[He does, in fact, carefully hold on to that arm to keep himself steady, because of course he'll use what he's offered. He has a sort of pride of his own, but not about this.

Huaisang takes a few seconds too long to let go as he settles, purely intentional. A move to see how Jiang Cheng takes it, if he even notices. What he can get away with, just out of curiosity.]

It really is unfair that we couldn't all have studied here instead... this would have been as nice after a day of classes as it is after a day of meetings.

[By which he probably means he approves.]