If he had any doubts, the way even Shen Qingqiu sounds unconvinced by his words dispels them. The look on his face is pure terror, which Luo Binghe doesn't understand. For someone so much more appealing than Shen Qingqiu in every way, why would he want Luo Binghe to think he's that snake?
"Maybe you are Shen Qingqiu," he says. "I'm not educated enough in what changes between realities—perhaps one soul can express itself this differently depending on its circumstances of birth. But the man I knew, if he were to try to be kind, if he ever had someone he cared about—he wouldn't do it like this. He despised being looked down on above all else, and he would rather die than admit to a mistake. He would never, ever display a skill he hadn't mastered, and if someone pointed out his deficiency, he wouldn't apologize." The idea of this man trying something he was so unsure of, just hoping it would appeal to Luo Binghe... Why does he even care so much whether Luo Binghe forgives him? Is it all based on his disciple, that other Binghe that he can never be? Luo Binghe is more desperate than ever to know what the other one did.
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"Maybe you are Shen Qingqiu," he says. "I'm not educated enough in what changes between realities—perhaps one soul can express itself this differently depending on its circumstances of birth. But the man I knew, if he were to try to be kind, if he ever had someone he cared about—he wouldn't do it like this. He despised being looked down on above all else, and he would rather die than admit to a mistake. He would never, ever display a skill he hadn't mastered, and if someone pointed out his deficiency, he wouldn't apologize." The idea of this man trying something he was so unsure of, just hoping it would appeal to Luo Binghe... Why does he even care so much whether Luo Binghe forgives him? Is it all based on his disciple, that other Binghe that he can never be? Luo Binghe is more desperate than ever to know what the other one did.