...ah. Yeah. That's a feeling she's familiar with. But being the kind of person who thinks that way hadn't been a good way to be shaped, and so she had mostly figured out how to stop.

Not that that's something it makes any sense to say to Jiang Cheng. What is a thing that it makes sense to say to Jiang Cheng.

"...I think it's still good that he has someone who wants that," she says, for lack of anything else to say more than because it's true. (It might additionally be true. She hasn't decided. It's definitely very noble, but nobility of spirit is not in fact a good or stable or safe way to be.) 

"You think so?"

Maybe! She doesn't know! Why are you asking her this!

"Yeah. It's... important to have someone who straightforwardly wants the best for you, I think."

"I love him... I love him so much... he has such a good face. It makes me so happy when he smiles."

Oh good maybe they're out of the land of questions Ayako has to come up with answers to despite having no idea what she actually thinks. "That's adorable and you're adorable. --is this your room?"

"Bye!" he says now that they've arrived at his room.

"Bye."

Great okay now it's time to go and actually for-real disentangle Lan Wangji from Wei Wuxian and then she'll be done.

Lan Wangji has Wei Ying's HEAD in his LAP. This is very important. Wei Ying is fuzzy. His fuzziness is very good. Wei Ying is also rambling at him about math which is very good. Lan Wangji tries to memorize everything Wei Ying says because it is all so important.

"Okay you two, time's up, let's go." 

He stands up. "Cool! Thanks."

He picks up Wei Wuxian and starts to carry him on his back.

"What! What! What are you doing! I did not ask for a piggyback ride! Put me down!"

Lan Wangji carries him to the door.

...yeah okay she doesn't care enough about this to fight Lan Wangji over it, if he wants to carry Wei Wuxian he can do that. "I'm going to need room numbers for both of you." 

Oh! Room numbers! He can provide room numbers! He does so.

Cool cool. To Lan Wangji's room, then. 

"You know, when everyone's drunk I'm the responsible person, and that's horrifying."

"It really is. You step up to the occasion from what I could tell, though, good job not causing another international incident." 

"I shouldn't have to step up to the occasion! I am terrible at both stepping and occasions!"

"Wei Ying is perfect," Lan Zhan opines.

"This is true but I'm not sure there's a way around it unless you want to have me on hand to help wrangle everyone next year."

Lan Wangji is glad that Ayako agrees that Wei Ying is perfect.

"I'd probably just pressure you into getting drunk."

"...I don't think that would work but I confess to being sort of curious how you'd try." 

"Uh, mostly I said 'get drunk with me!' and then everyone agreed to drink because they have spines made of congee."