[all things considered, it didn't take too long to find sizhui's mail address. sure, it took some surreptitious snooping on his nephew, but it wasn't like he was looking at anything he hadn't already been appraised about. teenagers, you know? they wear their hearts so boldly on their sleeves all the time.
never mind that wei wuxian is not much older. that's an argument for another time.]
sizhui! may i call you sizhui? aah, i'm so sorry i took a while to reach you, will you forgive me? where are you?
[Well, it's not that hard considering he did left his message on the network public, and he is open to receive from anyone.
It's a good thing that many people has filled in Sizhui information, so he'll react accordingly. Seeing Wei Wuxian for the first time, he has a sense of...deja-vu, a sense of familiarity, but he can't place it. Can't remember. Still, he smiles brightly.]
Hello? Senior Wei? Of course! You can call me Sizhui. I am in my apartment right now. I was about to head out for lunch. If you like to come over and join me. I'm going to eat.
[left in a basket, with a bright red ribbon gently tied around its neck: a stuffed toy rabbit, a handful of loquats, and an envelope with coins. consider it a late present.]
Sizhui is working on moving into the Lan household and unpack his things in his bedroom. When he discovered the basket, there's no name attached? So who should he gives thanks?
Still, he smiles. He accepts it. He picks it up and examines the wonderful gift in appreciation. The rabbit will be resting on his bed, to be a nightly companion and guardian in his dreams. The coins will be saved for a rainy day. The loquats will be cut and sliced as a refreshing snack.]
I'd like to share ice cream with you. Do you think you can find the address by now? You can meet Hanguang-jun's bunnies. They are from our Cloud Recesses...
[ Sizhui worries. He would have mentioned it if he had any idea his counterpart had wishes that way, but back at Dafan mountain, he had only first met Jin Ling, and while he wanted good things for the boy, he hadn't wanted him close the way he did later.
[ Sizhui texts the address - it's a sizable house, unlike the free housing, Hanguang-jun and Senior Wei from before worked hard (and sometimes loud) for it. With a garden, where the bunnies are now. So Sizhui waits there so his other self can at least get introduced to them, before they start on the ice cream.
It is a nice enough spring day that they can probably eat that out here, too, in the sunlight. But that will be decided together.
When the other Sizhui shows up, he will stand up from where he was totally not fiddling on his device, nope, his face lighting up in a gentle smile as he cups his hands in greeting. ]
Elder brother! It is good to see you.
[ Because it is. Things may be complicated but that doesn't change this fact. ]
[Sizhui arrives at the house. After he bought the ice cream from the market, Sizhui was cheered up at the thought of meeting his other self and an opportunity to get to know him. He was distressed from before, but perhaps meeting up with the other for the company will help. For him, his idea of company is his own clan, his juniors, and people he's familiar.
It was strange to find a boy who looks like him, dressed like him, and lived almost exactly the same childhood as him. Imagine a universe parallel like his own! What his Cloud Recesses look like? Is it anything like the one back home?
They are similar in many ways. However, the difference remains unknown and yet to be discovered.
He smiles, a gentle grin, at ease, and cup his hands in return.]
Sizhui, it's good to see you.
[He presents him the ice cream in a plastic. Wrapped cones, wrapped bars inside a package box. He probably bought more than necessary, but enough to satisfy a cordis proportion appetite.]
Here this is for all you, and a box to share with your family too.
[After a few long moments, he suddenly remembered a small detail. So Sizhui switched to video to show him a stuffed toy rabbit sitting on the table]
I suddenly remembered what I wanted to ask of you. A mystery I'm trying to solve. It's a mystery gift from last week. A rabbit that brought me loquats and coins.
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