When are you going to tell her?

Gaoshun had been asking the question every single day since they 'd returned. Every single day for two solid weeks. Jinshi had tried to explain that the timing needed to be just right, that the matter needed to be handled with as much delicacy as possible. Gaoshun had told him to stop making excuses. He even went so far as to say, 'And the timing wasn 't right when you were trapped together in that cave? Master Jinshi, Xiamao is a smart young woman. She 'll listen if you just try talking to her. The way you 're behaving, it 's like you think she 's some feral cat that 's mere seconds away from biting you. '

'Of course, I tried to talk to her in the cave, ' Jinshi had snapped.

And please don 't make me think about how much I 'd like for her to bite me.