DNDAS

Chapter 58: Emotions

Fu Li wasn't in very high spirits when he walked out of the toilet to a quiet path on campus. He didn't feel like talking.

There were many gingko trees lining the path. Leaves dropped with a rustle the moment a breeze arose. Zhuang Qing looked at the leaf on Fu Li's head. He endured it for a very long time, but still removed the leaf.

Fu Li turned his head, looking back at him. There was a hint of curiosity in his bewildered gaze. His desire to ask questions was written all over his face.

"What do you want to say?" Fiddling with the gingko leaf in his hands, Zhuang Qing sighed. "Be direct."

"Don't humans place a lot of importance on love? Then why are they so merciless in the things they do?" Fu Li asked quietly. "There was a resentment-gathering formation in that building. That ghost's love deliberately killed those students so they would become vengeful ghosts and hate that earthbound spirit who committed suicide, right?"

Fu Li just couldn't make sense of this. Even if they no longer loved each other, both of them were already separated by yin and yang, why did he refuse to even let a ghost off?

"Because he knew he was in the wrong. That was why he felt guilt and fear. When guilt and fear exceeds a critical level, he will attempt to destroy the source of guilt," Zhuang Qing had lived for nearly two thousand years in the human world and had seen much of human ugliness and kindness. Therefore, no matter what the outcome was, he could always calmly face it. "Just like someone who owes a debt – when the debt is too large for one to repay, they will have thoughts of making the creditor vanish. This is the human heart."

"Don't debts have to be repaid?" Fu Li didn't understand. "In the same way cultivators like you and I have to repay negative karma..."

"You still don't understand? Humans are more complex than yao," Zhuang Qing gazed at Fu Li. "So don't rashly believe the words spoken by humans. Even if the words said at that time were true, it doesn't mean it will remain true your entire life. The human heart is very fickle."

Fu Li's head drooped as he thought of his pet. His pet had beautiful handwriting, knew how to tell stories, and his grilled meat was much tastier than King Ganglie's. He asked softly, "Not all humans are like that, right?"

Faced with Fu Li's expectant gaze, Zhuang Qing had no choice but to nod. "En."

After leaving campus, Zhuang Qing noticed that he wasn't in high spirits and thus said, "Let's go, I'll bring you to a place."

"Where?" Fu Li followed Zhuang Qing into the car.

"Didn't you want to know the thoughts of that earthbound spirit's ex-boyfriend?" Zhuang Qing buckled his seatbelt. "I'll take you to see him." So that he wouldn't blindly show kindness all day long thinking that everyone was a good person.

After Luo Pingwei was brought back by the team investigating the case, there was a time when he even feigned calm. Until the criminal psychology expert exposed his lies and the police found strong evidence at his house. Only then did he confess the process of his crimes as well as his motive.

Twenty years ago, society was not tolerant of homosexual relationships, which was why it was possible for people to commit suicide when they were unable to withstand rumors. Now, this man had committed such cruel acts for the sake of his deceased lover. His crime could not be forgiven, but it still caused those with more empathy to harbor some sympathy towards him.

"Many vicious criminals appear pardonable when they wear a layer of love and affection," Peng Hang had finished reading the case records and was opening a cup of instant noodles while cursing. "Bastards, all of them. If there was really love in his heart, there was no way he would have laid hands on those innocent students."