After her deeply baffling interaction with the Shanghaiers, Ayako grabs food, finds her way back to where the Kyoto enclave is sitting for dinner, and looks for Mei.
Ayako is busy being confused right now but she's sure the upset will come in time.
"Not that I heard, but that's the point at which I came back here, there wasn't much else for me to do and it seemed likely they wouldn't want outsiders involved in that particular discussion."
"I did, he's in 64A. --there's an independent from Hong Kong who also got drafted into this, same deal, his name is Julian Chan, and they're in the same hall; the plan insofar as there is one is for us to handle classes and Julian to handle hall-related things."
Did she consult with Julian about this plan? No. Would she have if he'd stuck around instead of leaving as soon as Nie Huaisang started crying again? ...admittedly also probably not but it seems like the obvious way for the logistics to work.