Xie's gaze flicks to Costain and his eyes narrow slightly, dangerously - he knows he's being judged and he doesn't like it. What does this guy know about him? About anything?
His lips twitch, like he's trying not to smirk at the way they all start questioning themselves, their choices. He does smirk at the humane comment, his head tilting in amused curiosity.
"You thought about killing me." He observes, apparently impassive in the face of it, mildly entertained even. "Wouldn't that have turned into an awful mess..."
He's not nearly so unbothered by it as he's pretending to be, but it's not the first time his life has been threatened. He doesn't have a deathwish, far from it, but he recognises that the threat has passed. Well, that one has, anyway. Maybe that's why he can be so calm about it, he's saving all his energy for the threat that's still out there.
Maybe he should tell them, but he assumes they'll translate his phone call and find out anyway, and they're idiots if they're not expecting it even without that. Zhao Jing is not a man who likes his things being taken away.
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Date: 2023-10-18 11:06 am (UTC)Xie's gaze flicks to Costain and his eyes narrow slightly, dangerously - he knows he's being judged and he doesn't like it. What does this guy know about him? About anything?
His lips twitch, like he's trying not to smirk at the way they all start questioning themselves, their choices. He does smirk at the humane comment, his head tilting in amused curiosity.
"You thought about killing me." He observes, apparently impassive in the face of it, mildly entertained even. "Wouldn't that have turned into an awful mess..."
He's not nearly so unbothered by it as he's pretending to be, but it's not the first time his life has been threatened. He doesn't have a deathwish, far from it, but he recognises that the threat has passed. Well, that one has, anyway. Maybe that's why he can be so calm about it, he's saving all his energy for the threat that's still out there.
Maybe he should tell them, but he assumes they'll translate his phone call and find out anyway, and they're idiots if they're not expecting it even without that. Zhao Jing is not a man who likes his things being taken away.