Whenever XiaLing comes to visit, JiaRu is always the one greeting him. Having the older woman pampers him always lifts his mood, no matter how bad his condition or how battered he is. GangHuang usually will show up when XiaLing already cleanses, and since right now XiaLing is still covered in blood and dust, he doesn't bother looking for GangHuang.

But then this certain spirit came and took JiaRu away. Even though he sulks a little, he let JiaRu left with him, stays on the spot where JiaRu always has her tea by himself. He wonders where GangHuang is, to be alone like right now is kinda suck. But knowing GangHuang, even if he knew XiaLing is visiting, he won't show himself.

"Ge Geeeeeee, I'm boreeeeeed......"

XiaLing wails around, messing the flowerbed. By then his body suddenly glows, and he shot up sitting. Looks like his physical body is currently undergoing some cleaning.

"Oohh, finally! Ge Ge, I'll come after you!"

He rushes deeper into the realm, looking for GangHuang, but even after a while he randomly walks around, he still can't find him. His body is all cleansed and free of dust, he must have been searching for quite some time.

As he almost giving up, he decided to return but using the different road. There he sees a small gazebo on the pond. GangHuang is there, back-facing him and not moving. Only his hair and clothes are flapping from the wind.

"Ge Ge, what are you doing here by yourself?"

GangHuang glances but said nothing. His eyes return to stares beyond the horizon, not paying mind to XiaLing who is now taking a seat beside him. XiaLing closes his eyes, feeling the warm breeze caressing his face. Even though the place is not particularly beautiful like the spots JiaRu loves to hang around, it still somehow giving off a calming aura. The minimum beauty of the surrounding fits GangHuang's image. He doesn't look out of place at all.

XiaLing stands and climbed on the window side to have a higher view. There's not much difference, but he kinda prefers this certain spot. Although it's rather hard to stay since he got no particular leverage.

"You're going to fall." GangHuang opens his mouth, "Get down and sit properly."

"But I like here better. Ge Ge, you have to catch me if I fall down."

XiaLing chuckles because he said it as a joke, but then GangHuang really extends his hand to XiaLing.

".....What?"

"Do you want to fall down?"

"No."

"Then hold on."

Xialing blinks, then took GangHuang's hand and using it as his leverage. He cheerfully tells many stories about what he did and saw when he was out with his master, and GangHuang barely responds to his words. Yet, his strong grip around XiaLing's hand never once loosened.

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