The next day, when Tan Ailing saw Eric sitting in the living room on the first floor, her heart was in turmoil. Eric's haggard face was unprecedented, and what worried her even more was that she noticed tear marks on his face that had not been wiped away.
"Eric, what's wrong?" she asked.
Eric leaned into Tan Ailing's arms and took a deep breath before slowly recounting the events of the previous night, not even hiding the fact that he had lived as an expatriate in another world.
After hearing all this, Tan Ailing was extremely shocked but did not react in any other way, just gently comforting Eric.
After a while, Eric's emotions calmed down, and he looked up, asking, "Ailing, what do you think I should do?"
"Are you referring to the matter of succeeding as Rinpoche?"
"Yes."
"Do you think Sakya's followers are at fault?"
"Of course not! It's just the sins of Chebu Zundanba alone!"
"In that case, you should not harm them!"