Partially Edited Chapter - Rubble0

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When she was eleven, and he found her for the first time, he had held her tight and promised to spend the rest of his life making up for his absence in her early life. He swore that she would never lose him again.0

He had failed.0

Before returning to the God Realm, he had promised her that he would return to her side as soon as everything was over. He swore he would protect her for the rest of his life and never leave her side again.0

He had never returned.0

After he became Emperor Yun, with a heart full of regret, in a voice that would brook no dissent even from himself, he promised that he would never leave her or allow anyone to hurt her anymore.0

But…0

Again and again, he had hurt the people he did not want to hurt the most.0

A while later, she withheld her sobs and looked straight at him. She declared, “You don’t get to decide if you’re a good father or not. I do.” 0

Yun Che: “...”0

“I can discount all of your earlier promises.” Her gaze pierced through her tears and warmed Yun Che’s eyes. “But this time… this time… you must come back safe and whole.”0

“No matter how hard it might be… no matter how long it takes… you must come back.”0

She was already doing her utmost to suppress her tears, and still they continued to slide down her cheeks like pearls. She could not and would not imagine what might happen to her father...0