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It's not that they are inferior to his achievements, but rather to his courage.

He dares to admit it, but you don't.

He dares to make amends, but you don't.

He dares to face the mistakes he has made, while you only dare to hide them and pretend they don't exist.

You say you hate him, but you ended up living a life even worse than him. Does that hatred still have any meaning?

After writing this sentence, Lin Ye put down his pen and let out a long breath.

It was already noon outside the window, the sun was shining brightly, and the aroma of food wafting from the cafeteria seeped in through the window cracks, making his stomach rumble.

Lin Ye stood up, stretched, and his bones cracked a few times.

He went into the cafeteria, ordered a braised pork and vegetables, found a corner to sit down, and ate while thinking about what he had just written.

To be honest, he had no personal grudges against Huo Yuhao. He even admitted that Huo Yuhao was indeed worthy of respect in many ways.

But it is precisely because of this admiration that I am even more disappointed.

A person capable of accomplishing so many great things stumbled on the simplest of tasks.

To be a father, you don't need talent, resources, or a million-year-old spirit ring; all you need is a heart willing to get close.

Huo Yuhao didn't have that heart, or rather, he gave that heart to the whole world, but not to the child who called him father.

Lin Ye stuffed the last piece of braised pork into his mouth, chewed it, swallowed it, and then picked up the bowl and drank the soup as well.

He leaned back in his chair and stared blankly at the chandelier on the cafeteria ceiling for a while.

He was thinking about a question: if one day in the future, Xu Yunhan stood in front of Huo Yuhao and asked him, "Why don't you want me?", how would Huo Yuhao answer?

He thought for a long time and felt that no matter how Huo Yuhao answered, the answer wouldn't be very flattering.

Lin Ye shook his head, stood up, returned the empty bowl to the recycling area, and walked out of the cafeteria.

The sunlight shone on his face, warm and comforting, and he squinted.

……

Shrek Academy, cafeteria.

While Lin Ye was eating, Xiao Xiao on the second floor was idly poking at the rice in her bowl with her chopsticks, her eyes fixed on the copy of her diary in her mind. The rice was almost cold, and she hadn't eaten much.

She read through everything Lin Ye wrote today, and afterwards she felt a tightness in her chest.

It's not the kind of choking feeling that makes you want to cry, but rather the kind of choking feeling that makes you want to say something but don't know what to say.

She actually had a pretty good impression of Huo Yuhao, but Lin Ye told her that this seemingly perfect classmate was a complete bastard when it came to his own son.

It feels like you've been looking up at a tall tower, and suddenly you discover a crack at the base of the tower.

The tower is still the same tower, still inscribed with so many glorious achievements, but you know the crack is there, and every time you see it, you can't help but check if the crack is still there.

Xiao Xiao felt that if she saw Huo Yuhao again in the future, she might not be able to face him as openly as before.

She would think of Xu Yunhan's name, of the child without a father, and of how Huo Yuhao had been so gentle to everyone on the battlefield, yet so cold to his own son.

"Lin Ye is ruthless enough."

Xiao Xiao stuck her chopsticks into her rice, propped her chin on her hand, and muttered to herself, "When praising someone, she can praise them to the heavens, and when scolding them, she can scold them to the depths of the earth. Luckily, Huo Yuhao can't see the diary. If Huo Yuhao could see this diary, he probably wouldn't be able to eat."

Xiao Xiao sighed and decided to stop thinking about it.

She picked up the cooled rice and ate it in big mouthfuls.

Food can still be eaten even when it's cold, and it's never too late to see people clearly.

Chapter 301 Leaving the City Together

At the same time.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Girls' Dormitory.

Orange sat in front of the dressing table, slowly reading through the contents of the diary.

She hadn't done her makeup today; her long hair was casually draped over her shoulders, and she wore no makeup.

She looked beautiful in the mirror, but there was a faint bluish tint under her eyes, indicating that she hadn't slept much last night.

She read every single word Lin Ye wrote.

Regarding how Huo Yuhao will treat Xu Yunhan in the future, regarding how Huo Yuhao will choose to escape in the future, regarding how Huo Yuhao will be worthy of the whole world but unworthy of his own son in the future.

Every word was like a needle, pricking the softest spot in her heart.

The things she does in the future will surely be hated by Huo Yuhao, and she is prepared to be hated by him for the rest of her life.

That's always been her style of doing things. Once she's decided on something, she'll stick to it no matter what the consequences are, and she'll bear them herself.

Using that method to conceive Huo Yuhao's child was the most extreme thing she had ever done in her life, but she didn't regret it.

In the future, she might fall in love with Huo Yuhao, to the point that she would stop at nothing, to the point that she could endure all his resentment and contempt.

But what she didn't expect was that Huo Yuhao even hated the child.

Or rather, it's indifference, an attitude that chills the heart even more than hatred.

Hating someone at least shows that you care; ignoring someone means you don't even care.

Huo Yuhao's attitude towards Xu Yunhan was one of indifference, complete indifference.

He couldn't be bothered to care, couldn't be bothered to acknowledge, couldn't be bothered to appear in front of this child, just as if Xu Yunhan were a blade of grass by the roadside, whom Huo Yuhao saw but pretended not to see.

Orange lowered her head and buried her face in her hands.

She didn't cry; she just felt a dull ache in her chest, like someone was hitting her with a hammer.

In her diary, Lin Ye wrote that when she made that choice in the future, she thought the worst outcome would be that Huo Yuhao would completely break off relations with her and never see her again.

She felt she could accept the outcome; her love was something stolen, so returning it wouldn't hurt.

But she never expected that Huo Yuhao would treat even the children this way.

The break was a break with her; the child hadn't wronged him. But he didn't see it that way.

"Huo Yuhao".

Orange looked up at her haggard face in the mirror, her voice hoarse: "You hate me, I accept that; you'll never forgive me, I accept that! But you shouldn't treat your son like this!"

She took a deep breath, stood up, walked to the window, and drew back the curtains, letting in the blinding sunlight.

She squinted at the sky outside the window and suddenly felt that some things needed to be reconsidered.

……

Lin Ye wrote a long and detailed critique of Huo Yuhao and Dai Hao in his diary, until his head was spinning.

Since it was a rare day off, Lin Ye went to the training ground for a while. He didn't really train properly, but just stretched his muscles and worked up a light sweat.

In the evening, he went back to his dormitory, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, then moved a chair to the window and sat down, watching the sunset gradually darken, not thinking about anything, just spacing out.

Occasionally, taking a moment to relax like this allows me to feel all the muscles in my body slowly unwind.

Even when Wang Dong'er pushed the door open and came in, Lin Ye didn't go to look at her.

Wang Dong'er saw Lin Ye staring blankly by the window, and although she found it strange, she didn't disturb him.

At midnight, the system promptly calculated today's rewards.

Lin Ye leaned against the headboard, his consciousness sinking into his mind to examine the situation.

No critical hit was triggered.

Today's luck is so-so. The system gave me a batch of rare soul tool crafting materials, plus some basic soul power rewards.

Lin Ye was neither disappointed nor excited about the result. Critical hits are something that can't be forced; not getting a critical hit is the norm.

He put the materials away, checked the system interface to make sure he hadn't missed anything, then closed the interface and went to sleep.

I slept without any dreams.

The next morning, Lin Ye was awakened by a knock on the door.

He groggily got out of bed, put on his school uniform, opened the door, and saw Wu Feng leaning against the door frame, impatiently tapping on the door with his fingers.

Standing beside him was Ning Tian, ​​holding a thick textbook in his hands, his expression as calm as ever.

"You're still sleeping in? Aren't you afraid of being late?"

Wu Feng raised an eyebrow: "Hurry up and wash up so we can go together. The cafeteria is almost out of food. If we don't go soon, we won't even be able to get a steamed bun."

Lin Ye yawned and scratched his hair: "You guys go ahead, I'll wash my face and come right away."

"By the time you finish washing your face, the cafeteria ladies will have already closed up shop."

Wu Feng rolled his eyes: "Hurry up, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao have already gone to reserve seats."

Helpless, Lin Ye quickly finished washing up and followed the two downstairs.

The three of them walked through the small paths in the dormitory area and saw in the distance that there were already quite a few people lined up at the entrance of the cafeteria. They were all freshmen and seniors in school uniforms, chatting away.

Upon entering the cafeteria, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao had indeed already taken their seats.

At a long table by the window, Wang Dong'er sat in the innermost part, with a bowl of porridge and a small dish of side dishes in front of her, eating at a leisurely pace.