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[goldenchilde]

The former ruler of Sanguis moon received this picture and called it "junk mail." 8 days later Sanguis moon became uninhabitable. A man received this picture and immediately sent out copies, then received good fortune for an entire year, including winning a jackpot lottery. Copy, paste, and send this to 9 people or you will be cursed. Don't take any chances. Sanguis did, and now no one can live there.

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[huakongque]

[He's...

Huh?

...Those animals are, admittedly, really cute, though.]

What is this?

[It sounds ridiculous.]

[goldenchilde]

Something I was sent.
I don't know if it's real, but I didn't see the point in taking any chances.

[Besides: the animals really are very cute.]

[huakongque]

It

[He pauses in typing a response, holding himself back from admonishing Jin Ling in sending him something that is clearly suspect. But...Jin Ling went out of his way to send him something, even if it is this, of all things. He didn't have to. He shouldn't have. But he did.

Jin Zixuan continues the response.]

is a nice picture, if nothing else.

[That feels so...empty. This is his son! Surely he can carry on a conversation! Especially now that Jin Ling can actually communicate with big boy words.]

Bob would fit in well back home, don't you think?

[Get it? Golden retriever? Ahahaha...hm. Where is your mother when he needs her?]

[goldenchilde]

[Yeah, that joke... goes right over Jin Ling's head, unfortunately. Still, he doesn't disagree.]

He looks like a decent dog. A good size; healthy fur.

[He fully believes that, too - so why does it feel so lacking, somehow? He needs to say something more, but he doesn't know what to talk about. It's strange, being able to talk to his father all of a sudden. After the initial shock of having him back, Jin Ling was definitely happy - but time has brought with it the realization of many new problems created by all that time they'll never quite catch up on.]

I had a spiritual dog, at home.

[huakongque]

[This is probably for the best. Embarrassment averted.

But this does bring up a good conversation thread and Jin Zixuan absolutely grabs it.]

A spiritual dog! Tell me about it.

I'm a little jealous. I like dogs.

[goldenchilde]

[AS EXPECTED OF DAD all good people are dog people.]

Her name is Fairy. She's very well-trained.

[Mostly. A little bit...]

Little uncle gave her to me because

[... Yeah, no, he doesn't want to talk about that. He would rather die than admit to his father the kind of temper tantrums he had as a kid let alone how he occasionally still has them.]

Well, I guess he just needed to find her an owner.

[huakongque]

Fairy? I like it. I'm sure she's well-trained thanks to you, right?

[The next part feels...well, it's obvious he doesn't want to tell Jin Zixuan something. Which is fine! He's his own person! He's allowed to keep some things to himself!

He's not sad at all that his son isn't sharing everything with him...!]

Little uncle?

[goldenchilde]

Jiujiu helped. He knows a lot about dogs.

[Listen, there's not a lot that Jin Ling wouldn't tell him, but now that he finally has his father back, can you blame him for wanting said father to be proud of him? Admitting to pathetic shortcomings doesn't exactly help with that!]

Jin Guangyao.

[... There is a lot he could say on that topic, but none of it, he knows how to start about. It's in the past anyway... he hopes. There's no reason for little uncle to harm people here.]

[huakongque]

Then Fairy is definitely in good hands.

I see. It was kind of him to think of you in that situation, then.

[goldenchilde]

It was.

[Probably. Maybe. Depending on how much murder plotting was involved there, but...

He really doesn't know what to say. Not about that; not about anything. But he doesn't want to stop talking, either, as if his dad may disappear again if he stops.]

Do you want a dog?

[Maybe Jin Ling should get him one? This is how conversations work, right???]

[huakongque]

[The question takes him off-guard, though it's not exactly a leap considering their current conversation. But he takes a moment to answer, considering it.

Of course, he would like to have a dog, especially after showing up in this strange place, meeting his grown son, learning his death looms on the horizon, and all without the comfort of his wife to help him unwind at the end of every day. A dog would be a good distraction, a calming presence. But...]

You mean here? It would be nice, but I don't know how responsible that would be in the long-run.

[goldenchilde]

That's true.
Jiujiu's got one. Maybe you can borrow it once in a while.

[huakongque]

[That would be responsible, for sure. There's no telling what could happen to them at any point here. Then again...

Isn't it the same for them back home? Their lives can change in an instant.

Besides, would Jiang Cheng even be okay with him "borrowing" his dog from time to time? They're in-laws, yes, but they're not that close, he thinks. And then...

And then...]

Or...maybe we could get one...for the two of us.

If you'd like.

[...Is this okay? This is okay, right? He's Jin Ling's father, he's allowed to do this, isn't he?]

[goldenchilde]

[If Jin Ling asks, Jiang Cheng will definitely let them borrow the dog! Of this, Jin Ling is convinced. It's not like he doesn't play with it already.
... Trains it. He means: trains it. That's definitely what he meant.

A dog... for the two of them? It takes a moment to wrap his head around that idea. He's considered getting a dog for himself, of course, but he didn't want to replace Fairy, and he has enough friends here at a very short distance that he doesn't always need the company of a pet as much. In a way, it's been a semi-conscious attempt to depend less on Fairy and deal more with actual people.

But he does love dogs, and getting one with his father would be -... Well, somehow it would make them more like an actual family.]

I would.

I'd like that.

[huakongque]

[Jin Ling won't see it, but upon reading those words, Jin Zixuan smiles widely. That's a success!]

Great! We can pick one out for your birthday.

[His birthday...]

You're going to be sixteen.

[He's going to be sixteen.]

[goldenchilde]

[Oh, pea daddy... If you only knew how hard it would be for you to actually fail at getting Jin Ling's love.

His dad is going to get them a dog for his birthday!!! There's so much internal screaming that Jin Ling flat out forgets to respond directly to the suggestion.]

Yes, sixteen.

[Dad is getting them a dog! Dad is getting them a dog!]

What kind of dog do you want? A big one? A small one?

[huaisang]

Zixuan-xiong, I lost my new scarf, I don't know where it is! Have you seen it?

[huakongque]

I don't think so? What does it look like?

[huaisang]

Golden with some green trims at the end. I need it for my outing with Jiang-xiong later. What am I going to do?

[huakongque]

Can't you just go buy another one if it doesn't turn up?

But where do you last remember seeing it? We can retrace your steps.

[Yes. He said "we". Like a helpful boy.]

[huaisang]

[ can you hear the whining? i bet you can. ]

But it is special, I wanted Jiang-xiong to see me wearing it. It really brings out my eyes, do you want to see? I can show you too.

[huakongque]

[...They need to find this dumb scarf.]

You have to find it first. I assume you checked your room. How about the rest? I don't think the dogs have gotten hold of it.

[Or else they'd probably see a very mutilated scarf all around.]

1/3

[huaisang]

.... the dogs?

2/3

[huaisang]

Wait.