Lin Fan's face broke into a faint smile.
Because.
Everything unfolded as he expected.
He had already seen through it, that Qiu Xi's true nature wasn't bad, there was even a bit of kindness in her.
The reason she turned into this murderous, ruthless, and vicious state was all for survival. This wasn't her true self, but her hardened disguise.
It was this disguise that protected her, allowing her to survive in this world where the weak are prey to the strong, preserving her life.
To her, apart from life, nothing else mattered.
Because she never truly had any of it.
Life was the only thing that belonged to her; everything else was elusive.
At times.
Even life seemed elusive.
Walking down the road, being randomly chosen by someone from the five major clans could easily lead to losing one's life.
Like a grain of sand falling into the desert, silent and traceless.
Death, to her, was something that could happen at any moment, but it was also the only thing she could control.
