plus maybe a certain amount of unacknowledged resentment of his own at how Zhao Yunlan rejected him after Shen Xi passed away
That's a very gentle way of putting it. Maybe: "how a traumatised Zhao Yunlan rejected him after being forced to watch his mother get blown to pieces because Zhao Xinci couldn't just let his perp go for once"?
But you're right, I think ZXC dies resent that. After all, he was only doing his job, why won't the stubborn brat understand that?
Maybe he's learned it's not worth it -- that ZXC is just to be endured. :-((((
He seems to largely try and stay out of his way entirely (hi thar, Dixing!) so I would not be surprised if that were the case.
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That's a very gentle way of putting it. Maybe: "how a traumatised Zhao Yunlan rejected him after being forced to watch his mother get blown to pieces because Zhao Xinci couldn't just let his perp go for once"?
But you're right, I think ZXC dies resent that. After all, he was only doing his job, why won't the stubborn brat understand that?
He seems to largely try and stay out of his way entirely (hi thar, Dixing!) so I would not be surprised if that were the case.