Tan Liansi is taken aback by Yao Shen's words, but it buys them enough time for her rage to subside.
Hers and Gao Wu's both, whose eyes keep drifting towards the painting, his thick eyebrows furrowed in consternation.
Yao Shen is sorry to add one more sorrow to Tan Liansi's, undoubtedly, already long list. It's clear from her hazy gaze that she didn't consider the possibility of Mei Shuang trying to protect her and Xin Hulei in whatever way she could, until Tan Liansi found a way to get them out of Frozen Peak.
In fact, who's to say didn't try to help Xie Huan too?
If possible, Gao Wu is even more shaken than her. "All these generations... my family's purpose has been to eradicate evil from earth." He looks down into his hands one bloodied and one whole, both of them shaking. "I'm the last descendant of our family-I"
