"You don't understand," she mused. "The story of 'an abandoned woman punishing the unfaithful man' has existed since ancient times and has a broad mass base, precisely because men also enjoy such stories. Think about it, setting aside modern society, in ancient times, the right to critique literature was definitely in the hands of literary scholars and the upper class, with a male-dominated aesthetic pursuit. If a story was only popular among women, it would never become widespread."
"Oh, that does seem to make sense... But why is that?"
The topic seemed to have completely veiled off the intended track and had nothing to do with the "birthday party" Qing Yue had mentioned.
They were just chatting aimlessly, both behaving casually in conversation, yet their eyes invariably focused on a certain girl who was eating.