THE GAME

Chapter 11

Huaisang walked to his balcony to get some fresh hair and stretch his fingers after completing another painting. He slightly tilted his head, massaging the nape of his neck in a circular motion. "Aish...", he winced when he heard some 'cracks' as he swayed his neck from side to side.

Looking at the view outside his room, he spotted his brother playing chess with Lan Xichen. Huaisang squinted his eyes, trying to make out where the small puffs of smoke hovering around Minjue came from. "What!", he gasped. Nie Huaisang may be terrified of his brother sometimes but on days like this, he knew how to get revenge when Da Ge picked up a bad habit.

A frown appeared on his face when he had an idea. Briskly walking back into his room he directed his gaze to his small party box. After a little shuffle, he brought out four balloons and with much deliberation, he decided to fill them with cold water and pink glitter from his art box.

For an ordinary person, taking the shot from such a long distance would be impossible but Huaisang, although uninterested in the field, was still a cultivator. He rolled up the sleeves of his blue sweater and picked one of his weapons. He took the first shot. "Shit!', the cussed when he missed. "Come on Nie Huaisang, focus...Do it just like Wei Ying thought you.", he took a deep breath and walked to the door with another ball. Psyching himself, he runs to the edge and swung his arm with brute force.

Nie Minjue was badly losing in a game of Chess with Xichen. "Why do I even bother playing with you.", he frowned at the friend who refused to show him mercy. Lan Xichen made the next move and smiled innocently, "Checkmate.", .

Minjue shook his head. With the burning cigar still stuck in his mouth, he ruffled his hair and puffed out more smoke. "You're a really shitty person, Lan Huan...", he held the stick.

"Am I not a good guy?", Xichen smirked.

"Hahaha...Yeah.", Minjue was being sarcastic.

Xichen, "Mn...I'll leave this evening, I promised A'Yao I'd go over."

Minjue, "Cool, cool...It would be a good time to tell him you can't be entirely his. He'll probably kill you but at least...."

*Splash*

The water balloon landed on his head, bursting the water all over him. Pink glitter got in his hair. The cigar was put out and Xichen suffered a little splash as well. Minjue stood tall like a giant, knowing exactly where the water came from.

"HUAISANG!!", he yelled at the huge building.

"SORRY, NOT SORRY!! YOU SAID TO REMIND YOU WHEN YOU'RE MESSING UP OR GO BACK ON YOUR WORDS...I JUST DID!!!", Huaisang shouted on top of his lungs.

"WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?"

"YOU SHOULD ASK THAT CIGAR  IN YOUR HAND!!", Huaisang replied.

"WHAT THE...YOU EVEN GOT WATER ON XICHEN!", Minjue pointed a finger.

"SORRY ZEWU-JUN...STILL NOT SORRY BROTHER!", the echo reached Da Ge.

"I WON'T FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS!"

"HAHAHA...I LOVE YOU TOO BROTHER." Another water ball hit the table and they jumped. The last one came flying in no time, hitting another bull's eye on Minjue's face.

Xichen massaged his temple as he laughed, " Interesting...Your brother's gotten better and bolder."

Minjue only shot him a glare and stomped inside with a serious frown. "NICE SHOT NIE HUAISANG!", Xichen shouted. It was until he got to the entrance when he heard a loud, "THANK YOU!!" and he shook his head.

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It was a hot day at the pier and the boys felt a good dip in the lake would be a great idea. YanLi packed up a lunch box and they went to a private lake with a few disciples. They set up a small picnic table before getting ready for a dip in the water. "How about a little competition.", Wei Ying raised a brow at the disciples.