Night.


[18:27] Mianhe, I did wrong, please forgive me...
[18: 42] Come home, jebal... jebal... I'm truly sorry...
[19:O5] I did wrong, I didn't want to... I was just trying to make things easier for both of you...
[19:35] Is this what you mean when you say you like me the way I am... or that you never get angry at me...?
[19:38] Forget the previous message, juseyo... I just did wrong and screwed up again... I'm an awful father... and boyfriend... I suck...
[19:45] Mianhe, I'm just a lost case, eotteoke...
[2O:O7] I think I could go on Earth to buy something for dinner, what would you like to eat?
[21:5O] I bought dinner... I'll wait for you to eat...
[22:55] I'm out looking for you... in case you come back and don't find me...
[23:51] Return home, jebal... I will go away myself, it's your home, I should be out if you are angry...
[O1:O1] You promised you would never go anywhere without me... you promised...
[O2:22] I feel so dreadful...
[O3:53] Where are you... I can't find you anywhere and I'm so scared...
[O4:31] Jebal...
[O5:46] I must go to work... you can go home now...

He spent the entire night looking for TiHao anywhere he knew. He went to Shiinden, to WuXin's place, in the other house in Fenghshii and even to check the one in Shiirhuang.
He searched the shore near their new home for hours, the IAs hq and the very few places they visited together, before starting to check random taverns and inns, never even getting close to the right one. And his only way to move faster still is the fairy steed, that he had to ride regardless the heavy cold. Teleporters don't work all night.

Never before that moment he realised how little he saw of Xhuanghen, how few cities he has been into, or places he has just been told about. How he was shown barely anything, even within Shiirhuang and Fenghshii themselves.
But even more, how he doesn't know a single place TiHao likes, or that is actually popular. Not a clue where he could go to look for him, beside those few places he knows about.

In the morning, he returns home just for the few minutes it takes him to wash himself and wear clean clothes for work, leaving right away, without resting for a moment.

When/if TiHao goes home, this is the situation:
- TiHao's car is parked in front of the house. WonPil had to ask SangPil to open a portal so that he could drive through it, because he bought too many things to carry them in just two.
- On the isle of the kitchen there is an absurd amount of takeaway food boxes, over 40, from all sort of different restaurants. Mostly healthy but tasty stuff, from various Asian cuisine, but also a few boxes of ramen, sushi, soups... and a several slices of cakes with fruits, strawberry mochi and the sort. All the boxes are closed and untouched, not even a single one empty.
- The pantry is so full there isn't even space for all the stuff, mostly terrestrial packed foods and ingredients.
- WonPil's backpack gone from its usual spot.
- Untouched bed.
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JinJin
JinJin "Then you should start to consider changing your job. You should have enough time before another war starts. Or you could stop working, since we are so rich."
She tilts her head. "There aren't Sacred Blood in islands?"
She is satisfied that he drank it. "Finish the whole cup and I'm sure you'll be a lot whole better. I added every type of tea to make sure it would work."
She waves her hand off. "We should postpone this subject for another time, when appa will be present too."
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Yokai
Yokai "Why should I stop if we can get even richer and more powerful? I can't laze if I want Qiu to remain on top.
Molla. I don't know much, only that they are under our Empire since several centuries."
At least the overload of sweet balances with the bitterness given by the amount of tea leaves. XD
"I already feel better...next time less sugar though. I prefer my tea almost without." He doesn't know how much exactly she put inside but it scares him.
"So he can back you up? I won't change my mind, you need to study. We might organize something with Qi too if you prefer to have company."
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JinJin
JinJin "But we are already the richest and everyone is scared of our family, what else do we need?" She wouldn't mind her appas all for herself.
"I'm sure that there are Sacred Blood there too. Next time I will.ask uncle LaNi, I bet he knows."
But all with different flavours xD
"Less sugar?" It could be said that if the water had reduced enough, they'd get caramel. XD
"I'm not even recovered yet, how can you only think about studying..."
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Yokai
Yokai "We need to continue not to lower our standards. We are powerful but you can never trust anyone fully, they might try to bring us down to have the chance to shine themselves.
Ask him. He knows literally anything, he could even be your teacher if I pay him enough.
Ne, also better to choose only one type of tea at time, to achieve real perfection...but it was really close.
Some time passed, what do you want to do? How long do you still need?"
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JinJin
JinJin "But we can always kill those people who try to do that to us, ani? Kill them in such a scary way that nobody else will dare."
TiHao would have to pay him with time. XD "I don't want him to be my teacher, I want an older one, with beard."
She raises a brow. "But this tea was to heal you, so it needed all the power of the leaves." At least WonPil's doctor didn't tell him to eat that envelope.
"Molla. I think that you should sleep now, since you are sick."
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