[there are a couple of things that run through jin ling's mind in the following moments.
first, that now that he knows that sizhui likes him --- likes him like that -- there's something different about the way he laughs. it's not actually different but the sound does something to him; makes something in his stomach flutter and twist in a way that's not unpleasant at all but totally inappropriate for the moment.
not that he can help himself.
second, if he really thinks about it they definitely have been fooled. because sizhui doesn't have counter-veiling evidence that their uncles aren't married. ] But how?!
[which--- wait. oh.
oh.
jin ling lets out a sigh and then groans, dropping his head back down to his forearms before looking up.] I did see Zewu-jun in Lotus Pier the last time I visited, he looked kinda lost in the guest quarters and did know where jiu-jiu kept his favorite tea set in his rooms... [which--- ew. how shameless. or something. if he and sizhui did that, he's sure jiu-jiu would threaten to break everyone's legs.] But why wouldn't they just tell us? [because it's been almost a year and honestly, if they've been married this whole time then it was so much work to keep this going.] It had to have been jiu-jiu's idea not to tell us, right? Zewu-jun wouldn't tricky us like this, right??? [the squeak is back.]
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first, that now that he knows that sizhui likes him --- likes him like that -- there's something different about the way he laughs. it's not actually different but the sound does something to him; makes something in his stomach flutter and twist in a way that's not unpleasant at all but totally inappropriate for the moment.
not that he can help himself.
second, if he really thinks about it they definitely have been fooled. because sizhui doesn't have counter-veiling evidence that their uncles aren't married. ] But how?!
[which--- wait. oh.
oh.
jin ling lets out a sigh and then groans, dropping his head back down to his forearms before looking up.] I did see Zewu-jun in Lotus Pier the last time I visited, he looked kinda lost in the guest quarters and did know where jiu-jiu kept his favorite tea set in his rooms... [which--- ew. how shameless. or something. if he and sizhui did that, he's sure jiu-jiu would threaten to break everyone's legs.] But why wouldn't they just tell us? [because it's been almost a year and honestly, if they've been married this whole time then it was so much work to keep this going.] It had to have been jiu-jiu's idea not to tell us, right? Zewu-jun wouldn't tricky us like this, right??? [the squeak is back.]