I'm so happy you like the snippet and yeah, oof. I fear this fic is gonna be even more of an emotional rollercoaster than Deconstruction. Glad you appreciate the introspection, too. I have a feeling there might be a lot more of that happening as my brain/heart come back online.

Zhao Yunlan has a few more tools at his disposal to deal with the issue than most of us.
Also the trauma of worrying one day he might wake up and mistake the husband in his bed for the brother who killed him. 😬