End everything in darkness?? What is this guy, a Luo Binghe knockoff?¹ But obviously, Shang Qinghua loves a good antihero. A dash of villainy is the right kind of seasoning for a man. He's not the eyelash-fluttering type—for one thing, he's definitely not cute enough for that—but he lets his appreciation show as he looks Aleksander up and down. "It sounds harrowing. Have you at least found anyone to keep you company through all that?"

¹Sorry, Leigh Bardugo.