#because y'all ain't ready for the level of shit-headedness that is fengshe

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TIaF Teaser - Chapter 34 (2)

Macaque can’t stand how his chest clenches at being called that. With a bit too much force, he takes the teapot and sets it aside, nearly cracking the poor object. There’s too much going on in his head, and now this? He can already feel a migraine coming, and massaging his temple isn’t going to help.

He pulls out his pipe and lights up a smoke for himself, puffing once, twice. Fengshe, in the meanwhile, remains where he’s standing, his tail swaying rhythmically. The calm demeanor tells Macaque that Fengshe knew he’s been here, alive, for a good long while. But too many questions flood his mind and bottleneck at his tongue. He can’t panic. Not now. So long as Fengshe doesn’t go to Lihua—

Unless…

She already knew too…

She had to, in order for Fengshe to know. But when did she find out? When did she tell him? Macaque’s head is already aching trying to think about it with everything else swirling in the tempest that is his thoughts.

“You sure look like you got a lot of questions…” Fengshe pushes himself off the wall and walks closer, brushing past him to the teapot. “I could answer them… but you’d have to answer my questions as well. We could even make it into a game, hah!”

The smile on Fengshe’s face reminds Macaque way too much of Auntie, of Huyao. He narrows his eyes. “You’ve been hanging around those huli jing’s too much.”

A shrug from the younger monkey. “What can I say? Those two have been more like family to me than my actual family, so…” The low blow doesn’t go unmissed from Macaque, eliciting a small snarl and another puff of smoke from his pipe. Fengshe raises a brow, leaning in. “What’s wrong, big brother? I thought you liked below-the-belt quips. Thought that was your whole style.”