The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

The two platelet girls were amused by her adorable appearance, their eyes lighting up instantly as they showered her with praise.

"Wow, you're so beautiful! Your features are so exquisite!"

"So you two are together! You two are such a perfect match!"

"Did you do your boyfriend's makeup? It's amazing, it looks so natural."

The two platelets showered Xu Xi with praise, making her feel quite flattered. Her face flushed slightly, and her attitude softened a bit.

"No, it's not that amazing." She scratched her head shyly. "I just learned from a video blogger. Her makeup looks much better than mine."

"Oh, who is it? Could you recommend someone to us?"

After learning that the two platelets had no ill intentions towards her brother, Xu Xi lowered her guard a little, took out her phone, and started discussing makeup techniques with them.

"Wow, this blogger's explanation is really good." The two platelet users looked visibly happy. One of them picked up a camera and asked Xu Xi expectantly, "Miss, you and your boyfriend are both dressed so beautifully. Can we take a picture together?"

After receiving such praise and compliments, even Xu Xi felt a little embarrassed to refuse.

She tilted her head, glanced at Xu Nian beside her, and after receiving an affirmative answer from his eyes, she nodded and agreed.

Then, the four of them got together and, with the help of passersby, took a group photo.

Afterwards, the two young ladies took a separate set of photos of Xu Nian and Xu Xi together, and gave the printed photos to Xu Xi as a souvenir.

In the photo, Sagiri nestles obediently beside her brother, hooking one little foot up and cutely making a peace sign.

Meanwhile, the older brother stood ramrod straight in front of the camera, looking slightly nervous and awkward, but his eyes were full of doting affection as he looked at Sagiri.

Xu Xi held the photo, her eyes crinkling with laughter, clearly very pleased with it.

As a token of her gratitude, she shared half of her snack with the two platelet donors.

The platelets were very happy to accept the snacks.

Amidst laughter, the four said their goodbyes, ending their chance encounter.

After walking a distance, Xu Nian couldn't help but tease, "When did you become so easy to talk to?"

"I've always been easy to talk to, okay!" Xu Xi's ahoge (a single strand of hair sticking up) swayed slightly as she said proudly, "That's called being soft-hearted but not hard-hearted, and you can't hit a smiling face! The ladies are so polite, of course I have to accommodate them."

Xu Nian thought for a moment, then teased in a low voice, "You're clearly someone who responds better to force than to gentleness."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xi immediately understood the implied meaning in his words, and her cheeks instantly flushed crimson, as if they had been burned, burning hot.

"You bad brother!"

She gently pinched the man's waist and said coquettishly, "Pervert! You big lecher! You big bad guy!"

Xu Nian smiled mischievously and casually put her arm around Sagiri's shoulder: "So, do you like it?"

Xu Xi lowered her head shyly, glared at the man reproachfully, and muttered under her breath.

"I...I like it..."

......

The two walked slowly side by side, whispering sweet nothings to each other.

They hadn't gone far when a commotion suddenly broke out ahead, attracting their attention.

The pedestrian street not far away was packed with people, three or four layers deep, clearly indicating that something interesting or unusual was happening.

Xu Xi's ahoge (cowlick) stood up instantly, like a sensitive little antenna, accurately capturing the gossip signal. She immediately grabbed Xu Nian's wrist and excitedly squeezed into the crowd to watch the excitement.

In the very center of the crowd stood two "celebrities".

One of them was wearing a gray short-sleeved T-shirt and brown casual trousers, carrying a black crossbody bag, and wearing a white mask and glasses. His attire closely resembled that of the top male gunner in Japan, surnamed Yama.

The man standing next to him, dressed in a white shirt and dark suit, is hard not to resemble a magnanimous politician surnamed An.

The two walked arm in arm down the street, and anyone who didn't know better would think they had achieved a historic reconciliation.

Although Xu Nian didn't know much about the anime industry, she did pay attention to current affairs. She immediately recognized the characters the two had played and the stories behind them, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Wow, how could anyone cosplay these two characters? That's insane!"

Xu Xi was also amused, her eyes crinkling with laughter as she explained, "Of course, brother, there are all sorts of people cosplaying at anime conventions."

She stretched out her little hand and pointed to the other side of the crowd: "Look over there, look there."

Xu Nian's gaze swept across the crowd and indeed spotted all sorts of bizarre cosplayers.

Peashooters stand beside the zombies, and there are even people dressed as beggars, trash cans, and trees.

In their presence, cosplayers dressed as politicians and assassins seemed perfectly normal.

Amid the commotion and cheers of the crowd, the man dressed as the assassin suddenly turned to the side, reached into his shoulder bag, pulled out a homemade replica gun, aimed it at the politician cosplayer next to him, and pulled the trigger twice.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two simulated gunshots rang out, and the man playing the politician instinctively clutched his chest, swayed, and fell to the ground.

"Good job!" The surrounding crowd erupted in cheers.

Someone started clapping, and then everyone began to applaud.

Xu Nian slapped her thigh and laughed so hard she almost fell over.

This is utterly horrific; is this the kind of cosplay humans could even conceive of?

......

As night deepened, the lively anime convention gradually came to an end.

After returning home from the comic convention, Xu Nian, for the first time ever, picked up her tablet, borrowed a video membership account from Xu Xi, and lay on the bed watching anime.

Lying beside him, Xu Xi couldn't help but chuckle at his doting smile. She raised an eyebrow and teased, "Brother, has the sun risen in the west? You've actually started watching anime on your own?"

Xu Nian nodded slightly: "Yes, I think the anime and manga community is quite interesting, and I want to try to learn more about it."

Xu Xi winked mischievously, smiled slyly, reached into the man's arms and took the tablet, then opened an anime page after a few operations.

"Brother, I'll pick the most classic one for you. This is the perfect starting point for getting into this genre."

"What anime is this?" Xu Nian asked curiously, pressing the play button.

A melodious yet slightly melancholic tune began to play.

"Yosuga no Sora." Xu Xi covered her mouth, trying hard to control her laughter.

What story does this anime tell?

"You'll know after you finish watching it."

A few hours later.

"Xu Xiaoxi!"

Xu Nian almost laughed out of anger. She grabbed Xu Xi's pigtails and pinched her cheeks. "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

The latter was already laughing so hard that tears streamed down her face, emitting a series of silvery laughs.

"Alright, alright, I think you need a good beating." Xu Nian got out of bed, took something from the storage room, and then walked towards the bathroom.

......

"Ah, no, brother!"

......

"I was wrong! Waaah..."

......

"Waaaaah."

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(I'm taking a day off tomorrow. The main story is almost over, so please allow me some time to plan.)