[ it is rare that rinne gives insights like this, glimpses into his thoughts and feelings, his life before the resort. he's more guarded than nearly anyone else hua cheng knows, he just hides it better, disguising it with a boisterous personality and loud laughter.

but because hua cheng is much the same, he recognizes it in rinne, and therefore recognizes what it means to be entrusted with even this much information about rinne's desires—his real desires, something he wants even outside the context of the resort and the obnoxious persona he's cultivated here. ]

I feel that I can't in good conscience wish him here for you, [ he says after a minute, thoughtful. ] But if he were here—I think you would be a good husband to him.