In the Rain

Ju Zi snapped out of her daze; she had just finished reading the entire diary.

Her face was expressionless, but her fingers were trembling slightly, and she felt a complex mix of emotions that were hard to describe.

She saw her own name, Xu Yunhan's name, and Lin Ye's assessment of their fate.

She made no attempt to defend herself when she was described as the one "plotting privately," because it was indeed the truth.

She never regretted Ju Zi actions. From the moment she used that method to conceive Huo Yuhao's child, she was prepared to bear all the consequences.

But she didn't expect that the most hurtful thing in the diary wasn't the evaluation of her, but the evaluation of Huo Yuhao.

"Estrangement"

"Disassociate"

"Watching coldly"

Every word struck her heart precisely.

When my future self made that decision, deep down I harbored a sliver of hope that Huo Yuhao might react in a slightly different way after learning the truth.

After all, he was such a gentle person, and he was so kind to everyone around him.

But Huo Yuhao in the future provided the answer through his actions.

He denies it.

A bitter smile curved at the corners of Ju Zi's lips as she looked up at the dark night sky outside the window.

She suddenly felt a little sorry for Yunhan, for the unborn child.

She gave him life, but she couldn't give him a father.

She had considered that Huo Yuhao might be angry, furious, and completely break off with her, but she could bear it all.

What she didn't expect was that Huo Yuhao would even turn a blind eye to the child, who was his own flesh and blood, his own son.

"Huo Yuhao..."

She murmured the name softly, her voice as light as a sigh, "You can hate me for a lifetime, I don't care, but Yunhan..."

She didn't finish her sentence because tears were already streaming down her cheeks.

She never regretted her choice, but she began to wonder if her initial decision had been cruel to Yunhan.

To delve deeper, Huo Yuhao's attitude towards Xu Yunhan actually reveals a deep flaw in his character: he possesses a selective empathy at his core.

He can be completely open and honest with those he wants to empathize with, such as his teammates, the girl he likes, and the Soul Beast in the Spirit Pagoda, even at the cost of his own life.

But for those he excluded from his "one of his own" circle, his indifference was chilling.

Although Xu Yunhan shared his blood, because the child's mother was Ju Zi, and Ju Zi had already been categorized as an "enemy" or "schemer" in his mind, he excluded the child from his empathy as well.

He subconsciously regarded Xu Yunhan as part of the Ju Zi Conspiracy, rather than as an independent, innocent life.

How is this way of thinking different from Dai Hao's back then? Didn't Dai Hao exclude Huo Yuhao from the category of "his own child" because he was unaware of Huo Yuhao's existence?

The only difference is that Dai Hao's lack of knowledge was unintentional, while Huo Yuhao's rejection was a deliberate choice.

After learning the truth, Dai Hao crossed that threshold and included Huo Yuhao in the category of "one of his own".

Huo Yuhao knew the truth, but he refused to move on, forever shutting Xu Yunhan out.

So when I say Huo Yuhao is inferior to Dai Hao, it's not just a momentary impulse; it's a genuine feeling.

Dai Hao's mistake was negligence, and negligence can be remedied.

Huo Yuhao's mistake was indifference, and indifference is something that is difficult to make up for.

Because when a negligent person wants to make amends, their heart is warm, while a cold-hearted person has no intention of making amends at all; their heart is cold.

Star Dou Forest, Lake of Life.

The lake water shimmered with a silvery light under the moonlight.

Gu Yuena sat quietly by the lake, her silver eyes scanning every line of Lin Ye's words. Her expression was calm as still water, but in those eyes that had experienced vicissitudes, there were unknown waves surging.

When she learned from Huo Yuhao's diary that he would establish the Spirit Pagoda, she had a very high opinion of Huo Yuhao, and even vaguely regarded him as the hope for peaceful coexistence between humans and Soul Beast.

Ke Lin Ye's analysis allowed her to see another side of this "hope".

Can someone who refuses to acknowledge their own bloodline truly understand the meaning of life?

In her view, bloodline is not a choice, but a responsibility.

You can resent your child's other blood relative, but you shouldn't transfer that resentment onto your child, because half of the blood flowing in your child's veins is exactly the same as your own.

"Huo Yuhao..."

She spoke softly, her voice as cold as moonlight. "You ended the human hunt for Soul Ring, but you couldn't end the indifference in your own heart."

You changed the landscape of the entire continent, yet you couldn't change your attitude towards your bloodline. This is your contradiction, and your tragedy.

The turmoil in her silver eyes gradually subsided, replaced by a faint, scrutinizing calm.

She began to reassess the weight of the name Huo Yuhao. He was still worthy of respect, but his brilliance was no longer as pure as before.

Huo Yuhao later inherited the Godhood of the God of Emotions, and controlled the emotions of all things in the world.

However, he himself showed the most indifferent and emotionally detached attitude when it came to his blood relatives.

What right does a god who is unwilling to even perceive the emotions of his own son have to control the emotions of all living beings?

This is a question that probably only Huo Yuhao himself can answer.

And that answer will most likely not be satisfactory.

Fortunately, Xu Yunhan's fate was not dimmed by Huo Yuhao's absence.

On the contrary, he grew up to be an outstanding person under the care of his mother, Ju Zi, and even surpassed his father in some aspects.

But that's another story.

After Lin Ye stopped writing in his diary, Wang Dong'er, who was in the bed next to him, lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

The diary entries had stopped, but the words were etched into her mind like a brand, impossible to erase.

She kept thinking about the name Xu Yunhan.

Huo Yuhao's son is named Xu Yunhan, and his surname is not Huo.

The choice of this surname itself reveals a lot. Huo Yuhao did not give him the Huo family surname, but instead gave him his mother's surname.

This means that the child is not recognized by the father and is not included in the father's family lineage.

Although the current Wang Dong'er is not the future Tang Wutong.

But he also understood how much criticism a child who was not favored by his family, a child who was not favored by his own father, would suffer during the process of growing from childhood to adulthood.

Huo Yuhao is like that; he has experienced the need to hold an umbrella for others.

But after weathering the storm and seeing the rainbow, he encountered another child who resembled him when he was a child, yet he was unwilling to hold an umbrella for him.