He is definitely one of the more sensible members of the enclave, though he is deliberately approaching Jing Yi of people so it's probably a wash.

"Hi."

"Can we talk somewhere without eavesdroppers?"

"I would be fine with that, but I'm not sure your cousin would approve."

He rolls his eyes. "I don't want to fuck. It was embarrassing for me too."

"If you can convince Jin Zixun of that, I am more than willing to talk."

"I talked to him," he lies.

Okay, so it's kind of obvious he hasn't, but if he is going to be the one explaining it anyway, Jing Yi does not care. "My room or yours?"

"Maybe the French part of the library?" He's pretty sure the French/Mandarin overlap is zero.

"That also works."

There are going to be some potentially very confused French people ("Why have the Sinosphere enclavers decided to... learn French? Have an argument near French?") , but whatever.

They head over to French. "I have, um, a problem," Jin Zixuan says, not really meeting Jing Yi's eyes.

"...what sort of problem?"

"I have, um, a crush on-- a person-- and I don't know if they like me--"

"Do they spend time around you of their own accord? --actually, if you just tell me who it is, I could give you a good guess if they do like you."

His eyes widen. "I can't tell you that!"

"It's a deep secret you plan to take to your grave?"

"...something like that."

"--So even if they did like you, you would never say anything to them, thus rendering whether they liked you moot?"

"Uh. Maybe?"

"...what advice are you looking for?"

"I want them to like me! How do you get someone to have a crush on you back? You must know this, you sleep with enough people."

...

"You see, normally I would suggest 'talking to them' and 'being yourself,' but your many charms are covered by the fact you can't be trusted with your own mouth unless something is in it."

"I have charms?"

"Despite evidence to the contrary, I do have standards."

"Pulse, respiration, penis..."

"--Well I was going to say 'being a nice person but having terminal foot in mouth syndrome,' but you did just demonstrate that nicely."