Chaisi couldn't remember his own preferences in women, nor could he recall what most people considered a beauty.
But, he thought, the person crouching in the nearby darkness could not be called "good-looking" by anyone.
He had to recall it over and over, corralling the thought to keep it from escaping his body too—Suo Beihua had said something when she spoke of Han Liuyue earlier: "She used to be such a beautiful person."
At the time, Chaisi couldn't help but glance at the old woman crouching in the dark.
'Suo Beihua must have been describing someone else.'
'I have to remember this,' Chaisi thought, 'and the conclusion that follows: the person by my side doesn't seem to be Han Liuyue.'
...And was that person really by his side?
That woman, Mai Mingle, had said this place seemed to be a Black Abyss that separated the Nest from the human world.
