pov youre shen jiu and your darling head disciple shen yuan is entering the immortal alliance conference and when you see him team up with that bastard luo binghe who runs after him calling him "shen shixiong" you cant do anything about it.
you also cant do anything when the spirit eagles broadcast to everyone who luo binghe clings to shen yuan at every opportunity. he says "shixiong I'm cold..." until shen yuan gets under the blanket with him and shares his body heat by cuddling him the rest of the night. the spirit eagles show them having their meals together, shen yuan wiping the sauce off the side of binghes face with his handkerchief. them fighting side by side against monsters perfectly in sync with each other.
the immortal masters around you are shipping them. your favourite and least favourite students are everyones it couple. somehow the two of them together have dominated the leaderboards too.
so when everyone finds out shen yuans beloved shidi perished at the hands of the demons, theyre moved to tears on shen yuans behalf. the young man is trying to be so strong about the whole thing. endless gifts are sent to qing jing and shen jiu has to throw them all out. doesn't get rid of shen yuans reputation as a mourning widow whose love everyone saw first hand with each headpat in the arena. theyre the cultivation world's first tragic yaoi.