Xia Chu was still unapologetic, "A person who truly knows their mistakes and feels guilty, and regrets their past actions, wouldn't talk so much. They would have already taken their own life as an apology, a life for a life. You've talked so much, and it's been so long since our last encounter; if you'd truly made up your mind, things would have been different already."
"You're just trying to bluff, to scare me into stopping you, and perhaps even to move me with your gesture. After all, such a significant person as yourself has truly repented, willing to die to atone. What more could we want?"
"Thus, you achieve your goal of facing no real punishment, no actual cost, yet still receiving forgiveness. You can live guilt-free from now on, maybe even fulfilling the purpose of making my husband return. You really are a person who handles big affairs, always so calculating. We commoners are no match for you!"
"No, that's not what I meant, I didn't think like that."
