Laughing to Tears

Xiang Kun quickly realized that the reason he couldn't get into the right mood was because Lao Xia was there.

Although Lao Xia didn't say a word, his attention was still mostly on Lao Xia, because he knew that he was entering the emotional state in order to "Emotional Assimilation" Lao Xia, and it was hard to ignore Lao Xia.

Even without looking at her, with Xiang Kun's current all-around super perception ability, whether it's smell, hearing or other sensory information, he can very clearly "tell" him that Lao Xia is nearby.

Xiang Kun is indeed a person who is prone to emotional fluctuations and emotional resonance. He is easily affected when watching movies, TV series, reading novels, listening to songs, or even just watching some mashups by himself.

Even when he's in a group of people and no one is paying much attention to him, he can easily get into the mood.

Just like on Christmas Eve, when he listened to Tang Baona sing "No Road to Transformation" at Tang Baona house with everyone, he would also get emotional.

Even on the street, amidst the bustling crowds, listening to music playing from a distant shop, one can still get into the mood.

But now, it's just him and Lao Xia, and he knows very clearly that he needs to get into the emotions, to "Emotional Assimilation" Lao Xia emotionally, and to let Lao Xia experience these emotions as well.

This overly deliberate approach made him lose his focus, causing him to concentrate too much on giving Lao Xia the experience, thus preventing him from immersing himself in his own.

Unlike attempting to jump off rooftops in an abandoned factory area, when relying on "Super-Linked Object" to stir up magnetic fields to assist in "Electric Flight," the focus is on discovering and expanding new abilities, and excitement and exhilaration arise naturally.

Unlike that day at Purple Huan Mountain, there were no external events that could ignite his emotions and subjective will. His heart was already "flaming," and the music was just a "catalyst" that made him ignite easily.

It's just too peaceful and comfortable right now.

So, videos that I usually find quite moving or songs that evoke strong emotions when I watch them alone now just can't seem to get into them at all.

Xia Libing had obviously noticed the situation and realized something. She turned to Xiang Kun and said, "I'll hide in the room first, and then quietly come out after you've gotten into the mood?"

However, she quickly realized that the suggestion was useless, because with Xiang Kun's super strong perception ability, her presence in the room was just as strong as if she were sitting on the side.

Then she asked, "Do you know any movies that are easy to evoke emotions in?"

Indeed, watching a movie can extend the time for cultivating emotions, which should allow Xiang Kun to ignore the environment and more easily immerse himself in the emotions.

Xiang Kun then opened Douban to see which movies he had watched before resonated with him.

However, Lao Xia's suggestion also gave Xiang Kun a reminder: some emotions are easier for a person to immerse themselves in, and are more "personal," such as loneliness, sadness, excitement, anger, etc., which require a certain "self-hypnosis" ability.

But some emotions are actually better experienced with others, and the more people, the better.

So Xiang Kun closed Douban, stopped looking for movies, and instead opened Bilibili, logged into his account, and prepared to find funny videos.

Yes, feelings of happiness and joy are naturally something that everyone can experience together.

As the saying goes, "It's better to share happiness than to enjoy it alone."

When Xiang Kun browses Bilibili, he mostly watches Tang Baona's videos, so he doesn't know which Bilibili content creators are particularly funny. If he searches for funny content directly, he would have to filter it himself, and most of them wouldn't suit his taste.

But he knew that Tang Baona had a public collection called "Laugh Till Your Belly Bursts Until Her Belly Is Broken," where she would save any funny videos she saw.

He knew that if Tang Baona found a video funny or interesting, he would almost certainly find it funny too—a fact that had already been proven when he created the Minions and asked Tang Baona to recommend some funny movies and animations.

After copying all of Tang Baona's "Laugh Till Your Belly Bursts" videos into a newly created favorites folder, Xiang Kun then found Yang Zhen'er's Bilibili account.

Yang the Third is actually a content creator (UP) with the username "My This Seat Surnamed Yang". However, she only occasionally posts food videos and street photography, and she doesn't show her face or speak, so she doesn't have many fans. Two of her fans are Tang Baona and Xiang Kun. But she also has a lot of funny videos in her collection, all of which are in a folder called "Laugh Till Tofu Skin Bursts".

After copying all the videos into his favorites, Xiang Kun selected to play all the videos in his favorites, turned them into full screen, and then sat down at the table next to Lao Xia with his arms crossed, watching leisurely.

Xiang Kun's sense of humor did indeed overlap with that of Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er. The funny videos they collected quickly made him laugh uncontrollably, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After watching for less than ten minutes, Xiang Kun was immersed in a joyful mood, and the intensity of this mood was so high that he even accidentally laughed out loud—because the first few videos were really hilarious.

Naturally, this "Emotional Assimilation" also affected Xia Libing, who was standing nearby.

Xiang Kun didn't wait until all the funny videos in the playlist had finished playing before he snapped out of his reverie. When the tenth video was playing, he snapped out of it because of the slight rumbling sound coming from Xia Libing's stomach next to him.

He knew that was a sign that Lao Xia was hungry, and then he suddenly realized that it was already past 1 p. m., and Lao Xia hadn't had lunch yet. Since picking him up in the morning, he had only eaten a box of Ice Cream.

He turned to look at Lao Xia, only to be surprised to find that Lao Xia, who was looking at the laptop screen, was both laughing and crying at the same time.

Her smile at that moment looked more natural than ever before; it was the kind of smile that comes out involuntarily when you see something funny or interesting, just like any ordinary girl.

However, besides her smile, there were two tear tracks on her face.

At this moment, the current video playing on the laptop ended, and as she switched to the next video in the playlist, Xia Libing also snapped out of her reverie, turned to look at Xiang Kun, and still had a slight smile on her lips.

"So this is what happiness feels like. It's quite special." Xia Libing nodded to Xiang Kun, her face returning to its normal expression, though two tear tracks remained on her cheeks and teardrops still clung to her eyelashes, though she seemed completely unaware of it.

Xiang Kun pointed to his eyes and said, "Why are you crying?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Libing was indeed taken aback. At first, she was somewhat puzzled, then she realized something, raised her hand to wipe the tears under her eyelids, looked at her slightly damp fingers, and frowned slightly. "No wonder when I was watching the video just now, it often seemed to suddenly become blurry."

Xiang Kun was greatly surprised. Even if Lao Xia was immersed in his emotions, there was no way he wouldn't know he was crying, right?

Furthermore, if you're watching funny videos and getting caught up in his happy and joyful emotions, why would you cry?

It was so funny, I laughed until I cried?

That's possible, after all, it seems that Lao Xia has never experienced this feeling of "it's too funny" from childhood to adulthood.

The sudden onset of this emotion, and its prolonged duration, likely resulted in an excessively strong physiological response.

Although he had many questions in his mind, Xiang Kun put them aside for the time being and asked Xia Libing to go to the bathroom to wash her face and rest. He then got up and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch for Lao Xia first.

Since no ingredients had been prepared in advance, Xiang Kun he simply made a bowl of egg noodle soup for Xia Libing.

Of course, the noodle soup was also slightly adjusted to suit Lao Xia's taste.

After Xia Libing slurped down a few mouthfuls of noodles and drank a few mouthfuls of hot soup, Xiang Kun finally asked, "Have you ever cried before, in your memory?"

Xia Libing raised her head, thought for a moment, and said, "I think I cried, but I forgot."

Xiang Kun then asked, "What exactly were your feelings just now? Besides... besides finding it 'funny'?"

This time, Xia Libing took even longer to think, but in the end she shook her head. "I can't quite remember. I'll try again later and record the process this time." After saying that, she buried her head and quickly finished a bowl of soup noodles.