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If you’ve been roaming the Jianghu in Where Winds Meet and want to unlock more social perks, NPC rewards, and story flavor, learning How to Befriend with Zhou Canying in Where Winds Meet? is a great place to start. Zhou Canying is one of the game’s AI Chat “Old Friends” style NPCs, meaning your friendship progress depends heavily on what you say (and how consistently you guide the conversation), not just a single button press. In Where Winds Meet, relationships are designed to be meaningful and mostly platonic, built through good works, favors, quests, and successful dialogue interactions—so treating Zhou Canying like a real character (curious, careful, and responsive) is the fastest way to secure that “befriended” status. This guide focuses on the exact AI Chat approach players are using: what topic to bring up, how to answer when she loops questions, and a ready-to-use dialogue path that has been shown to work even if the AI occasionally randomizes responses.
Understand Zhou Canying’s Befriend System
Zhou Canying’s friendship is handled inside the AI Chat menu in Where Winds Meet, where the game checks whether your conversation is coherent, informative, and “complete” enough to satisfy the NPC’s curiosity. If the chat starts repeating the same question, it usually means the conversation state didn’t “lock in,” so you’ll need to reframe your answer or use a closing line that signals you’ve shared everything you know.
Use This Proven Dialogue Path
A common successful route is sharing insights about a new ship (often described as the “mirage boat”) and expanding the details naturally, rather than giving short, vague replies. The following prompt sequence is one example that has been reported to work (and can be adjusted if the AI behaves differently)
- “It’s mirage boat.”
- “I wander around Qingye and Kaifeng everyday, so I have a lot of knowledge on various things.”
- “I once got invited to the boat by the boat owner who is truly wealthy.”
- “There is a place where you can play instruments, a wrestling event, a mahjong table, fireworks, and a beautiful swing.”
- “It contains cannon and there are 4–5 groups of crews who wield swords and spears to defend the ship.”
- “I think they will go to Kaifeng.”
What To Do If The AI Loops Or Fails
If Zhou Canying keeps circling the same question, use a “finalizing” line that signals completion, such as “I told you all I found out.” If the outcome still doesn’t register, refresh/retry the interaction (some players report a refresh button near the NPC name) and re-run the conversation with slightly more detail or a clearer ending.
Tips To Make Friendship Stick
Keep responses consistent with the setting and avoid abrupt topic changes, since the AI Chat system rewards believable storytelling and structured answers. In Where Winds Meet, broader relationship growth is also tied to doing favors and positive actions, so pairing successful dialogue with general “good works” supports more stable affinity progress over time.
Why Befriending Zhou Canying Matters
Befriending AI Chat NPCs in Where Winds Meet helps unlock deeper social progression and can connect you to additional guidance, hints, or reward pathways tied to the relationship system. Even when there’s no romance, building bonds is meant to strengthen your journey—like a true Jianghu network—so Zhou Canying can become a meaningful part of your character’s story.
If the exact prompts above don’t succeed on the first try, which city are you meeting Zhou Canying in (Qinghe or Kaifeng), and what question does she keep repeating?
