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Elysia: Children, I've messed up.
Qianyi was furious!
A band should have been something utterly pure—a shining group that brought its members joy, bound their fates tightly together, and played music side by side—not some melodramatic youth drama like Tiny Times, where someone had to swallow their grievances and hurt themselves to fulfill and protect the happiness of the other members, making onlookers sick enough to cough up blood!
Hadn't he gone out of his way to find Talulah, run himself ragged in Kazimierz's new government building, and gotten mobbed by fervent crowds in the streets without even having time for a sip of water, all to resolve Jun's earlier proposal that "making laws requires the credibility of being the principal wife"?
And what happened?
He had finally straightened out everything outside and prepared himself mentally to give Jun a clear answer—to tell her he agreed—only for her to pull something like this on him.
If it had merely been ordinary mischief, Qianyi's temperament meant he would not have truly taken it to heart.
Jun was, after all, a member of the Sui family. Having lived alongside her sisters for thousands of years, she could not possibly disregard their feelings and interests entirely. To avoid clashing with the lazy and laid-back Ling, the impulsive Nian, and the sensitive, withdrawn Xi, she had chosen not to speak of her feelings for the time being, deciding first to find a foolproof solution that would satisfy everyone. Qianyi could completely understand such concerns and concessions.
If they could not achieve a perfect ending now, then they could achieve one in the future.
But they never should have—under any circumstances—after a round of "family meeting discussions," chosen to push out Shu, the gentlest one who never fought or competed, in order to preserve