[ Huaisang was the last person who could be really distracted. He knew that the other man wasn't the type to really let something really go once he had the idea in his head.

He knew this because he's witnessed or heard of Wei Wuxian's actions. So it's frustrating.

He could feel tears well up in his eyes, and he began to rub at them. He was trying to be just mad, but hearing those words frustrated him. ]

I know I'm a terrible friend, but do you think I can forget it so easily? I know I'm not smart or intelligent like you are...

[ He felt his tears dry for a moment. ]

Wei-xiong, I have something to say to you, so listen closely. For a long time I was alone. After my brother died, and you were gone...my world was thrown into turmoil. I couldn't trust anyone. I didn't even know why I was even alive.

Everything changed then. I stopped caring about people as I saw what the cultivation world was capable of.

I only became capable of hiding that I could think at all. By the time you had returned, things between us had changed so much. We saw the end of a man who had grown so power hungry he would stop at nothing to cut down whoever got in his way. But I couldn't even say that I missed you, but now...