LRT: I feel like JL defo undergoes this period as a kid where he’s CONSTANTLY boasting about JC and he’ll boast about everything and anything w/o regard to whether the trait he’s praising is a gendered trait or not, bc JC is mom and dad all wrapped up in one. So you get—

MY JIUJIU IS THE STRONGEST CULTIVATOR EVER. HE CAN DEFEAT ALL THE CORPSES.

But also: My jiujiu is the PRETTIEST jiujiu in the world. The women in the marketplace said so. And he can cook and sing and sew. He can do EVERYTHING.

Sect Leader Yao: so your uncle can sing and sew?
JL: yes when I’ve fallen down he will fix my robes himself and he likes to sing while sewing and cooking if no one is around—

A-Ling is really bad for JC’s reputation and cannot be left alone at discussion conferences.

JL: And he always says no when I ask him for things, but he buys EVERYTHING I ask for. My jiujiu is a rich and powerful man.

Last week...
JC: So what’s the situation?? Did you manage to procure it???
Subordinate: Sect Leader, I don’t know how to break this to you but

There’s no way to procure a deed to the moon, no matter how pretty the young master thinks it is.
JC: So what do I do??? He told me he wants the moon????

Later...
JC: A-Ling, I have bought the moon for you. From now on, you will see the moon wherever you go.
JL: *starry-eyed*

JL, ten years later, sitting upright in bed: wait a hot fucking second...

JC, burning midnight oil signing letters and inexplicably feeling a sudden sense of unease: *nervous sweating*

Also I bet JC sews JL’s robes bc JL THREW A WHOLE ASS TANTRUM when he was two

JL, falling down deliberately: oh no juju my robes broke
JC: when we go home, I will have a servant fix it
JL, producing a sewing kit: you fix it
JC: I don’t know how
JL, tearing up:
JC begins to sweat

JL: OTHER KIDS HAVE MOMS WHO REPAIR THEIR CLOTHES BUT I DONT HAVE A MOM. NO ONE SEWS MY CLOTHES. UWAAAA.
JC, frantically sewing: A-LING LOOK ITS ALMOST FIXED.

He eventually gets good at sewing.

Also, if you’ve listened to the audio drama extra of JC accompanying you to sleep, imagine now

JC: what??? You want me to sing you a song? How about I count to three, and if you’re still not asleep, I break your legs!!!
JL, tearing up:
JC: wait— don’t—

Also fucking @BangpurpleTan had to break my heart over DM. But imagine like years and years later, when JL is an adult, and they go out on a night hunt, just the two of them, and JL is excited bc they haven’t gone on a night hunt, just the two of them, in years???

But then JC gets injured... and he’s clearly really upset about it... and JL has to carry him back.

JC: looks like everyone gets weak in old age.
JL:
JC: even me.
JL:
JC:
JL, choked up: you’re not old or weak, jiujiu. you’re the strongest cultivator in the world, remember?

In the carriage later...
JL: and can you stop being dramatic? you’re like... FIFTY. you’re probably going to live to two hundred at your cultivation level. you’re not even MIDDLE-AGED jiujiu. let’s just pretend this quarter life crisis never happened
JC:
JC: I’ll break your legs

JL: oh yeah, I never said this, but thanks for buying the moon for me jiujiu. As promised, I’ve always been able to see it wherever I go.
JC, speechless:

JL later makes a bad attempt to fix JC’s robes for him, which were torn when he was injured