"You know, I don't know. Nie Mingjue was built like a brick house and Meng Yao is one of the most beautiful boys in our entire year, I would previously have assumed a weakness for a pretty face. But Masozi's not exceptional and he's quite stupid about him. "

"Well, he is incredibly smart."

"If Lan Xichen was going to be into boys who are incredibly smart and kind of creepy why couldn't he have developed a convenient interest in, say, you."

"You don't know he doesn't. I'm very charming."

"Of course you are, a-Xian."

"But no, I think that Lan Xichen likes him because he's a literal goddamn genius and if we don't snap him up we'll regret it ten years from now if not at graduation."

"A genius maleficer who runs around with a bag of mal grubs."

"Nobody's perfect."