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Oh my god. 

“ Thanks. ..? ” What’s he supposed to do with these ?

He kind of wants to cry when he looks at them , but he’s also filled with morbid fascination. This is some serious baking skills Liu Qingge , how did you hide this from me ? More importantly , why are you using your powers for evil ? Why are their abs so sculpted ??? Shen Yuan is begrudgingly impressed , when he tries to bake any shapes in the oven , they all end up as various unrecognizable blobs . 

He can’t quite place why Liu Qingge chose such a weird gift this time , it’s not like he collects these toys. — but he has mentioned them a couple times just for their absurd looks. Wait... does that mean Liu Qingge actually listens to him talk about useless things ? He thinks about those random nights he slept over , the lights were off and he leaned over to “ pssst ” at his half-asleep friend , the glow of his phone screen lighting up the room. “Isn’t this so weird,” he had laughed flopping besides Liu Qingge in bed as he held up a listings of various custom furbies. He scrolled through a couple , showing only the most hellish ones until even his eyes went blurry with sleep.

Shen Yuan knows he has a habit of talking too much about everything. Half the time people just politely nod along while zoning out to another dimension, or if they’re anything like Shen Jiu they’ll stop him with a palm placed over his mouth to finally shut him up without actually throttling him. To be honest , he’s not offended , wordiness is kind of his thing.

                                                          ???

“Shidi  — ?” and he cannot help that his voice raises an octave, a near squeak as he’s pressed against the wall. The only thing he can do is open his paper fan between the two of them; a thin barrier that just barely stops the conflagration of his face. Please, he’s really getting mixed messages right now ! 

He waits for Liu Qingge to say something , anything , but he’s only met with that glare. These days Shen Qingqiu likes to think he’s got a better grasp on Liu Qingge’s moods  — grunts, growls , and everything in between ,  but every so often he loses his literacy. In a comforting motion, he pats Liu Qingge’s chest , after all it’s right in front of him.

WOAH WOAH WOAH ABORT. COME ON?? THAT’S TOO SCULPTED !!

There’s a bit of apprehension as he takes the package, peeking in slowly Shen Qingqiu was already expecting to find a dozen slain mini-beasts laying inside. His eyes widen in surprise when he finds just the opposite, candy of all things. Ah  —  I’ve been caught slipping haven’t I ? He had thought he hid his particular tastes for snacks well, but apparently even Liu Qingge knew. It certainly didn’t fit an esteemed peak lord’s image to enjoy engorging on candy, cakes, and tanghulu, but he wouldn’t , couldn’t , refuse a gift from Liu Qingge.

Why does he like he’s in a drama receiving a white day gift...

Honestly, screw Shang Qinghua —  he was all like check this book out bro , and Shen Yuan , the fool that he is read it , thinking if Shang Qinghua was recommending it , it would be like those cheesy fanfics he posted online. Shen Yuan had just quit his job at the time , so getting a few laughs would be great . The next thing he knows he’s crying at 3 a.m in the morning as he reaches the last page.   

It isn’t often he returns to exhibits on back to back days, but there’s something about this one that has him ordering another ticket immediately right after his first visit. That , and the author was apparently going to make an appearance. He would like to meet life ruiner #2 and thank her for writing that masterpiece. 

There’s still some time before her book signing, before he realizes it his legs are already carrying him for another round around the exhibit. There’s this painting , an objectively it’s great — it’s massive taking up the full south wall. It is a depiction of Cang Qiong peak , or what historians speculate it is. There’s some figures worn to time , but its been speculated that they had once be representative of the peak lords. He had joked about it to himself initially , a small haha old men on an old painting  — but after staring at it for a while an inexplicable sadness began to overcome him. He tried to chalk it up to his failed art career , but even that didn’t make too much sense. Since then he only dared to peek at the painting from the corner of his eyes in passing. Nice job Shen Yuan , only you could quit so much that you quit a painting too ! — and it’s a little self-depreciating , but it makes him feel a little better as he speedwalks pass.

What he really likes to see is the mounted swords  — 12 blades in succession with their own information cards. They’re in a word , awesome ! The Xuan Su sword rumored to belong to the sect master is displayed first, there’s Cheng Luan too who belongs to the war god of Bai Zhan peak ( even his title is cool af ?? Like hello ?? ) , but even amongst all these his favorite is Xiu Ya. Considering it had belonged to one of the protagonists of Liu Mingyan’s famous historical novel he’s never been able to get pass the crowds to see it up close. He can feel his eyes bulging when somehow , there isn’t a single person crowding around the glass exhibit.

SpaceX recovers Falcon 9’s nose cone for the first time

SpaceX recovers Falcon 9’s nose cone for the first time

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