#659 - I'm doing this for you.
The person can stay, but the child absolutely cannot be born.
When Wei Zhaohai threatened to "sever ties between grandfather and grandson", Wei Changtian knew that his attitude would not change no matter what.
The smile on his face slowly faded, and he lowered his head in silence for a long while before slowly asking:
“Grandpa, you went to find Liu Shi before coming here, right?”
“Yes.” Wei Zhaohai did not hide it.
Wei Changtian didn't say yes or no, shook his head, sat down, and continued eating.
Wei Zhaohai looked at him, hesitated for a long time, and ultimately didn't try to persuade him further, only sighing softly.
“Ah, Changtian.”
“I'm doing this for your own good, and even more so for the future of the Wei family.”
“...”
I'm doing this for your own good.
In his previous life, this sentence often came from the mouths of parents, elders, superiors, and even friends.
Similar phrases included “You're still too young” and “You'll understand in the future”.
These words sound well-intentioned on the surface, but the person being lectured often feels uncomfortable.
Because they all imply a logic—
I'm doing this for your own good, so you have to listen to me.
Clearly, this logic doesn't hold up.
After all, everyone has different experiences and different ways of handling problems, so it's hard to say who is right and who is wrong.
Therefore, "I'm doing this for your own good" is often just a form of emotional blackmail.
But at this moment, although Wei Zhaohai was using familial affection to "threaten" Wei Changtian, if viewed from a third-party perspective, he was undoubtedly on the "correct" side.
He could even accept a demoness like Yang Liushi marrying into the Wei family, which was already a concession that most people could not make.
As for the matter of having children...
Why is it that in this vast world, no place tolerates marriage between humans and demons?
Why is "Demons are unforgivable" almost written into the laws of every dynasty?
Why do humans harbor such strong and unwavering animosity towards the demon race?
Undoubtedly, the conflict between humans and demons in this world is more irreconcilable than any form of racial discrimination in his previous life.
And is the reason simply because "Those not of our race must have different intentions"?
Or is it because some demon beasts often commit atrocities like "eating people" before transforming?
The above are certainly some of the reasons.
But they are not the most crucial issue.
The real reason why humans and demons can never achieve "Great Harmony" lies in the matter of "having children".
As long as a human and a demon have offspring, whether the male is a demon or the female is a demon, their descendants will definitely be demons.
And they are demons who are born transformed.
Like Li Wutong.
She is actually a deer demon, but she never went through the process of transformation, but was born into the world directly as a human infant and grew up little by little.
In this case, unless you deliberately examine her carefully, it is impossible to detect that she is a demoness.
After all, even Li Wutong herself always thought she was human until Yu Pingjun revealed the truth, and she realized why she had always been slightly different from others since she was a child.
To put it more bluntly.
If not for Yu Pingjun, perhaps Li Wutong would have only realized her true identity after a very, very long time.
And by then, she would most likely have already married and had children...
Speaking of this, it doesn't seem scary.
After all, what if she is essentially a demon?
Anyway, they all look like humans, and the transformed demons are not inferior to humans in terms of intelligence, so it's fine to treat them as humans.
As long as they don't mess around, presumably everyone won't mind living with the demon race.
Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like a big deal.
But if you expand the scope and lengthen the time frame.
If one day, humans really "fully open up" the bottom line of marriage between humans and demons, then the number of demons will undoubtedly begin to increase exponentially, until one day...
Completely replace humans.
That's right, completely replace humans.
By then, this world will only be left with transformed demons, and the last human will become extinct because they cannot find another opposite-sex human to marry.
Clearly, the human leaders have long realized this.
Therefore, in order to prevent all of this from happening, they cannot allow any loopholes.
Whether you are the Son of Heaven of a country or an ordinary person, whether you are a top expert or a village farmer, you may be able to cooperate with the demon race, you may be able to become friends with the demon race, or you may even be able to secretly fall in love.
But having offspring is absolutely not allowed.
Like "environmental protection" in his previous life, this is a rare absolute consensus that all humans can reach, regardless of country, religion, region, or gender.
To put it more broadly, this is even a responsibility that everyone should bear for the continuation of the race.
Of course, Wei Changtian understood this, so he didn't say things like "I don't care about these things, I only know that Liu Shi is my woman" like those web novel protagonists in his previous life.
But on the other hand, he could also understand Yang Liushi's feelings.
That kind of painful feeling of not being able to be a mother in this lifetime.
Therefore, Wei Changtian did not answer Wei Zhaohai just now.
As for what answer he would give in the future... Wei Changtian didn't know at the moment.
After all, this time the problem was not caused by a certain person or a certain force, and he could just solve the other party and be done with it.
This time, if he insisted on "going his own way", it would really be "fighting the whole world for you".
After silently finishing breakfast, he went to the south of the city to see off Zuo Huiyu and the other two.
There was nothing to say about the process, except that Li Huaizhong wanted to return the life-saving iron piece that Wei Changtian gave him before entering the teleportation array, but Wei Changtian didn't want it, but gave it to him as a thank you gift for the trip to Bailingshan.
No matter what, the old eunuch had put in a lot of effort on this trip.
Although the two had stood on opposite sides because of Ning Yongnian before, even if they couldn't be considered "burying the hatchet", their relationship had eased a lot.
“Da da da.”
As the sound of horses' hooves faded away, the three carriages quickly disappeared into the morning mist outside the city.
Wei Zhaohai said that he was going to continue interrogating Yan Huanwen, so he took the first step to the Xing Prison.
Wei Changtian stood there for a while longer before taking a carriage to the secluded courtyard where Yang Liushi and Liang Qin were temporarily staying.
“Young Master Wei, Madam Liang went to the military camp early in the morning, and Madam Yang is still in the house.”
The Shu soldier acting as the gatekeeper stood straight: “Do you want this humble one to inform her first?”
“No need, I'll go find her myself.”
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian walked through the front yard alone, and after bypassing a section of the corridor, he quickly stood outside a side room.
“...”
Looking at the closed door, he raised his hand, but didn't knock.
Wei Changtian hesitated for a long time, and finally retracted his hand, silently turned around, and walked back the way he came.
Perhaps it was because his injuries had not healed, his steps were a little heavy, and his figure was blurred in the morning mist, adding to the desolation.
At this time, in the side room, Yang Liushi was actually standing behind the door that was never knocked on.
She was also reaching out her hand, seemingly wanting to open the door.
However, until Wei Changtian's figure completely disappeared, this wooden door was never opened.
The distance between people may be like this.
Sometimes extremely close, sometimes infinitely far.
