(Desmond POV)
Throughout my short life, I have had relationships with many women, which I am not necessarily proud of, my relationship with them was always considered casual and I rarely saw a woman more than a couple of times, which I am not proud of either.
But my repeated interactions taught me a lot about the opposite sex and even if I never had a real romantic relationship with another person where I cared about their feelings or understood them; I still learned a thing or two.
No, I really didn't learn anything, the fact is that until recently I was an idiot who only cared about putting a woman to the bed and although I was good at it; the truth is that I don't understand women at all.
But as ignorant as I was, I had still noticed something strange about Mei Fei Long, based on what she had told me and my perception of the girl, she should be someone with some influence and respect in the sect; but that did not seem to be the case.
