"But even if you think you're happy, perhaps he doesn't consider it happiness at all. Instead, he may see it as misfortune and suffering."
"Besides, his growth has been far too smooth. He needs a few setbacks. It would be fine to let him run into a wall on his own."
"He does need setbacks, but they shouldn't come from matters of the heart." High God Yufeng couldn't bear seeing her son hurt by others time and time again.
Emperor Lord Beichen smiled helplessly and gave an example. "If there were two men standing before you—one whom you loved deeply, the kind of love that reached your very bones, but he didn't love you; and another man who loved you deeply—which one would you choose?"
High God Yufeng fell silent.
With her temperament, she would naturally choose the one she loved, even if he didn't love her.
If she had to spend the rest of her life with a man she didn't love, she probably wouldn't be able to bear it. One day, she would surely explode.
Thinking about it this way, her son's temperament was actually very much like hers.
Emperor Lord Beichen knew that she understood.
"Actually, being able to love someone is happiness in itself."
The most frightening thing was being unable to love someone, or lacking the ability to empathize altogether.
"If that love could reach its utmost depth—if the other person's happiness made you happy—then even if that person chose another man, married, and had children, he could still be considered happy and without regrets."
Unfortunately, the man Yun Hua had chosen was no ordinary person, but the Demon Venerable.
And although the new Demon Venerable of this generation had a somewhat different personality and, like Yun Hua, enjoyed roaming about and indulging in fun,