Time always slipped by unnoticed when watching a movie.
By the time the lights came back on and the screen went dark, Lin Yue realized it was already midnight.
They got up and left the theater, heading out onto the somewhat deserted streets.
"What did you think? Was it good?" Seeing Lin Yue remain silent, Chen Xi had no choice but to start the conversation.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Yue gave a fairly standard assessment. "It was alright. Nothing special."
It was a very conventional feel-good movie for the whole family, with nothing worth criticizing and no particularly memorable highlights.
Perhaps the only special thing about the movie was that it served as a memento of watching it together with Chen Xi.
That unique significance made the otherwise rather mediocre film seem considerably more meaningful.
Standing beneath a streetlamp with her hands in her pockets, Chen Xi said, "I'll take you back. It's so late that even if you call a cab, you'll have to wait a while for someone to accept the order."
"Thank you." Lin Yue gave a soft acknowledgment.
The familiar white light flowed from Chen Xi's hand once more.
Truthfully, Chen Xi no longer needed any sort of teleportation ritual to travel freely to any corner of the world.
But in front of Lin Yue, she could not exactly display her strength too extravagantly. Otherwise, she would not be able to keep acting out the rest of the script.
Only when the gentle white light enveloped her did Lin Yue close her eyes tightly, count to three in silence, and slowly open her clear, watery eyes again.
She was home.
Looking at the empty, desolate scene inside, the warmth in Lin Yue's heart immediately cooled.
Calling it home was a stretch. It was merely