After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

"If you want to say that..."

Ye Sanqing pondered for a while, and during this time, Sheng Hanyu got up and went to get some new snacks.

Ye Sanqing didn't ask him what it was; seeing that the packaging was open, he simply picked it up.

"I'm not sure if I understand this feeling, but I think I can sense some of it," Ye Sanqing said after thinking for a while.

"You can put aside understanding for now and just talk about your feelings," Sheng Hanyu advised patiently.

"First of all, I can feel the affection between you and your father," Ye Sanqing said. "Is that why you...reopened it again?"

"Uh." Although Sheng Hanyu wanted to discuss this topic with her, he was surprised that she used herself as an example. But he nodded without hesitation and said, "I do have an obsession with this matter. But it's not something I can do as I please; it's probably related to my special constitution."

"Putting aside the information I know, I can actually sense it from your interactions," Ye Sanqing continued. "You do care about him a lot, or more accurately, you care about each other."

“Yes. I would never let him end up like that again. And his feelings for me are just ordinary…” Sheng Hanyu thought for a moment and changed her words, “I can’t say ordinary, because our family situation is special, and he may rely on me more.”

“So, I can sense this,” Ye Sanqing said. “I’m sorry to use you as an example, but this isn’t all I’ve sensed. I also sensed a little bit about what happened with Yin Junqi before.”

"Go on."

“When I went back to that home for the Lunar New Year, I felt something vaguely. I don’t mean I could feel any affection for my adoptive parents, but the way they treated me really touched me. But I had only been there for a short time then, so I didn’t pay much attention to these things. Now that you mention it, when I think back, I realize that I did have some… experiences I never had.”

"Did you contact them afterward?" Sheng Hanyu asked, having brought up the topic.

He still had some impression of Ye Kening.

“Occasionally, Ye Kening would send me messages, just rambling on and on…” Ye Sanqing smiled and pointed to his phone. “At first, I wasn’t used to it, but I realized that this seemed to be her daily routine, so I didn’t say anything. As for her adoptive parents, they would also occasionally send messages to check on her well-being.”

"Okay." Sheng Hanyu gestured for her to continue with her eyes.

"However, I'm not good at small talk, so my replies are always brief. But I can sense that some people care about me without any particular purpose."

"What about your eldest sister and second brother?" Sheng Hanyu asked again, "You have more contact with them."

“There are many, but my eldest sister made a very deep impression on me at the beginning. I feel that she and I are more like business partners. As for my second brother, I know he takes good care of me, but we mostly talk about business.” Ye Sanqing suddenly glanced at him, “You are also a business partner.”

"..." Sheng Hanyu suddenly felt like he had shot himself in the foot. If Ye Sanqing also categorized him as a family member, things would get complicated.

What, we also need to consider blood relations?

There's no need to consider it, since in reality she has no blood relation to anyone else.

"But I know what you mean, that sometimes blood ties aren't that important. But at the same time, the existence of people like Ye Wanyin makes me very puzzled. There are also some social news stories that make me puzzled."

"Are you talking about those adopted people who have been raised for twenty or thirty years but still insist on finding their own parents?" Sheng Hanyu said. "This doesn't mean they don't have affection for their adoptive parents; sometimes it may just be to fulfill a lingering obsession."

“I understand. I don’t know about the other people’s situations, so I can’t make any conclusions. Ye Wanyin left a deep impression on me. If it’s really possible to cultivate family affection, I’m sure she hasn’t been able to at all.”

“This only shows that there are still people like her in the world,” Sheng Hanyu said earnestly. “It doesn’t mean that family affection can’t be cultivated, it just means that there are cases where cultivation fails.”

“I understand, um…” Ye Sanqing suddenly thought of something, “I saw Atai taking care of Xiaohe. Although I didn’t see it directly, I saw that he was very friendly to those children, and I can understand the situation a little. They are not related by blood.”

“And there are counterexamples,” Sheng Hanyu said, “like Xiaoyuan, who is clearly related by blood but…”

“Okay. Indeed.” At this point, Ye Sanqing understood. “You mean that although they may have used similar methods, the results were not entirely certain.”

If the approach involves exchanging children, there are some children who develop a strong bond with their adoptive parents.

“Yes, that’s why I said Ye Wanyin is in the minority,” Sheng Hanyu finally confirmed.

"I understand." Ye Sanqing suddenly smiled. "Actually, you don't need to act like this."

"What?" Sheng Hanyu immediately realized that she had been too serious just now.

"Well... I feel like you care a lot about how I feel in this regard, why is that?"

"Because your feelings and your happiness are positively correlated." Having said all that, Sheng Hanyu could only continue explaining, "I hope you can experience true emotions."

Of course, it's not just family love, but also friendship, and finally, romantic love.

Sheng Hanyu hoped that she wouldn't choose someone just because they were nice to her. Or rather, she hoped that she wouldn't adopt different ways of getting along with someone just because they were special to her.

"That may take a little more time."

“Well, I don’t mean to rush things. After all, there’s no precedent for this. Just be honest with your feelings,” Sheng Hanyu nodded.

Ye Sanqing was indeed perceptive, but he hoped her perceptiveness would stop there, otherwise he would find it difficult to put himself in a difficult position.

“You’re right.” Ye Sanqing pondered, then smiled. “Is it possible that this body actually has genes that can sense emotions? Otherwise, logically speaking, I shouldn’t feel anything.”

"Actually..." Sheng Hanyu suddenly felt a little speechless, "This game is a female-oriented dating sim, what do you think the female protagonist...?"

Although he doesn't agree with some of the settings in the game world, he should at least have this most basic understanding, right?

Of course, if the definition of a successful relationship in this world is to not feel or acknowledge emotions, but mechanically choose the best one, as if one were a mannequin, then that's not impossible either.

After all, some unqualified targets can still be included in the route simply because of their settings and external conditions...

Sheng Hanyu thought of Lu Mingye and the others and couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"I don't think it's necessarily true." Ye Sanqing thought the same thing as him.