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[ Yes, they are just about arriving by the door and Jiang Cheng stands there by the door, watching him, watching a little helplessly even as he tries to find the right words to respond to... that. It had been a powerful speech, a touching one even, but not one he truly knows how to respond to - or even how to feel about it.

No, he truly doesn't understand, though he isn't going to insult Xiao Xingchen by thinking of him as naive. Thinking of it as debts seems to be the easiest way to think of it, or at least the most predictable one - even though debts come with their own discomfort.

Jiang Cheng stands there, proud and somewhat stiff though Xingchen won't even be able to see his perfect posture. ]

I don't know what else I should think of it, but I'm not going to force you to think of it as a debt... or a duty. Not that you owe me any duty at all. I... [ He trails off again, quietly frustrated with his own inability to think of anything but the proper courtesies. All of these seem terribly inappropriate. ] I will just give you my gratitude then, without speaking of debts. If that is acceptable to you.