#yu linlin

[living-realusion]

so i started reading Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu because i watched the first few eps (okay 40 eps, its too good okay!!) of the spirealm but the mtl is soo shit i decided to read the novel while waiting for better subs but now im almost done with it but subs are still mtl im gonna cry. BUT THE NOVEL THO *mindblown* is so fucking good??? all the arcs are soo well written and i love how most if not all are taken from an existing myth, or rl story and then its spun with more content by the author. its honestly such an exhilarating read.

I WANT TO RANT ABOUT IT TO SOMEONE

IS ANYONE WILLING?????

currently i am reading the minotaur arc.

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Morally Questionable Anime Milfs Side B Round 2 Match 7

Propaganda:

Big Mom -

"Proud mother of 85 and ruler of one of the nicest regions to live in the most dangerous sea in the world. However, she frequently goes on rampages where she eats everything in sight, which has resulted in at least one incident of cannibalism, and she maintains her power by siphoning away the lifespans of her citizens to animate her enforcers."

Atsuko -

"okay listen she does care about her son very very much (and she's very hot), but there is also the matter of the Alcoholism, and she’s rarely ever in the house (son is in middle school) and also. it’s briefly shown that she’s got like… a Lot of yakuza buddies. not necessarily a parenting thing (and honestly kinda badass), but… you Probably don’t wanna be bringing organized crime near your kid. also Atsuko if you’re listening i’m free Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, any and every day you’ll have me,"

[silviakundera]

Lin Qiushi continues to be a hilarious horror protagonist in Kaleidoscope of Death

Just as he was about to ask “Li Dongyuan, why are you knocking on my door?”, he felt something was awfully wrong… Li Dongyuan was obviously using the stall to his right, so why were the knocking sounds coming from his left?

“Yu Linlin.” Li Dongyuan’s voice sounded from the other side, “Are there any words on the walls?”

Lin Qiushi was rather taken aback after he heard that. He soon realized there, indeed, were a few rows of words written on the wall. After reading the words carefully, the hairs on Lin Qiushi’s back immediately stood on end. ...

And the final line of these lyrics was the forbidden sentence that should never be sung: 'My legs are gone, so won’t you give me yours?'

“Do you see them?” Li Dongyuan wondered.

Lin Qiushi stared at those words in silence, then regretfully replied, “Sorry. To be honest, I can’t read.”

Li Dongyuan on the left: “…”

Lin Qiushi: “My family was poor so I wasn’t able to attend school. I actually don’t know that many words. Why don’t you come in and take a look yourself afterwards?”

The other side no longer spoke. Lin Qiushi guessed that the person who wanted him to recite these words out loud was rendered speechless by his ignorance.

[sleepsonclouds]

Clouds tropespots: The Spirealm, E04

One my favourite arcs is about to begin! I'll never think of eggs in the same way again.

Episode 4 (Winter cabin, 1st door / Birthday party, 2nd door)

Giving your partner a key (meaningful): Nanzhu's SECOND attempt to give this key to Qiushi succeeds. "It's still yours", he says, smiling fondly. I CANNOT with the gifting. The key gives the player an advantage in the next door; Nanzhu is trying to keep Qiushi alive. Nanzhu/Baijie cares a lot about this stranger, when he seems to disregard all the other door-breakers (I like this translation).

Reluctant parting: A beautiful shot of Qiushi lingering at the door, looking wistfully at Nanzhu. Again Nanzhu's little smile, which seems to be reserved for Qiushi. And all that LIGHT. Am I sensing foreshadowing?

Calling your partner's name when lost in thought: Lin Qiushi, who doesn't do subtle. Nice to see Nanzhu isn't the only one affected.

Suspected kink: Roommate comments on the wounds on Qiushi's neck (left by the door ghost). Roommate isn't allowed to be handsy (Nanzhu has been handsy for 3 episodes). Roommate: "You found a new game?" (mind, gutter) Qiushi: "I fell." (…) Roommate, with the most suspicious expression ever: "It looks like rope burns." Doesn't matter it isn't true. Now we're all THINKING about it.

Appearing in your partner's bedroom: Nanzhu does. Apparently bedroom doors are easy. And this is the real world Ruan Nanzhu, not Baijie. "The name you're too shy to ask." Well, Mr. Bedroom Crasher isn't shy.

Injury for hurt-comfort purposes (REAL): In Obsidian, Lin Qiushi hastens to dress Ruan Nanzhu's wound, despite the man doing well on his own. Romantic music is playing. One manhandling point for Qiushi!

No one has ever cared for me like this: Nanzhu looks like no one has ever taken such care of him. The puzzlement, staring at the bandage, staring at Qiushi… Oh.

Noodles of love: Qiushi casually makes himself at home and cooks for Nanzhu (and only him). Later, when discussing Qiushi's potential, Nanzhu keeps staring at the noodles and fondling the chopsticks. "Intuition" tells him he wants a man who feeds him!

I'll accompany you (anywhere): Qiushi feels apprehensive about his 2nd door. Nanzhu: "Don't worry. I'll pass this door with you." Qiushi: "We can pass it together?" Nanzhu: "Of course", comparing them to the pair from the 1st door. More parallels to this m/f couple!

Complimenting your partner (Nanzhu edition): Qiushi: "Am I so good?" Nanzhu: "Not you, but me. Because I can see your value." Has he realized Qiushi can't accept direct compliments? Smart. Nanzhu, please keep telling him he's precious.

Meeting your partner's other persona: Second door time, and it's ZHU MENG! I love him to bits starting from that little, teasing wave. He's so dynamic and clearly different from Nanzhu or Baijie.

Non-verbal communication: Qiushi is about to say his real name, when he sees Nanzhu's FACE and immediately changes to Yu Linlin. Aw.

Scheming to be alone with your partner: Nanzu maneuvers them into the elevator by scaring everyone off. Smooth going. Drama sprite Nanzhu is at it again.

Complimenting your partner: You just got into that elevator to flirt, right? Nanzhu's client is an actress. Qiushi (oblivious): "You're a good actor, too. I think you two are a perfect match." Nanzhu (shakes head, fond/exasperated): "Her acting is not as good as yours."

Shoulder-grabbing: Nanzu simply MUST hold onto Qiushi when the lights are flickering. This elevator sure is convenient.

It's only going to get better! -> Episode 5

[sunriseverse]

back on my silly lesbian bullshit <3

“Yu Linlin,” she says, with a smile, to the gathered group. “My fourth time behind the doors.” Unfortunately for Ruan Nanzhu, one of the newcomers, who has eying his surroundings with a good measure of suspicion, takes that moment to slouch forward. “You look new,” he says. “Let me protect you—I have a clue for this door.” Lin Qiushi blinks at him. “Oh, I’m sorry,” she says. “Actually, I’m here with my husband.”

- dragons and phoenixes (nanqiu, lesbian au, 2.2k, t) (with thanks to @lungache for helping me with prompts!)

[toxic-mothers-tourney]

Since the form is now live...

here are the number of nominations for each entry

Mother Gothel - 35

Odalia Blight - 19

Lusamine - 18

Prospera Mercury/Elnora Samaya - 14

Mrs. Asahina/Mafuyu’s mother - 12

Shadow Weaver - 10

Other Mother/The Beldam - 9

Morgan Fey - 9

Rosa Ushiromiya - 9

Beatrice Horseman - 7

Yu Ziyuan - 7

Margaret White - 7

Marisa Coulter - 7

Rainflower - 7

Lucille Bluth - 7

Medusa Gorgon - 7

Lady Tremaine - 6

Naomi Bunch - 6

Mary Keay - 5

Adora Crellin - 5 this marks the end of the 5+ nominations. I chose from remaining characters based on the arguments presented in their submissions and my own familiarity with them

Cersei Lannister - 4

Alice Smith/Cooper - 4

Pelleamena Novenarius - 4

Your mom - 3

Caroline Collingwood - 3

Zira - 3

The Godmother - 3

Cora Mills - 3

Kikyo Zoldyck - 2

Dorothy Walker - 2

Fairy Godmother - 2 note: this was a weaker nomination but it was too funny to exclude sorry

Highly nominated contestants that did not qualify:

Charlotte Linlin - 8: although she got a high number of submissions, I decided not to include her because of her character design and concept, which as a fat person made me extremely uncomfortable

Commander Wake - 6: she got more nominations than Pelleamena Novenarius, but she lost in preliminaries to her

Ragyo Kiryuin - 5: she got enough nominations to be included, but I decided to avoid nominations who were submitted for reasons related to sexual violence

Dr. Carmilla: according to fan input, she is unsuited to the poll and has been removed

[idahobob]

I Have No Legs, and I Must Run from Yue Li on Vimeo.

An athlete who is past his prime is struggling with his injuries. The arrival of a talented new member of his team. plants the seeds of jealousy in the Protagonist s mind.

Awards:

66TH BFI London Film Festival - Winner: Best Short Film

Palm Springs International ShortFest - 2023 | Special Mention: Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under

2022 Young Director Awards - Silver Screen

The 28th ifva Awards - Special Mentioned

Stockholm International Film Festival - nominated

Short of the Week - selected

21st IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival - nominated

Norwich Film Festival - nominated

CREW: STARRING Wen Xin, Xu Zhaobang, Yan Sanyuan

DIRECTOR Li Yue

WRITTEN BY Li Yue

PRODUCED BY Sol Ye, Mo Zhulin

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Limbo Lin

PRODUCTION DESIGNER Zeng Yingxin, Deng Ning, Wu Heng

EDITED BY Alvynn Diagne

COLORIST Fu Shu

SOUND DESIGNER Liu Qi

MUSIC BY Peravich Punnatrakul, Adam Chimmanee

CAST Zheng Haotian, Zhao Yuan, Zheng Chenbo, Xu Huangwei, Zhao Wenjie, Dou Ronghui, Ling Hanrui, Xue Zexin, Liu Hao, Ren Haokai, Liu Zhankuo

1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Yang DongZhen

2nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Zheng Haotian

ASSISTANT EDITOR Henrik Pierce

SPORTS CONSULTANT Zhang Xin

CHOREOGRAPHER/ACTING COACH Liu Yiyi

DIRECTOR ASSISTANT Wang Yizhen

PRODUCTION MANAGER Zeng Xiangchong

LOCATION MANAGER Wang Gaosheng, Hu Xing

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Song Sixuan

FOCUS PULLER Bu Zhuo

ASSISTANT CAMERA Hu Wenquan, Zhang Hengyuan

CAMERA OPERATOR Yang Yi

GAFFER Liu Aimin

SPARKS Xu Hongjie, Hu Xiaodong, Zhang Shuang

MAKEUP ARTIST & COSTUM Lu Mangmang

HAIRDRESSER Wang Sha, Bai Zirong

SOUND CREW

PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER He Junyi

BOOM OPERATOR Li Hui

STILL PHOTOGRAPHER Han Yu, Li Hao

DRONE OPERATOR Yuan Fukai

D.I.T Cheng Jianxin

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Yang Linlin， Wang Zerui, Du Xiaoming

PROPS Master Zhang Ge

ASSISTANT PROPS Li Shuai, Ren Xiaoguang, Liu Qiang, Bai Baogui

TRANSPORTATION CAPTAIN Ai Manyi

CAMERA CREW DRIVER Wei Huihong

DRIVER Zheng Yongsheng，Zhao Youcai, Liu Zhiqiang

DRIVER Li Gen

RENTAL HOUSE: KO Film Rental

[liurl]

I Have No Legs, and I Must Run from Yue Li on Vimeo.

An athlete who is past his prime is struggling with his injuries. The arrival of a talented new member of his team. plants the seeds of jealousy in the Protagonist s mind.

Awards:

66TH BFI London Film Festival - Winner: Best Short Film

Palm Springs International ShortFest - 2023 | Special Mention: Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under

2022 Young Director Awards - Silver Screen

The 28th ifva Awards - Special Mentioned

Stockholm International Film Festival - nominated

Short of the Week - selected

21st IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival - nominated

Norwich Film Festival - nominated

CREW: STARRING Wen Xin, Xu Zhaobang, Yan Sanyuan

DIRECTOR Li Yue

WRITTEN BY Li Yue

PRODUCED BY Sol Ye, Mo Zhulin

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Limbo Lin

PRODUCTION DESIGNER Zeng Yingxin, Deng Ning, Wu Heng

EDITED BY Alvynn Diagne

COLORIST Fu Shu

SOUND DESIGNER Liu Qi

MUSIC BY Peravich Punnatrakul, Adam Chimmanee

CAST Zheng Haotian, Zhao Yuan, Zheng Chenbo, Xu Huangwei, Zhao Wenjie, Dou Ronghui, Ling Hanrui, Xue Zexin, Liu Hao, Ren Haokai, Liu Zhankuo

1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Yang DongZhen

2nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Zheng Haotian

ASSISTANT EDITOR Henrik Pierce

SPORTS CONSULTANT Zhang Xin

CHOREOGRAPHER/ACTING COACH Liu Yiyi

DIRECTOR ASSISTANT Wang Yizhen

PRODUCTION MANAGER Zeng Xiangchong

LOCATION MANAGER Wang Gaosheng, Hu Xing

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Song Sixuan

FOCUS PULLER Bu Zhuo

ASSISTANT CAMERA Hu Wenquan, Zhang Hengyuan

CAMERA OPERATOR Yang Yi

GAFFER Liu Aimin

SPARKS Xu Hongjie, Hu Xiaodong, Zhang Shuang

MAKEUP ARTIST & COSTUM Lu Mangmang

HAIRDRESSER Wang Sha, Bai Zirong

SOUND CREW

PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER He Junyi

BOOM OPERATOR Li Hui

STILL PHOTOGRAPHER Han Yu, Li Hao

DRONE OPERATOR Yuan Fukai

D.I.T Cheng Jianxin

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Yang Linlin， Wang Zerui, Du Xiaoming

PROPS Master Zhang Ge

ASSISTANT PROPS Li Shuai, Ren Xiaoguang, Liu Qiang, Bai Baogui

TRANSPORTATION CAPTAIN Ai Manyi

CAMERA CREW DRIVER Wei Huihong

DRIVER Zheng Yongsheng，Zhao Youcai, Liu Zhiqiang

DRIVER Li Gen

RENTAL HOUSE: KO Film Rental

[missputotyra]

My Casting Skills are Questionable but Funny none the less

[chanmiluvbot]

Cherry Bullet’s promo pics for debut single album ‘Let’s play Cherry Bullet’

[cfensi]

Ninth drama adaption of Return of the Condor Heroes reveals cast

Ninth drama adaption of Return of the Condor Heroes reveals cast

The latest adaption of Return of the Condor Heroes / Romance of the Condor Heroes 神雕侠侣 has confirmed Tong Mengshi (Colourful Bones) as Yang Guo, new actress Mao Xiaohui as Xiaolongnü and award-winning young actress Wen Qi (Eagles and Youngster) as Guo Xiang.

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[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Morally Questionable Anime Milfs Round 1 Matchups!

SIDE A

Lusamine (Pokémon The Series: Sun and Moon) VS Izumi Curtis (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Sara (Kiba) VS Rem Saverem (Trigun)

Holo (Spice and Wolf) VS Zeqing (Forge of Destiny/Destiny Cycle)

Dr. Courtney Sithe (Ace Attorney) VS Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHolic)

Angelina Dalles/Madame Red (Black Butler) VS Kaato Higashikata (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Karen Kurokawa (Tokyo Revengers) VS Mitsuba Higashikata (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Kouyou Ozaki (Bungou Stray Dogs) VS Lalaco Godspeed (Space Patrol Luluco)

Yachiru/Retsu Unohana (Bleach) VS Aponia (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Numeri (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure) VS Chikage Kuroba (Magic Kaito)

Natsuhi Ushiromiya (Umineko When They Cry) VS Curly Dadan (One Piece)

Ritsu Nagai (Ajin) VS Kyrie Ushiromiya (Umineko When They Cry)

Misaki Unasaka (Buddy Daddies) VS Ozen the Immovable (Made in Abyss)

SIDE B

Junko Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) VS Yui Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Koram (A Tree of Palme) VS Amara Sigatar Khura’in (Ace Attorney)

Echidna (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World) VS Mari Nagare/Maria Akeboshi (Maria no Danzai)

Mitsuki Bakugou (My Hero Academia) VS Michiko Malandro (Michiko & Hatchin)

Ah-Duo (The Apothecary Diaries) VS Sara Lee (Hand Jumper)

Sloth (Fullmetal Alchemist 2003) VS Kirio Hikifune (Bleach)

Yukiyo/Kirika Misaki (Another) VS Morgan Le Fay - Lostbelt Version (Fate/Grand Order)

Captain Dola (Laputa: Castle in the Sky) VS Thalassa Gramarye/Lamiroir (Ace Attorney)

Yayoi Kusakabe (High-Rise Invasion) VS Leona Herace (The Rogue Prince is Secretly an Omega)

Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) VS Hiroko Hagakure (Danganronpa)

Umeko Sawamura (Those Snow White Notes) VS Atsuko Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Akito Sohma (Fruits Basket/Fruits Basket Another) VS Haruko Kamio (Air TV)

[silviakundera]

translators note from chapter 121 of Kaleidoscope of Death was very fitting:

The term that Ruan Nanzhu is consistently called is 戲精, “drama sprite/spirit.”

Now, in all honesty, I admittedly have mixed feelings about how crossdressing is handled in the novel. (I have a close relative who is a cis man who's been doing drag performances for years, and I found myself I uncomfortable with how frequently drag was used for shock/disgust) (It was great when RN was using it for game strategy or just because he enjoyed it, but then some other times... idk.)

Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed RNZ's Puckish role ... a mischievous sprite-like character. When it worked, it REALLY WORKED. And it's fun to track LQ's changing attitude in the first few chapters to what we see in the 120's era.

Xiao Mo: “What…will you do?”

Lin Qiushi was silent for a moment, before saying, “what else can I do?

Of course I’ll choose to forgive her.”

Xiao Mo: “…” The moment Lin Qiushi spoke, she seemed to see the top of his head glow with faint green light.

“I love her, after all.” Loved him, and so tolerated his wildest dramatics.

Lin Qiushi thanked Xiao Mo again; he turned around, waved, and left with great flourish.

And Xiao Mo’s face spasmed.

//

Ruan Nanzhu and Gu Longming exchanged a glance, and Gu Longming couldn’t help himself:

“Yu Linlin, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

“Tell you what?”

“That your lover’s a man!”

“Does the gender matter?”

“Like I guess not…” Gu Longming mumbled.

“Then isn’t it the same thing, whether I told you or not?” Lin Qiushi said.

“It’s getting dark. Come on, let’s head to bed.”

Ruan Nanzhu looped an arm through Lin Qiushi’s and leaned his head against Lin Qiushi’s shoulder. And then he flashed Gu Longming a very specific smile.

Gu Longming: “…” Zhu Meng please stop smiling, you’re smiling like one of those dynasty-destroying concubines, and Lin Qiushi’s a hundred precent the emperor gone fatuous with obsession.

On Lin Qiushi’s end, he shot Ruan Nanzhu a look, communicating through eye contact alone, 'Having fun?'

Ruan Nanzhu, 'So much fun.'

Lin Qiushi, 'Go on then, have at it.'

Ruan Nanzhu, 'Aw babe, I love you so much.'

With the extra audience, Drama Sprite Ruan Nanzhu had utterly lost himself within the script; self-extrication was no longer possible.

[zintranslations]

Kaleidoscope of Death, Ch. 117

Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu Link to Chinese / Novel Updates

Chapter 117: Are You Angry?

"So what about my stethoscope?"

Xiao Ji didn't seem scared at all of Lin Qiushi's suspicions, asking his question sharply in return.

"You used the stethoscope this morning, right?" Lin Qiushi asked.

Xiao Ji didn't answer yes or no; keenly, he'd detected that Lin Qiushi's question was a trap, so he didn't speak.

However, Xiao Mei sat beside him spoke up calmly: "Yes, he used the stethoscope to open a chest this morning. Someone else saw it too."

She pointed at a person in the crowd.

The person Xiao Mei was pointing to nodded, indicating that Xiao Mei wasn't lying.

"When I passed by the living room today I saw Xiao Ji opening a chest. He also used the stethoscope."

"Ah, so that means your stethoscope is currently operational?" Lin Qiushi said. "If there are no problems, may I have a look at it?"

With a scoff, Xiao Ji took the stethoscope from his neck and tossed it to Lin Qiushi.

"I'd like to see what you're trying to sell here."

Lin Qiushi took the stethoscope.

"Xiao Mei, you haven't eaten, right?"

Xiao Mei nodded, and spoke with indifference: "Yes. Xiao Ji heard a Hakobito yesterday, so I didn't eat anything."

This wasn't a strange turn of events, in fact was quite normal. The number of Hakobito had gradually increased, after all. It would be odder if, from the start until now, Xiao Ji had never encountered a Hakobito.

"Mh, if it can hear the Hakobito's movements, that means this stethoscope definitely works," Lin Qiushi said. "Let's give it a try then."

He put on the stethoscope and picked a random person beside him, pressing the stethoscope to his own chest[1]. As expected, the stethoscope that should've allowed him to hear something did not pick up any sounds; the end that went into the ears was completely silent.

"I can't hear anything," Lin Qiushi said. "You all can try it too."

He tossed the stethoscope to somebody else.

Another person picked up the stethoscope, and after carefully listening, confirmed that there was nothing audible inside.

Xiao Ji's expression went cold. He said, "you want me condemned based on just that?"

Lin Qiushi shrugged.

"Your stethoscope's broken, so how did you hear sounds from inside the chests?"

Xiao Ji lifted his chin.

"And here I thought you'd have some way to prove I'm guilty. Well sorry, but I've already tried it before. This stethoscope is special. It can't hear human heartbeats at all."

Lin Qiushi's lips curved up.

"Oh? You sure?"

Xiao Ji, "props inside the door are different from stuff outside to begin with. Yu Linlin, you're not thinking of besmirching me with this in order to take my stethoscope from me, are you?!"

He banged on the table violently, seemingly on the verge of a fit over being so wrongly accused.

Lin Qiushi asked, "you're sure that this stethoscope can't hear heartbeats, and that it's just a special item?"

"What? You saying you know my item better than me?"

Xiao Ji was locked in on this answer. After all, the stethoscope's always been on him. He could say whatever he wanted about it and nobody could do a thing.

But Lin Qiushi took the stethoscope back in hand with a sigh.

"What a shame. If you hadn't said that, I really don't know what I would've done."

And as he spoke, he began taking apart the stethoscope.

The earpieces on the stethoscope had metal rings that could be twisted off, with special sound-amplifying discs installed inside. However, when Lin Qiushi twisted one of the rings apart and removed the disc, everybody looking at the stethoscope grew shocked—because the space behind the disc had been stuffed with a wad of solid cotton, firmly blockading the path of sound transmission. Of course it hadn’t been able to hear a thing.

When Xiao Ji first saw the cotton, he froze. Then, expression drastically changing, he roared, "who said you could take my stethoscope apart—"

He lunged in front of Lin Qiushi, trying to take the stethoscope back, but Sun Yuanzhou, already standing ready beside him, held him back.

Xiao Ji saw that he could no longer get his hands on the stethoscope and began to cuss. It wasn’t difficult to see that the intensity of his reaction was weird.

Faced with Xiao Ji's threats and insults, Lin Qiushi remained impassive. He calmly removed the cotton and put the stethoscope back together. This time, with the stethoscope's amplifier placed on his chest, a heartbeat could be clearly and readily heard.

Lin Qiushi laughed, "this is what you used to distinguish whether a chest contained a box person? Very impressive."

Xiao Mei joined him with a sneer. Since the death of her lover, an irreversible change had taken place in her body that had completely expelled the awkwardness and timidity of a newbie and made her incomparably cold.

When he saw such an interaction between Lin Qiushi and Xiao Mei, Xiao Ji finally cottoned on, shooting Xiao Mei a vicious glare.

"You betrayed me?" he spat. "Fucking bitch—you stuffed my stethoscope with cotton?!"

Xiao Mei's arms wrapped around her chest as she watched Xiao Ji coolly.

"And what if I did?"

"Why the fuck did you sell me out??" Xiao Ji asked. "I'm the one who helped you kill Wei Xiude—"

At this, Xiao Mei began to laugh, loud and hard enough for tears to fall. She wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "are you that simple? You helped me? Weren't you just helping yourself? Besides…"

Her voice grew brutal, and her tone was like it wanted to tear a piece skin off Xiao Ji's body itself.

"The Hako Onna killed my lover, and you're working with her?! You deserve to die!!"  

Xiao Ji was panting, so angry that his eyes went red.

In order to prevent him from getting away, someone else fetched ropes and tied him down. Lin Qiushi put the stethoscope back together and set it on the table.

"Anything else you'd like to say?" he asked.

Xiao Ji gritted his teeth, and sneered.

"Hah, so what if it was me? Kill me if you can."

He truly hadn't been relying on the stethoscope to determine whether or not there were people in the chests, because he was required to open three chests per day and could only listen to the Hako Onna's directions when doing so in order to avoid any errors.

If he hadn't told them that the chest Xiao Mei wanted to open yesterday contained a Hakobito, he might have been able to make an argument for himself. The way things looked now though, these people seemed to have suspected him for a very long time.

"What a shame. You really think I can’t kill you?" Lin Qiushi stood up and walked in front of Xiao Ji, head down and staring. "There will be plenty of ways."

Xiao Ji first shivered at Lin Qiushi's gaze, but then grew angry at his own reaction. Teeth bared, he laughed,

"Hahahah, you're pathetic too! So what if you kill me? If you kill me your lover's going to come back to life? She's already dead—she died last night, the Hako Onna killed her—didn't you want to ask where the fire extinguisher is? Let me tell you, I was the one who hid it. I hid it in a chest, and so none of you will ever find it!"

Before Lin Qiushi could even move, Xiao Mei's foot came flying in from the side. She kicked Xiao Ji straight to the ground, and then ground Xiao Ji's hand viciously underfoot.

"It's all your fault," she screamed, "it's your fault he's dead. You're the monster, you're the monster who sided with the demons!! Die!!”

"Xiao Mei, calm down!" Sun Yuanzhou rushed to grab hold of her, worried that she was going to do something out of control. Though it'd be a way to get the anger out, she'd pay for it with her life.

"I know." Xiao Mei halted, and spoke icily: "I know. I won't die. I'm going to live. I'm going to live for him."

Reaching up, she wiped away her tears, and her tone went quiet.

"I was supposed to be the one who opened that chest…"

When he heard her, however, Xiao Ji only started laughing—big hearty hahaha’s. He turned to Lin Qiushi with malice in his gaze and horrible words at the ready, planning on further provoking these two about their dead lovers, when there came the sound of light footsteps at the door, followed by a laughing voice that said:

"Who told you I was dead?"

Everyone jolted and looked up toward the door—they saw that Ruan Nanzhu, who should have died the night before, had appeared before them. Ruan Nanzhu looked back at everyone with a smile, slowly trodding before Lin Qiushi before saying: "Honey, I'm home."

Lin Qiushi looked at him and didn't speak.

While he didn't answer, Xiao Ji began a piercing scream: "No way, no way, how could you have survived—No way!!"

Killing Ruan Nanzhu had been his most successful move. Not only had he buried the key, but he had also destroyed an item that could kill the Hako Onna. But this person who should've died had suddenly appeared before him, whole and hale!

"Kiddo, you want to know why veterans don't like jumping newbies through too many doors?" Ruan Nanzhu was watching him with eyes full of pity. "Because only by passing the previous doors do us veterans get the cards up our sleeves. You really think all those doors are for nothing?"

Lin Qiushi stood next to Ruan Nanzhu, sizing up the person beside him. He spotted a red circle newly marking Ruan Nanzhu's wrist—it looked as if it had been tattooed on, and made for a particularly piercing sight on the pale skin.

"Take a look. Aren't I perfectly fine?" Ruan Nanzhu spoke to Xiao Ji. "Are you surprised? Is your mind blown?"

Xiao Ji trembled, so angry he could pass out.

"Holy fuck Zhu Meng, how the hell did you survive!" When she saw Ruan Nanzhu, Liang Miye too was astonished. Now she was asking the question everybody wanted to ask. "You, weren't you…"

"I told you, I've got cards up my sleeve," Ruan Nanzhu said. "No need to worry…"

He peered at Lin Qiushi as he spoke, but found Lin Qiushi utterly expressionless and ignoring him completely—and in his mind he began to curse.

"Let's get the fire extinguisher's location out of him first," Lin Qiushi said. "That's more important."

"Let me do it," Xiao Mei spoke warmly, twirling at a strand of hair by her ear. "I guarantee that when I get the answer from him, he'll still be alive."

"What are you going to do?!" Xiao Ji was terrified by the look in Xiao Mei's eyes, and began to cuss again, a whole series of really bad words. When Xiao Mei seemed unmoved, he tried appealing to pathos once more: "Xiao Mei, I really do like you! Or I wouldn't have helped you kill Wei Xiude!"

But Xiao Mei only laughed.

"Hah, kill Wei Xiude?" She spoke without much emotion at all. "Of course a dumb newbie would be easier to control than a wily veteran. Plus, I don't believe you would've let me go."

Since Xiao Ji and the Hako Onna had come to an arrangement, he definitely would've killed everybody else inside the door in order to prevent the Hako Onna from going back on her word, so he'd be protected by the rule of the doors. Xiao Mei would've really been stupid if she'd believed his nonsense.

This, Xiao Mei was quite clear on. It was also why she chose to cooperate with Lin Qiushi.

After that, Xiao Mei looked toward Ruan Nanzhu.

"I really thought you were dead."

Ruan Nanzhu just smiled, noncommittal.

After that, other people began interrogating Xiao Ji about the location of the hidden fire extinguisher. Lin Qiushi sat at the side, not saying much. As a matter of fact ever since Ruan Nanzhu returned, Lin Qiushi hadn't said anything to him at all.

Ruan Nanzhu was still smiling and teasing Lin Qiushi at first. Only a bit later did he realize something was wrong, and quickly called Lin Qiushi outside for them to speak alone.

Lin Qiushi followed Ruan Nanzhu impassively out to a side room and said, "go ahead. What did you want to say?"

"Linlin, are you angry?" Ruan Nanzhu made that pretty face of his all sad and pitiful as he whimpered, "don't be angry with me, please?"

Truthfully, on any other day, Lin Qiushi's anger likely wouldn't have lasted after seeing Ruan Nanzhu like this. But today, he only huffed once, unfeeling and equivocal.

"Linlin, Linlin…" Ruan Nanzhu said. "Don't be angry anymore, I feel so bad when I see you’re upset."

He took Lin Qiushi's hands and carefully pecked at the corners of Lin Qiushi's mouth.

"Please?"

Lin Qiushi was unmoved.

"Let me just ask you one question."

Ruan Nanzhu, "mh."

Lin Qiushi, "were you sure you'd survive?"

Ruan Nanzhu said, "of course I was s—"

But before he'd even finished speaking Lin Qiushi cut him off—and with suppressed rage on the brink of breaking through the dam, Lin Qiushi called out Ruan Nanzhu's full name.

"Ruan Nanzhu, after all that, you're still going to fucking lie to me?!"

"Linlin, I really did have a way out," Ruan Nanzhu said. "Remember the 'Humans as Mirror" door, when I gave you that red bracelet inside? That bracelet can offset three supernatural attacks…"

He held out his wrist, showing Lin Qiushi that bright red mark on his arm.

"See? Aren't I perfectly fine?"

As he spoke, he smiled cajolingly at Lin Qiushi. But at this explanation, Lin Qiushi only scoffed.

"If you really knew you were going to live, would you have put the key and wooden stake together?" He grew angrier and angrier, until his last words were basically suppressed shouting. "You're just going to play me like I'm some kind of idiot?"

Ruan Nanzhu wanted to explain further, but Lin Qiushi was done listening. He said, "we'll talk about this more outside. I'm not in a good mood right now, if we keep talking, I really will get angry with you."

After that, he turned and left, giving Ruan Nanzhu no further opportunity to explain himself.

Ruan Nanzhu groaned without sound.

Back then, Lin Qiushi had really thought Ruan Nanzhu was done for. It wasn't until he heard Ruan Nanzhu's farewell—"Yu Linlin, I love you"—that Lin Qiushi came to knowledge. He'd understood in a split instant.

If Ruan Nanzhu really thought he was going to die, then when he gave his last confession, he would've at least called out Lin Qiushi's real name, not "Yu Linlin."

Lin Qiushi, once he understood everything, had steadied his crumbling emotional state. He also took all his fury for Ruan Nanzhu and buried it deep within himself.

On the other end, the interrogation had yielded results—Xiao Ji told them where the fire extinguisher was hidden. As for what method Xiao Mei used, Lin Qiushi didn't ask. He wasn't kind enough to forgive somebody who almost got Ruan Nanzhu killed; not taking care of Xiao Ji himself had been his last act of tolerance.

Xiao Ji confessed to everything. He said that immediately after he got here, he'd made a deal with the Hako Onna. He’d gotten a lot luckier than the dead Tian Guxue; the moment he entered the door he'd received the item set on the table and also the hidden rulebook.

Of course, to prevent other people from suspecting him, he'd hidden the item in one of the chests in the living room. Then, after reading the rulebook, he'd put the rulebook away in a corner of the dining room.

After that, Xiao Ji opened three chests in a row before everybody's eyes. He'd opened up the item and one of the Hako Onna's powers to boot.

As for Tian Guxue, she was entirely a smokescreen that the Hako Onna cooked up. Back when Ruan Nanzhu was having suspicions about Tian Guxue, he'd felt something was off, because Tian Guxue hadn't seem anywhere clever enough to be a competent partner. Sure enough, right behind her had been the better player Xiao Ji, who'd been so much better that nobody even suspected him.

But when the unexpected happened to Ruan Nanzhu, it prompted Lin Qiushi to start thinking about all this. He contacted Xiao Mei in private and got her to tamper with Xiao Ji's stethoscope. Then he'd gotten quite lucky—Xiao Ji immediately exposed himself and allowed Lin Qiushi to confirm that he was the mole.

Everything had gone smoothly, aside from the person who'd lied to him.

Ruan Nanzhu—he must have already guessed there was a second mole. He'd even predicted that the second mole would target him, and in order to leave Lin Qiushi out of danger, he’d hidden everything and directed two of Hako Onna's powers onto himself. The reality was that everything Ruan Nanzhu did bore risk; even if he'd been eighty percent sure the bracelet could weather damage from the Hako Onna, there was still that twenty percent uncertainty. That was why he decided to leave behind the key and item, shutting himself up alone in Tian Guxue's room.

Lin Qiushi understood all the logic, but he still couldn't control his anger. The moment he thought about Ruan Nanzhu dying alone in that room without even a body to recover, he found it so damn difficult to bear.

"Are you two alright?" When the two came back out, the peculiar atmosphere between them was worrying, so Liang Miye asked a quiet word or two.

"We're fine," Lin Qiushi answered coolly. "What could possibly be wrong?"

Liang Miye, "…" Y'all sure don't look fine. And this was the first time she's seen such an ingratiating expression on Ruan Nanzhu's face.

"Baby are you hungry?"

"No."

"Baby are you thirsty?"

"No."

"Baby—"

"Don't call me baby."

"Linlin…"

"Shut up."

The above was their dialogue, and everyone around them listening in began to look queer; Sun Yuanzhou forced down a laugh and cleared his throat a couple of times before saying you two sure are cute together, but this was no time to flirt. Let's talk about the matter of the Hako Onna first.

How to get the items, how to kill the Hako Onna and get out of here—these were the most important matters at hand.

"We have at most six days," Ruan Nanzhu said. "After six days, the Hako Onna can probably activate 'I'm Behind You' again. If we're not out by then…well, we might never get out."

"The item we have right now that can kill the Hako Onna is the wooden stake. Once we figure out the Hako Onna's location we can hit her with it, and for her to use a power, she has to cry." Sun Yuanzhou too had straightened out his thoughts. "As long as we wait…"

"That's right," Ruan Nanzhu said. "But the stake can only be used once, and if we use it in the wrong place, we'll have lost a critical opportunity." The wooden stake had to be used prior to opening a chest. He continued, "I haven't used the gasoline we put through the door either. This is also a key item."

"Mh, we just don't know if there's any notable difference between the Hako Onna's chest and the Hakobito’s," Lin Qiushi said. "If the stethoscope can tell the difference between those two, that's for the best. If it can't, then things will be a bit more difficult."

By the current look of things, when the Hako Onna cried, they could only confirm which room she was in, not which specific chest.

So there was still risk in it for them.

"Finding more items would be safer," Ruan Nanzhu said, "but time isn't waiting for us."

Everybody began to ponder the matter.

Today, the Hako Onna seemed to have realized that things weren't looking good, and so didn't use a power or cry aloud. Lin Qiushi could only confirm the Hako Onna was on the first floor, but didn't know a more concrete location.

If the Hako Onna didn't cry, then they could make no progress. They could only wait.

While they waited, Ruan Nanzhu brazenly kept trying to make conversation with Lin Qiushi. At first, Lin Qiushi answered on and off, but after he grew annoyed he didn't even bother replying, just kept his head down and played with his phone.

A resentful expression appeared on Ruan Nanzhu's face; he wanted to be the thing held in Lin Qiushi's hand.

Liang Miye spectated their interactions and held back laughter from the sidelines. Obsidian Leader Ruan Nanzhu was so austere and cold outside the door—who knew he'd be like this inside? Of course, she didn't dare laugh out loud, because if she irritated Ruan Nanzhu and got him truly angry…She wasn't about to get the same treatment as Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi was clearly still angry, and it wasn't just any small upset.

Seeing him like this, Ruan Nanzhu was troubled. He thought that if he couldn't even get Lin Qiushi to come around with an advantage as huge as Zhu Meng inside the door, then it'd be even harder outside the door.

And so going to sleep at night, Ruan Nanzhu crept his way into Lin Qiushi's bed.

"Linlin, I'm scared." The person before him stared with big, dark, beautiful eyes, watching Lin Qiushi all innocently. "Will you sleep with me please?"

Lin Qiushi was impassive: "You're scared?"

Ruan Nanzhu, "yeah."

"That's great. I'm scared too."

With that he got up, leaving Ruan Nanzhu on the bed, and switched over to Ruan Nanzhu's bed.

Ruan Nanzhu, "…" Oh crap, oh crap, his dearest Linlin was actually angry, and of the type that couldn't even be sweet-talked.

Author's Note:

Ruan Nanzhu: Are you angry?

Lin Qiushi: No.

Ruan Nanzhu: Are you angry?

Lin Qiushi: No.

Ruan Nanzhu: Are y—

Lin Qiushi: Ask me again and I will kill you.

Ruan Nanzhu: _(:з」∠)_

The Daily Life of Popuruan and Pipilin[2] hahahaha

Translator’s Note:

That’s definitely what the Chinese said so I’m wondering if there’s a typo. LQS grabbed someone in the group, but put the stethoscope to his own chest and listened to the stethoscope himself.

“The Daily Life of Popuko and Pipimi” is the Chinese title of Pop Team Epic

[Ch. 116] | [Ch. 118]

[scarareg]

Tzuyu/Guanlin´s haters :

You need channel your hatred into better things than insulting a 16-17 years old guy/girl only because they said they born in Taiwan.

[the-city-dove]

Hi everyone. This is my first post here, and I will admit that this will be very very random. I just wabt to share my thoughts about thus movie and I feel like sharing it here will be the best.

WARNING : SPOILERS AHEAD

So yesterday , I came across this movie of Vivian Sung

LOVE THE WAY YOU ARE

co-starring Song Weilong.

Vivian Sung also starred in my all - time favorite Chinese Movie entitled "Our Times" Darren Wang

The movie was first narrated through the Point of View of Zhou Linlin

A headstrong girl who is almost always passionate about everything. She started her story by asking the question " When do you start liking someone?"

Though cheerful and heomroic , Linlin displays herself as opposite of what she really is to tge community. The turning point in her life came when her mother girced her to study as hard as her chilhood neighbor, Fang Yu Ke.

Against her own will, dhe studied as hard as Fang Yu Ke. At first, she despised this set-up and even ask Fang Yu Ke to go back to Mars .

Her problem with Fang Yu Ke later on came out rewarding after she got in to a University because of her late night studying with the owl , Fang Yu Ke.

More of their adventure unfolds.

I really love the simplicity and sincerity of coming of age movies , and this movie is an addition to my remarkable list.

I would like to highlight the scenes which for me, made this movie a beautiful experience :

The train scene where Fang Yu Ke asked if Linlin will switch departments. Even before arriving at the ending, I knew that there was more to this scene. I may have seen a glimpse of interest in Yu Ke's eyes, as he listens to Zhou Linlin. Aside from this, Linlin also came one step closer to us by showing us how ordinary she is. Just like all of us, we were bound have receive something we did not expect. Something that we are thankful as a chance. I think I saw Yu Ke appreciate Linlin, that moment

#songweilong #viviansung #lovethewayyouare #cmovie #comingofage