Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets, please.
Done for today (5/5)
Chen Xiaojun had just sat down when a thick stream of white smoke, rich with the sharp bite of tobacco, drifted over.
Xia Yun frowned slightly and waved a hand at Zhu Yanfeng and Qin Luguang in irritation, grumbling, "Hey, I'm talking to you two chimneys. Are you ever going to stop? When we were meeting behind closed doors earlier, you two never stopped smoking. The smell's almost pickled into my soul. Now our 'guests' are here, and you're still puffing away like this. Is that appropriate?"
Qin Luguang had been half-squinting in pleasure, a long brass smoking pipe clenched between his teeth. At those words, he lightly tapped the bowl with a finger, shaking loose a bit of ash, and the Dark Gold fitted outfit he wore shifted faintly with the motion.
He lowered his voice, his tone carrying a touch of roguish indifference. "Old Xia, now that's just inconsiderate of you. It's not like you don't know my nickname, 'Dual Spears as Life.' One red-tasseled spear, one smoking pipe."
"I've been cooped up over there these past few years and barely got to smoke. It was like half my life got cut off. Now I've finally been let out. If you don't let me recover some 'health,' does that make any sense?"
He took another deeply satisfied drag and blew out a perfectly round smoke ring.
Zhu Yanfeng chuckled. His smoking pipe was even rougher and more rugged than Qin Luguang's, its dark-brown stem glossy with oil.
Exhaling smoke, he said with satisfaction written across his face, "Exactly, exactly! Old Xia, hold it in for a bit. Wait until the two of us finish this bowl of 'good stuff.' Now that Lao Qin's out, my 'new grain'