"Oh, him." He was in the library, with the cursed book. "Thinks a lot of the sound of his own voice."

Come to think of it, Luo Binghe was humiliatingly maudlin with him, too. What is wrong with him? He already knows his weakness is being overly sentimental, and while he hates people knowing it about him, his moods often loosen his tongue. At his palace he can contain this side of himself and release it only in the right company. Here, he is foundering. Maybe it's best he leave Janet alone and take himself somewhere else, before he reveals any more embarrassing secrets.