[ Xue Yang meets the look without wavering or flinching. It's far from the only frigid look he's received in his life, and as with all those times before, his own self-assurance means he doesn't feel any need to back down in the face of it. ]

So doesn't that mean it's not even a "crime" or whatever this guy's demanding? [ He jabs a thumb in Judgmental John's direction. ] Unless people got pissed at you for getting stronger from it.

[ Because in Xue Yang's mind, that's what makes something a crime: when other people get mad over it. ]