Because of Vivian's godsend of a remark, Hao Ren's reputation with Heiserana had instantly plummeted from neutral-leaning-friendly to hated. To be honest, if Vivian hadn't been watching from the side, he suspected even Shrunken Vivian would have lunged over and bitten him. Looking at that gaze, as if he were her Mortal Enemy, Hao Ren felt completely innocent. All he wanted to say to Heiserana was: Miss, Vivian doesn't like you because your behavior is abnormal, okay? If you'd been even a little more sensible and hadn't caused Vivian to develop a psychological barrier regarding sexual orientation, your relationship wouldn't have turned out like this! Vivian is usually such a kind girl—even Lily is someone she can accept, let alone a Bat Spirit descended from the same lineage as her!
Unfortunately, he never found the chance to say any of that, because he couldn't be sure whether Vivian or Heiserana would be the first to pounce and bite him after he did...
Speaking of Heiserana and Vivian's relationship, Hao Ren was actually rather confused himself. The ethical relationships he was familiar with were facing a tremendous logical challenge at this moment. Were these two mother and daughter, or sisters? By Lily's logic, they should count as mother and daughter, since Heiserana was "Flesh and blood that fell from Vivian." But Hao Ren felt that the bats Vivian had created were her own clones. If one of her clones cultivated into a sentient being, then it was merely an offshoot of that clone—there had been no process of inheritance or succession. The two of them being sisters made perfect sense. After thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly remembered that his biology teacher had once talked about mitosis...
Unfortunately, he couldn't remember a thing about the actual contents of