[Marriage first, love later + guiding a lover into intimacy + both leads are devoted to each other]
The night her fiance humiliated her in public, Su Ying handed his uncle, Pei Shu, a drugged cup of tea. He drank it, took her upstairs, and spent three hours alone with her. The next day, he said in front of everyone, "Call me Uncle." She thought it was a transaction. But he said, "Whether you knock or not, I'll come find you." She thought she was chasing the light, but later realized he was the shadow, and had never left her.
