Wuxian smiles smugly, leaning in to his husband a little - he knows it's because Lan Zhan is a humble man who doesn't approve of ostentation or pride, but he likes to pretend it's actually because he just doesn't want to be parted from Wei Ying. Mostly because it annoys certain people.

He doesn't say anything about it though, see he's still being good!

Yuan gives his sworn brother a soft smile and nods.

"Of course," he says serenely "I'm..." he stops. There's nobody else really paying attention to them and this is Jingyi, he doesn't need to keep up the facade. His expression remains neutral, but the forced calm slips out of his voice as he speaks, carefully low so as not to be overheard.

"I just... didn't know what it would be like to see him again. It's..." better? Worse? "more than I thought it would be."

He wishes they weren't in public, wishes he could say something.

But he doubts they'll get a chance to speak at all, not with Ling's hosting duties.