<blockquote>“I will take him,” Yue Qingyuan says, and the both of them turn, momentarily oddly alike in surprise, before Luo Binghe comprehends the words and sinks further into shock and disbelief, mouth dropping open, and Shen Qingqiu masters himself and adopts the same icy courtesy he always turns on his Sect Leader.
“Sect Leader,” the child breathes. His eyes are large and dark in his face, and he seems to feel the mortification of having had a witness to this scene more heavily than the offer of deliverance.</blockquote>
author's note:
<blockquote>Put together that original goods was probably working through his feelings about not having run away sooner on Binghe and needed to write something about it, and then Yue Qingyuan stepped up to do the heavy lifting.</blockquote>
