Shen Yuan nods wisely. Ah, a classic love triangle! Indeed, maybe with the removal of their protagonist, the two love interests involved could get along! It makes him wonder for the first time what's going on in Binghe's harem in his absence. Are his wives still at each others' throats? It sounds like kind of a Liu Mingyan and Sha Hualing situation—the trusted lieutenant and the powerful outsider necessary for the protagonist to complete his goals. Damn, he wishes he could read Aleksander's source material.

"I hope they can," is all he says aloud, and lets himself concentrate on getting the light right on the fall of Aleksander's hair.