Huff. (She writes a bit more.)

"Well, they are pretty. I'm Lan Jingyi, what's your name?"

"I'm Lan Yuan!"

He grins at her before ducking over his paper again when the teacher shoots him a look. 

Having a buddy makes copying so much better.

Eventually they're done copying and he asks if she wants to play with him. 

"Yeah!!!"

He brings her back to his parents' rooms and shows her his toys. 

Oooo. Toys are fun! She wants to play games and make up stories with them.

Okay! 

She has so many story ideas! (And isn't used to having friends, so might need some push back to let him take turns helping with stories.)

He will push back by interrupting her current story with a toy he declares to be a HORRIBLE FIERCE CORPSE YAARGH

Hah! (She's pretty receptive to that.) THIS toy is the AWESOME BUNNY WARRIOR Bun Yuan! Who beats up fierce corpses with her musical sword!

OH YEAH well SECRETLY this fierce corpse is THE GHOST GENERAL HIMSELF, TAKE THAT. 

Hmmmmm that is very tough. Bun Yuan is in Serious Trouble now! She runs away from the ghost general LOTS and then plays a SECRET SONG that tames him!!!

NU-UH. ONLY YILING LAOZU COULD EVER CONTROL THE GHOST GENERAL. 

Well CLEARLY that was because of SECRET SONGS which Bun Yuan knows!!!

Ooooooh. How did Bun Yuan learn the secret songs?

That stumps her for a few seconds. (She's not supposed to say other daddy is her daddy but maybe he can be Bun Yuan's daddy??? Hm there's no adults around, and she's pretty sure it's only adults and tattlers who Should Not Know, and Bun Yuan isn't actually her and Lan Jingyi is definitely not a tattler.)

Dramatic stage whisper: Yiling Laozu carved Bun Yuan out of a radish, and sang the songs to her! It's a very big secret!

WHOAH. 

Heeeeeeeeee.

Probably all these other toys will notice something up with the SECRET SONGS though...

Nah. There are lots of secret songs, probably they assume it's just a Bun clan secret. But she'll have to be careful about the Ghost General because if anyone notices she's controlling him, SANDU SHENGSHOU will come for her!!!!!

She's gonna have to HIDE the Ghost General then! (She puts a pillow over the toy.)

Clever! 

The toys she rescued from the Ghost General will shower her with gifts and acclaim!

She laughs and preens.

"You're good at stories!" she says, happily.