Sui Zhou barely spared a glance, but indeed, the person stood beside Sui Zhou with his dark hair, light robes, and refined pale elegance only made the ten-fingered throttle marks on his neck seem all the more ghastly.
He palmed a little bottle out of his sleeve and handed it over, intoning, “for external use three times a day.”
(ch. 8)
“I haven’t thanked Sui-zongqi for his gift,” Tang Fan coughed lightly. “After using it three times, the mark’s completely disappeared. It’s amazingly effective.”
Sui Zhou’s gaze swept over the strip of skin above his collar that was as fair as it had ever been, said “follow me,” and got up to walk out.
(ch. 11)
Very invested in the implication of Sui Zhou’s initial physical attraction to Tang Fan. He may have been disgruntled and impatient at first, but his first gesture of non-aggression is to treat Tang Fan’s neck (not throat—though this might be out of convenience) with explicit reference to Tang Fan’s appearance.
