Shen Yuan laughs as well, both because 'lol you could be a girl' is tragically still the kind of joke he finds funny and because Huaisang-di is just too adorable for words. He's like a silly little sheep! Shen Yuan wants to protect and coddle him and pat his hair.

Unfortunately, Xian Shu still insists on sword practice.

"If Nie-gongzi would like, he can always show this one some of his paintings sometime, and this master will give him constructive criticism," Shen Yuan offers kindly, as he starts pouring things into other things and arranging them on a tray. "How's this?" he asks, recalling Huaisang's offer to 'fix' the tray and placing it in front of him for inspection.