Miss Yun wonât call him.
The teacher will call him Changâan.
And this Junior Master Qin always calls him "boy".
So, after hearing that slightly affectionate "Changâan" from Qinlingâs mouth, Xu Changâan just felt a bad premonition.
Qinling propped her face, smiled, and said, "Changâan, can you put in a good word for me in front of Ms. Yun?"
"Master Uncle." Xu Changâan sighed lightly, "You said you donât like girls."
"I do." Qinling nodded seriously, "I donât like girls; it just so happens the person I like is a girl."
After saying that, she discontentedly knocked on the table, frowning, "Is there anyone who would say it so bluntly?"
Xu Changâan almost bluntly asked her if she had intentions towards Yun Qian.
"I was just asking." Xu Changâan thought for a moment, then said, "Recently, sheâs been quite busy."
Yun Qian has a lot of things to do and really has no time to make friends, besides...
"With her temperament, my words of praise might not work."
"Understood." Qinling thought the same, with that sisterâs temperament, wanting to befriend her is not at all a simple matter, she was just casually asking.
Because Xu Changâan trusts Qinling, he dared to ask such an "impolite" question, but the manâs instinct made him feel that... Qinling seemed a dangerous person, and it was best to change the topic quickly.
"Does this raccoon have a name?" Xu Changâan looked at the Li Hua brushing against Qinlingâs fingers.
"Name?" Qinling shook her head, "Havenât given it one yet."
"Havenât thought of one?"
"Mm."
Qinling appeared a bit troubled, but soon that trouble turned into a smile, "Iâm not very good at naming, so it got delayed, just like Miss Zhu."
"...Makes sense." Xu Changâan had nothing to say.
Senior Zhuâs real name is Zhu Tongjun, and she changed it to Zhu Pingniang... Itâs getting worse, isnât this not knowing how to name indeed?
"Boy." Qinling squinted her eyes, "I can criticize Miss Zhu but how can you agree."
"..." Xu Changâanâs eye twitched, "Master Uncle, I just think itâs a pity such a cute little creature doesnât have a name. If you have time, go to Muyu Peak and ask the senior sisters, maybe they can offer good suggestions."
"Noted, worrying over such small matters." Qinling clicked her tongue.
"I really like it." Xu Changâan looked at the little creature in front.
"The raccoon demon you keep on Muyu Peak..." Qinling remembered something, but Xu Changâan interrupted her.
"I donât keep it." Xu Changâan emphasized, "It only occasionally comes over to eat some fruit."
"True, keeping a raccoon is quite troublesome." Qinling said with some complaint, "I brought this little thing back, have to take care of it, feed it goat milk, have the litter box... the whole room smells like it, thankfully with Spiritual Power handling it itâs not too troublesome... I donât know how the ordinary girls at Flower Moon Building take care of raccoons, they really donât mind the trouble."
"Used to it, I guess." Xu Changâan nodded.
"You said you donât keep the raccoon demon on Muyu Peak..." Qinling looked at Xu Changâan thoughtfully, "I see, you are unwilling to take responsibility, wanting to play with the raccoon without the hassle of caring for it... huh."
Xu Changâanâs eye twitched again, faintly hearing Qinling mutter something like "as expected of men", "men are all the same", "no wonder Miss Zhu doesnât like men" and so on.
"..."
After a moment of daze, Xu Changâan sighed lightly.
What does it feel like watching someone who is like an elder drop their guard and facade in front of you?
Besides a tiny bit of surrealism, overall it feels really nice.
Junior Master Qin is indeed different from those senior sisters.
Qinling noticed the boyâs silly smile, then asked suspiciously, "Why are you smiling?"
"I think what Master Uncle said is true." Xu Changâan said seriously, "because I feel that keeping a cat is troublesome, being able to come to you and play with it without responsibility, who wouldnât like that."
"... What do you take this place for?" Qinling asked.
"At least this Li Hua is cute enough." Xu Changâan said.
"Huh, men..." Qinling spoke, then suddenly stopped. She scrutinized the youth before her, whose demeanor was introverted, gentle like jade, thinking, "You... are you really a man? Iâm not even sure."
"..." After a moment of silence, Xu Changâan helplessly raised his head, "Master Uncle, when I talk to you, I feel... I get tongue-tied much more often than with others."
"Youâve seen how I usually am." Qinling stretched unceremoniously, "Working seriously for a long time, with some tempers suppressed... Wouldnât be comfortable without venting a little."
Oh.
Xu Changâan understood, Qinling was using him as an emotional outlet, which is why he felt this Master Uncle was teasing him.
But isnât he the only one who knows Qinlingâs true nature, isnât there Zhu Pingniang too?
"And thereâs Senior Zhu, right."
After Xu Changâan said this, he saw Qinling looking at him like he was a fool.
"Thatâs someone I like, I have to put on a sweet act for her, how could I show bad emotions in front of her."
"... What you said is true." Xu Changâan nodded, finally realizing heâs actually quite a good choice.
A junior who knows she likes girls, and tight-lipped enough not to leak the secret.