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The moment Fang Jin saw Lu Jiatang, he really did lose his mind. But Si You's smile was like a steel bar piercing through his skull, instantly waking him up.

Si You had not actually taught Fang Jin what he should do, but his appearance had blown away the clouds that had gathered in Fang Jin's heart for so long.

Before dying, his enemy had laid the cruelest curse upon Fang Jin: "I've already molded you into a monster. You'll never fit in with the crowd for the rest of your life. Do you think you've gotten your revenge? Fang Jin, you're finished..."

At the time, Fang Jin had watched his enemy close his eyes with a sneer. He should not have believed those words, but everything that happened afterward seemed to prove them true. He was a monster.

Fang Jin scorned everyone's avoidance of him while also sinking into deep self-doubt.

That kind of agonizing tug-of-war would drive any normal person mad, yet Fang Jin had endured it quietly for years. He had already given up when Si You suddenly appeared at the opening of the skylight above, somewhere Fang Jin could see just by raising his head. Looking down at him trapped in the mire, Si You calmly said, "See the vines and rocks beside you? Climb out. Once you climb out, you'll be fine."

Fang Jin could not stop himself from wanting to try. Si You had said not to hand his choices over to others, so Fang Jin would keep them in his own hands.

So, for the first time, Fang Jin avoided his instinctive urge to pursue Lu Jiatang.

It was only after he truly took that step that he suddenly realized how meaningless his desperate clinging had been...

Fang Jin let out a heavy