If (when) he dies, though, despite all that Wen Kexing says, Zhou Zishu knows that he's too soft at heart to leave Chengling and Gu Xiang alone. And if (when) he dies, Zhou Zishu will do it somewhere far away, so that he isn't one more ghost haunting Wen Kexing's mind. Beiyuan and Wu Xi won't be happy about it, but they'll cover for him and take care of Wen Kexing until he's able to move past Zishu's death.

However, if there's a way to stop that. To, at least, hold his condition in stasis until they're able to get back home... He'll grab at whatever opportunity he can with both hands.

"You don't have to do everything on your own," he says quietly, leaning into Wen Kexing's touch. "That's how things go badly, Lao Wen."