High-level spiritual cleanliness (Part 1)

  When Ye Xiaoxiao and He Xiaoyun finished clearing the table, thinking of their impending separation, their smiles were no longer so natural.

  Locking the door, He Xiaoyun took Ye Xiayu to her old red Volkswagen and bid farewell to Ye Changhu and his "son" with a nod before heading to Luoshui High School.

  This time, she won't be back for a while, because He Xiaoyun still has to visit the veterinary clinic to see Mengmeng, who almost died at Ye Changhu's hands.

  The mother and daughter hurried down to the Pan Mountain Road. Meanwhile, Ye Changhu and his son sat in the police car with their heads bowed in contemplation, the atmosphere inside was so quiet that you could even hear their breathing, it felt somewhat stifling and oppressive.

  It seems that there are some overly sensitive and serious matters that have not been brought up, so they can only be discussed privately between father and son after the woman with limited vision and accustomed to emotional thinking has left.

  At this moment, Ye Cai was thinking about how to respond to her father's question, while Ye Changhu was racking his brains to find a gentle way to bring up that sensitive topic.

  A while later——

  "How was it? Being a girl." Ye Changhu forced a smile.

  "Is that it? I don't feel anything."

  He smiled wryly and hesitated for a moment before Ye Changhu asked seriously: "What do you think now? That future marriage issue."

  Ye Cai shook her head and said, "Nothing has changed, I don't want to get married."

  Ye Changhu's face turned difficult, he hesitated for half a day, and reluctantly advised: "Didn't I explain it to you in detail before? This person is not as dark as you think, most of them are law-abiding citizens, and they are not as unbearable as you think. You, your mother is a very good example."

  Ye Cai rolled her eyes and said in a low voice: "Still have the nerve to mention my mom..."

  He let out a snort of discontent and Ye Changhu explained, "This can't be blamed on Dad, I also wanted to come back and live here, but your mom is too overbearing, you know? Staying in front of her gives me pressure, I'm a man after all."

  Not giving the legendary man any face at all, Ye Cai met him with a disdainful glance and muttered: "A boring excuse."

  Ye Changhu's words were stuck in his throat, and he closed his mouth with a gloomy expression. He looked around, trying to find a new topic, and then suddenly raised his face and said: "Your mother has always been clean and self-disciplined, you've seen it for yourself, right? Isn't this a good partner?"

  "Now that you know, don't you cherish it?" Ye Cai sneered.

  Ye Changhu ate another bun, closed his mouth and held it in for a long time, then said with an air of annoyance: "Don't mention me! This is not the same thing at all. What I want to tell you now is that this person is not as despicable as you think, not as dark and gloomy. Ah? Good and evil, right and wrong, these are just concepts imposed by the objective world, they don't actually exist. Because people's personalities are cultivated in their environment, there is no absolute ugliness or goodness, because people can think, right? As one grows older, everyone will gradually develop their own independent three views (of the world), leading to different ways of dealing with things. Just like those who seem very gentle in your eyes, when they face different kinds of people, they may have different attitudes, do you understand?"

  Ye Cai's face was expressionless, seemingly a bit impatient, and said: "What you said I'm all clear about. Interpreting people's thoughts with fixed concepts is itself an incorrect approach, right? But don't forget, humans inherently have inferior roots, as long as they are given the corresponding conditions and environment, those ugly things will all emerge."

  "Then you're the same too?"

  "That's different!"

  She raised her voice in a huff, let out a delicate shout, then left behind a disdainful glance and sneered: "I'm talking about people, but that doesn't include me..."

  "What are you? Are you not human?" Old Dad still had a playful expression on his face, but with an added hint of disdain.

  He raised his head and opened his eyes wide, but under the other's disdainful attitude, he was even less willing to reveal his identity.

  Without saying another word, her father kept slapping the back of her head, annoyed and said: "You're sick in the head! Who do you think you are? A god? I'm not afraid to tell you that this world is much more complicated than what you know now. You think everyone is like you, indulging in pleasure every day, sleeping with girls and having fun? That's just a small part of people. Listen up, most adults may not have such high and mighty ideals, but they all have burdens and principles, carrying a heavy responsibility on their shoulders. Do you understand what responsibility means?"

  Repeatedly being rejected and blamed, Ye Cai couldn't help but feel annoyed and frustrated. He looked around and suddenly retorted: "Then what about those people who cheat on their spouses, have mistresses or engage in extramarital affairs? Aren't they all successful with great careers and ideals? I think they're all beasts, beasts! On the surface, they wear human skin, but underneath, they're just beasts who only know how to screw around!"

  With a sigh, Ye Changhu said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "Watch TV? How much can you understand about them through TV? Firstly, those who are unfaithful to their marriage, that's not true love. If it were true love, he would feel guilty, do you know? Secondly, like what you said about the couple going around messing around together, most of that is in foreign countries, especially European countries like Italy, their ideas are different from ours, do you know? And some things can't be judged by appearance alone. Have you heard, there are many cases where husbands who can't perform in bed hire high-quality sperm donors to get their wives pregnant? How do you view this?"

  The case that Father spoke of was too complicated, Ye Cai thought that his momentum had weakened a lot. In the end, thinking of that strange man and his wife rolling on the bed, a look of disgust and disdain suddenly appeared on his delicate face, and he cursed: "Bastard, also a bastard, just for the sake of messing around..."

  Dad was also speechless, and after careful consideration, it's indeed possible, at least for the man who was invited to get someone else's wife pregnant, maybe it's a very enjoyable thing for him, he couldn't argue back.

  After sorting out her emotions, Ye Cai pouted with a hint of grievance, her eyes filled with helpless resentment. She muttered stubbornly: "I don't care, I just don't want to get married or sleep with... those men. The thought of possibly breaking up or getting divorced in the future makes me feel like they're filthy and disgusting, simply despicable!"

  Facing the problem of his daughter not wanting to get married, Ye Changhu's heart felt an indescribable heaviness and oppression. As a police officer, he understood that if things continued like this, the consequences would be terrible. At least, he didn't want to see Ye Cai holed up in her room all day playing with herself. After thinking for a moment, he lifted his face and gazed at Ye Cai's blushing face, which was slightly pouting, and smiled warmly with a hint of shyness: "So, do you think... I'm dirty?"

  Ye Cai's body shook suddenly, her small face filled with vigilance and horror. She immediately distanced herself from her father, who had a benevolent expression on his face. Her lips trembled as if she was about to cry, and she weakly pleaded: "Dad, what are you doing? I'm your daughter, Dad! You can't do this! You're my dad...!"

  Ye Cai was indeed very afraid, nervous and even desperate. Her father was so strong while she was so weak. If something like that really happened, she would be powerless to resist.

  With an awkward expression, Ye Changhu avoided eye contact and carefully chose his words. Unintentionally, he caught a glimpse of Ye Cai slowly closing her slender legs together. He couldn't help but shift his gaze to the mysterious area between her legs, staring blankly and blinking for a moment until he faintly heard Ye Cai's soft sobbing and came back to reality. His face turned red as he lifted it up with a forced smile: "Heh-heh, misunderstanding, misunderstanding! You thought wrong... I-I-I, I was asking... In your eyes, is the relationship between me and your mom pure enough?"

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