Looking into Baleful Shadow's puzzled eyes, Chen Changsheng said, "The fact that you don't understand means you haven't truly grown up yet."
"When many people are young, they all want to grow up quickly."
"But once they grow up, they come to hate that feeling."
"Part of the reason, naturally, is that they have lost the protection of the elders in their family."
"But another part is that they must face the elders who once sheltered them."
"The hurdle of conscience and filial piety is one they will always find hard to cross."
Hearing this answer, Baleful Shadow asked in confusion, "Sir, filial piety comes first among all virtues. Isn't having filial devotion a good thing?"
"Of course filial devotion is a good thing, but when facing reality, it may not necessarily be a good thing."
"Suppose you are now the overlord of a region, and sitting at this table with you, dividing up the cake, is an elder who loved you dearly when you were young."
"Then tell me, would the decisions you make take his wishes into consideration?"
At those words, Baleful Shadow hesitated before saying, "If I truly faced such a situation, I could only compensate him afterward."
"Because if I stood in such a high position, every move I made would affect many people."
"I cannot betray those behind me for the sake of personal feelings."
"Well said. Then what if this elder's kindness toward you was as weighty as a mountain? To put it bluntly, without him, there would be no you as you are today."
"Faced with such a person, could you still disregard his wishes?"
Chen Changsheng added another condition, but Baleful Shadow could not immediately give an answer.
Seeing Baleful Shadow's hesitation, Chen Changsheng said with a smile, "See? You would hesitate