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[suibian]

Laopopo! Ahhh... Odile... she is both someone he likes and an irritant, which is expected of someone being very auntie at you. He generally doesn't like it when older figures try to be parental to him in some way, because of his own issues with authority figures and parental figures. He has a lot of hang ups over that and feels much more comfortable in the role of senior to junior or advisor and not the other way around. He has no mentors or parents in his life so Odile was definitely a weird figure for him and not one he was entirely comfortable with.

So, their first conversation, he kind of figured after that he'd just be nagged at the rest of the time together. That Odile would keep her guard up and just see him as someone she had the authority to boss around. Which, he didn't like but he wasn't going to make waves by trying to correct her or anything. If she wanted tea or whatever, he'd just do it. It's no big deal. Which means he wasn't expecting much going forward, even in his self-appointed role as caretaker and advisor of the contestants.

What he didn't expect was her to actually value his opinion and observations and come to him with her sincere thoughts as the game progressed. That made him very happy and made him come around on her. So, as she opened up, he wanted to make sure he was there for her and that her opportunity for expression wasn't met with scorn but with sincerity. Which means that's the mantle he took up when interacting with her. He was touched when she shared her real reason for being here with him and was glad that it seemed like she was finding that in her own way, even if it wasn't romantic or anything like that.

He wondered a lot about her relationship with the other contestants because he knew being treated like they were younger/kids the whole time wouldn't do on a dating show like this. It even rankled him, after all. But he's glad they still gave her the opportunity to be their friend and accepted her into the group. That was his biggest worry when it came to Odile.

So, now that things are over and she's acknowledged the group as her friends, including him, he's glad she had the opportunity to make them. He hopes she got what she was looking for and is looking forward to knowing where she goes from here. She might even be invited for tea with him and Lan Wangji, but first he has to complain about her to Lan Wangji for a bit to get it out of his system.