The moment Ye Weiming said this, it immediately stirred up painful memories for many of those present.
Everyone here had made mistakes as children, hadn't they?
And after making a mistake, they would generally face two questions from their parents.
The first was, "Were you wrong?"
That one was easy to answer. Everyone had understood since childhood that if you made a mistake, you had to admit it, and if you got beaten, you had to stand straight.
The second was, "What did you do wrong?"
Whether that question was easy to answer depended on the circumstances. If you knew where the problem lay, you just had to confess honestly and wait for your beating.
But if you had no idea what you had done wrong, that was the real problem...
The scolding that followed would surely be long and terrifying.
That was exactly Yang Guo's situation at the moment.
He only knew that Uncle Ye had shown him kindness—great kindness! If not for Uncle Ye, he might have become a mountain beast's meal before he had even learned to speak!
So if Ye Weiming hit him, then even if it made no sense, he would accept it. It was the right beating, no matter what!
But what exactly had been right about it? Yang Guo truly could not figure it out for the moment.
Still, he was a clever child. Though he did not fully understand what Ye Weiming meant, he cautiously answered, "Uncle Ye, are you blaming me for interfering with your efforts to exterminate demons and uphold righteousness? But my godfather has also shown me kindness. Even if he is an utterly evil villain, I cannot just watch as Uncle Ye kills him."
"If the situation were reversed, I would protect Uncle Ye with my life as