All that Wei Wuxian says is true, but Xiao Xingchen has to admit that the thought of being responsible for as many deaths as he is did not exactly help with his impression of the man. It took nights of thinking and reasoning with himself to figure out what to feel about this Yiling Patriarch. Though he still isn't sure how exactly to feel, he knows that the man has only since done his best to do good.

And isn't that what matters most?

"Well, when I needed a place to stay, you let me live with you for a while. Not for long, as I didn't wish to impose. Since then, we haven't really met. The city is so much large, and it's all too easy to lose contact with others as everyone goes about their lives here."

Which is fine, Xiao Xingchen thinks. He would rather not let others get too close to him. Those who do usually suffer, so it's better if meetings and partings happen swiftly, no matter how sad it might feel.