Yuan takes a steady breath, processing Jingyi's absolutely scandalised tone and reassessing just how innocent the boy apparently is - he had assumed, with Jin Ling's clear experience and his own many, many encounters, that most young men had probably engaged in something before (and after) they were married, but apparently this does not apply to Jingyi.

"So, you kissed but you were still clothed..." he says slowly "Jingyi... what do you think 'sleeping together' actually entails?"