"My training what?" Li Yang stifled a snort and then eventually leapt off with Bo Lifen hand in hand with him. It was easy enough to land without no longer sustaining and impervious injuries at his level—but the man concentrated and allowed a high concentration of qi expel around him.
Whether it was just the atmosphere around him that seed to be filled with energy or just his skill coming to life, he made a way to help the two of them reach the ground floor safely.
Similar to what others had done in Telriah—energy coalesced and ford into a stronger platform. The two of them landed on the qi platform without any troubles at all and Bo Lifen not looking shaken up at all.
"What the... this is a high concentration of qi—you can use qi besides cultivating your body now? Don't you think it's a little wasteful?" Bo Lifen pursed her lips. "Could have used this to strengthen up your foundation and ridians."
"It's not a waste if I have more than enough energy for it.." Li Yang said. People in Telriah were more willing to throw large-scale attacks due to the natural energy being higher than that of earth… but that didn't an he couldn't do the sa here.
"...If you say so. I've seen sword qi before, but trying to use it to make platforms and other objects? This is a new technique of yours?"
"You can say that—but about that boba?"
Bo Lifen blinked and then smiled. "Oh right, it's not that far from here. My brother operates it—I don't know if you rember it, but my brother would be glad if you ntion that."
It was a tiny favor that she hoped that Li Yang wouldn't mind doing.
"I can actually recall that conversation." Li Yang replied. He didn't need to ntion that it crossed his mind a couple of tis as the two of them made their way out. "We had dinner that night with my brother and his girlfriend."
"Yeah, that's right and you took ho because it was raining hard—"
Bo Lifen's voice trailed off and Li Yang was also aware of why she stopped. It felt like the two of them were still caught up in the heavy drumming of the rain. The mory of the two of them in the backseat of his car was distinctive, morable—and they never really managed to talk about it at all.
When the two of them t at Bai Minghua's concert, Bo Lifen was with other people. So it never actually happened that they were able to discuss what exactly it ant for them to sleep together.
Now that a year had passed, it felt better to just let it go.
Or not ntion it at all.
Unless one of them were to actually bring it up properly.
"Your parents seem to be like nice people." Li Yang comnted as they stepped out of the building. The two of them didn't pay much mind to the two guards or bouncers outside of the bar that shouted them a goodnight.
"I guess they are, I an—most parents are decent." Bo Lifen said. "Although, I swear they favor Bo Lei way too much and they're too easy on Bo Ling. Their naming sche isn't too great either. It's like a father nad Davidson, naming their child Davie?"
"A father's legacy, I suppose."
"I an yeah—maybe. But a kid's different from their parents."
The two of them didn't run or even catch a ride in one of the taxis or vehicles available in the streets. Li Yang and Bo Lifen just walked together and continued to chat.
Nobody ntioned or brought up the fact that they were still hand in hand—did anybody notice it in the first place? The two of them didn't seem to take notice at all, still stuck in conversation and doing everything in their ability to not bring that night up.
The small shop in the business district of the city was almost unnoticeable with all the skyscrapers available—but sohow, there was sothing about it that caught the eye.
Bo Lifen opened the door into the shop.
"Oh sorry we're closing—wait, it's you." Bo Ling stopped trying to turn down the custor when he realized it was his older sister. He then noticed that she was with company and quickly cleared his throat and smiled. "Ah, welco to the shop. Is there anything I can get the two of you?"
Bo Lifen sighed and gave Li Yang a look.
Can you see what she was dealing with as a younger brother? That small ssage was clear in her face and it amused Li Yang like no other. Compared to his older brother, this guy seed like a saint.
"I was told that this place had good boba tea?"
"Only the best!" Bo Ling replied imdiately and then turned towards the preparation table. "I'll whip you up a drink, sir. On the house—large with all the extra bobas? You got it all. Sugar level? Let's make it 125%."
Bo Lifen rolled her eyes. "Try not to sound too enthusiastic, Ling."
"Don't embarrass in front of the custor!"
"Okay, okay. Just get whatever."
"You'll pay up, right?"
"Fine." Their small conversation quickly settled down as Bo Lifen finally realized she was still holding on to Li Yang. She tugged her hand away and motioned to the chairs. "Let's have a seat while we wait."
"Thank you."
The two of them sat down and sohow found it a little less easier to start a conversation with it just being the three of them.
Narissa's words earlier about his plans… Whether it was just hanging out with Bo Lifen as a friend or trying to get into her pants again—it was a little terrible thing to think about now.
Did he really like any of this? On so level—it was a yes, but this was going against everything that he used to see himself. His life was supposed to be figured out by now.
It was easy to make a 10 year to 20 year business plan for a company's projection. Alright, it wasn't actually easy—but now it seed more easier to imagine than what he had in store for now.
Li Yang made a life plan for himself as well. He made so notes and calendars of what he'd like to accomplish for his lifeti. He was already nearly 30 years old and if that felt like just the beginning for so then they weren't wrong.
Because everything was new.
The woman sitting beside him, resting her elbow on the table and talking—he could never imagine eting her, or just spending ti with them. It was a change, not entirely welco at first… but it wasn't terrible.
He'd reluctantly admit that it was good.
He kind of needed this… and that seed like sothing he should have acknowledged before.
"My brother isn't actually doing so bad. I've checked the books and there's so revenue." Bo Lifen folded her hands together and looked at him. "What do you think? Can I get an impromptu consultation with you?"
"Well, we ca here when it's quite quiet and there's no other custor than us. So I can't say anything—but it seems like your family shelled out quite a bit for this shop so it might take a while for revenue to return… but at the sa ti, the location is good."
Bo Lifen nodded. "Location is important—"
"It's not, people get things delivered nowadays." Bo Ling interrupted.
"Hey, you're not in this conversation."
"Right, sorry!"
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