"Oh," Huaisang mumbles, making a point to look at Xichen again and raise his eyebrows significantly, cover those gentle virgin ears. "It's a story about self-love, this one understands completely."

Ah, but enough making this murder mystery ghost story into something that will make Xichen blush. Demons attacking the local beauties, yes yes, that's standard ghost story fare. Huaisang tugs on Shen Yuan's sleeve, tutting in disapproval.

"Shen-ge isn't going to kill this shijie in his story, I hope! Did the demon find her?"