They were witnessing the carefully constructed dam of their leader's control break, unleashing a flood of raw, possessive mania.
Huo Qi was the first to find his voice, though it was cautious, measured, as if navigating a minefield. "Master," he began, "the… the caging, as you put it, was a temporary measure. A drastic one for a critical situation. But Tang Fei… she has built a life... The Entertainment City is her project… they have given her a purpose to live. Locking her away again… it wouldn't be protection. It would be a different kind of destruction."
"He's right," Huo Wu added softly, his gaze flicking to the sedated Tang Fei. "The woman who thought of that project, who fights for every detail… that's her. That's the strength she found. To take that away…" he didn't finish the thought, the implication clear: you would be destroying the very person you saved.
