If Li Wei's complete self had been here at this moment, he might have first taken the shortest possible time to find out exactly what had happened before he arrived, what taboo Aili had violated, and whether there was a way to secure the best outcome with the least risk.
But the one standing here right now was precisely Li Wei's most paranoid, chaotic, and wicked side.
As the saying went, thoughts determined actions, actions determined habits, habits determined character, and character determined fate. A chain linking one fragment of fate after another formed an utterly different life.
If parallel worlds existed, the life carved out by Li Weier's personality might not have been the most glorious, but it would absolutely have been the most overbearing, savage, and unreasonable!
Why the hell would Li Weier care about all that?
So what if I side with my own and not with reason?
So what if I protect my own cub?
Today, I'm taking this black-hearted little thornmail Aili with me. Let's see who has the guts to stop me.
If you've got the balls, come chop me! Let's cross blades face-to-face!
Besides, in Li Wei's memories, although Aili had been mischievous since childhood and constantly caused trouble everywhere, under his stick-based education, this little demon had at least carved his bottom line into her muscle memory. In all these decades, she had never proactively committed any vicious act of harming others without cause. She had even once tucked her tail between her legs under his punishment while Huozi led her door to door to apologize and pay compensation.
Eventually, a group of anglers had actually appeared who deliberately lured Aili into "smashing up their establishments," hoping to get rich off the compensation. Only after the "city management officers" led by Rayne