"If there is something on your mind, please feel free to tell me." Marquis Xibei spoke. "Even if we are strangers to each other, sometimes it is safer to tell them than others about some matters… like those things that you can't even tell them." He said as he stared at Qiu Si who fell silent. "You can also treat me as your usual elder… and also was caring for the condition of the people who are working for me*." He explained.
*temporarily, for QS
Qiu Si also knows that he has to be in his best state when fighting or else not only he will lose his life, but also the soldiers if he becomes absent-minded in the middle of the battle and becomes a liability. He doesn't want this to happen, especially when he was sent here to help. So, Qiu Si wouldn't do, or want things to happen contrary to his purpose in being here. Not only it would lose the Huichen's good reputation, but it would also lead to the loss of lives of the soldiers who were fighting hard to defend the empire.
