As Wu Long was having a date with his beauties, he noticed that Hua Ziyan's gaze was sometimes falling onto an item of elegant clothing made of Lotus Silk, but she was hiding that gaze very meticulously in sightseeing. He smiled and whispered to Ye Ling who also smiled, happy that he finally noticed, and naturally took the others further down the street while he wrapped his hand around Hua Ziyan's waist slowing her down.
"Hm?"
She looked at him with a questioning gaze but that also contained happiness from the intimate gesture.
"Ziyan, let's go over to that store"
He casually led her to the store the item she liked was in and her heartbeat slightly elevated since she understood that her gaze was caught.
"Wu Long, I..."
She turned to him but he cupped her cheek with his hand and looked her straight in the eyes, cutting off her words with a sincere gaze, and as she looked at him he emphasized her name when he started talking again.
He has comprehended a lot more but she does not know that yet XD
You may notice that the affectionate name he calls someone with varies from just saying the first name to adding 'er to it.
This comes from the fact that Ziyan or Mingyu is technically two syllables Zi and Yan, or Ming and Yu, so the affectionate names would be either Zi'er, Yan'er, Ming'er, or Yu'er.
The problem comes that some syllables will probably going to be reused (like in the case of Ye Ling and Song Lingfei) so the rule of thumb I used when assigning the affectionate name is:
if it is single syllable, he will add 'er.
If it is multiple, he will just call the name without the family name.
This is not an indicator of closeness, and just a convenient way for me to differentiate nicknames.
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