Shen Yuan actually beams at the compliment (so much better than that nonsense about him being cute!) for a moment, before remembering his dignity and taking his fan out to cover the lower part of his face. (But his eyes keep smiling at Lan Xichen over the fan's edge, and he really, genuinely has no idea just how alluring that sort of look really is...)

"Who's counting?" he says easily. "I'm sure there will be many more opportunities for us to pay and repay each other with kindness in the future; I would rather devote my attention to enjoying Lan Xichen's company. And Jin Guangyao's," he adds. "It might take both of us to keep him from straining himself in the immediate future."