[ Ah, but it's bothering him... ]

I would bother Lan Zhan all the time. I even call him by his birth name just to irritate him. I doubt he sees me as anything other than an acquaintance.

[ He sighs. ]

Would either of you like someone that publicly pelted you with flowers, or that pestered you constantly when you're supervising them during their punishment, or if that person pawned off rabbits on you as a joke?