I recently finished tgcf novel and just like you I love Xie Lian so much!!! I think one thing that really stuck out to ke was his inner monologues because he's so funny? So I wanna ask what are your favourite funny quotes from Xie Lian?
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Xie Lian is indeed best boi and I adore him with all my heart!! My top 3 funny moments from him would be:
1. "I DO NOT WORSHIP GODS. I AM GOD!" -> "I'm actually only just a scrap collector!" (ch 135) Pleaseee the way I lost my shit at this LMFAO!!! Lianlian, my entire heart belongs to you, you dork. This is followed up immediately with Xie Lian calling out to Ling Wen in their comm array before realized what he did and just going "... so sorry to bother you." dslkfjsl
2. When Xie Lian loses his mind a little bit after kissing Hua Cheng for the first time, and just rambles on "I can't find my hat!" I don't know why but I really wanted to bully him for that LOL!!! Adorable!!
3. Also when Xie Lian is running away from Heaven's Eye and his gang for the second time, and someone shouts "What's wrong with you?!" And he just shouts back "Everything's wrong!" LMFAO 😂
These are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head -- though I really love how quippy his inner narration is. It's pretty subtle, but it's so amusing, especially on a re-read! Just a joy to read. I was so glad he wasn't a doormat of a protagonist or anything, but had a lot of spunk!