Chapter 1196: Chapter 1200: Just Let Yourself Go Chapter 1196: Chapter 1200: Just Let Yourself Go Phoenix comforted Li Zhiqian as if consoling a child.

Xia Yangyang stood at the doorway, witnessing the scene inside.

Her emotions were truly complex.

There is always a source to the good and evil in this world.

Li Zhiqian had grown up in hatred, remembering that period of resentment in such an extreme way.

When his world turned dark and his soul twisted,
he was suddenly told that the hatred never actually existed.

Everything disintegrated into ashes.

That itself was a form of cruelty.

People themselves rely on a belief, whether the belief is good or evil.

Xia Yangyang felt it was all absurd.

Li Zhiqian was hateful but also pitiful.

After all, Li Zhiqian had killed Ah Zhan, had killed his own brother.

He had turned Phoenix into what he was now.

He couldn’t be forgiven.

In the end, Xia Yangyang still did not enter.

No one could redeem Li Zhiqian, nor should he be redeemed.

But where does the root of this mistake lie?

Perhaps only Heaven knows.

Xia Yangyang sighed.

As she turned around, Gu Qichen was right behind her.

Gu Qichen said, “Don’t think too much, if you empathize with everything, you’ll become depressed. The world is like this, kind people are closer to suffering, you don’t need to carry the burden of others’ karma.”

Xia Yangyang didn’t say anything.

Gu Qichen, holding Xia Yangyang’s hand, suggested, “Let’s go for a walk on the beach.”

It was already very late.

Two in the morning.

But sleep was out of the question tonight.

After so many events had unfolded.

Xia Yangyang also wanted to clear her mind.

The scenery at Island Lake was still beautiful.

The sand here was soft and fine.

Stepping on it was like stepping into a pile of snowflakes.

Xia Yangyang took off her shoes and socks.

The fine sand spilled out from between her toes, like countless little brushes.

The April wind was crisp and cold.

But due to its unique geographical location, the temperature here was always much higher than the surrounding area.

The night wind wasn’t cold; it carried a moist stickiness, blowing on one’s face like a pair of hands, gently caressing your face.

The waves periodically rushed onto the beach,
leaving behind clusters of foam before hastily retreating.

Taking with them all traces that were once on the sand.

Xia Yangyang remarked, “If life could be like these waters, smoothing over all the unpleasantness, restoring everything as if nothing had ever happened, how wonderful that would be.”

Xia Yangyang truly felt more and more distressed the more she thought.

Now her mind was flooded with memories from her time in the United States.

The things Li Zhiqian did to take care of her.

Especially when Xia Ye was born.

Without Li Zhiqian, Xia Yangyang would never have been able to safely give birth to Xia Ye.

Li Zhiqian had hands that could manipulate the forces of nature.

It didn’t seem like much on a daily basis,
but when it mattered most, he always provided comfort.

And during that time in the United States, Li Zhiqian had genuinely taken great care of her.

This had given Xia Yangyang the feeling of having an older brother.

All along, Xia Yangyang was grateful for being taken care of.

But in the end, things had turned out as they were now.

Gu Qichen tightened his grip on Xia Yangyang’s hand.

Then he said, “That’s life, you can’t guess what will happen the next second. It’s impossible to define good and bad people; the worst villain can show tenderness to their family. There are no completely bad people in this world, nor completely good people. This is probably the last bit of kindness and malice left by Heaven. But don’t think too much about it, because you’ll never fully understand, nor will you ever be able to predict. Human nature is the hardest thing to explore in this world. Sometimes, it’s better to be a bit confused and let yourself off the hook.”