Considering everything this man did to Nie Mingjue, it is still hard to believe he wants such a thing or thinks of him in such a way. But he understands what Meng Yao says probably better then anyone. They both wronged the people they hold the highest in their hearts.

"I told him how I felt." Admitting it was something he had promised himself he would do after xingchen left the first time. He wasn't going to miss a third chance. "All I can do is prove to him that I won't make the same mistakes. You can as well."

He turns his face slightly to try and see the man's face from the corner of his eye, "And until they all understand that, we are each other's pillar."