"As long as you're coming," he grins, bumping Jin Ling's shoulder playfully, "I'd hate to lose face by not having my own family show up."

There was A-Yuan, of course, and Lan Xichen was quite possibly just as excited as his brother was, but there wasn't anyone from his side of things. Not that he'd ever really thought something like this would happen in the first place. But Shijie had been here and gone so quickly, barely a moment to wish them well before she'd vanished, so having his nephew here, even estranged as they were, meant a lot.