The Female Leads Truly Loves You - Chapter 147

Chapter 147: I can borrow your time until tonight, right?
Sam was somewhat confident in his acting skills.

Moreover, he felt that he hadn’t made any mistakes throughout the entire process, nor had he shown any insincerity.

But why… did this man see through him?

Forget about those so-called minor slip-ups, Sam was extremely careful and cautious, thinking carefully before speaking anything, especially after meeting Zoe’s parents.

Sam’s smile was natural, and at this moment, he didn’t show any flaws, even feigning a bit of surprise appropriately.

“Ah? What are you talking about… I am Zoe’s boyfriend, of course.”

However, the man, as if affirming some fact, smiled and raised his glass towards Sam.

Sam didn’t hesitate and raised his glass as well.

After finishing that last sip, the man slowly sighed.

“You indeed are an excellent man in appearance, speech, and even in your principles… Of course, I don’t know much about you, your specific character, habits, or personality. And I won’t unjustly accuse you of anything malicious. You two coordinated well today, probably after having discussed things in advance… but it seems you’ve overlooked a fundamental thing.”

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Sam seemed to want to resist a bit more, but the man shook his head.

“It’s simple, I don’t know you, but I know my daughter very well. And having gone through love and marriage with my wife, I know what true mutual affection looks like, what a genuinely harmonious relationship is like…

No matter how well you act, there will be traces because what’s real is real, and what’s fake, no matter how well acted, still seems fake. I guess Zoe’s mother has probably seen through it as well.”

Sam’s heart skipped a beat.

This couple… seemed to be not so simple after all.

Probably Zoe outside was facing a similar pressure, undergoing the same scrutiny he was.

However, Sam quickly adjusted his mindset, shaking his head with a smile.

“Alright, I admit, you’re right about everything.”

The man smiled at Sam. “No more acting?”

Sam nodded.

“There’s no point in keeping it up now. You are indeed a great father, and I feel somewhat sorry for deceiving you and your wife.”

The man shook his head.

“You don’t have anything to apologize for, after all, you wouldn’t have come up with this plan on your own. It must have been my daughter who asked you to do this.”

“Indeed, but I still deceived you.”

The man looked at Sam and sighed.

“I know my daughter well enough; you don’t have to blame yourself for anything. It’s normal, and don’t be too hard on her. Pressured by our insistence on marriage, she found this excuse to evade, which is quite normal.”

Sam looked curiously at the man.

“Since you understand the reason… then why do you still pressure her to get married?”

The man glanced at Sam, then slowly said,

“You clearly don’t have experience raising a daughter. But if you ask your parents, they’ll tell you that if they had a daughter, they would probably be even more anxious than we are.

We don’t live in the bustling city center of Kuhang, and we actually don’t want our daughter to live in such a fast-paced, materialistic big city. It’s easy to get lost, easy to fall.

So, we worry about her. And of course, we hope for her to settle down, she’s already 23 years old. Having a reliable person to take care of her, to rely on each other, would make life much simpler.

Don’t laugh at us… you should know, parents are always very simple beings, with no ill intentions, just wanting to consider a bit more for their children.”

He exhaled a puff of smoke. “We just want our daughter to be happy, that’s all.”

Sam believed him when he said this.

Because he truly understood Zoe, and now he was calm enough.

Thinking about it, Sam’s parents might feel the same way.

Sam looked at the man in front of him, who was smoking.

“I fully understand your feelings, but as Zoe’s friend, I still want to say that matters of the romance rely on fate, and it shouldn’t be forced too much. Maybe you think getting married and having children is very normal, but Zoe is only 23 years old.”

The man looked at Sam, squinting slightly. “What are you trying to say?”

Sam took a deep breath and said with a smile,

“I think Zoe is an excellent and very independent woman. Actually, there’s no need to worry so much about her. She hasn’t gone bad or fallen into degradation; she has her own plans for many things. I also hope Zoe can find happiness, so I don’t want her to be rushed or pressured by external forces, disrupting her pace and changing her entire life.”

The man was silent for a while, then looked at Sam.

“Of course, I understand that, but how to achieve it, how she can be happy, depends not on me, but on you.”

“Me?”

Sam was taken aback, the man’s words catching him off guard.

It was like being in a boxing ring, about to finish off your opponent with a left hook, when suddenly, the opponent pulls out a gun.

The man smiled.

“Don’t tell me you haven’t realized it, would my daughter randomly ask someone to pretend to be her boyfriend? Besides, she had already said your conditions with us in advance; you can’t possibly tell me she just made it all up and then found you by matching those conditions, right?”

Of course not…

Sam felt a bit awkward and took a sip of water.

“It’s probably just a fondness… Our relationship isn’t that close…”

Hmm, in Sam’s mind, as long as there hadn’t been any real sexual acts, they were just good friends, not truly close.

The man nonchalantly shook his head.

“I don’t care about those things. I just want to tell you, you’re a smart man, you know some things without me having to remind you. If you don’t want to admit it, then let it be. But… if you don’t have such intentions, then tell her sooner rather than later.

You don’t have to help her, after all, you’re not obligated to. If she’s brought some things upon herself, we won’t stop her, but don’t hurt her. Otherwise, I am willing to give up everything, even if it means all the efforts of my early life. We’ve lost our son; we can’t let her get hurt again, that’s all.”

Looking at the man silently smoking.

Sam wasn’t angry, even though he sensed a bit of a threat.

He even found himself genuinely thinking this father… was pretty cool.

When he came out, Sam saw Zoe with a similarly awkward and unnatural expression on her face, probably because her mother had said something similar.

However, the couple seemed to have a good understanding between them, smiling at the doorway and saying to them,

“Alright, we’ll head back first, no need to see us out. You young people go do what you want, we’re off.”

And they left just like that.

A bit tipsy, Sam felt as if he was in a dream.

He looked at Zoe, who was also looking at him, hesitating before speaking.

“My father… did he say something to you?”

Sam replied with a bitter smile.

“I’m really sorry, they saw through us.”

Zoe immediately said, “It’s not your fault… It’s just that they know me too well, and I was too naive, making you accompany me in this meaningless act…”

“Meaningless? I wouldn’t say that.”

“Eh? Why?”

Zoe looked at Sam, puzzled.

Sam smiled and shrugged.

“At least they won’t pressure you into marriage anymore, you can relax a bit now.”

Zoe’s smile blossomed, like a lotus flower opening on a summer day.

“I still have to thank you… Without you, I might not have had the courage to say those things to my mom…”

Sam shook his head.

“It’s okay, you take care of me all the time too, helping each other out is only right.”

Something seemed to cross Zoe’s mind as she looked at Sam. “You drank just now… are you feeling alright?”

Sam nodded.

“It’s fine, the alcohol content wasn’t high, and I didn’t drink much.”

Zoe nodded.

“Then… are you in a hurry to go back?”

“Not really, as long as I get back before it gets dark. Why do you ask?”

A faint blush appeared on Zoe’s face, like early-blooming cherry blossoms under the spring chill.

“So… that means I can borrow your time until tonight, right?”

Sam hesitated but seeing her gaze, he smiled and nodded.

“I guess so, what do you have in mind?”

Zoe boldly reached out her hand and, like when they were pretending to be a couple, looped her arm through Sam’s.

“Just have Sam accompany me for a bit. Right now… my feelings are a bit chaotic, and I need Sam here to sort them out properly.”

Sam didn’t rush to pull away, instead looking at her. “Then… what do you want to do?”

What kind of leisure activities could they do during the day?

Zoe thought for a moment, looking around.

“There’s a movie theater!”

“Do you want to watch a movie?”

Sam wasn’t in the habit of watching movies often and had only been to the cinema a few times. Since arriving in this world, he hadn’t gone to a cinema.

Zoe nodded.

“Since I started working, I rarely get the chance to watch movies, and it doesn’t feel the same at home, plus I couldn’t find the right person… If I could go with Sam, that would be perfect.”

With Zoe putting it that way, what else could be done?

“Alright, let’s see what movies are playing,” Sam said.

Upon reaching the movie theater’s ticket counter, Zoe looked around and then pointed at the poster of one of the movies.

“How about this one? It looks pretty good, and I’ve even seen the trailer; it seems decent.”

Sam glanced at it and realized it was a romance film.

Of course, it was a genuine romance film, not the X-rated kind.

Sam wanted to say that, compared to romance movies, he actually preferred Godzilla.

But he quickly abandoned the thought. Watching a movie with a woman and choosing Godzilla would be something only someone like Louis would do.

“Then let’s go for that one.”

They bought the tickets, and Zoe also got some popcorn and cola.

Looking at Sam, she said with a smile, “A movie isn’t complete without cola and popcorn~”

And truly, Zoe looked incredibly cute right now.

There weren’t many people watching the movie at this time, but… when Sam looked at the tickets, he realized Zoe had bought seats that were quite far back.

“These seats are pretty far back?”

In the large cinema, there were less than twenty people in the front rows.

Zoe widened her eyes, “Ah… I haven’t bought tickets in so long, I thought these were closer to the screen, I got it reversed…”

Seeing her somewhat self-reproaching expression, Sam laughed.

“It’s fine, this position is comfortable to watch from, it doesn’t matter where we are.”

They found their seats and sat down.

There wasn’t anyone around them, with the nearest audience being three rows away.

Sam felt a bit uncomfortable, but Zoe next to him seemed very focused on the movie, which made Sam a bit more at ease.

A daytime cinema… shouldn’t lead to anything strange happening.

Besides, Sam didn’t have any peculiar preferences.

This movie turned out to be better than Sam expected because it was a pure love story.

It didn’t have the clichéd plot lines or the prepare-to-marry-then-suddenly-a-car-accident kind of scenario.

It was actually somewhat original.

The story seemed to revolve around the love life of a young couple from childhood to adulthood, starting with mutual teasing and comforting, evolving through misunderstandings and conflicts during their rebellious phase, and eventually leading to reconciliation.

Though the plot wasn’t particularly unique or deeply meaningful, the composition, color scheme, and dialogue were all quite excellent.

The romantic scenes were sufficiently romantic.

It was the kind of film where the key background music could give you goosebumps and elicit exclamations of amazement from the audience.

Sam nearly finished all the popcorn.

“It’s very romantic…” Zoe said next to him.

Sam nodded.

“Indeed, it’s pretty good. It proves you have a good eye.”

“Is that something… you need to compliment me on?”

“What else? It’s not like we can act like the couples in the movie…”

Sam’s words abruptly stopped.

Turning his head, he saw Zoe’s slightly flushed face in the darkness, looking very enticing.

Her gaze was as if it could speak.

Seeing Sam silent, Zoe gently parted her tempting red lips.

“Sam… why did you stop? Do you want to do something like the couples in the movie?”

Sam’s gaze honestly drifted towards Zoe’s lower waist.

That perfect curve, the enticing buttocks…

Sam quickly turned his gaze away.

“Ah… nothing, just joking… eh, Zoe, what are you doing?”

Before Sam could finish, he felt a warm body leaning close to him.

It was Zoe, leaning towards him, her gaze on Sam, while one hand rested on Sam’s thigh, seemingly caressing it unconsciously.

All this seemed like a prelude to something about to happen, but… this was a cinema!

They could easily see the audience in front, eating popcorn, drinking cola, and eagerly discussing the plot.

But the next moment,

Sam heard a voice as if it was whispering in his ear.

“Sam helped me so much today… I promised to repay Sam properly~”