If the situation were different... what, if I'd met him first?

[ He thinks about that for a moment. If he'd met Luo Binghe first, and had heard about his being pushed into the Endless Abyss by his master...

He frowns. ]

I might have looked at you differently, when you first appeared. I might not have interfered with his revenge. But the situation isn't different, it is what it is, and I have my own reasons to defend you.