[ He really did pick the best subject matter to get Wen Kexing's mind off vibrating with terror at the prospect of the old Ghost Valley master. Maybe it's too good of a topic, even!

Xichen strokes his friend's hair as Wen Kexing opens up. ]

I imagined it would be special, I waited for a-Yao for years but nothing ever happened. Now ... I don't care as much, it won't mean what it was going to, either way.

I know I want a man.