Even if he doesn't admit to it, chaoxi still feels the same way. He tells zicheng to stop flirting with him. He's already dead in his mind, he says, and he's returned to his position. He wants chaoxi to get his hands off him so he can walk by himself. But chaoxi says he can't accept him, because they're already married. He explains that his childhood friend, nancy, is the only descendant of the sixteenth-generation brisac clan, and she was chosen to be the sole heiress in order to keep the clan's power. The brisacs wanted to marry her so she wouldn't lose her power, but chaoxi is only 15 years old, so he wants to be alone. He asks chaoxi if he can marry him, and chaoxi tells him that they are both powerful clans, and that marriage is not important to him. They're both from powerful families, so chaoxi and nancy were happy to help each other.