As for Nezha, he had no plans to visit Li Jing. Meeting face to face would only be awkward for both of them. Although Nezha's feelings toward Li Jing had changed significantly, it was simply impossible for him to call someone "father" now.
Li Jing too had learned from his wife about Nezha's return. His emotions were indescribable—complex and conflicted, to say the least.
He hoped Nezha would come, yet he didn't know how to face him if he truly did. Perhaps this was the helplessness of middle-aged men. Deep down, he felt some regret, guilty over his coldness and suspicion in the past. But he would never express it.
Sitting atop a distant high slope after just vanquishing the enemy, Li Jing gazed far off in the direction of the Deng family's stronghold.
After handling matters of the military, Jinzha and Mu Zha, the two brothers, glanced at Li Jing but refrained from saying anything to mediate the tension between their father and third brother.
