Jiang Cheng lets his gaze flick over Xichen's face, wondering. He is dealing with grief here - seeing Wei Wuxian, two of them, even, had been enough to destroy him - but Lan Xichen had also come here and met someone from his past. Meng Yao is different from Jin Guangyao, but how different are they, really?

He's yet to meet the younger version of his co-parent, but he doubts he'll have any kind words for him.

"Others," he scoffs quietly. "Zewu-jun, surely people have enough problems of their own? Why would they worry about my hand?"