Rebirth: I am the boss uncle

Chapter 668 A Tribute to Freedom, A Tribute to the Future! 6

Seeing that the old principal couldn't answer his question, Ye Youxuan gave a sarcastic smirk and looked down at the people below again.

His dark, shining pupils reflected the campus life he longed for most.

Yes, that's right! That's the life he/she wants most!

Ye Youxuan... his eyes were sore and he could barely keep them open.

Ye Youxuan shook her head sadly, closed her eyes tightly, then opened them, tears welling up but stubbornly refusing to fall.

Ye Youxuan didn't turn around, afraid that people would see his tears, but his tightly clenched hands and slightly trembling body betrayed him.

The old headmaster was startled. He knew from Old Master Feng about the child Feng Yu'an favored. He had practically forced Feng Yu'an to stay by his side. To keep him within his safe zone, he had even gone so far as to unite with several other powerful families, using their influence to create what they considered a global... "safety net"...

But the safe house they built in the name of protection is a cage in the eyes of this child.

It imprisoned his freedom! It imprisoned his dreams! It imprisoned... his soul...

Tears welled up in her eyes and finally spilled out. Ye Youxuan raised her hand expressionlessly and wiped away the warm tears on her cheeks.

He hated her! How could she not hate him!

She hated it! He hated everyone!!!

All...all...

She hates the Yin family!

She resented the wonderful image created for her by the Yin family, which made her believe that this was what family was all about, and therefore she couldn't integrate into the Ye family.

He resented that the Yin family instilled in him only the ideal world, making him yearn for the free world outside.

He hated the Yin family for raising her to be a normal person, for teaching her loyalty, kindness, mutual help, and respect for elders and love for the young...

So she couldn't just stand by and watch people she could help without helping them; she couldn't... stand idly by... and that's why she ended up like that.

She resented the heavy burden of kinship the Yin family placed on her, making her constantly yearn for home. Even in that cramped, dark basement, she still longed for... the sunlight outside. She refused to yield, determined to go home and once again feel that long-desired warmth.

They taught her to uphold justice and not succumb to darkness. If she had chosen to conform, to obey, and not to harbor any ulterior motives regarding that so-called hope, would she have survived?

She hated that they gave her so much love, yet couldn't protect her. Their love was a shackle; when imprisoned, she wanted to escape, and even after death, her soul still craved their love, refusing to dissipate until she encountered... them who gave her a second life! She hated that even with a second life, she still wanted to strive towards them.

He went to great lengths, giving his all, his hands stained with blood, all for something that could have been unnecessary... a farewell, something that could have been waited for... a belated... truth and justice.

She hates them!

She hated their dereliction of duty, and she hated the hand they extended when she was in despair. She hated their excessive responsibility, and even more so, she hated their compassion.

If it weren't for their dereliction of duty, which allowed the underworld messengers to descend to the mortal realm and wreak havoc, thus altering a destiny that was not originally theirs.

If they had continued to neglect their duties, then Mo Yan wouldn't have come to that place to bring him back and give him a sliver of hope.

He hated that they, though clearly gods of the underworld, possessed the compassionate divinity of celestial beings. They had stayed by his side, patiently mending his life as he faced despair.

He hated them for deceiving him to keep him alive, hated them... for giving him a second life... hated them... for making him stronger. So much so that when they left, despair filled his heart, yet he still wanted to live on as they asked, to see this... beautiful world they spoke of.

She hated Tang Muchen, hated that he was too young and couldn't see the dangers around him, hated that he was too infatuated, and tried every means to cut off his future romantic relationships. She hated that his heart and eyes were only for her. He (Tang Muchen) said that she (Yin Shuyu) owed him a future, and that she would repay it in her next life... by spending a lifetime. He was already indebted to her before things even started.

But she hated him even more for being too smart...

She was his deceased wife, but he was not someone he could marry.

She hated that he wouldn't give her any chance to forget him, and even before leaving, he wanted to use a ghost marriage to deeply imprint his soul in her heart.

He hated the Ye family, hated them for abandoning Ye Youxuan, hated them for their indifference towards Ye Youxuan, hated them for making Ye Youxuan despair, and for giving him the opportunity to take over that body.

He hated Ye Ling, hated Lulu, hated that they were things hidden deep in his heart, hated that they were a part of his soul, yet at the last moment they forcibly separated from his soul and disappeared into the world, leaving him unable to even say "I'm sorry," or "Don't go."

He hated Feng Yu'an, but... what did he hate about him?

She resented him for taking out his heart's blood when she was on the verge of death, thus becoming her third savior.

She resented his excessive attachment to her feelings.

I hate that he wasn't ruthless enough to me, who didn't love him.

She hates that he could have easily subdued her with ruthless means, but instead she tries to win him over with love.

She resented him for forcibly keeping her by his side while simultaneously coveting her love.

He hated his close friends, hated them for being as crazy as Feng Yu'an, hated them... for becoming a lock on the cage.

He hated himself, hated that he was too soft-hearted, that he had become a deer trapped in a snare—he was before...he is now...and he will be in the future...

But contradictorily, he also hated himself for being ruthless. So ruthless that he would stop at nothing to climb to that position, his hands stained with blood, his surroundings littered with the...bones of enemies and close friends.

He was so heartless that he ignored Ah Huan, Ah Mo... and the love around him.

He hated himself for not being human; wanting to carry on the love from his past life into this one was utterly delusional.

They hate that they're human, unable to see how their lives have changed because of them, so they choose to let go. It's all just pretense.

He hated himself for being too greedy, wanting to take another step after taking one, and hated himself for being too cowardly, not daring to take the next step even though there was only one step left.

He hated himself for having too many thoughts, hated his contradictory nature, hated his promiscuity, and hated that even with another identity, he still longed for Tang Muchen's love. Yet, he also hated himself for being too heartless, unable to accept the focused love he shared with Feng Yu'an.

Hahahahaha

Ah ~

That's fucking ridiculous!!!

It turns out that the root cause of this suffering was myself.

Only now did Ye Youxuan realize that the people he hated most... were actually the ones he loved most...

So... is it love or hate?

He didn't know, but he knew that these people would be deeply imprinted in his heart and soul, and could never be erased.

He doesn't know what the next life will bring, but he knows that his entanglement with them in this life will accompany him.

He was in pain, he was helpless!

But he could not escape the shackles they had placed on him.