"Did I -- of course I was fond of him!" Shen Yuan protested, just a tiny little bit offended on Binghe's behalf. "He was -- god, it's so unfair that you're only getting a glimpse of him now, after the stupid plot blackened his heart. He was such an amazing kid. He was so smart, and kind, and a little clumsy but --" Uuuuuugh, feelings. Shen Yuan's face gravitates back into his open palms. "I really enjoyed being his teacher," he mumbles.

"You know, he never actually asked me why I stopped beating him?" he says, in tones of deep bewilderment. "I mean obviously that wasn't really me, it was that bastard Shen Qingqiu who by the way should never have been put in charge of children, but -- the System put me in Shen Qingqiu's body. It made me impersonate him, so...What, from Binghe's perspective his asshole teacher just randomly went from literally beating him bloody on a regular basis to treating him kindly and even protecting him from harm when demons attacked the peaks?" He laughs bitterly. "It just goes to show what a good person Binghe really was, before the plot broke his heart. In his place I'd have been suspicious as hell."