"Meng Yao is good friends with my brother. They have been close for a long time, despite Meng Yao's lower status. My brother strives to treat all as equals." Lan Wangji clarified, unsure how much he knew of Meng Yao but he assumed he was aware of how important it was to treat people as equals - even if they stood no chance of ever being accepted, it was no reason to reject them. "He got Meng Yao his first job with the Nie family."

Which was both good and bad - he always felt like Huaisang learned all the wrong lessons from Meng Yao.