古董下山 (ENGLISH: Old Fogey Goes Down The Mountain)

Chapter 17 - Good Food Good Drinks

I'm still hungry, so how can I not agree to something as wonderful as eating!

WeiXi immediately followed these unfortunate guys out the door. When one of them said they didn't have enough seats, he instantly abandoned the Tuan JieYi he wanted to bring.

The whole Wei family watched him as he walked out the door, even tossing looks of pity towards XingKai and his gang. After the door shut, Wei TianYi immediately shouted at butler Zhou: "Get some takeout! Takeout!"

Shu WanRong: ".........."

This house is getting stranger and stranger.

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WeiXi got into the car and didn't say anything, only nestled in the backseat and continued to clear levels. He was very focused!

Inside the quiet car, only the sounds of the game bounced about. XingKai was driving the car and the uncomfortable silence made him increasingly restless. He had ulterior motives and purposefully found a reason to ditch the person that WeiXi wanted to bring behind. Now, he tried to find a topic, any topic, to chat with WeiXi: "How did you turn into an internet addict in the few months we haven't seen each other, what game are you playing so intently?"

WeiXi replied: "Little crocodile loves to shower."

XingKai: ".......?"

He repeatedly searched his memory for which company's big production this is but he couldn't recall anything related to a crocodile, so he had to laugh it off awkwardly: "Ah..... is it fun?"

"Yeah it's fun." WeiXi didn't look up. "I don't know if there's a bundled paper version of this."

XingKai was stunned by this imaginative idea: "Tied paper? Aren't those burned for the dead? You want to burn this for a dead person?"

(T/N: I thought it might be fun to introduce a few of the sayings from the original text that aren't as colorful when translated. 天马行空 = heavenly steed soaring across the skies = bold and imaginative. Maybe when I'm more awake I can figure out how to incorporate these into the translation better. _(:3」∠)_ )

When WeiXi heard this, the tone of his voice adopted a hint of a smile: "That smelly old man is such a country bumpkin, I bet he's never played something as fun as this."

XingKai couldn't really follow and his plan to find a common conversation topic seems to have gone up in flames. Fortunately, when the car drove into the hotel, WeiXi was finally distracted enough to put the game away.

The pavilions and towers here are picturesque like a painting and were brightly lit all throughout, the epitome of the past nestled in a modern metropolis. WeiXi finally found a familiar resonance in this rapidly changing strange world outside the mountain.

XingKai watched him take in his surroundings while leading the way, talking to himself: "How's this? It took me a lot of effort to reserve a room here. Not too shabby for a welcome home dinner, right?"

He had repeatedly speculated about why WeiXi had not contacted him after he returned to Beijing. Even though he reassured his buddies that he was unconcerned, only he himself was clear on how nervous he was inside. Therefore, out of fear of WeiXi getting suspicious, and to find a good environment to investigate the truth, he put in a lot of painstaking effort. A spot in the State Guesthouse was difficult to reserve but it definitely looked expensive and impressive enough!

When the time comes, the delicacies served and a little drink poured, WeiXi will be alone, drunk, confused, and unrestrained. Back when they were playing truth or dare, he even complied when he was ordered to bite Ruan ShiXing, this time around wouldn't he answer to anything you ask?