[ Jiang Cheng's lips twitch at that teasing and he really tries to affect a forbidding face as his reputation demands, yet he can't help an amused snort from slipping out. ]

Wily? [ he asks, brows arched in mock surprise. ] Is that better or worse than terrifying? Fearsome. I'm rather fond of that one. But I will take wily, too.

[ Really, it surprises him how easy it is to tease and joke with Lan Xichen, to simply be at ease with him. It's nothing that comes easily to him, or that he takes for granted - but right now, it is easy. ]

As a wily man, I will have to work harder on my bribes.