[Most unfortunately, beyond her it will have to stay. The casual and even affectionate disrespect with which he treats Li Lianhua's ongoing contentions with the weird scholar next door is a strange fault line with the stonewrought sense of duty he's adopted for some of Li Lianhua's secrets. His house can stay his own, the aetiology of his illness can stay a mystery, and the name Li Xiangyi won't be so much as breathed to her, meaningless as it would be. But these are just some of the many narrow perils of diplomatic undertaking. He's already done an exceptional amount of work he's not well suited to. The idea that anyone will fall prey to an overzealous woman on his account again is as ludicrous as thinking he could hand dye the stripes off any tigers.]
Don't hold your breath for the latter, though I think this particular ghost at least has passed. But words don't work on lunacy. I nearly said as much the first time we talked.
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Don't hold your breath for the latter, though I think this particular ghost at least has passed. But words don't work on lunacy. I nearly said as much the first time we talked.