The words and no action is what has her surprised: she thought the only way Wei Wuxian would end up married is by someone arranging it for him. That was unlikely to happen at the Burial Mounds— bring a bride there? Or marry out? No, had he left, it would have been for Lotus Pier and nowhere else— and she never asked him about his romantic inclinations before that.

"The Lans have traditions about their headribbons. What Lan let you touch—" She breaks off, her mouth dropping open and eyes widening in surprise. "Lan Wangji." If two of these encounters were recent, then there could only be one possibility.

She eyes him, raising an eyebrow, not at all convinced by his look. "Was he the first marriage, as well?"