No, he was not cocky at all right now. Instead, when the dog was let go, he screamed on the top of his lungs, until he managed to shut himself up with his hands over his mouth, hiding his face as his breath kept hitching, sounding absolutely terrified. It was not something he could fight, the fear was deep-seated and this was not exactly a situation where he was overreacting anyway.

Jin Zixuan felt bad, in spite of his own feelings about Wei Wuxian, so he could only imagine how much worse it had to be for Jiang Cheng. So he held him fiercely and tried to think of something that would bring this to an end.

"Wen-gongzi," Nie Huaisang said, softly but loud enough to be heard. Addressing Wen Chao ever so formally. "Please, can we call my brother?"