It's not a line of explanation he plans to hear. Wuxian knows he's made mistakes, but he also knows he rarely did the first strike. At least, not in the more serious fights. Xue Yang slaughtered so many innocents.

Does Huaisang really see them as the same? Wuxian has been able to shake off most of the negative opinions, even if he doesn't particularly like them. That said, to know his friend, once one of his closest, compared him to a man Wuxian finds to be without morals ((which is the only side Wuxian has ever seen)) is a shock.

He points to himself.

"Me? What did I scare you?"