"Did he betray me?"
"No, maybe it was just a misunderstanding."
"No, he definitely betrayed me. Maybe this is some kind of trial. Those crazy churches love this sort of thing."
"He's cutting off my escape route. After this, I can only follow him."
Too many thoughts and distractions were fighting in Zhao Yan's head. He was a little confused.
Sometimes, he felt that his "sudden impulse" had been a conspiracy, yet it also seemed like something he could have done himself. Or perhaps he was just habitually shifting blame and had misunderstood the great Mother Goddess?
At other times, he felt that this was still a conspiracy, one meant to make him completely sever his worldly ties. But for the intensely pragmatic Zhao Yan, as long as the outcome was good, he could accept anything.
He hesitated. He was uneasy. He was being "naive."
Part of it came from the accumulated goodwill, while another part was that he was still unwilling to give up hope. More precisely, he was unwilling to give up the Big Promise Big Cat had painted for him.
He instinctively realized that if he denied An Nan Mr. and the Mother Goddess, then the seemingly flawless treasures he had obtained from them were probably flawed as well.
Zhao Yan was a patient with split personalities, and Lu PingAn's actions all along had actually been continuously aggravating that "split."
"I'll deal with the trouble in front of me first. If I still can't fulfill the promise after capturing Sun Yi, I'll make them pay."
In truth, he had long since lost his way out.
He did not believe Lu PingAn's words, but by now, he could only half-believe and half-doubt them. Yet that was already enough.
In Lu PingAn's calculations, the only way to break the