Emily M’s Reviews > Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 4 > Status Update

💔for Wind Master, my beloved 😭. But, interestingly, [redacted] DID try to keep them out of it. But, though sweet and generous, and horrified to learn they’d benefited from an massive injustice, Wind Master won’t expose or reject the “water tyrant” and god of wealth…because they’re siblings. It strikes me on this read how political-allegory this feels!

"'Watch out!' It was a funny feeling. Hua Cheng was clearly taller than him, and it took him no effort to carry Xie Lian with one hand. But Xie Lian always felt that Hua Cheng was light as a feather - like if he didn't pay attention, he would disappear. And so Xie Lian held him firmly, and Hua Cheng clutched his hand in return"
(Me, remembering rest of story: Internal screaming)

“‘Is it true?…That there’s a wife at home, virtuous and beautiful…You had a crush since you were young, and pursued it nonstop until you won that person over.’ ‘Oh,’ said Hua Cheng. ‘That’s a lie…I haven’t won that person over yet’…For some reason, he felt a little unhappy.”
Oh, Xie Lian, you dummy! 🤦‍♀️

“‘Crimson Rain Sought Flower, to you, what’s the worst suffering in the world?’… ‘I’ll tell you what it is,’ he said softly. ‘Watching your beloved be trampled and ridiculed with your own eyes and being unable to do a thing about it. You understand that you are nothing, that you can do nothing. That’s the worst suffering in the world.’”

“‘But there were only four of us in the shrine’…Shi Qingxuan couldn’t help but steal a glance at Hua Cheng…He smiled. ‘What’s with that look? Personally, I think Lord Earthmaster is the more suspicious one here…consider whether the array he drew was wrong from the start,’ Hua Cheng pointed out.”
😅