So he has broached a complicated topic at last! His heart is racing in his chest, ready to leap and take flight to somewhere better. He wishes he could go with it when he feels this nervous.

"I think that goes both ways." Meng Yao leads the way into the hall, head bowed, "He has been...good...to me. In his own way. He has never told me no once - though he should have."

When two men are morally corrupted, there are no boundaries.