What was so good about online dating? You could know someone's face but not their heart," Li Shentan cautioned. "What if they learned your true identity and decided to harm you?"
Yi muttered softly:
"I just won't let them find out. Some people guessed that I'm an Artificial Intelligence, so I had Qing Chen help me meet them in person."
Qing Chen was speechless. So Yi had asked him to help with the in-person meetings because Li Changqing and Qing Shi had suspected Yi's identity?
No, that had to be the excuse Yi came up with in front of Li Shentan. Li Shentan said, "What's so good about love? Of all things in this world, love hurts people the most. Once you fall into it, you stop caring about everything else. You might even take the initiative to reveal your identity to the other person."
Qing Chen understood now. Li Shentan's ban on Yi's online dating ultimately came from his fear that Yi would be deceived and hurt by humans.
This kind of restraint was like the excessive protectiveness of an elder at home.
Yi said, "You've been asleep all this time, and the prisoners in the prison aren't any fun. I just wanted to make friends with some young ladies. What did I do wrong? No one here can even talk to me." Li Shentan clearly fell into deep thought. In truth, he knew that Yi was too lonely.
That loneliness made him, as her uncle, feel heartache too. But what could he do? He also wanted Yi to experience human happiness. Love was dangerous, but it was also beautiful enough.
Li Shentan had watched Yi grow up, so naturally he did not want her life to be incomplete.
Yi continued, "Besides, look at Qing Chen. He doesn't care