After leaving the award ceremony's luxurious private room, the group headed toward the hotel.
"Ah~ After playing all day, I'm so tired!" Kiana stretched lazily and said.
Sirin seized the opportunity to retort, "Why didn't I hear you say you were tired earlier when we were playing?"
"Mind your own business!" Kiana stuck out her tongue, "Besides, Sirin, you didn't look much better, did you? You said it was boring, but you were happier than anyone else while playing."
"You...!"
Seeing the two were about to start quarreling again, Raiden Mei smiled and smoothed things over, "Alright~ Since everyone's tired, let's head back to the hotel and rest first."
With that, the group strolled along the seaside path, walking slowly into the sunset.
There were a few tourists scattered along the roadside, most of whom were still talking about the performance from earlier.
"She really lives up to the name Eden. Her performance was flawless."
"Yeah, yeah. I feel like only Miss Robin could be mentioned in the same breath as her~"
"Sigh~ I feel like for the next few days, nothing will excite me anymore, because Miss Eden raised my threshold for joy too high."
"Exactly, I just want to go back to the hotel, lie on the bed, and then project the recorded video on the big screen and watch it hundreds of times."
The passersby chatted as they walked past Van and the others.
Ivana paused his steps, his gaze following the departing group, sinking into thought.
"What's wrong, Ivana?" Fu Hua beside him asked in confusion.
"Nothing~" Ivana, hands behind his back, hopped and skipped to catch up with the group, the corners of his lips carrying a sly smile.
"I was just thinking... how to let that old man experience the feeling of his 'joy threshold being raised'~"
As he spoke, Ivana's hand unconsciously reached into his pocket and touched that mysterious, still-unopened little box.
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[At the Same Time, at the Resort's Cinema Ticket Counter]
The young lady ticket seller looked at the couples in front of her holding hands and unconsciously let out a long sigh of relief.
At the same time, she felt a sense of satisfaction, 'This is how couples are supposed to behave~'
After all, last night that scumbag who brought three different girls to soak in the couple's hot spring nearly shattered her worldview.
So after finishing her work for the day, the first thing she did was apply for a transfer to a different post. After approval, she moved to the cinema ticket booth.
Although compared to the hot spring reception desk, working the ticket counter was clearly more exhausting, after all, there are obviously more customers watching movies than soaking in hot springs.
But all this was worth it.
Because after a full day of "healing treatment," she had finally recovered from yesterday's shock.
After handling a young couple's ticket purchase, the ticket girl couldn't help but sigh,
"Indeed, the problem wasn't me, nor the world, but that scumbag who was two-timing everyone!!!"
The ticket girl stretched lazily, her fitted uniform instantly outlining her beautiful curves.
Just then, she heard the sound of footsteps and immediately switched into work mode.
With a signature smile, the ticket girl welcomed the approaching group of guests, "Welcome, dear guests, what would you like to watc... eh?"
The professional greeting came to an abrupt stop, and the ticket girl's smile froze on her face.
Because she saw five youthful, beautiful girls, each of whom could easily become the center of attention anywhere.
And more shockingly, two of the girls were the same ones who had gone to the hot spring with that scumbag last night.
And judging from the way the two girls were interacting, their relationship seemed pretty good?
'Oh my god! Am I the one who's out of touch?'
'Have young people these days become this open?'
While the ticket girl's mind was spinning, a cheerful voice broke her train of thought.
"Excuse me, do you still have tickets for Clockwork Boy, Dream Memories?"
After confirming the screening info on the display, Kiana asked excitedly.
Looking at the silver-haired, excited girl in front of her, the ticket girl quickly returned to work mode.
After checking the ticket system, the ticket girl replied with her signature smile, "There are still tickets for Clockwork Boy, Dream Memories, and there happens to be a block of six consecutive seats available, perfect for you and your friends~"
After saying that, the ticket girl thought to herself, 'Although I don't know what exactly happened between those two girls and that scumbag, judging from the surface, this seems to be just a normal best-friends' outing.'
However, what she didn't expect was that the real shock was still to come.
After hearing there were six connected seats, the silver-haired girl looked disappointed and asked, "Um... do you have seven seats together? Actually, we still have one more person..."
"Se... seven seats?"
At that moment, the ticket girl's smile remained, but sweat was already pouring down her back.
Because she suddenly had a very bad feeling.
'No way!'
'Is this one of those ridiculous plotlines you only read in novels actually happening to me?!'
And then, when she saw that scumbag from last night, holding milk tea, walk toward the group of beautiful girls in front of her, the ticket girl's last hope died.
What's worse, was the affectionate way each girl accepted the milk tea, it completely shattered her defenses.
'Alright, alright, so this is how you wanna play, huh?'
Including that green-haired beauty who wasn't here, this scumbag isn't just two-timing or three-timing, he's basically stepping on seven boats.
A textbook example of time management.
If Van knew what the ticket girl was thinking, he'd definitely want to clarify that the rumor of him stepping on seven boats was false.
At the very least, that little brat Ivana, he didn't count her as one of them.
On this side, noticing the ticket girl's dilemma, Raiden Mei gently said, "If there aren't seven seats together, let's just pick another movie we can all watch."
"But besides Clockwork Boy, there doesn't seem to be anything else good right now," Kiana said in distress.
As the situation became awkward, a well-dressed woman walked over quickly.
She introduced herself as the manager of the cinema and came specifically to meet the request of Van and the others, who had invitation cards, to watch a movie together.
With that, the cinema manager led the group toward the VIP screening section.
"Dear guests, please follow me to the VIP screening room. There are no restrictions on showtimes there, and you can choose whatever movie you'd like to watch~"
While explaining, the manager successfully led Van and the others to the door of the exclusive VIP screening room.
As the door to the VIP room gently opened, Van froze in place at the entrance.
Because, inside the VIP screening room, there were already other people.
And... they were people he knew.
At the same time, Van and the group walking in naturally drew the attention of the others in the room.
One of the pink-haired girls happily greeted them,
"Hi~ everyone, we meet again~"
The door to the screening room quietly shut behind them.
No one noticed the same playful, mocking smile on the manager's face as the one Vil-V wore in the monitoring room...
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