Here you go, more Shen Yuan as Mobei Jun's little brother:
A-Yuan had been in the habit of clinging to his back or hanging off his arm since their mother passed. So it didn't take Mobei Zheng long at all to notice A-Yuan wasn't with him anymore.
He scanned the banquet. A-Yuan rarely went far, but he couldn't see him. That was fine, A-Yuan was still too little to be an assassination target- at least from one of their half-siblings. Outsiders might not care. He flexed his fingers, claws sliding out of their sheathes just a bit.
There. Finally Mobei Zheng caught sight of him, across the hall speaking with their uncle. That did not make him feel better.
He rarely used his portals in court, better if people forgot he could do them, but now he opened one and stepped through coming out behind A-Yuan. He scooped his didi up immediately, growling at the boy a little. Their uncle looked displeased but Mobei Zheng didn't care.
Linguang-Jun's expression shifted into a smile almost immediately. "Are you stealing my littlest nephew away so soon?" he asked.
"Yes. It's his bed time." That was close enough to true.
"Surely he can stay up a bit late? He's five now right?" their uncle weedled.
"Still four." A-Yuan corrected.
Mobei Zheng bit his ear. Stop talking to him didi.
"No." he said to their uncle.
A-Yuan went quiet and clung to Mobei Zheng until they left the banquet hall and their uncle behind.
"I don't like him," he said softly.
"Why were you talking to him?" Mobei Zheng asked.
"I was getting a bun," Mobei Yuan explained. "And he grabbed me. I'm little he just scooped me, like you did."
"You need to be careful around him." Mobei Zheng said.
He didn't like to think about it, but he told A-Yuan about when he was his age and Linguang-Jun had abandoned him in the human realm. He'd promised mother he'd keep his didi safe. Father had promised too but Mobei Zheng didn't trust Father to remember that promise for long. And if A-Yuan stayed away from their uncle on his own it would make things easier.
Once they were back in their room sitting on the bed A-Yuan hugged him around the neck.
"That sounds so scary gege!"
"It was. So you need to stay away from him as much as you can."
A-Yuan nodded. "I will I promise!" he said, burying his face in Mobei Zheng's neck.
"Gege?" A- Yuan asked.
"Mm."
"You're really brave you know that?" he said. "I'm glad you're mine." He nipped cheekily at Mobei Zheng's chin.
"Mine." Mobei Zheng echoed. He growled playfully and tickled A-Yuan back until the little boy shrieked with laughter and surrendered.
"Do I actually have to go to bed now gege?" A-Yuan asked.
Mobei Zheng hummed, "I suppose we could read a little first... How about that book?" He jerked his head toward the book he'd put there earlier today.
A-Yuan picked it up and read the cover out loud. "Am-phib-ious Ab-om-inations of the Northern Sea. Oooo! Gege where'd you find this??"
He'd special ordered it for A-Yuan.
Mobei Zheng shrugged. "Just found it. Do you want to read it?"
"Yes!" His didi climbed into his lap and excitedly opened the book. "Gege look! It's illustrated!"
