[ but huaisang is not the entirely the person jin ling has seen; in many ways he is, already, set on that path after discovering the truth. in others, he has yet to come to terms with what must be done and how far he is willing to go.

without his fan, nie huaisang feels naked — even though he is physically naked — as long as he can cover his face partially it helps. it is part of the persona created and also part of himself. he always loved his fans even before they helped his act.

like this the downturn expression of his mouth is visible. ] Have I. [ well, he supposes it couldn't have been helped in the long term.

it still makes him terribly sad to hear this. nie huaisang had never been malicious but, so far, he had no designs to hurt anyone in this place. ] I ... I don't know, I don't know, I really don't know what you mean. Why would I hurt Jiang-xiong? We are friends, and San-ge is my older brother's sworn brother — that is as close as family, isn't it?