Chapter 113 Yin Peach Blossom (43) "So there is no 'peach blossom' that can..."
Holy crap!
Holy crap!
Holy crap!
Is this still a horror comic? Who am I? Where am I?
No, this is a state banquet.
"So beautiful... I mean, it's beautifully painted."
"So white... I mean, the skin tone is so white."
[So alluring... I was really talking about Ah Tan's fragrant beauty.]
I'm sorry, but [yellow heart][yellow heart]
What kind of play is this? Is this legitimate fog?
[Where have you been studying, Sword God? What have you been watching in your spare time?!]
[The Sword God has always had a good understanding of human anatomy; isn't it normal for him to study anatomy and look at ○○?]
[Actually, it's still from a horror comic. The subtle atmosphere, the contrast of light and shadow, the eerie and demonic beauty... what more can I say? City A deserves the title of "Knife God"]
[B City also got the Blade God]
Yes, just one picture, and it wasn't even given directly, but it was even more... I'm sorry [yellow heart][yellow heart], I did something wrong.
Let me recite that classic line from someone who falls at the feet of a succubus:
[Human nature]
[Human nature]
Question the goblins, understand the goblins, become a goblin.
[Mirror God: Beyond ghosts and monsters.]
I always said Ah Tan's illness was like being drugged with aphrodisiacs.
【You Mirror God, taking advantage of my vulnerability, huh?!】
[I thought this story about the yin peach blossom was just a separate episode about the young lady, and that it would lead into the main plot. Turns out you're a yin peach blossom too!]
[LuLu spent the whole night looking at screenshots of this picture.]
It's not that short.
[Wrong! Lu Lu will chase after his dog brother. Isn't that like his base being raided?! My tangent theorem!]
[They're not really brothers, are they? One mirror, two souls, two sides, maybe the angel dog and the devil dog are in sync, tsk tsk, Lu Lu in the future timeline probably won't feel it, feeling it on one side and getting angry on the other, this sandwich is just so satisfying...]
[You still can't believe it. Maybe this is Lu Lu; she's already taken advantage of him.]
[Negative review, poorly drawn. This one doesn't convey the story well enough. You need to draw more to explain it clearly.]
[I agree, though I don't mind. Can we continue in the next chapter?!]
Just this one picture flooded the forum homepage. Xie Tan looked at the trending posts and had no desire to think about anything else, his brows furrowed.
So what exactly happened that night?
He still couldn't remember; the fog obscuring his memories seemed to have grown even thicker.
He should have felt apprehensive about the unknown, or even more intense negative emotions, but strangely, his body and mind, his reason and instinct, seemed to be coaxing him to "relax"... So he just couldn't remember, and couldn't evoke any more reactions.
But that's even more dangerous.
He exited the comic app, clutching his phone, staring blankly at the pinned chat box, repeatedly revising his message in his mind, unsure of what to say. He typed three or four pinyin characters and then withdrew the message.
It's so late, they should already be resting.
But in just a few moments, the other person noticed, as if they had been glued to their phone, watching his messages, and replied instantly: "Aren't you asleep?"
Embracing the Sun: [Still missing me?]
Embracing the sun: [Dog grinning smugly.jpg]
Xie Tan slowly relaxed his grip: [You weren't asleep either?]
Embracing the sun: [Because I'm thinking of you]
Embracing the sun: [Poor dog eyes.jpg]
Xie Tan chuckled, seeing the puppy-dog eyes that seemed to reflect his true self. After a moment of silence, he replied: "I miss you too."
The person who always replied instantly suddenly stopped responding, and Xie Tan became uneasy. Could it be that this guy fell asleep halfway through the conversation?
He hesitated. Normally, he would assume his chat partner had stopped messaging him and assume they were off work, but... this couldn't be considered normal. This wasn't a chat partner; this was his newly minted boyfriend. And this wasn't normal either... Right now, he was really thinking about him.
So after hesitating for a long time, he took the initiative to send another message.
.at: [?]
A few seconds later, the other end replied: [Knock knock.]
Xie Tan's heart stirred. He got up and walked to the living room, looking in the direction of the front door. Then he lowered his head again as a new message popped up on his phone.
Embrace the Sun: [Ah Tan's Magic Countdown, Part Three—]
Embracing the Sun: [Part Two]
Xie Tan put down his phone, walked quickly to the door, and silently counted down to the last number. The door clicked open, and they were embracing each other.
Lu Jinzhao leaned his head against his and whispered with a smile in his ear, "One."
Xie Tan held Lu Jinzhao tightly, refusing to let go for a long time.
He's really being arrogant. This isn't some kind of magic that Lu Jinzhao wants to see him... it's clearly the other way around, it's his magic that wants to see Lu Jinzhao.
Only now has his anxiety, which prevented him from feeling uneasy, been soothed, making him feel at ease.
Once he relaxed, he realized they had been standing at the door for a long time, and... he was being really clingy. They had only been apart for a short while, maybe half an hour?
Xie Tan buried her face in Lu Jinzhao's neck and didn't move—this time, she was shy.
Lu Jinzhao lowered his right hand, which was holding him, and wrapped it around his waist. With a gentle lift, he picked him up and carried him inside, closing the door with his other hand.
Xie Tan's face turned even redder, and he dared not lift his head. Even after Lu Jinzhao held him and sat him on the sofa, he did not react.
Lu Jinzhao didn't care at all. He steadily supported his back and even had the leisure to pick up the remote control on the coffee table, turn on the TV, and change the program.
The soft noise from the evening drama filled the emptiness of the room and eased Xie Tan's awkward feelings. He tapped Lu Jinzhao's shoulder with his knuckles, and Lu Jinzhao loosened his embrace slightly, tucking Xie Tan's ruffled hair behind his ear and saying coquettishly, "I told you I can't live without A-Tan—"
This guy probably wanted to help Xie Tan out of his predicament, but his smiling face looked more like he was trying to please him. Xie Tan couldn't help but nudge him with his elbow.
Lu Jinzhao wasn't in any pain at all, and just hugged him and grinned foolishly.
While they were laughing, the two fell onto the sofa and kissed each other again.
When Xie Tan finally came to his senses from the brink of suffocation, he no longer cared about the smoke screen. He lay alone on the sofa, staring blankly at the dim ceiling, his mind filled only with Lu Jinzhao and the lingering kisses he had given him.
Meanwhile, her energetic boyfriend had already gone back to his own home, and had reheated the remaining small bowl of white fungus soup in his kitchen. He put it on the coffee table to cool, then came over and snuggled up to her: "If you can't sleep, do you want me to make something for you?"
He laughed right next to Xie Tan's ear, making Xie Tan's ear itch.
Xie Tan's ears turned red. Without looking at him, she pushed him away, making him get up. Lu Jinzhao got up with the force and pulled Xie Tan up as well. He pointed to the white fungus soup on the coffee table and the other books on it, blinking innocently: "For example, drink something hot and read a book for a while?"
Xie Tan was a little slow to react to the kiss, assuming he was overthinking it, and mumbled, "Um... I'll just scroll through my phone for a bit, I don't want to watch it tonight, you..."
He originally wanted to say "Go back," since it was so late and Lu Jinzhao had come all this way and stayed up all night with him. He felt a little embarrassed, but then he thought that it sounded like he was kicking someone out as soon as he pulled up his pants, so he felt even more embarrassed. He picked up the white fungus soup and sipped it slowly.
"Okay." Lu Jinzhao turned on the small light in the living room. Everything had to be comfortable for the eyes. Then he squatted behind the coffee table, propped his elbows on the table, and looked at him with his face in his hands.
Xie Tan couldn't keep up the act any longer and looked up at him: "What are you doing squatting there?"
"I can see your face here." Lu Jinchao's eyes crinkled with a smile. "Are you feeling better now?"
Xie Tan paused, only to realize that the tension he had been holding in had long since dissipated, and he had even forgotten the existence of that tension: "...I was just thinking about some things."
"Do you want to tell me?" Lu Jinzhao asked softly.
"About Yin Peach Blossom?" Xie Tan recalled a term mentioned by a forum reader. "It wasn't really anything special."
He didn't really want to talk to Lu Jinzhao much. First, he didn't know how to say it. Second, if what the forum said was true, that Lu Jinzhao and the Mirror God had two souls in one mirror... then based on this "future" and working backward, the shattering of the Smoke Mirror and Lu Jinzhao wandering outside the mirror, acting as a solar energy collector, must have a more complex cause and effect.
They share the same origin but are mutually exclusive; they are likely to dislike each other, or even worse. He fears that because of him, he might actually bring danger to Lu Jinzhao.
But he didn't want to lie to Lu Jinzhao, also because he was afraid that Lu Jinzhao would discover something was amiss. Jinzhao... was actually quite perceptive.
So they vaguely referred to it as "Yin Tao Hua" (a type of peach blossom). They had just returned from the tomb, so they must have thought of the young lady's case first.
But Lu Jinzhao quickly replied, "There's no need to worry about that."
He brought out a futon and sat down in a spot where he could see Xie Tan just by looking up. He placed the Princess Castle building block box that he had brought back with the white fungus soup on the coffee table.
Ever since Alice in Wonderland, Lu Jinzhao has developed an interest in all kinds of fairy tales. He reads books, watches movies and animations, bought a whole set of Disney princess figurines, and various building blocks. He even made plans to go to Disneyland with Xie Tan during the holidays. The club president teased him for "not losing his childlike heart," but he said that he was just rekindling his interest.
He had clearly already found a way to keep Ah Tan company, so that Ah Tan could do her own thing without getting bored, and he could also keep Ah Tan company.
Lu Jinzhao fiddled with the building blocks, studying the first step. His smile was bright, but his voice was low and somewhat ethereal: "Actually, I'm a very petty person... so no 'peach blossom' can really get close to you, A-Tan."
His laughter seemed to darken slightly along with his voice: "So don't worry."
Xie Tan was taken aback. Lu Jinzhao knew he was talking about himself. For a moment, Xie Tan even felt that Lu Jinzhao seemed to know everything.
Lu Jinzhao was already focused on assembling the castle. Xie Tan, for some reason, really felt relieved. Perhaps having someone with him... really makes a difference, even if they don't talk about anything, just being together makes a difference.
He responded softly, then resumed reading the comic, skipping to the next chapter for a quick overview.
In the comic, the boy, who has returned to normal, walks through the chanting and ghostly sounds in the dormitory at night. In terms of composition, it is from the perspective of a voyeur behind a statue, quietly listening to Xiao Liu's ignorant but sincere plea before the god, like the shadow of the statue.
He stood motionless with his eyes downcast, his figure hazy in the shadows, bearing the same expression as the Guanyin statue, and the same burnt white color as the Guanyin statue.
It wasn't until the girl finally called his name that his eyelashes trembled slightly, making everyone realize that this was not yet another statue of a god.
He went to the girl's side and listened to her say that it was good enough that she could get out. That bit of "divinity" seemed unchanged, yet it also seemed to have rotted away in an instant, forming a silent vortex.
"But you deserve better."
He murmured, "It's still a little short..." His eyes remained indifferent, and hidden behind that indifference was a kind of obsession that resembled a code of conduct.
[Hello, is anyone still watching the plot? You guys have already posted hundreds of comments!]
[Who can resist the urge to smirk, upstairs?]
Okay, I've already had my share of awkwardness.
[Ahem, enough! Let's get back to the main topic. Does anyone still remember this is a plot discussion thread?]
[Besides flirting, the information conveyed in the words of the Mirror God who stole the mirror was absolutely explosive.]
[The Mirror God said Ah Tan was leaving soon; it really was the countdown to time travel—Ah Tan was going back.]
[But the reason for going back is quite interesting; it's said that A-Tan is dissatisfied with this trajectory! The Smoke Mirror represents darkness and fate, while the Feathered Serpent represents light and life, so it must be referring to the "trajectory of fate"!]
[Then it's not a parallel world, but countless possible trajectories of fate, that is, world lines?]
[They even said that Ah-Tan was going to abandon this path in life, and Ah-Tan later said that Mommy deserved better!]
[Who still remembers the witch's judgment on Ah Tan, "setting the course"? At the time, we only thought it meant that everything was planned by Ah Tan, and the witch herself probably thought so too. But looking back now, oh my god, what course was she setting?]
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