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Fang Xi never liked the repetitive routine of face-slapping.
Things like hiding one's identity, allowing Lord Wanbao to escalate the situation, and then a reversal... actually quite dull.
In his past life when he read novels, he saw protagonists and villains engaging in endless concealing tactics, evolving from small disputes to complete loss of face, seeking revenge for being humiliated, escalating to life-and-death enmity, and then inevitably, one side would be annihilated. He felt this was utterly nonsensical...
Oftentimes, it was all about trivial matters escalating into mortal foes—what's the necessity?
Not to mention that villains would see their entire families perish; even the protagonists would at times sustain injuries or exhaustion, possibly even suffering the revenge that results in the death of friends and family...
Better to just reveal one's identity outright; chances are, animosities could be dispelled with a mere smile.
