He hadn't, but the return (or the facing of Jingyi's pond, since Jingyi's more shoulder-presenting to Shen Qingqiu in the moment) of the other man's attention more or less merits a slightly narrowed gaze in turn.
"You might have thought you were using illusions. It wouldn't work here, but it might not have felt that way."
He still didn't think that Shen Jiu was trying to sneak around, one would simply do better at it if one were so inclined.
"Since you're not sneaking, go on. Don't linger. I don't need your foxy wiles trying to absorb the energies here."
He made a shooing motion to Shen Qingqiu, inviting him to (rudely) take himself off on his own woodland adventures. Why not? It's hardly like Shen Qingqiu is going to wade into the water and actually use a valuable cultivation tool, is he? That would be sensible, and in Jingyi's experiences, Shen Qingqiu's relationship to sensible varied wildly.
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"You might have thought you were using illusions. It wouldn't work here, but it might not have felt that way."
He still didn't think that Shen Jiu was trying to sneak around, one would simply do better at it if one were so inclined.
"Since you're not sneaking, go on. Don't linger. I don't need your foxy wiles trying to absorb the energies here."
He made a shooing motion to Shen Qingqiu, inviting him to (rudely) take himself off on his own woodland adventures. Why not? It's hardly like Shen Qingqiu is going to wade into the water and actually use a valuable cultivation tool, is he? That would be sensible, and in Jingyi's experiences, Shen Qingqiu's relationship to sensible varied wildly.