You haven't. [ Though that's mostly on Wei Ying. He's only sold a small handful of photos, and that through private commission or because someone loved one of his photos. ] You can't just... go buy everything. If it's a shitty photo, or a bad exhibit or whatever, and no one's buying, you don't just get to go and decide to buy them.

[ He knows Lan Zhan would be honest with him about his work, and tell him in no uncertain terms if something was terrible. Still, it's concerning. Part of him had feared the painting had been snatched up because he was associated with the Jiang's.

The blush on Lan Zhan's cheeks reminds him — ] Fuck. You had it all this time and I just... offered to show it to you. You're lucky I know you'd never laugh at me over something like that, or else I'd think you were laughing at me the entire time.