. His smile was exceptionally bright and warm.

Xu Zhaomu blushed once again. Was this considered a confession?

At that moment, the movie started. Xu Zhaomu nibbled on the milk tea straw.

This was her first time harboring the sentiments of a young girl. She had finally remembered that she was an 18-year-old girl who was in the prime of her youth.

She wasn’t a hooligan or a hoodlum.

Xu Zhaomu didn’t remember a single thing about the movie. She only remembered that Luo Yanli had helped her hold her popcorn. When her hands got greasy from the fried chicken, he took out a paper napkin and helped her to clean her hands.

He was very considerate and very gentle. For the first time in her life, Xu Zhaomu got to experience the gentleness of a boy.

Soon, the movie came to an end. Xu Zhaomu felt that time had passed too quickly.

Some of the snacks that Luo Yanli had bought were still unfinished. As she walked out of the theater with a paper bag in her hand, she stuffed a chicken wing into his mouth.

“You should try it too. This one is quite tasty. I really like to eat this brand. Every time I come here, I buy it,” Xu Zhaomu said with a smile.

Luo Yanli was a boy who didn’t really like to eat snacks. However, he still ate the chicken wing that Xu Zhaomu had shoved into his mouth.

“It really does taste quite good. If you like it, you can just let me know. I walk by this place every day on the way to school. I will bring some for you.”

Luo Yanli smiled. His smiles were always so refreshing and pure. When Xu Zhaomu saw this, her heart melted.

Xu Zhaomu didn’t know if this was how dating someone felt. In any case, the azure sky now appeared bluer, and the ivory clouds whiter.

However…everything appeared more vibrant, except for the Maybach that was parked in front of her.

Xu Zhaomu caught sight of Shen Chi, who was seated in the driver’s seat. His face was icy and handsome, and both his hands rested on the steering wheel. His eyes were fixed on the entrance to the movie theater.

He must have driven over from the Group, for he was still wearing a black business suit. No matter how she looked at him, he appeared cold.

Xu Zhaomu’s complexion instantly changed. Why did she see him everywhere she went?

She hesitated for ten seconds as she struggled to make the decision between fleeing and taking the initiative to greet him.

She realized that she was probably unable to outrun the Maybach. What was more, it would make her appear very unladylike.

So she walked forward with a smile. “Hello Fourth Brother, are you here to watch a movie with your girlfriend?”