Even seeing Wei Wuxian's smile is enough to make him feel as though he's about to cry or start shouting and either one of them seems like a valid option. He wasn't emotionally prepared for seeing Wei Wuxian like this, nor for seeing his martial brother some kind of expert, again.

He doesn't get violently angry when Wei Wuxian steps closer, but he does feel a new tightness in his jaw. He's managing, doesn't he get credit for that?

But then the name Meng Yao comes up and the fizz of Zidian at his side is more than enough of a speaker for his emotions. Meng Yao - Jin Guangyao, the bastard, son of a whore, who had kept Jin Ling and -

He breathes out, trying to restrain himself. It's not like the man is in front of him right now, but...

"From before? What do you mean before?!"