On the roof of the Liu Residence.
Xia Siheng let Liu Wan lean gently against his shoulder as he listened to her finish her story.
"If I hadn't meddled, perhaps he wouldn't have gone on to wreak havoc on the common people."
Speaking of this left Liu Wan with tangled feelings.
Saving people was in her nature.
What she regretted was failing to persuade him to use his abilities to follow the right path.
"You've already done very well." Xia Siheng reached out to draw the cloak closer around her shoulders, his stern expression softening considerably.
"I once saved Old Madam Xie, too. Her troubles left me with a lingering illness, yet she humiliated me and used me!"
At the mention of this, Liu Wan's eyes dimmed.
Ever since childhood, she had been kind and gentle, unable to bear stepping on even an ant.
Yet her kindness had allowed others to exploit her time and again.
"This isn't your fault. That kindness was your original intention, and there's nothing wrong with holding on to it. The fault lies with those who used you."
Xia Siheng held her a little tighter and continued, "Besides, if you weren't kind by nature, I wouldn't be here as I am today. Liu Wan, so many people's lives would be incomplete without you!"
Liu Wan lifted her eyes to him, her gaze full of puzzlement.
"What is it? Am I wrong?" Xia Siheng asked.
Liu Wan shook her head. "I just don't understand why you keep changing what you call me, Your Highness."
Earlier that day, in front of Xie Jinqian, he had kept calling her Wan'er.
Only half a day later, he was back to calling her by her full name, just as before.
Men really were fickle.
"I wasn't deliberately distancing myself from