Dating is nothing more than eating, watching movies, visiting bookstores and cat cafes. In short, it's just finding a place to kill time outside. There is really no need to plan in advance, at least not a month in advance.
Besides, Shen Yanming himself is a person who doesn’t like to make plans.
But on this day, he mentioned his next date to He Changkong for the first time.
Before going to bed, He Changkong was reading a book. Shen Yanming stared at his bony fingers. After He Changkong turned a few pages, Shen Yanming finally spoke: "You must be tired of going to the same places every time!"
He Changkong didn't fall into his trap and glanced at him: "Not annoying."
Shen Yanming: "You are annoying me."
He Changkong had no choice but to change his words: "I'm tired of it."
Shen Yanming was satisfied: "Then do you want to change the date place?"
He Changkong cooperated and asked, "What places does Xiaoluan recommend?"
Shen Yanming: "Let's go to the comic convention! There's an exhibition here next month. I checked and I think we don't have any important plans that day."
Shen Yanming is an old fan of the second dimension. He Changkong knows this. When he went to his house before, he saw a room full of comics. He also watched Shen Yanming catch up with the anime from time to time when he was free. However, for this exhibition, Pudding had enthusiastically invited Shen Yanming to go a while ago. At that time, Shen Yanming refused quickly: "No, there are too many people, and there are only the same things. What's good to see? And the queue for the toilet is one year. When I opened the door, I saw a beautiful woman. I thought I went to the wrong toilet. I looked carefully and found that it was a cross-dressing cosplayer..."
Pudding lifted her skirt and said, "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Why are you implying that you are a cross-dresser?"
He Changkong still remembers the quarrel between the elementary school kids very clearly... Why does Shen Yanming suddenly want to go again
He Changkong asked directly: "Didn't you say before that you didn't want to go?"
"People always change," Shen Yanming thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Actually, it's like this. The author of my favorite shonen manga is coming here for a book signing, so I was thinking why not go and have a look? And by the way, find a new date spot."
He Changkong commented on this behavior: "Chasing stars."
Shen Yanming felt that He Changkong might be a little jealous, and immediately retorted: "... No!"
He Changkong added: "It turns out that you not only like to read beautiful girl comics."
Shen Yanming roared: "I haven't read a beautiful girl's book for a long time!!!"
He Changkong put the bookmark on the book in his hand, closed it, put it back on the bedside table, and lay down: "So what are you reading now?"
Shen Yanming supported his face with his hands, and stared into He Changkong's eyes before turning off the lights: "Look at you, no beautiful girl is as pretty as you."
Jokes aside, He Changkong had never been to a comic convention. Firstly, he thought it was novel, and secondly, he also wanted to see what Shen Yanming liked in the past. After a few jokes, he finally agreed.
It's no joke that there are so many people at a comic convention, especially since this is a big convention held in a first-tier city. The day of the comic convention finally arrived, and He Changkong saw the huge crowds that were rumored.
When he arrived at the ticket gate, Shen Yanming took out two Game of Thrones character peripheral masks, gave one to He Changkong, and wore the other one himself.
After all, he is a somewhat famous person, and there is a certain overlap between Erciyuan and his circle of fans, so wearing a mask can save a lot of trouble.
Before putting on the mask, He Changkong was a little hesitant: "Will it really not make others feel strange?"
Shen Yanming patted He Changkong on the shoulder and said calmly, "When you go in, you'll find all kinds of people there. There's even someone cosplaying as a perverted Mediterranean math teacher from a TV show. He's just wearing a mask... It's nothing."
He Changkong asked again: "Have you ever played cosplay?"
Shen Yanming shook his head.
The comic book signing session that Shen Yanming liked was about to start in an hour, but a long line had already formed in front of the signing booth. Shen Yanming followed the line holding several comic books.
Because the signing had not started yet, the team hardly moved. The experienced ones prepared their own small stools. It was also Shen Yanming's first time to participate in such an event. He didn't prepare anything. After standing for a while, he felt tired and leaned on He Changkong.
After leaning against him for a while, he felt embarrassed again and asked He Changkong: "Are you tired?"
He Changkong: "Not tired."
Shen Yanming asked again: "Do you feel bored?"
He Changkong: "Not boring."
In fact, just like when Shen Yanming asked him if he was tired of going to the same places for dates, he really didn't feel tired of it. The point was never where to go, but to be with Shen Yanming.
As long as I'm with him, he finds it interesting even if we just sit face to face and stare blankly for the whole afternoon.
Although they were wearing masks to cover their faces, they both had tall and handsome figures and good taste in clothes. They were the type of guys that would still look handsome even with their faces covered. Therefore, people would still turn around to look at them from time to time.
Relying on the fact that no one knew who they were, Shen Yanming didn't care too much about the occasional glances at them. He pulled He Changkong's hand in a sloppy manner and said, "After we finish queuing, let's go find something interesting to watch."
An hour is a long time, but it passed quickly as we were talking. The team started to move forward, and after a long wait, it was finally Shen Yanming's turn.
He Changkong saw Shen Yanming fixing her hair and clearing her throat, then he bent down to hand the comic book to the author and began to praise loudly: "Madam, your drawings are so good! I have never seen anyone draw so well in my life! Super handsome and super exciting, I have read the latest episodes over and over again... Before I came here, I had a stereotype that Madam would be an uncle, but I didn't expect her to be such a young lady! It's amazing!"
He Changkong thought to himself, he was just as enthusiastic when he was praising others.
The cartoonist was very surprised: "I always post my daily life on Weibo. I even posted a selfie before leaving in the morning. How could you think I am an uncle?"
Shen Yanming was stunned. He had never followed the author's Weibo, and the news of the book signing was told to him by someone else. But he reacted quickly: "No, no, what I meant is that you have profound skills, and you don't look like a new author who has only been drawing for a few years."
The young lady laughed a few times and signed a signature for Shen Yanming.
Shen Yanming discussed the plot with the other party again. There were still many people queuing behind him, so the two did not talk much and left quickly.
When leaving the team, Shen Yanming held a few autographed books and said, "Ah~ I am satisfied."
He Changkong didn't look so happy: "Do you have many cartoonists you like?"
Shen Yanming: “No.”
He Changkong: "Then she is the only cartoonist you like."
Shen Yanming realized it later: "... No, no, no!"
He Changkong walked forward, looking around at the stalls. Shen Yanming came up to him and said, "I only like you."
He Changkong was indeed a little jealous, but it was absolutely impossible for him to be angry or have a bad temper. He just enjoyed Shen Yanming's coaxing him, so he pretended to be a little upset: "You promised to be my little dog, but you wagged your tail at others. You will be punished when you go back."
Puppy or something... Shen Yanming's face turned red. He wasn't doing anything else, why was he suddenly calling him a puppy
Shen Yanming explained: "Rather than saying I like the author, it's more like I like the work so I love everything about it... I wanted to come to the book signing because I think it's a rare opportunity to discuss the plot with the author in person. And mainly I want to hang out with you. We haven't visited an exhibition together yet."
He Changkong wanted to raise the corners of his mouth, but he tried hard to keep it tight.
Shen Yanming was still explaining seriously: "Although it may sound a bit pretentious, but... I want to create memories with you in different places."
He Changkong couldn't hold it anymore and touched Shen Yanming's head.
So good, so good.
After He Changkong smoothed Shen Yanming's hair, he took the comic book from Shen Yanming's hand and started reading it.
Of course, you can't see anything by flipping through the pages casually while walking. Shen Yanming explained the plot to He Changkong: "The protagonist is an unlucky guy who lost his superpowers due to an accident, and then he counterattacks and upgrades, and finally saves the world... This plot is nothing special. But the protagonist has a life mentor. Because he heard the protagonist say that he lived in darkness in those years, he went back in time at a great cost. He went back for three minutes and said to the unlucky protagonist at that time, 'Hold on a little longer, as long as you climb over this mountain, your future will be smooth, and you will be greeted by brilliant light, and you will become a hero to many people.' After saying this, the life mentor went back."
He Changkong commented: "It seems quite interesting... But you were so tired of memorizing the text before, but you have no problem memorizing other people's lines."
"... You've completely missed the point!" Shen Yanming continued, "Because I really like this part, I'm not exaggerating, I've watched it many times... So I remember it. Let me tell you what happened next, do you want to listen?"
He Changkong: "Listen."
Shen Yanming: "Later, the life mentor traveled back in time. After a period of peace, the protagonist mentioned to the life mentor, 'Although I was not doing well at that time, a strange man suddenly appeared in front of me and told me that I would become a hero to many people in the future.' The mentor was shocked. The protagonist said, 'So I tried very hard to go to the future. I didn't want to be anyone's hero, but just wanted to see if I could see him again, and the brilliant light he mentioned... But I don't care whether I can see him again or not. His appearance on that day has brought light to my world.'"
He Changkong: "The butterfly effect caused by time travel?"
"Yeah, anyway, I liked this part very much when I saw it," Shen Yanming squeezed He Changkong's palm, "I also have a life mentor."
He Changkong: "Hmm?"
Shen Yanming: "Who is it?"
The two of them understood each other and did not continue the topic. He Changkong flipped through the books for a while, then helped Shen Yanming organize the books in his hand and put them in a bag.
There were many people gathered in a circle not far away. Shen Yanming pointed over there and said, "Shall we go and take a look?"
He Changkong of course agreed.
When I got closer, I first saw the backs of two people surrounded by a crowd.
It turned out to be their team uniform! One of them had pink twin ponytails, and the other one also had a familiar hairstyle.
Shen Yanming: "Dingjiang and Yanjiang came out to show off in their team uniforms?"
He Changkong said: "No, you can see that they don't look alike. Besides, didn't Pudding cut her hair? It's not that long when she ties it up now... The one who looks like Pudding should be a real girl."
"Yeah," Shen Yanming was stunned for a moment, his expression cracked, "Fuck, is there anyone cosplaying them? What's so good about cosplaying?"
He Changkong: "... Didn't you just say that some people cosplay as perverts in TV dramas?"
Shen Yanming: "Are they two so perverted that they would be cosplayed by others?!"
A passerby was speechless when he heard this: "It's not like only perverts can be cosplayed..."
Shen Yanming pulled He Changkong around to where the two cosplayers' faces could be seen. They didn't look alike, but after putting on makeup and dressing up, people could recognize who they were cosplaying.
At first, Shen Yanming was still very confused. He didn't know why someone would be so desperate to cosplay the two players.
It was not until the two cosplayers started posing that Shen Yanming finally understood.
The two of them hugged each other, opened their mouths to an exaggerated degree that was enough to fit a fist, and looked extremely terrified.
The cell phone cameras around were clicking.
Shen Yanming finally knew what he was doing. He was doing a live broadcast once, it was not a game-related live broadcast, but a prank on April Fools' Day. Shen Yanming was not afraid of anything, so he bought a scary suit online in advance. While Meng Yan and Pudding were playing the breakup kitchen game, he secretly turned off their lights, then put his phone under his chin, floated in front of the two of them, and said in a creepy voice: "Good evening~"
As a result, he received long screams from Meng Yan and Pudding, as well as an emoticon package, which was the same as the actions those two cosplayers did, hugging each other with horrified expressions, almost crying.
This emoticon package has successfully gone viral.
Now there are even people cosplaying this emoticon at comic conventions.
Shen Yanming was almost dying of laughter, so he took out his phone and took a few photos. But he still felt that it was not enough, so he ran up to the cosplayer and asked if he could take a photo with him.
After getting consent, I asked He Changkong to help take a few photos.
After taking the photos, he was squatting there looking at them when suddenly a naughty kid ran over with a thump thump and unfortunately bumped into Shen Yanming and fell to the ground.
Shen Yanming went to help the child, but the child waved his hands and pulled off Shen Yanming's mask.
Shen Yanming: “…”
The two cosplayers next to them: “…”
At this time, some of the onlookers also saw Shen Yanming. Someone shouted first: "Damn it, the real Monkey King or the fake one?"
The whole audience burst into laughter.
They are just real and fake TMM members. The real TMM members even asked for a photo with the fake TMM members.
Someone else said: "Could that person next to him be Kong?"
He Changkong: “…”
Passerby: "This group of people are really crazy, wearing such immature masks to visit the comic convention!"
The two people who were recognized awkwardly exchanged a few words with the people around them, replaced the cosplayers to become the center of the crowd, took photos with everyone for a long time, and finally found a chance to slip away at the speed of light.
We had originally planned to have a good stroll, but because of this incident we were unable to do so.
On the way back, Shen Yanming gritted his teeth and said, "Next time I will cosplay as Kamen Rider before going to the comic convention."
He Changkong: "Kamen Rider?"
Shen Yanming searched for pictures and showed them to He Changkong: "It's the masked Superman who is wrapped up tightly!"
He Changkong smiled and said, "But I am very happy today too."
When he got home at night, Weibo and forums were flooded with photos of real and fake team members. Pudding was almost mad after seeing them. He pointed at Shen Yanming and said, "You lied to me and said you wouldn't go, but you and Kong-chan went secretly! Are we still brothers?"
Shen Yanming: "Hahahaha no, I'm your father."
So Shen Yanming was chased and beaten by pudding again.
The people who were making a fuss didn't notice that there was a new CP post in the forum.
The poster of the thread clearly found it difficult to control his excitement.
The original poster: My CP is real! Today I went to a comic convention and saw two boys who looked a bit like Kong and Luan, so I took a look. They were so fucking disgusting the whole time. At the beginning, when they were queuing for autographs, the one who looked like Luan kept leaning on the one who looked like Kong... Damn, what do you mean by similar? They are just like them! Then Kong would twist the water cup to feed Luan water from time to time, touch his face, hold his hand, etc. I don’t even want to say anything. After the autograph session, they couldn’t even walk properly, and Luan was basically hanging on Kong. It’s fucking outrageous! They just relied on the mask! But later the mask was taken off by the naughty kid! It’s really them!! Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck! I’m going to die!
Someone replied: srds, didn’t your CP say they were really together a long time ago? No one believed it. [/狗头]
(Extra 3, end.)