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He brings Liu Qingge’s body to the foot of Cang Qiong personally. Suffice to say, Liu Mingyan is no longer a Bingqiu stan.

Liu Qingge, in his dying moments, wishes only that he be reunited with Shen Qingqiu. It would have been really convenient if he were attached to a mushroom body, but no. He is transported to the clearing where the mushroom bodies grow. He can look through the soil and see a familiar face reforming. Refusing to pass on and needing a way to protect the mushroom body, Liu Qingge possesses a passing spirit tiger. It’s powerful— not as much as he once was, but enough to scare off predators…. And Shang Qinghua? He lays overtop the soil where Shen Qingqiu’s spirit resides, keeping it warm and clean and tended. He carries water in his mouth from a stream to the soil every day.

When Shen Qingqiu emerges, it is a glorious day. Liu Qingge can’t help licking off his face and digging him out. Shen Qingqiu is scared at first, but he realizes Liu Qingge is friendly quickly.

“Aren’t you the cutest tiger? Were you taking care of me?”

Liu Qingge nods, Yes, yes, I’ve waited here every day for you, I missed you, I love you! He rubs against Shen Qingqiu and licks him until all his skin is pink. We can go back to the sect now, now no one will be sad!

But Shen Qingqiu doesn’t want to go back to the sect. No matter how many times Liu Qingge tries to push him in the right direction, he refuses. “Sorry tiger, but I need to get as far away from the Jianghu as I can. You’re welcome to come if you want! I expect it will be very lonely for a little while…”

The dude goes completely pale faced. I saw true horror in his eyes. 

He didn’t know the joke.

So apparently dude just had three of his best friends demonically screech at him for no goddamn reason.

Until Grace slips out a sentence along the lines of "could you give me a little grace here" and Rocky immediately points out he used a word wrong so Grace has to explain that yeah, grace means elegance but it can also mean mercy sometimes too.