I want more Shen Yuan + Liu siblings interactions where it becomes increasingly more obvious that Shen Yuan thinks Liu Mingyan is cooler than her brother (she was his blorbo too!) and both the Liu siblings are utterly baffled by it. Liu Mingyan ends up using this adoration to push Shen Yuan in the direction of ships she approves (ie AWAY FROM HER BROTHER). Liu Qingge becomes extremely jealous of the attention Shen Yuan gives his baby sister, and begins the mortifying ordeal of showing off to his crush, often adjacent to his sister who knows what he’s doing and is actively trying to make him look like an idiot so he stays out of her yaoi.
Imo Shen Yuan sees Liu Qingge as a normal cool person that he wants to like him, vs Liu Mingyan is like a celebrity to him. He had stan accounts devoted to her. He’s meeting his bias irl. Getting to hold Cheng Luan is cool because Liu Qingge is a cool sword guy, but holding Shui Se is like being handed a holy relic.
