Ling Yunpo often wondered whether his relationship with An Zhisu was merely a flirtation of the moment.
If it were not, could all those moments of deep affection they shared, along with An Zhisu's almost boundless trust, tolerance, and dependence on him, have been false?
If it were so, then how could he explain the fact that he, as a traitor, would one day betray Shushan, and An Zhisu had never known this?
This involved an even deeper fundamental question:
What exactly was he after?
If his goal remained to collect all the Heaven-Mending Stones, he should avoid getting himself into unnecessary danger.
