Okay, go to the places Wenzhou better affords, you'll have more luck fitting in.
... But still see if you can ask that guy before heading out. I can use all my brilliant, stunning intellect and imagination to understand what you mean with the weight of being caught or... something. I think I can see the appeal?
I don't know where he got his furniture, I don't know any of the brands.
And fine, I'll ask, just for you. But it's a bit mean when I know I won't be buying anything
It's... complicated, but yes. Being caught, and not being able to escape on my own. I actually had to find which company supplies the police department here and buy a whole case of them because they don't sell retail and Wenzhou didn't want to risk appropriating one pair from work.
Here you are, thinking he looks for any brands other than "free, cheap, on sale."
Not really, as long as you use the "scene" line. How chatty he'll be after is really not something I can predict, but he won't be disappointed. I wasn't joking, he'll have recommendations!
Sometimes I still have to stare at the words you write and realise you're completely serious and this is a normal problem solving thing you do. Fei-xiong, glad you're working out your controlled capture moments with Wenzhou, truly. Honestly mean it.
Wenzhou isn't poor, you know? He doesn't have as much money as I do, but he's not poor either. His family has money.
And how else was I supposed to solve this if not this way? It was that, or have them manufactured myself and then I would have had to buy a batch as well, so I might as well buy them from people who know how to make them.
As you say, as you say! He wouldn't be poor if he'd been buying you handheld gaming systems, I wasn't implying that level of disparity.
See, again, right there. "Buy a batch" or "manufacture them myself." Should I ask why you need a batch, or is it bulk purchase only, I'm curious even if I don't think I should be.
I told you, they don't sell retail, so you have to buy a minimum of 200. And no manufacturer will agree to make you just one pair. It's not cost-effective.
Oh my freaking, I guarantee, if you'd looked around, you could have found you know. A few pairs. Also I'm trying to ignore the fact you bought 200 sets of handcuffs because you go hard at absolutely everything.
I'm not going to buy used handcuffs from a former police officer on ebay, Wei-xiong.
And if you managed to see me going hard at anything I must be doing something wrong. I strive for people to see me as cute and not stomping into their business because I don't understand it.
[Of course, having helped profile five of the most important cases in the news lately and being personally involved in them due to family history doesn't help.]
Okay that isn't what I was thinking but I'm glad you have first-cuff-impression feelings, it's very pure for something which is not, really, all that pure.
Fei-xiong, anyone looking past the seamless ways you weave yourself in and out of any given group is going to have an idea of what going hard means to you. On the other hand, there's probably five people who see that far past their own nose, so you and your cute veneer of adorableness and sweet, uninterested, rich son with no good sense in his head will persevere.
It just doesn't feel right. I mean, the first pair was used, but it was Wenzhou's.
Okay, good, I would not want my cover to be blown so easily.
By the way, there's a cleaning service that comes in once a week that I forgot to tell you about. Should we give them a good time to come so you don't get disturbed at an inconvenient time for you?
I'm a little proud you didn't manage to get him to "lose" a set or two and test exactly how unabundant funding must be in those offices... actually, what is their cuff allocation?
Even if they knew, you'd still be the cutest one of them all anyway.
Of course you have a cleaning service... I don't know, not mornings, mid day is great because then I won't be lazing around in bed if it's a day I'm in or I'll be at class, the lab, or something equally important. Have you ever been solely responsible for picking up after yourself before? Asking as someone who's had a chore chart since he was, I don't know, under nine.
I tried to tell him to get one pair from work, but he didn't feel that was possible to do without it being noticed, and then his father would tan his hide for it which is actually worse than being officially reprimanded.
Then we'll say early afternoon on Tuesdays, because that's the least likely time for you to be around.
... I don't think so? My mom and the staff did it when I was young, and when I moved into an apartment closer to my school in middle school there was a housekeeper that my dad paid. I mean, I wasn't a slob, but I never really learned all of that stuff. Wenzhou is making me wash the dishes since I can't cook much.
Oh, right, his parents are still both around and his father was former law enforcement, right?
Hey, it's your place, your money. Whatever you say is good is good by me!
Just asking, but have you ever had a private moment or place for yourself before you moved out? Dish washing is nice and safe... that's my duty, because my cooking is suited just for me. Or other spice aficionados. In which case, the Wei Kitchen is always open, come one, come all! Let's cry as our sinuses burn and we feel extra alive!
... I didn't really have moments to myself, no. My mother and I had a daily program we were expected to follow. And my father was overseeing my education directly.
[And once he'd moved out in middle school he'd known the housekeepers were reporting regularly on his comings and goings.]
I'm sure your cooking is fine for people who can stand the heat, Wei-xiong, but I'm like Wangji and I can't have spicy food. It upsets my stomach.
So they were controlling, and by they I mean your father controlled everything in your childhood. And your mother. Fei-xiong, did you end up checking if your flat was bugged or tapped when you first moved in, or is that part of why you own the whole building?
( worried. worried! from someone who has seen parents with control issues, but not quite to that degree. )
If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen, or only come over when Lan Zhan's here to cook. Did you hear about the research studies indicating that people who love hot-spicy foods seem to experience an adrenaline rush alongside their eating? Three studies have agreed, but it's not the only reaction, and I want to complain that I'm missing out on the fun one!
Wow, I wish I had anything to say to that other than that's messed up and making me increasingly want to punch your father. There's being controlling, then there's... that.
Oh, uh, adrenaline rush. I get nostalgia half the time.
... Well he's dead now so. A bit late for that, but I appreciate the sentiment.
Hm. I thought that the fun reaction was because spices are supposed to be aphrodisiacs. although i must say i've never seen much difference in my libido even though i don't eat spices or ginger.
I'm fully content figuring out a way to punch the dead. Then send them forcibly on again, but necromancy has its uses, and that's all I can say about that.
I appreciate, respect, and will forever be in awe of the melding of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Modern Medicine out of the West but if we're talking about aphrodisiacs, the number of things listed to be such things is way more than what can be reasonably believed to work. Besides, you're young! You don't need a libido shift! Leave us old men to our dashed hopes of getting all limbs up day to day, comforted by our spice congee bowls.
I am glad you think so much of my physical prowess. but it's true that if this is an actual fact, you should be having a much more active sex life than I do.
Fei-xiong! My sex life is perfectly active enough!
( he's got like, hands. it's great! )
Anyway even if it did I'd only be keeping up with your current achievements, be easy on your Wenzhou, he's as old a man as I am!
( .............. no he's not, he's older, and Wei Wuxian is not exactly out of Fei Du's age group, but let him run with this nonsense as a fantastic and amusing deflection, thanks )
We'll have to agree to disagree on that, Wei-xiong.
I will say this for him, Wenzhou is a lot more likely to see through what i'm doing than most of the other people I've flirted with... but he still goes along with it more often than not.
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... But still see if you can ask that guy before heading out. I can use all my brilliant, stunning intellect and imagination to understand what you mean with the weight of being caught or... something. I think I can see the appeal?
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And fine, I'll ask, just for you. But it's a bit mean when I know I won't be buying anything
It's... complicated, but yes. Being caught, and not being able to escape on my own. I actually had to find which company supplies the police department here and buy a whole case of them because they don't sell retail and Wenzhou didn't want to risk appropriating one pair from work.
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Not really, as long as you use the "scene" line. How chatty he'll be after is really not something I can predict, but he won't be disappointed. I wasn't joking, he'll have recommendations!
Sometimes I still have to stare at the words you write and realise you're completely serious and this is a normal problem solving thing you do. Fei-xiong, glad you're working out your controlled capture moments with Wenzhou, truly. Honestly mean it.
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And how else was I supposed to solve this if not this way? It was that, or have them manufactured myself and then I would have had to buy a batch as well, so I might as well buy them from people who know how to make them.
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See, again, right there. "Buy a batch" or "manufacture them myself." Should I ask why you need a batch, or is it bulk purchase only, I'm curious even if I don't think I should be.
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I told you, they don't sell retail, so you have to buy a minimum of 200. And no manufacturer will agree to make you just one pair. It's not cost-effective.
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Oh my freaking, I guarantee, if you'd looked around, you could have found you know. A few pairs. Also I'm trying to ignore the fact you bought 200 sets of handcuffs because you go hard at absolutely everything.
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And if you managed to see me going hard at anything I must be doing something wrong. I strive for people to see me as cute and not stomping into their business because I don't understand it.
[Of course, having helped profile five of the most important cases in the news lately and being personally involved in them due to family history doesn't help.]
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Fei-xiong, anyone looking past the seamless ways you weave yourself in and out of any given group is going to have an idea of what going hard means to you. On the other hand, there's probably five people who see that far past their own nose, so you and your cute veneer of adorableness and sweet, uninterested, rich son with no good sense in his head will persevere.
Somehow!
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Okay, good, I would not want my cover to be blown so easily.
By the way, there's a cleaning service that comes in once a week that I forgot to tell you about. Should we give them a good time to come so you don't get disturbed at an inconvenient time for you?
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Even if they knew, you'd still be the cutest one of them all anyway.
Of course you have a cleaning service... I don't know, not mornings, mid day is great because then I won't be lazing around in bed if it's a day I'm in or I'll be at class, the lab, or something equally important. Have you ever been solely responsible for picking up after yourself before? Asking as someone who's had a chore chart since he was, I don't know, under nine.
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Then we'll say early afternoon on Tuesdays, because that's the least likely time for you to be around.
... I don't think so? My mom and the staff did it when I was young, and when I moved into an apartment closer to my school in middle school there was a housekeeper that my dad paid. I mean, I wasn't a slob, but I never really learned all of that stuff. Wenzhou is making me wash the dishes since I can't cook much.
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Hey, it's your place, your money. Whatever you say is good is good by me!
Just asking, but have you ever had a private moment or place for yourself before you moved out? Dish washing is nice and safe... that's my duty, because my cooking is suited just for me. Or other spice aficionados. In which case, the Wei Kitchen is always open, come one, come all! Let's cry as our sinuses burn and we feel extra alive!
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... I didn't really have moments to myself, no. My mother and I had a
daily program we were expected to follow. And my father was overseeing my education directly.
[And once he'd moved out in middle school he'd known the housekeepers were reporting regularly on his comings and goings.]
I'm sure your cooking is fine for people who can stand the heat, Wei-xiong, but I'm like Wangji and I can't have spicy food. It upsets my stomach.
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( worried. worried! from someone who has seen parents with control issues, but not quite to that degree. )
If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen, or only come over when Lan Zhan's here to cook. Did you hear about the research studies indicating that people who love hot-spicy foods seem to experience an adrenaline rush alongside their eating? Three studies have agreed, but it's not the only reaction, and I want to complain that I'm missing out on the fun one!
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What exactly is the 'fun' reaction?
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Oh, uh, adrenaline rush. I get nostalgia half the time.
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Hm. I thought that the fun reaction was because spices are supposed to be aphrodisiacs. although i must say i've never seen much difference in my libido even though i don't eat spices or ginger.
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I appreciate, respect, and will forever be in awe of the melding of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Modern Medicine out of the West but if we're talking about aphrodisiacs, the number of things listed to be such things is way more than what can be reasonably believed to work. Besides, you're young! You don't need a libido shift! Leave us old men to our dashed hopes of getting all limbs up day to day, comforted by our spice congee bowls.
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I am glad you think so much of my physical prowess. but it's true that if this is an actual fact, you should be having a much more active sex life than I do.
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( he's got like, hands. it's great! )
Anyway even if it did I'd only be keeping up with your current achievements, be easy on your Wenzhou, he's as old a man as I am!
( .............. no he's not, he's older, and Wei Wuxian is not exactly out of Fei Du's age group, but let him run with this nonsense as a fantastic and amusing deflection, thanks )
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Wenzhou is older than you. And very eager to prove me wrong every time I insinuate he might be too old for something. Works every time.
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Ah, good, when your partner knows you're pulling a reaction but you're both satisfied with the result.
( if it were relevant, can he see himself doing the same?
... lbr, probably, but as it is not relevant, it's more academic consideration. )
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I will say this for him, Wenzhou is a lot more likely to see through what i'm doing than most of the other people I've flirted with... but he still goes along with it more often than not.
[He is a very spoiled cat.]
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