[To hear Hanguang-Jun say son and daughter out loud, with his actual voice, stuns Jingyi more than the offer itself. He knows how Hanguang-Jun treats Sizhui, yes, but even so it catches him right in squishy center the heart.]

Oh, but Sizhui was already your son.

[And Jingyi has always been Sizhui's cousin, if a little further of a cousin than what he is being offered. He doesn't know if he wants to change that, even if it is just on paper in a strange and distant world.

It is the acknowledgement of his parents that he becomes misty-eyed over, though he tries to keep the stoic attitude that would do both of his terrifying, illustrious seniors proud.]

And I know it is no dishonor on them. My parents are not here and that means you have to take me on. I will try very hard to make you both proud of me. And it is a honor to me that you would offer this, since I am just Sizhui's friend. It would be a wonderful thing to be his brother.

[Without pausing for thought and only barely pausing for breath, he continues.]

But Miu would make a terrible sister.