Grinding an Iron Pestle Into a Needle

There was something wrong with the Great Sage’s apprentice.From the way he looked down to the way he acted when he thought no one was looking.Admittedly, the Lotus Prince didn’t know the boy all that well. The only times he’d ever directly interacted with him was when the world was in peril. Even then, they didn’t exactly have the chance to get to know each other better, what with Nezha’s duties in the celestial realm and Xiaotian’s duties in the mortal realm.That didn’t mean that the god didn’t have some worries about the boy, though. From the few times they’d seen each other, Xiaotian seemed determined in whatever he was fighting for. It was clear that he loved his friends and family.Yet there was something about Qi Xiaotian lately that was off.And Nezha was determined to find out.Part of the LMK Joint Bad Things Happen BingoPrompt: Big Brother Instinct