The affairs of the world are indeed strange.
Ah Qing, before performing, desperately longed to be gazed upon by Xu Chang'an... Yet when his gaze truly landed on her, the one wanting to hide out of shame was her.
Similarly, before realizing Shi Qingjun was present, if told that Shi Qingjun had watched her entire enchanting dance, Ah Qing felt she couldn't live through such shame and would surely want to confront Shi Qingjun to the death, burying both Beisang City and her girlish heart together—
Yet when she truly saw the woman slowly eating an apple, being served by the Flower Moon Building girls like a wastrel... she felt nothing.
Even some anger.
For a moment, Ah Qing couldn't comprehend what she was angry about... To ask her why, she simply couldn't tell.
What was she angry about?
What was she upset about?
Ah Qing stopped her dance, momentarily abandoning the performance, merely looking calmly at the woman in the distance.
