[ XiChen's eyes light up when da ge returns, first on his face, then briefly down to those gorgeous shoulders and following a bit down one glorious arm before he catches himself (or he'll start blushing - pale skin does have its drawbacks) and sighs happily inside. Likely not the intent, but the sight is very pleasing.

Then he smiles again, from the resting serene expression. ]

He is well, thank you. A little concerned about ... some things, but perhaps he worries overmuch and should use his words, instead. But nothing worth worrying has happened, I don't think.

[ It's not that XiChen can't wax on WangJi's accomplishments, because he certainly can, but a. it might get Nie MingJue angry on behalf of Nie HuaiSang, and b. ... it would be simply repeating what they both already know, so rather useless. ]

He knows where his heart is, but letting the other person know seems to cause him to hesitate.