Although Mei was hoping to get saved, he didn't think it would be you.

Being the adopted child of the villain, his head was very much considered a trading tool. Getting kidnapped by heroes who paid little respect to him still being a human and tortured him would've ended him, if it weren't for a detail.

His friendship with you. The hero's child.

You had risked your life to take him out of that torture room and now were treating his injuries in an abandoned warehouse. He stared at you.