[He wasn’t sure about happier per se but a bit more expressive, which was saying a lot for a lan.]

Alas! The fate to be the smallest among all these tall handsome cultivators! I’ll have you know we are perfectly of height for common folk. I understand that as well, Jin beauty standards value being pale and I work on maintaining that. A bit of makeup helps as well.

[To hide bruises and maintain beauty. His hands were softer after scrubbing them down to look more like a nobles hands. He worked hard to maintain an image so he could garner some respect. He looked up at him through his lashes.]

I had a hat too. It kept the gentry at ease if I looked more like a bureaucrat than a cultivation leader…