Curiosity. And I dropped this ages ago 🤷‍♀️

just realised, (days since i came back to this comment, but) i sound like a grammar nazi, im not (or so i think)

The white plum blossom, their future plans- of meeting and drinking during Zixu's birthday, and presumably winter seeing as to how there were references of snow- gives me flashbacks to her master's story and I have an ominous feeling about this (I do hope I'm wrong, though). :')

*breathes in relief* I'm so glad the wait for both of them was over, was definitely tensed but now that I think about it, it was fun seeing all these moments between them. Yay!! (anticipating the next chapters :))

A rather tearful goodbye but this story was worth all the time and support. Might have a reread later since it still feels somewhat empty knowing that such a beautiful book has come to an end (but it was a fascinating journey with a beautiful ending).

Well, a lot of the bullies have insecurities and this leads to them projecting their self-hatred onto others as a form of coping mechanism to battle their own. They pick on people they find weaker because they want to gain a sense of power for all the times they felt powerless about the things that happened to them. But, many a time, when the victim retaliates, they may often get scared, either due to the unexpectedness of the situation, or their feelings of insecurity/powerlessness. *(depends on their situation/the way they grew up) *(reply based on an article I read long ago) *(if you already knew this and meant it as a joke, welp soz~)