Aster
travelling satelite
金神童
Jin Heilan
location
gusu villagetags
qinfen, yifeng, suxue"Hey! Hey, wake up," Heilan squatted infront of the passed out kid and patted the child's cheek a few times to confirm that the rascal really had passed out. Instead of worry, Heilan's brows rose and his lips curled into a laughing smile, "You don't think he passed out from seeing your face did he, Qinfen-xiong?" Heilan teased with a laugh as he stood back up. Seeing how Qinfen had stiffened up, Heilan took pity and slapped his friend playfully on the back. "I'm sure the kid just wore himself out. He should be fine after some rest?" Heilan shrugged, glancing at Yifeng and Suxue. While Heilan had half-expected his friends to leave the kid on some bench (the other half, knowing Suxue's kind nature would likely incite them to look out for the child til he wakes); he had never expected the words 'Heilan' and 'favor' to come out in the same sentence of Yifeng's mouth so soon.
His signature Cheshire smile grew on his lips as he leaned closer to the black-robed cultivator. "What was that Yifeng-xiong? Sorry, the sound of birds chirping are so loud. I didn't quite catch that," he grinned, relenting his teasing upon Yifeng's polite and genuine 'please'. "Alright, let this Wang Xi-Shen handle this~ Up you go," Heilan heaved the kid onto his shoulders the way a brother would a sibling. Glancing at the curious by-standers, he huffed loudly, "What? Never seen some cultivators help a poor street kid before? There's nothing to see here. Do carry on~" He hummed with a carefree wink.
Nodding at Qinfen's suggestion, Heilan brought the kid towards the noodle shop as suggested. He remained behind the group, but despite his best efforts to remain discreet, a group of cultivators---all from different sects nonetheless---was bound to be eye-catching. Fortunately, they were able to reserve a room upstairs but as Heilan set the child down, he could not help but hear the sound of clamor in the room next door. Alongside more sounds and stomping, he wondered idly what the commotion could be.
"That sounded like Nie Yixin*... but that can't be, can it?" Heilan thought to himself. No, it can't be. The Nie sect had already sent Nie Qinfen and there were no other cases here except the disappearances. Surely the Nie sect wouldn't have wasted additional cultivators on such a miniscule task. With a shake of his head, Heilan put that thought out of mind and turned back to the kid which he had laid out on the table.
"So, are you going to splash water* on him or am I going to have to do that?"
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additional notes
[1] Since they're in different locations, let's assume the person he heard sounded like Yixin but isn't. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[2] He means to wake the kid up.
His signature Cheshire smile grew on his lips as he leaned closer to the black-robed cultivator. "What was that Yifeng-xiong? Sorry, the sound of birds chirping are so loud. I didn't quite catch that," he grinned, relenting his teasing upon Yifeng's polite and genuine 'please'. "Alright, let this Wang Xi-Shen handle this~ Up you go," Heilan heaved the kid onto his shoulders the way a brother would a sibling. Glancing at the curious by-standers, he huffed loudly, "What? Never seen some cultivators help a poor street kid before? There's nothing to see here. Do carry on~" He hummed with a carefree wink.
Nodding at Qinfen's suggestion, Heilan brought the kid towards the noodle shop as suggested. He remained behind the group, but despite his best efforts to remain discreet, a group of cultivators---all from different sects nonetheless---was bound to be eye-catching. Fortunately, they were able to reserve a room upstairs but as Heilan set the child down, he could not help but hear the sound of clamor in the room next door. Alongside more sounds and stomping, he wondered idly what the commotion could be.
"That sounded like Nie Yixin*... but that can't be, can it?" Heilan thought to himself. No, it can't be. The Nie sect had already sent Nie Qinfen and there were no other cases here except the disappearances. Surely the Nie sect wouldn't have wasted additional cultivators on such a miniscule task. With a shake of his head, Heilan put that thought out of mind and turned back to the kid which he had laid out on the table.
"So, are you going to splash water* on him or am I going to have to do that?"
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additional notes
[1] Since they're in different locations, let's assume the person he heard sounded like Yixin but isn't. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[2] He means to wake the kid up.
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