there's duty mixed up in their romance (she is responsible for this person she saved, xie zheng is indebted to this person who saved him) [x]
i love that duty plays such a big role in their romance because one of the things that makes xie zheng so attractive in general and especially to changyu is that he's not an ingrate, a big contrast to song yan. xie zheng recognizes everything changyu does for him, is thankful, and pays it back. he does not reaffirm the way song yan and his mother treat fan changyu, as if everything her family has done for him is worthless because they are pig butchers. in fact her worth comes from how well she treats the people around her--from how she chose to save him--and not from her social status.
