"I'd go crazy."
Xu Yanwu spoke seriously.
"..."
Fu Hua released Xu Yanwu's hand and sat back down properly.
Fu Hua fell silent.
She suddenly realized something.
Perhaps... the last thing Xu Yanwu had said was not false.
She had lost her memories of the past, so... even now, when facing her own past, she still had the faint illusion of being an observer...
But...
Xu Yanwu was different.
He truly remembered those memories clearly.
If that was the case, how much pain must he have endured?
"Fu Hua, sometimes you should learn a little from Kiana..."
Xu Yanwu spoke as if he did not care much. "Kiana... is actually pretty good at this."
"Kiana? She..."
Fu Hua did not know why Xu Yanwu had suddenly brought up Kiana.
Xu Yanwu continued, "Kiana... Don't be fooled by how silly and dim-witted she usually seems... That kid actually understands a great many things."
"That kid..."
Xu Yanwu pinched the knuckle along the side of his finger as he spoke. "She just doesn't want to think about them, because thinking too much is truly exhausting."
Xu Yanwu held out his hand to Fu Hua.
"Fu Hua... you just said I was under a lot of pressure..."
Xu Yanwu took Fu Hua's hand. "Mm... sometimes, I really do feel a great deal of pressure..."
"But I also know that I cannot pass that pressure on to anyone else."
Xu Yanwu said, "That pressure... can only remain in the past. I cannot let that past become baggage that holds back the future."
"Do you know, Fu Hua..."
Xu Yanwu sighed. "Back then... I truly never imagined that one day, I would actually reach where I am today."
"Who hasn't been young... I've indulged myself, and I've been reckless too..."
Xu Yanwu smiled at Fu