Chu Xuan thought to himself: Could it be that she's imitating Jiang Yiyi?
No, I should find a chance to explain things clearly to my senior sister, and have her pay more attention to the distance between us.
Qin Mengyao seemed genuinely not to have thought too much about it, it was just a hug for her long-unseen junior brother.
She came over, and openly chatted with Chu Xuan, her tone, her expression, the same as always, which made Chu Xuan feel a bit more at ease.
Perhaps, I shouldn't say anything, to avoid awkwardness for both of us later.
...
Earlier, Qin Mengyao, having an arrangement with a friend, worried her friend couldn't find her, so she excused herself to the two masters and went ahead to Ruomu, when Chu Xuan and the others hadn't arrived yet.
Qin Mengyao had heard from Master Su about the events at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, and knew that besides Gu Haitang, there was another girl named "Qingqing" with Chu Xuan, suspected of being from the demonic path.
