Greater shame.
Urinating in public,
is even more shameful than standing naked in front of an audience.
This shame is different from the naked body; if exposing the body is a physical embarrassment, then the challenge of holding one's urine is an internal to external shame, one that reaches deep into the soul.
It is more malicious than any cursed state, more evil and desperate.
Yet it passed the examination of the Scales of Order, deemed as 'non-cheating legitimate behavior'; the person who thought of this is truly a devil among men.
Ai Xueli could feel that any slight movement from her would provoke a reaction in her lower abdomen.
But at this moment, she had no room to retreat.
She could hold it in.
To be insulted by a barbarian from the frontier was more than enough to ignite Ai Xueli's fury.
She had to wash away this humiliation and reclaim her honor—before she wet herself.
Ai Xueli could hold it in—that is, if Lister did not act.
