After Xiao Qiushui and Tang Fang parted ways in Wen Ruian's " The Legend of Heroes ", they did not meet at any other place. In " The Legend of Heroes ", the two of them finally met again after many years of separation. However, this time, there was not much emotional description of the encounter, just a simple exchange of each other's recent situation. According to the plot in Wen Ruian's novel, the two of them had been longing to meet again after they parted, but fate had prevented them from doing so.