There shouldn't be apologies between them, and there are no need for them. But he is still confused. "No, didn't have the opposite effect." He blinks a little and backs away only to look Wei Ying in the eyes.

"Believe me, Wei Ying. I desire you. But I do not want to take advantage of you in any inebriated state." He thought he'd said something along those lines earlier, but perhaps he could stand to be more clear. He does want Wei Ying, all the time. Whatever Wei Ying wants, he would find it hard to deny him.

But at the same time, he would have to exercise such patience when Wei Ying was throwing himself at him, if it was for a reason such as being influenced by aphrodisiacs! "We would have no use for these oils."