Chapter Thirty-Six: Offense
Some people's hearts are broad enough to encompass the entire world, while others' are so narrow that they can only hold themselves.
Xu Yuan never considered himself to be the former, nor did he think of himself as the latter; his heart was neither too large nor too small, just enough to hold those who were important to him.
He was just an ordinary person.
To repay kindness with kindness, and enmity with vengeance, was all that he thought to be fairly reasonable.
If one were to disregard the god-like perspective that foresaw the chaos destined to engulf the world, perhaps he could understand Xu Xinyao's actions.
Her words were not just empty talk; she had always been acting on them and striving for them.
But her final choice unmistakably amounted to repaying kindness with betrayal.