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Am I deeply ashamed of reading this? Yes. Do my close friends know exactly why I'm deeply ashamed? Also yes. Will I read it anyway? Absolutely.

When are we going to start talking about actual research? I didn't sign up for a history lesson on paleoarchaeology and bad Victorian pseudo-archeologists...

The gods will depart one day, as mysteriously as they came, leaving behind the human-like shell which deceives the unbelieving, the poor in spirit, the timid souls who have turned the earth into a furnace and a factory.

At Mycenae the gods once walked the earth, of that there can be no question.

Perhaps he hadn't been thinking anything at all. Wherever he closed his eyes, he could practically see the look in Chang Geng's eyes, gazing deeply at him as the enemy army approached the city, cannon fire echoing in their ears—it was as if, in all the world, that pair of eyes contained only him.
No one could remain unmoved under that kind of gaze.

In all the world, was there a single place Gu Yun could sleep in peace? 😭

The general had a heart—what a pity it was cast from iron.

Gu Yun was an expert in human nature. He knew that with some things, the greater the taboo, the more intoxicating they became, and the more forbidden they seemed, the more difficult they were to give up.

Others treat you like a priceless pearl or precious jade; his humble servant hopes that Your Highness will likewise treat yourself with care regardless of time or place. So please do not speak of yourself with such disdain. 😭

"Yifu, who are you calling?" 🫠

He had once thought that separation was like water, and with a splash of it, affections sketched in shades of cinnabar, saffron, viridian, or ochre could all be washed clean. But now he found that his feelings for Gu Yun weren't painted but carved; after all his washing, he had only etched these traces deeper. 😭