Chapter 705: Everyone Has Their Own Stance and Choices

Ye Jinyan looked at Bai Haoxue with guilt, "Haoxue, actually I owe you an apology.""..."

Bai Haoxue paused for a long while, unsure of what to say.

Back then, Ye Jinyan indeed did a lot of things to instigate and persuade her to separate from Ji Hanyu, and he defamed Ji Hanyu countless times.

But Bai Haoxue isn’t an unreasonable person who shirks responsibility; the main blame and mistake still lie with her.

She didn’t give Ji Hanyu her complete trust.

If she had completely trusted Ji Hanyu, no matter what Ye Jinyan said or did, she would have still believed in Ji Hanyu.

But she didn’t...

And Ye Jinyan, he was actually innocent, he was also a victim.

He was controlled by her father, and he had no choice.

He said he was selfish and loved himself more.

He said he clung to life and feared pain.

But... who doesn’t fear death?

Who isn’t selfish, who doesn’t love themselves?

From Ye Jinyan’s perspective, he did nothing wrong, he was just protecting himself.

He chose to compromise with her father to protect himself, she had no right to say otherwise.

Yet she indeed got hurt because of Ye Jinyan.

This kind of harm, more than anything, was a psychological and emotional torment from being hurt and betrayed by her own family and her most trusted people.

Ye Jinyan had his hardships for the things he did, but she was the one to bear the consequences, the victim.

The pain she suffered back then was real_ separating from Ji Hanyu, her child dying, discovering Ye Jinyan’s true nature, she died.

During those times, her heartbreak, her sadness, her disbelief yet forced to believe, her pain, her despair, her breakdown, her regret, her rebirth from the ashes.

All her emotions were real, they were the path her heart took throughout the events of those years.

Bai Haoxue paused for a long time, then looked at Ye Jinyan and slowly said, "Ye Jinyan, I accept your apology.

I’m a person who distinguishes clearly between love and hate, and I initially intended to seek revenge against you, but fortunately, I haven’t taken action...

In this matter, you have your position, your choices, I’m not qualified to judge.

But I am the victim, I can bear your apology.

The harm I suffered, all that I have been through, your apology alone cannot wipe it away. But what I experienced and endured wasn’t solely your fault; I had greater faults.

By accepting your apology, it means I no longer hate you, no longer see you as an enemy, and nothing more.

You also don’t need to feel guilty toward me anymore; from your standpoint, you did no wrong."

Ye Jinyan gave a faint laugh, both relieved and a little bitter.

At this moment, Ji Hanyu beside him asked, "Over these years, when your Heart Devouring Gu flared up, did you use any palliative medicine? If so, was it given by Number Three or Bai Xiang?"

"No," Ye Jinyan said, "You suspected long ago that Haoxue’s father wasn’t dead, didn’t you?

Although he was shot by Number Three at that time, Number Three said he had control, that the shot wasn’t lethal.

The ship exploded and Number Three survived, so I guessed Bai Xiang was still alive too.

However, all these years, I’ve never seen him..."

When the Heart Devouring Gu flared, he endured it alone, and over time, he got used to it somehow.

Moreover, sometimes, that heart-devouring pain could clear his mind, provide him with encouragement.

And reminded him how weak, useless, and selfish he was...