[Lan Xichen listens as Momo relates what Jin Guangyao said. He's definitely surprised, eyes widening as each new bit is mentioned. The Lan sect rules? That Wangji had been angry enough to leave when Jin Guangyao touched his hand? And the last part, a speculation of Jin Guangyao's it seems... Those are all things that were deeply personal and not at all what he would expect his Bonded to share with anyone.

He's silent for some time, eyes closing as he takes that in and digests it. After some long, deep breaths, he opens his eyes again with a calm, but steady look.]

Things are not well between my brother and Jin Guangyao at the moment. I hope you'll excuse his rambling. It seems he was quite out of sorts when he spoke to you that time. It's true that they are not getting along and that small gestures are taken very poorly between them.

[So much about the Gusu Lan from Jin Guangyao. He shakes his head, huffing with something that might be gentle exasperation covering something more solemn and hurt.]

I did not realize my actions affected him so deeply. I suppose I will have to have a talk with him. My decision to depart from the sect rules is... uncomfortable. The precepts of my clan have sustained me for a long time, and betraying them is betraying my blood. I am not proud of it. A-Yao- Jin Guangyao, I believe is shaken by watching me behave this way. I doubt he would believe any of us would be willing to abandon such things. They are not only our responsibilities and foundations of nobility, they are family and part of us. I just... recently have not been able to honor them the way I should. In that way, I suppose he might see this as a decision to be unhappy.

[There's a faint smile as he says that. This is an insight into his Bonded that he is going to have to examine. And strangely enough it does help.]

I'm sorry he was rude to you. I am not unhappy, but it is perhaps harder for him to watch than it is for me to act on.