Su Zishe has always been arrogant, and he has the capital to be so; he grasped in his hand a force capable of shaking the very foundations of Nanchu. Therefore, he imprisoned Hua Yan and Su Zizhan within his domain without fearing their escape in the slightest.
Even though he was aware that Su Zizhan possessed forces capable of contending with his own, Su Zishe had seized Hua Yan, Su Zizhan's Achilles' heel, knowing that it wasn't easy to take a pregnant woman away. Concerned for Hua Yan, Su Zishe wasn't afraid of a desperate struggle to the death that disregarded the bonds of brotherhood.
