[Xie Lian nods, to say that yes, it is him, and returns the salute, his onw face lighting up when he sees Xiao-daozhang has... eyes?]

Oh, you can see me?

.... Ah, don't bother too much about... all this. [Vague hand gestures towards all the attire.] I honestly don't even know where it suddenly came from.

[Let him look at the poem instead and then give a small chuckle.]

You're right, it's funny, but why do you find it sad too?