When you already know what's going to happen because you've read it before, and you're still on the edge of your seat to read the next part, that's how you know it's a good story
Yeah, I don't feel pity or anything for Xue Yang. I feel bad for kid he was, who didn't deserve any of the abuse, but I don't feel bad for him and the choices he made later on
This is actually my favorite flashback of the novel, even though it's heart-breaking. The flashbacks of WXX and LWJ's childhood/adolescence always seem to go on too long, but this flashback has the best pacing and makes me actually care deeply about these side characters.....except Xue Yang...
He didn't kill you immediately because Xue Yang is fucking cruel and doesn't mind playing a long game and killing tons of other uninvolved people as long as he gets revenge