Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 572 - 570: Love Without Reason

After finishing a bowl of tomato and egg noodles, Lu Shouyue voluntarily went to wash the dishes. Even after washing them, he didn’t seem to want to leave, and sat down on the other side of the sofa, ready to mirror a video onto the TV.

Lin Wanwan peeked over the top of her medical book and asked quietly, "Mr. Lu, aren’t you moving today? Don’t you need to keep an eye on it?"

Lu Shouyue looked for a movie on his phone, replying casually, "I hired a one-stop moving company; they’ll take care of everything without me needing to watch over them."

Lin Wanwan responded with an "Oh": "The service industry today is so competitive, it’s refined to such an extent?"

Lu Shouyue laughed, "As long as there’s a way to make money, someone will come up with it."

Lin Wanwan agreed, then lowered her head to pretend to continue reading her medical book.

Actually, Lu Shouyue’s presence greatly affected Lin Wanwan’s emotions, making it impossible for her to concentrate on studying.

She sighed internally, again and again.

Lin Wanwan, oh Lin Wanwan, you’re done for! How can you be so useless? What are you hesitating about!

Ah! If only Lu Shouyue weren’t so good, it wouldn’t be so hard for you.

While she was wallowing in self-pity, cheerful laughter erupted from the TV, which was showing an especially old movie, "A Chinese Odyssey."

Unexpectedly, after searching the video platform for so long, Lu Shouyue found such an old movie.

This "A Chinese Odyssey," Lin Wanwan had only heard of. She knew it was a very classic comedy by Zhou Xingchi, but she’d never actually watched it.

Because when this movie became popular on the mainland, Lin Wanwan wasn’t even born yet, so she’d only heard about it.

Now that it was playing, Lin Wanwan decided to watch it together.

How good is this movie to be regarded as a classic?

"Wanwan, do you want to watch with the lights off? It feels more like a movie theater that way, but it might strain the eyes a little," Lu Shouyue suggested.

Lin Wanwan replied indifferently, "Whatever, I don’t mind."

"Then let’s turn them off."

Lu Shouyue got up and turned off the living room lights. In an instant, the living room was only illuminated by the glow of the TV screen, making the contours of his face look somewhat unreal.

He sat back on the sofa, and they silently watched the movie together.

The nonsensical movie style was rare these days; having never experienced the DVD era and not being much of a film buff, it was Lin Wanwan’s first time encountering this.

Not long into the movie, something triggered Lin Wanwan’s laughter, and during the screening of the first part, "Pandora’s Box," her constant silly laughter of "haha" echoed through the small courtyard.

From time to time, Lu Shouyue glanced at Lin Wanwan out of the corner of his eye, finding her open-mouthed silliness utterly adorable, her laughter like a cat’s paw scratching incessantly at his heart.

With every glance, he found himself liking her more.

Ah! Lu Shouyue, oh Lu Shouyue! You’re beyond help!

He couldn’t help but mock himself in his mind.

During the next mirroring session of the second part, "Cinderella," Lu Shouyue finally couldn’t resist asking, "Wanwan, you haven’t seen this movie before?"

Lin Wanwan laughed till she almost cried. Hearing Lu Shouyue’s question, she replied between giggles, "No, I’ve only heard about it and seen a few clips, but never watched it. Ah, this Zun Zunbao’s acting style is so funny, it cracks me up."

Lu Shouyue asked incredulously, "Do you not even know Zhou Xingchi?"

Lin Wanwan responded, "Not really, I’ve seen his directed ’Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons’ on my computer. But movies he starred in, I truly haven’t watched."

Lu Shouyue: "..."

Speechless.

The first half of "Cinderella" was equally joyous, but at a certain point, Lin Wanwan could no longer laugh.

Bodhi kept repeating, "Do you need a reason to love someone?"

Do you need one?

Don’t you?

This question seemed to question Lin Wanwan’s soul, making it impossible for her to laugh freely.

When Zixia, the immortal, was impaled, uttering, "My true love is a peerless hero who will one day come riding on a rainbow to marry me... I guessed the beginning, but I couldn’t guess the ending," Lin Wanwan was filled with sighs of lament.

Wearing the Tightening Spell and gaining the Divine Power, Sun Wukong had lost the ability of Zun Zunbao to "love," and he had to let go.

At the end of the movie, Zixia’s reincarnation commented on the monkey’s journey to the Western Heaven, "He seems like a dog."

Lin Wanwan watched the lines and the monkey’s dejected figure, tearing up in silence, a kind of unresolvable emotion blocked in her chest, unspeakable.

Lu Shouyue silently handed her a tissue, gently asking, "Wanwan, do you need a reason to love someone?"

"Don’t you?" Lin Wanwan repeated Zun Zunbao’s rhetorical question.

Lu Shouyue turned to look at her, his expression slightly confused, "I don’t know."

In the half-lit glow, Lu Shouyue’s presence bore a special oppressive feeling, making Lin Wanwan inexplicably nervous.

She grabbed a cushion to hug in front of her chest, feigning a casual tone, "Mr. Lu, who do you think Zun Zunbao truly loves? Is it the pure, devoted White Bone Demon Bai Jingjing five hundred years later, or the Zixia, the immortal, who left a tear in his heart five hundred years ago?"

Lu Shouyue didn’t answer, and the sudden silence made Lin Wanwan’s heart race, as if a thousand swings were rebelling inside her heart.

His figure gradually enlarged in her pupils, something was about to surface, and the air turned ambiguous.

"I’ll turn on the lights," Lin Wanwan suddenly stood up, avoiding Lu Shouyue’s tentative approach.

Lu Shouyue sat up straight again. When Lin Wanwan passed by him, he secretly took a deep breath, smelling the faint fragrance of a woman on her body, reminding himself to restrain.

The blow from a failed confession made him especially timid, fearful that the answer he’d receive would again be something he didn’t want to hear. If that was the case, he’d prefer silence.

The lights were turned on, and the movie had ended.

Lu Shouyue answered with a question, "Wanwan, who do you think Zun Zunbao loves?"

Lin Wanwan pondered for a while, sighing deeply, "It’s too difficult; perhaps Zun Zunbao loves the unfillable desire, unaccomplished love is the most enticing."

Lu Shouyue chuckled, "This way of thinking is a bit too pessimistic, also a bit cruel."

Lin Wanwan smiled without speaking, but in her heart, the true answer was that Zun Zunbao actually liked both Bai Jingjing and Zixia.

Maybe love doesn’t have to be singular? Just like the white rose and red rose in Zhang Ailing’s writings, it’s just too hard to choose.

But this idea is too unconventional, even in modern times, it cannot be spoken.

So Lin Wanwan naturally could only keep the answer buried in her heart. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"It’s late, I’ll take my leave now." Lu Shouyue got up to retrieve his coat and spoke while putting it on, "Good night, Wanwan."

"Good night."

After closing the door, with only Lin Wanwan left in the house, she couldn’t help but let out a long breath.

For a moment, she was really afraid that she would impulsively promise something.