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[shangba]

Pledge you do not sleep in the vanquished cave.

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[emperorssmile]

Maybe so.

I like you as you are. You’re… softer now than you used to be.

[shangba]

Happier?

[emperorssmile]

Yeah! Just like I like you best.

[shangba]

Who made me so?

[emperorssmile]

Could it be your pretty husband-wife?

Cause it’s you who makes me feel so happy.

[shangba]

The only one who loves me as I love him.

[emperorssmile]

I can’t imagine living life without loving you. Aaaah, my Lan Zhan! Just imagine I’m hugging you, okay?

[shangba]

My interest would swell too ardently.

[emperorssmile]

From just a hug?

You’re so sensitive, Lan Zhan. You must love me a lot.

[shangba]

Can I be faulted?

[emperorssmile]

Nope. Not at all.

I’m the same way. If I think about being in your arms, I feel the same.

[shangba]

Let us not. Our hearts will sorrow.

[emperorssmile]

Too late!

But you’re right. Let’s talk about something else. How about you tell me what you have planned for A-Liang when you get home?

[shangba]

Had thought, perhaps, to teach him the start of calligraphy.



[ Or, given his age, to let the boy play with a brush. ]

[emperorssmile]

You’ll save his first attempt so I can see it when I get home?

[shangba]

Certainly.

Then, perhaps, we may learn the etiquette of dining outdoors.

[emperorssmile]

While the weather permits.

We don’t eat outdoors often enough. Is it because I talk while we eat?

[shangba]

My work prevents our sorties.

[emperorssmile]

Only for now. I expect you at my side constantly once Zewu-Jun is ready to come back.

[shangba]

A full month's seclusion.

[emperorssmile]

A whole month with my family and no obligations. Do you think you’ll be relaxed by the end of it or ready to get out of the house for some peace and quiet?

[shangba]

How many children by then?

[emperorssmile]

Two, it we’re inviting Sizhui to stay with us. More if you think it’ll be longer than we think before he comes back.

[shangba]

With two children, shall be relaxed.

[emperorssmile]

If we’re in the new house, we’ll have enough room to spread out, too.

You weren’t thinking about adopting another kid before then, were you?