"No, how could they do something so heartless and unjust?"
After thinking it over, they said,
"All right. Since he'll tell us when he feels ready in the future, we'll wait. Anyway, seeing that he returned safe and sound already makes us very happy.
As for everything else, we can discuss it later." After saying that, the three of them left, though they naturally said goodbye to Haotian as well.
Yet for some reason, Haotian always seemed extremely cold and barely responded to them. In truth, they knew it was not because he disliked dealing with them.
He simply had yet to adapt to everything here.
On the way back, Li Changsheng could not help asking Haotian,
"Why were you ignoring them? Your old friends clearly care about you very much."
Haotian only spoke after a long silence.
"I don't know what to say to them. The moment I open my mouth, they'll definitely bring up my past.
But I don't want their pity, nor do I need their sympathy.
I'll use my own strength to win back everything that belongs to me."
Inviting the Water God
Li Changsheng did not continue pestering him. He took Haotian back, though Haotian clearly had many things he wanted to tell them.
But he knew this was not the right time. If he told them now, they would surely think he was trying to gain sympathy and place himself in a favorable position.
But he did not want to do that. He did not want everyone to misunderstand him. If they wanted to know, he would tell them everything one day.
Li Changsheng seemed to understand Haotian very well and could not help chuckling.
Seeing Li Changsheng laugh, Haotian could not help smiling too. "What are you laughing at?" Li Changsheng said, "I'm