thinking about that one post someone made (can't find it unfortunately) about how, over the course of the 13 year timeskip, lan wangji is so passive-aggressive towards jiang cheng that jiang cheng actually learns how to read him quite well.
[at a discussion conference]
LWJ: T_T
JC: he just called sect leader yao a bitch.
LWJ: T_T
JC: he just called jin guangshan's new tax plan a shameless promotion of the wealthy's interests above the common good.
LWJ: T_T
JC: he just said that only a swarm of vultures could come up with a tax plan so shamelessly greedy. oh, and that the author of said tax plan would steal the rice right out of an orphan's mouth if he could get away with it.
LWJ: T_T
JC: he just said that the new minority coalition is doomed to fail.
LWJ: .....
JC: my bad, he just said that the new minority coalition is doomed to fail because all of its members have the emotional maturity of belligerent toddlers.
JC: you know i'm part of this coalition too, right? is this including or excluding me?
LWJ: T_T
JC: right.
JC: he says it's because of me.