“Blaming Xie Lian is all that he has now that Feng Xin has a different husband. He needs it. For his mental health (which is already hanging on by a thread)”
XL after dealing with another jealousy rant from MQ complaining about LQQ: Have you perhaps thought that instead of being sarcastic and hissy and getting into fights with him all the time, if you had been be nice and gentle and give him compliments and you know, actually court him properly like Tai Hua did, he would’ve been your husband?
MQ: WHAT?! That’s dumb!
XL: Yeah, I knew it wouldn’t work but was worth a shot to try.
Mu Qing will have to reckon with the fact that Lang Qianqiu can do the one thing he can't: be nice to Feng Xin. Just kidding. He will not be reckoning with anything ever. Self awareness is above his paygrade
Xie Lian makes a good point though. Feng Xin was probably so raw and vulnerable post fenglian breakup and unwanted ascenion that he would have fallen for anyone who was actually nice to him. Lang Qianqiu was just the only one who actually did that.
Honestly though Lang Qianqiu being nice and sweet to him had to be revolutionary for Feng Xin. He is not used to being treated like that!













