-"Because sometimes you're easy to read."
The two leaned against the railing, enjoying the breeze. The Mountains' Mountain Manor was not far away, and occasionally they could spot Mountain Players and Mountain Gods sneaking over to peek at them.
Yu Xunge had once found Qihua far too difficult to understand. Sometimes it was hard to tell what she was thinking, and her actions were often impossible to predict.
This did not mean the purpose behind her actions. Since she could "understand" Mistblade's choices in the card-swapping game, she could naturally understand some of Qihua's choices too. Before, she simply had not understood why Qihua insisted on taking that extra step.
For instance, she had insisted on stepping forward at the Temple, and on controlling Yu Xunge in the Quiet Mountains. She always liked to take that extra step, making a relationship more complicated.
Just as the Beaver Duke had said, "She can't stand days when nothing happens. A peaceful life and peaceful relationships are like flowers without fragrance to her."
That assessment was merely the conclusion. The real reason lay hidden in Youwo's Burial Ground.
Ever since Yu Xunge had seen Qihua's past through Lighthouse Youwo, she had gained the final piece of the puzzle.
Of course Qihua could not stand days when nothing happened. Someone carrying immense pain and trauma inside always needed something to keep herself busy. She treated every interesting conflict as spice for her life, intoxicating herself with fresh, passionate love and hatred.
More importantly... Qihua and she were the same kind of person.
They both loathed control and restraint. For Yu Xunge, it was because of her family's deception and manipulation in her previous life; for Qihua, it was because fate had played an enormous joke on her.
Lighthouse Youwo had not only controlled and