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On one peaceful morning of Iron Triangle retirement day, with neighbour's bird singing, companied by the soft wind and morning's warm sunshine.
Zhang Qiling was feeding the chicken, meanwhile Wu Xie and Pangzi sat side by side on the sofa, spending their peaceful time with one gadget on one hand. Sunflower seeds scattered on their surrounding.
"Tianzhen, did you know? Those internet celebrities and live-streamer could get a freaking amount by endorsement?"
Pangzi suddenly opened this topic while scrolling his phone. Wu Xie, who currently had a match with Xiaohua, just gave him a little respond.
"Make a content of anything, be it gaming, singing, eating, or doing silly things, and you'll get money! Youth these days are so easy."
"Hm."
"Just have a look alone could give your page followers, and number of followers rise your chance to get endorsed by a brand."
"Damn, Xiaohua! I know I have a debt but please have a mercy!" Looked like Wu Xie was initiating a re-match.
"Not to mention, streamer may get a cookie, coffee, or whatever which can be converted to real currency? Could this be a new way of making money? A lifestyle of new era?"
"Si Pangzi, you are old." After throwing a tease, Wu Xie back to his game. "Damn, this timing!"
"I am old, you are old, then what is Xiaoge?!" Pangzi throw a sunflower seed at him, which he dodged easily with a price of his slipped hand, causing his attack to be failed again.
"Don't ask me! Ask Xiaoge!"
Pangzi was still wondering. He looked at the backdoor, which showed their chicken nest with Xiaoge feeding their family in the yard, and Xiaoge watering their vegetable peacefully.
Somehow, the backdrop sunshine gave the effect of a god descending from heaven, giving them chicken and veggies a blessing, instead of mortally feeding and watering them.
Then, an idea floated wildly in a brilliant brain of Pangye.
"Tianzhen, don't you think Xiaoge could make it? The image of a handsome village brother is rare to be found, right? I remember about what Aunty nextdoor said yesterday, lots of village maiden asked his hand for marriage."
Crack.
Pangzi looked at his side, at Wu Xie's empty hands. His smartphone was lying pitifully on the floor. "Tianzhen! How many times I said, don't drop the phone!" Pangzi quickly took Wu Xie's phone and did a short inspection. "Luckily, no crack, little scratch."
After that, Pangzi put his poor phone on the table and took a sunflower seed to throw at the man beside him. "What's on your head?"
"Tsk." Wu Xie take the said seed, opened them, and threw the shells back at Pangzi. "Don't you dare to sell Xiaoge."
"Sell wh--what?!" Pangzi bewildered. "Who the hell wanted to sell Xiaoge?"
"You. Just now."
"What? Tianzhen, are you sure we are on the same page?" Pangzi looked at the sulking Tianzhen with a horror.
Wu Xie nom on the remaining sunflower seeds and kept throwing the shell at Pangzi. "I may damage my nose but not my ear."
"God, Tianzhen!" Pangzi pulled his hair in frustation, in the middle of sunflower-shell-missiles attack from the sulking Tianzhen. "Keep those shells away!"
"Tsk." Now, the sulking Tianzhen searched for another thing to mess with Pangzi.
"Tianzhen, I was just asking. Don't you think Xiaoge has a look of internet celebrity? Not to mention, girls like the cold mysterious type like him! He might make it, right? Then, Pangye has this big idea--"
"No. Sell. Xiaoge."
Pangzi was blinking so hard at this sulking Tianzhen. "No one wanted to sell him!"
"You wanted to sell his face."
Pangzi blinked again. He could feel a coldsweat started to roll on his forehead because this sulking Tianzhen was so hard to crack. "Ok, ok. He is off-limit, I know."
The sulking Tianzhen slowly melted in the rised sun. He looked at the window, watched Xiaoge who skillfully managed their backyard. "I don't want to take adventage of him. He had it enough."
"I know." There was an awkward silent at the sudden change of atmosphere. Pangzi looked at the soft with underlying pained expression on Wu Xie, then following his sight to the man they were talking about. "Sorry. I understand."
"Hm." Wu Xie gave him a short acknoledgement. The two of them were basking in the sunshine and the light emitted from the godly Zhang-Qiling-cleaning-chicken-nest, enjoying the warm feeling that was so hard to get in their younger days.
Ting!
Wu Xie looked at his phone, a notification light beaming at him. He took his phone, then made a sudden stop upon seeing his reflection on the dim screen.
God knows what his big brain up to again.
"Hey, Pangzi."
Pangzi broke his sight, then turned to Wu Xie. He squinted at the look of Wu Xie tilting his head on a front camera, as if attempting a selfie.
"Don't you think I might make it too?"
He looked amused at one angle, and disatisfied at another angle. "Hm, I think I need to deal with this wrinkle first."
Pangzi started to think, wuxie.exe might have broken again. "Tianzhen, what..."
Suddenly, Wu Xie took his attention off the screen, and looked at Pangzi with a very very determined eyes. His big and clear eyes shined with excitement.
"You know, actually, I am also a reticent handsome man."
Pangzi knew, as clear as today's weather, the first statement was such a big lie.
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"What? Pangzi? Am I wrong?"
Pangzi was trying hard to not be blinded by the shine reflected in Wu Xie's big eyes, as he was quickly get up to get some refreshment.
"Reticent? If you are reticent then what is Xiaoge?!"
"Si Pangzi! Ask Xiaoge, don't ask me!"
[end]