The sudden outburst is enough to make him jump, and it's not until the other Wei Wuxian starts yelling that it even seems to click. He's quick to put up his hands and backpedal, shaking his head for emphasis.

"No, no! It's just-! Fine, fine, yours can be the wine and I'll take pickled plum!"

And suddenly his earlier outburst in the pool makes a lot of sense. He hadn't gotten riled until Lan Wangji was mentioned. Seemed they both had a jerking reaction when it came to a certain cultivator.

"That's what I'm trying to understand!" he rubs a hand over his eyes.

"Lan Zhan is practically perfect, and a gentleman and there's no one more beautiful, I already know all that! But that's exactly why I can't understand why he'd be doing such frivolous things with us!"

He's not about to back down, and messily finishes his drink as well.