"Can't you both be a bit more straightforward?" Mirel said irritably, "Eight hundred minds combined, it's exhausting to live like that."
"I don't want to either," Li Zheng smiled wryly, "but it's not like I had a choice."
In the past, he treated everyone with sincerity; if they got along, then they got along; if not, then not. He wouldn't pretend nor enjoy playacting.
But over time, as he met more people, he slowly turned into who he is now.
Sometimes it's not that Li Zheng wants to play mind games with others, but rather others have too many tricks in mind, forcing him to be more cautious.
"Actually, you don't have to put yourself through this," Mirel said quietly, "These Water Blue Star people aren't much related to you. It's okay if you don't concern yourself with them."
Mirel felt that everything Li Zheng did was to improve the Water Blue Stars' odds against the Emotion Storm. To achieve this, Li Zheng took on pressures that shouldn't have been his.
