As it was a low-budget indie film, the production crew didn't have much funding, and the movie only ran for about an hour and a half.
When the film ended and the screening room lit up again, Gu Qiu looked around and noticed that only one pair of the couples sitting behind them remained.
Halfway through the movie, carried away by the moment, the other couples had probably decided that sweet nothings were better saved for later or that there was no time like the present, and had left early.
Chapter 17