He watches Huaisang, a little suspicious at the questioning and he waits before he answers. When he understands that Huauisang isn't going to taunt and tease him, he sits down carefully on the futon.

"No," he answers succinctly. "Before, there wasn't time. I really didn't want what my parents had and there was the war and after... ..there just wasn't time." He looked down at his hands for a minute, his jaw working as he tried to think of anything else. "It was hard enough fighting for time with A-Ling. The Jins were...clingy to what they considered possessions. I was only useful when I offered Yungping to --and they didn't want to take him out on night hunts, so."

Jiang Cheng glances up, his eyes zeroing in on Huaisang's wandering fingers and how he worked at sashes and ties. "So no. Neither sex."