After getting out some of his grief over the whole situation, anger had taken its place. It's just not fair. He's finally got Xiao Xingchen back, and now he's going to lose him again! And this time he won't even have anything left of him. No body in a coffin, no spirit-trapping pouch tucked in his robes. He doesn't even have Xiao Xingchen's sword anymore.

Despite it all, he still doesn't want to hurt Xiao Xingchen, so his rage switches targets. Song Lan is here too, and he's the one to blame for Xiao Xingchen finding out his identity back in Yi City. If he had just stayed away...! The problem is that Xue Yang doesn't know where Song Lan is staying, but the other man has been insisting on visiting him semi-frequently so maybe all he has to do is wait...

He's too angry to sit still though, and ends up throwing and kicking things in his cabin.