wait hold up there are people who actually believe novel wkx followed zzs just because he was attracted to him? like unironically calling him ‘obsessed stalker’? i thought you guys were just clowning him??
i guess it’s not made super obvious in the main text, considering it’s mostly from zishu’s pov, but it’s clearly explained in wen kexing’s extra:
He noticed that the beggar had listened in on them, actually raising his head to glance at him. They were on a balcony, the street was wide, and the sounds of humans were akin to a boiling pot. With that sort of hearing strength…
Wen Kexing stroked the tips of his chopsticks, his recent languidness vanquished. Those martial arts were not weak. Below the surface of Jiangnan, an undercurrent was fiercely swelling, and it was already a season of turmoil. Those that came and went from every major sect, hailed as famous, were not few — which road had this one come from?
That night, Wen Kexing brought Ah-Xiang with him to think up of every possible method for tailing the vagrant[…]
In today’s martial circle, people with that insight, that skill, and that presence could be counted on both hands — which one was he?
(Tian Ya Ke extra 2, tl by chichilations)
tl;dr wen kexing notices zishu’s martial strength and wants to find out who he is, considering he is in the middle of executing his revenge plan of 20 years and naturally does not want anyone messing it up. figuring out zishu’s identity (and his stance on the lapis armor thing) is his initial motive for attaching himself to zzs’s side.
(like, yes, there is also interest, but wkx had no intention of chasing zishu before zishu’s martial strength spurred wkx’s vigilance)
(obviously this all backfires on wkx soon enough and he catches feelings, but to say he is just mindlessly chasing zishu out of hоrniness? that’s what he wants you to think! you fell into his trap!)
