It's hardly a kiss stolen when Xichen turns his head, meets him half-way and the kiss is freely given. It's soft, chaste. Perhaps to an outsider, the gentleness between them would be surprising, but Xichen does not care. It's not what he always wants, but it's fitting now. What they share together in their private moments and whatever form it takes is perfect to him, not meant for others to judge or understand.

"It's my opinion that I married the most handsome man in the cultivation world." It's against Gusu Lan's precepts to boast, to give into vanity, but Xichen would argue that he's only being honest. He says it with an almost impish smirk, because if his opinion is the only one that matters then his husband cannot argue the point.