"It's still not okay. Him hurting you still isn't okay." Shang Beida deserves kindness and tenderness, not violence. "... I would want you there in that world with me. You deserve perfection too. You deserve to be happy and free and to be so, so loved."

He rubs the other's back, pressing firmly without being painful. "... Mm. Do me a favor. Tell me one thing you like about yourself."