How Was the Movie?

"Do you have any preferences when it comes to movies, Huanyue?" Shiori looked at the two tickets in her hand, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"Hmm... I actually rarely watch movies," Huanyue said with a cheerful smile as she looked up. "So—I'll leave everything to Shiori and Rinne to decide."

"Then, Rinne, do you have any movie preferences?" Shiori raised her eyes and cast an inquiring look toward Rinne on the other side.

"Me? Well..." Rinne blinked lightly at that. "In that case... let's leave it to Shiori. I trust Shiori's choice."

"Huh? Wh-why is everything being left to me..." Shiori stammered, letting out a resigned sigh.

She jogged over to the ticket counter. The original two tickets were clearly not enough; she had to buy one more.

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Huanyue squeezed herself between the two of them, crunching away at her popcorn.

At first, she was completely engrossed.

But before long, her brows furrowed slightly.

The protagonist's acting on the screen was absurdly exaggerated and painfully immersion-breaking, while the supporting characters somehow acted with tremendous presence. But compared to all that...!

The male lead lost both legs saving the female lead. After caring for him for three years, the female lead eloped with the male lead's half-sister on his father's side. To get revenge, the male lead got together with the female lead's mother. And the movie was only halfway through!!!

Gasp!

Huanyue sucked in a sharp breath, the fingers holding her popcorn frozen in midair.

What a thunderous plot.

The cover and promotional material had looked fairly artsy, so what was with this tangled, ethics-shattering story in front of her?! Qian Huanyue could not understand.

This did not feel like something humans were meant to watch.

Rinne, seated to her left, was quietly breaking out in a fine