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“Okay wait,” said Jin Chan, “go through everyone again one more time?”
Jin Ling rolled her eyes. “You know there’s not going to be a quiz, right?”
Jin Chan huffed and ran his hand through his hair. “I knooooow, I just… I know I made kind of a shitty impression on your friends when we were kids, and I wanna do better this time.”
It was sweet, really. Her cousin had been staunchly in her corner when she came out, even shouting at their crappy cousin Jin Zixun when he kept making snide remarks about “poor parental influence.” (As if being like her moms wasn't awesome.) He and Jin Ling had grown much closer since they were kids, and she was excited for him to go on this road trip with all her favorite people.
She pointed at the picture again. “That’s my boyfriend Lan Jingyi, and his partner Wen Sizhui. Sizhui and Jingyi have been together, like, literally forever; there was a whole thing when we were little with the Wens and the Lans and Auncle Wei but again, there’s super not going to be a quiz. And then that’s Sizhui’s other datemate, Ouyang Zizhen, and Zizhen’s girlfriend, Xiao Qing.”
Jin Chan nodded, studying the photo like a general in one of those old war movies memorizing vital intelligence. “Got it. I won’t embarrass you, Ling'er!”
Jin Ling laughed. “Oh no, literally everyone going on this trip is a constant embarrassment—trust me, you’ll fit right in.”