Fu Xiaotang recounted her life’s events, from her childhood, her kidnapping, her adventures in the martial world, Aunt Min, her time at the Celestial Court, Fan Jinxuan, her marriage, her relationship with Song Li and Cheng Yu, her daily life, how she fell in love with one person, why she grew to hate that same person, her pregnancy, miscarriage, and divorce, detailing each event meticulously to Fang Junjie. She seemed to deliberately reopen these barely healed wounds, letting the blood flow freely, not caring about the pain, because to heal completely, she had to endure the agony of squeezing out the pus.
Fang Junjie, having long mastered the art of hiding his emotions, often faced people with a smile, but smiles differ. If you asked Situ Nan, the big shot at the Celestial Court, what Fang Junjie feared the most, Situ Nan would undoubtedly say, “His smile.” Of course, Fang Junjie smiled most of the time, but when he shouldn’t be smiling and did, the person he was facing usually met a grim fate. Fang Junjie couldn’t remember the last time he cried; it seemed unnatural for him. He certainly wouldn’t cry over these matters of love, but during Fu Xiaotang’s narration, there were moments when he couldn’t control his anger.
