Si Ting is the domineering scum top from an old-school scum-top-and-doormat-bottom novel. He has a white moonlight in his heart, yet keeps a string of lovers, and even uses force to make the delicate bottom his own. He's openly despicable, hated by everyone.
This is the third year of his forced pursuit, and the story is reaching its climax. He's about to begin the groveling-to-win-his-wife-back arc.
Si Ting looked at his beautiful, gentle wife, wearing an apron that accentuated her slender waist as she came over to help him change his shoes.
Why wasn't the delicate flower bottom following the script?