[ Xichen's flinch at the use of his title still is very small, but real. He withdaws his hand much more gracefully.
Though he doesn't withdraw his gaze. ]
Do you think they need an example who is trying to eradicate his personality, then, who is trying to become someone he is not, because he thinks - incorrectly, as it happens - that it is the only way?
Consider, for example, the way the disciples of Gusu Lan sect, who are bound by the same rules. But the way that Wangji follows them differs from the way that my uncle follows them, and both of them differ from the way that I do.
There are many ways to achieve the same goal. And, as someone who is your husband and as someone who cares for you, I do not want you to twist yourself until everything you do hurts, and that pain is very difficult to fix.
Today, it may be restlessness, tiredness, feeling that you do not suffice. Tomorrow, it may hurt you more.
And I wish you to be happy, even if neither of us knows what that is, right now.
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Though he doesn't withdraw his gaze. ]
Do you think they need an example who is trying to eradicate his personality, then, who is trying to become someone he is not, because he thinks - incorrectly, as it happens - that it is the only way?
Consider, for example, the way the disciples of Gusu Lan sect, who are bound by the same rules. But the way that Wangji follows them differs from the way that my uncle follows them, and both of them differ from the way that I do.
There are many ways to achieve the same goal. And, as someone who is your husband and as someone who cares for you, I do not want you to twist yourself until everything you do hurts, and that pain is very difficult to fix.
Today, it may be restlessness, tiredness, feeling that you do not suffice. Tomorrow, it may hurt you more.
And I wish you to be happy, even if neither of us knows what that is, right now.