Hua Lihan lost consciousness later than Gu Lianghan.
He saw that beam of light and finally accepted reality.
Chang Le's energy influences the world and has long since affected the Hua family.
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Starting with Hua Lihan's great-great-grandfather, the Hua family shifted its focus from healing to offensive capabilities, transforming from a clan into a strict corporate structure.
Every child born into this world must demonstrate their value to remain, occupying a position commensurate with their abilities, and contributing to the construction of this skyscraper.
Children who lack ability will leave their families after reaching adulthood and seek their own way. Whether they succeed or not is unrelated to their families.
The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, is a creed upheld by all families of the same lineage during the era of natural disasters, for the sake of long-term survival. This is not a problem with the Hua family; the Hua family is simply one that puts it into practice.
Hua Lihan is also an illegitimate child, and he was abandoned in his childhood, but was found and taken back after his talent was discovered.
My mother left almost no trace in my memory; my father was more like an examiner than an examiner; the family was a palace, and reaching the top was the expectation of everyone around me.
Hua Lihan didn't care about that position, but his Miss Peony was certain that he could be exceptionally talented.
Wei Zi, that pampered young lady, reached out her hand to an abandoned stray dog in the freezing snow, doing the only rebellious thing she ever did. Hua Lihan remembered her face and her warmth.
From that moment on, Hua Lihan knew that she only cared about Wei Zi.
Family is a support, official position and power are responsibilities, only Wei Zi is happiness.
Even with their child, Hua Lihan didn't have much deep affection for him.
He also saw himself as an examiner, scrutinizing his own children.
Including Chang Le, who was adopted twice, Hua Chang Le.
In Hua Lihan's eyes, she was a child burdened with a secret and possessing exceptional abilities. However, she did not belong to the Hua family, so his responsibility was simply to provide her with various necessities. If she were to eventually form a bond with the Hua family, Hua Lihan's attitude towards her would become even harsher.
However, that child was like a wildflower that didn't belong to the Hua family but was planted there, growing up stumbling and bumping along in the Hua family's soil.
At least, Hua Lihan sensed Chang Le's unease and loneliness more clearly than the truly naive Wei Zi and those less perceptive kids.
The loneliness of being isolated from the world during the first adoption, and the unease when facing Azi's gentleness.
The decision to send her back brought a devastating sense of being abandoned by the world once again.
During her second adoption, she forced herself not to think about the Long family and demanded of herself, almost harshly, to become the perfect heiress, behind which lay utter sorrow.
Hua Lihan saw things more clearly than anyone else, but he didn't feel the need to offer any guidance.
Isn't this my own business?
Only those who can survive on their own can withstand the storms of life.
So even though this child broke down and begged him for the first time, and even though he knew this might ruin this promising talent, he still agreed to the district's prudent plan, allowing Zhou Liang to alter her memories and leave her in the less suitable soil of the Hua family.
It's nothing more than hatred and hostility. If they win, it's the Hua family's good fortune; if they lose, it's the Hua family's fate.
However, things didn't go as planned.
Chang Le's collapse was expected, and it was a stroke of luck that he survived. But when he woke up, he was greeted by an unprecedentedly vibrant and radiant scene, which caught everyone off guard.
Hua Lihan knew that it was yet another personality he had never seen before, a ticking time bomb.
When he returned home that day, he wanted to assess the level of threat Chang Le posed and report to the regional office. But when he got back, he was greeted by a pair of bright, clear eyes filled with no resentment, who called him "Dad."
Hua Lihan felt that the situation was beyond his imagination, and he knew that it was ultimately an illusion. However, just as he would not help Chang Le, he would not restrict her in any way beyond the requirements of the region.
In this cage-like land, don't stick your head out; you can grow freely.
But when did the cage begin to be shaken by a single flower?
Chang Le regaining her memories, leaving the Hua family, and taking control of the Dragon Sect were all things that Hua Lihan had anticipated. Her willingness to negotiate was also the best option.
But when the old ruins of the northern border suddenly erupted into chaos, the Dragon Emperor Fu Guang's experience was repeated, but history did not repeat itself.
Anning, the most capable daughter, came to inform her that she would receive support in the name of Feng Huo Tang and the academy.
The youngest son, who was always arrogant and dependent on his status and only knew how to read his father's face, said that he had decided to support his sister;
For the first time, his most vulnerable yet most perceptive adopted son dared to utter the word "decision" to him.
The third son, who best embodies the Hua family's personality, the second son, who is always rebellious, and even the eldest son, who always knows what he wants and what he should do, subtly reveal his selfishness.
Even Ah Zi, after doing the rebellious thing of saving him when she was young, made a plea to her family forty years later.
You should know that in her entire life, Azi listened to her father and brothers before she got married, and she never contradicted him after she got married.
Ah Zi was raised to have such a personality. Hua Lihan never intended for Miss Peony to lack a sense of self, but it was too late to correct it. In the end, he would still consider Ah Zi.
But this person, who had been accustomed to this for over fifty years, actually did something that was completely against the rules at this age.
Hua Lihan saw the same thing on their faces, called...
— Guilt.
Hua Lihan was surprised:
"I didn't even realize that she had used this ethereal and fragile emotion to entangle everyone in the Hua family except me. Even Azi stood firmly on her side."
Zhou Liang saw it more clearly than him:
"Sir, you were actually inside as well."
"Me? Me, such a cold-hearted person?" Hua Lihan had always known how cold-hearted he was. Meeting A Zi had probably exhausted all his luck and emotions.
“No, sir.” Zhou Liang looked at the patriarch who had grown up with him. “I want to ask you a question. If it were necessary to kill Miss Chang Le, would you be willing to do it now?”
Hua Lihan fell silent.
At that moment, the answer in his heart was not a straightforward yes, but rather:
“If it is necessary to kill her, I agree, but I do not want to do it myself.”
Zhou Liang smiled: "So, sir, you're also caught in her trap. You're not heartless after all."
Hua Lihan frowned.
Even now, seeing Chang Le stir up trouble with her different identities, and seeing her ultimately become a unique existence.
Hua Lihan had to admit that what he considered his weakest point—emotion—had become Chang Le's most ingenious means of revenge against the Hua family. For at least the next hundred years, the fate of the Hua family would be inextricably linked to her.
The Hua family imprisoned her for years, but she controlled the Hua family for a century.
That wildflower pried open the cage.
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Wildflowers, vibrant and untamed, struggle wildly within their cage.
Even in failure and decay, new life can be nurtured to break free of its cage.
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Now, that beam of light has successfully opened the window to a new world, and the cage of this world has been broken by her.
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