The truth is that it can be difficult, for Sui Zhou, to tell where his lines are drawn until they are broken through. His body is territory once-left, now returned-to, and Tang Fan is not ignorant to the fact that Sui Zhou has come back to make it home for his sake far more than his own.
Later, Holden and Debbie talk Vacaville.
His house has been so quiet without the volume of Tang Fan's life filling it, these last days.
Leo allows himself to be escorted home, rather than jumping. Daimler puts the young prince to bed.
Gibson is a generous giver and Hickey is only too happy to receive.
There have been stranger love-matches made at sea. Probably.
Old Billy Gibson has an eye for likely prospects.
Goodsir watches Silna after a long day's work, and Silna watches Goodsir.
If Jiang Cheng kills him here — so long as he sits with Wei Wuxian’s body in this field until he grows cold, and he does not return to Lotus Pier — his life will have been worth its cost.
A great deal of history is written on the body. Bond reads attentively.