[ Zixuan nods. He wishes A-Ling had the confidence to know whether to call them friends, but... it's not like he had friends when he was A-Ling's age. The person he's always been closest to was Jin Zixun and even then, he didn't like his cousin all that much. There was always the impression between them that Zixun was only spending time with Zixuan to make himself look more important. ]

That's good. The Gusu Lan sect is respectable. I trust they won't lead you astray.

[ Of course, the image he has in his mind of the Lan sect does not include someone like Lan Jingyi, but... oh well. What Zixuan doesn't know can't hurt him. ]

What, um. [ Okay, what do they talk about now. They've covered pets and friends. What's next? Hobbies? ]

How do you like to spend your time, with these other juniors?