"Holy shit! I know love does wonders for people, but you two are practically an old married couple. Is this really necessary?"
Xu Jingge came to visit that afternoon. The moment he walked in, he was stunned by Chu Yilan arranging lilies, a smile playing at his lips and an overwhelming air of devoted husband radiating from him.
Unable to help himself, Xu Jingge leaned over and whispered those words in Chu Yilan's ear.
Chu Yilan glanced sideways at him. "Do you know how to talk to people?"
"Seriously!" Xu Jingge said. "It's kind of hard to look at."
Chu Yilan said, "Get lost."
Xu Jingge had said it on purpose. Seeing his buddy living the good life was worse than being murdered, after all. He had to get a few digs in.
At the same time, Xu Jingge breathed a sigh of relief. If anything had happened to Shen Lian, his port probably would have been blown sky-high.
Chang Qing came too and went over to chat with Shen Lian.
Chang Qing had dyed his hair with contrasting colors: a streak of sky blue against silver gray. His delicate features and fair skin suited both colors beautifully, and his bearing carried off the look. Rather than looking like some outrageous punk, he looked as though he had stepped out of an anime.
When he first posted a photo, it immediately made the trending searches.
"It looks great!" Shen Lian praised him sincerely. "I'll get mine done sometime too."
"The same colors?" Chang Qing asked with a smile.
"Oh, forget it. The people shipping us would ship us straight into our graves." Shen Lian secretly pointed at the two men on the other side, then gestured. "I'll dye mine rainbow colors."
Chu Yilan said, "...Absolutely not."
Chang Qing burst out