Well, Huaisang is certainly showing more skin than Xichen when he comes to the other. His eyes had quickly appraised him but then lingered admiring. He's never been good at hiding when he's liking what he sees. That is one area where he's not quite good at putting on a face for. No, Xichen looked... quite good like that.

He'd spent most of his time admiring costumes and gossiping here and there until the moment the attack begins and then his stomach twists in fear. He's not good in these situations, that's not a bumbling fool deception. Luckily, he's near Xichen and he hears those words. He starts to go to Xichen but then he gets a surprise of his own.

It's not Jin Guangyao for him. It's Nie Mingjue with his head sewn back to his body and his eyes full of rage. And it freezes him even though he wanted to go to Xichen.