He scoffs at the response, but listens with thinned patience, trying to keep his rising temper from lashing out himself. It had been a while since he's been riled up like this, so affected by mere words, but heightened panic of not being able to find Wangji had led him to that. It almost felt like it was 13 years ago with how poorly controlled his temper had been.

"That's surprising they didn't turn on you for what you did. Maybe there is truth to what you're saying, by how your tone sounds. You've been a good actor, but maybe you're not faking it after all."

Wuxian's words are dripping with all of the bitterness he can let out, with a hint of hurt that he wasn't given that, even though he'd understood why now. His left hand absentmindedly goes for the jade token on his waist, rubbing it as he closed his eyes and took a few deeper breaths to calm himself somewhat before looking at Xue Yang with a less intense glare. "I'm still not going with you, I have someone to find, and I can't do that while in some house."