"It was my fault. I didn't realize I was in her territory." He doesn't want her to suffer for his mistakes. He will know where not to go in the future to prevent it from happening again.

He relaxes against Xue Yang as he listens to the sounds from the kitchen. He has learned to trust him a lot more then he did upon first arrival. It was a difficult adjustment. To learn that he had been lied to and that Xue Yang was the one at Yi city. But he also hadn't ever been harmed while they were together and so it was easy to trust Zichen and let himself grow more comfortable with the idea. Even if he was slow to completely let himself relax, it has become easier.

"I doubt he would ever make that request." Xingchen believes that it would take quite a false step of Xue Yang's part for it to happen. "But you are welcome to do so."

It might be nice...to not sleep alone.