The string of messages left Wen Xishu a little bewildered. Mostly, it had caught him off guard. The quest was complete, just like that?
He had not even killed those two.
It was also the first time Wen Xishu had learned that a happiness value of zero could actually count as quest completion.
But after a little thought, he found the principle was not hard to understand. Releasing the desire to hate was also part of the Desire Tower. What Tang Rui needed was hatred, and a reason to keep hating.
If he killed the couple outright, Tang Rui might retain some illusions, preventing her from truly hating them.
It was exactly as the saying went: loving blindly, hating with a tangled heart.
But by interpreting the quest, Wen Xishu had learned of Tang Rui's inner struggle beforehand. That was why he had devised this twisted game.
In fact, Wen Xishu had no interest in tormenting Tang Rui's parents. This game had instead given her father and mother many chances to survive.
If, during this game, Tang Rui's parents had shown even a hint of compromise or concession, even a trace of affection, if even one percent of their final choice had come from a parent's concern for their child...
Perhaps this quest would not have been completed.
But then again, if that were truly the outcome, Tang Rui would never have become a quest target in the Desire Tower.
Everything was inevitable. There was no chance of a lucky escape.
The outcome of this game also made Tang Rui see the fact she had refused to acknowledge-
They really don't love me. They don't even care about me.
In the storyline before Wen Xishu's arrival, Tang Rui, who had not recognized this, would fall into a terrible predicament when