Oh, there was a bit of laughter. Connie arched an eyebrow at that statement though. "Why not? You'd be the first one to think of me as more - not counting ghoul love," which wasn't real and they both knew it. Chiyu was addicted to them, not in love as much as she might think it was otherwise. And he was still feeling very bad about how quickly she was breaking... That definitely was his fault.
And then he asked the question that had been burning inside of him for a very long while. "Why did you pick Tris?" His tone was one of curiosity, not accusation. He was genuinely curious as to what had gone on in Cian's head to get him to that place.