Wei Wuxian grins at Xingchen's smile. His uncle needed more happiness in his life. He was excited to find out from Wen Qing if his idea would work, but he wasn't going to bring it up until she signed off on it.

He nodded at the description of Xue Lang. "I am trying to be a better mentor to him. Our histories, orphaned early, lived on the streets, we started so similarly, but I was fortunate and he was not. So I try to temper my opinion with sympathy for that."

"Please, do not apologize. I do know...some of it. When we went to Yi City and discovered what had happened, I did Empathy with A-Qing and saw how the whole thing unfolded from her point of view."