As if suddenly remembering something, Bi Ji began answering her own earlier doubts.
"I once questioned Xiong Jun, who replaced you as the Lord's guard, in great detail. I even had him use Mental Manifestation to recreate everything he experienced exactly as it happened."
"The only thing in the Lord's experiences that differed from a human Soul Master's daily life was when she entered a Stewed Beef Pot Restaurant one day, led by the human Soul Master named Xie Xie."
"That human Soul Master named Xie Xie explained the origin of his name. It came from the romantic encounter between his parents, an ordinary human man and woman."
"The story ended as a tragedy where one had to choose between two things. Xie Xie's mother contracted an incurable illness, while his father was busy with work and neglected to keep her company. His mother died with regrets, and Xie Xie himself came to hate his father."
"Even after hearing this tear-jerking human love story, the Lord maintained her persona as an annoying friend and merely said, 'I'll give you some face today. You can treat me.'"
"And she even had a heated argument with Tang Wulin right in front of him."
"But from the scenes manifested through Xiong Jun's Mental Manifestation, I felt that the Lord's insulting behavior did not seem like a deliberately crafted persona. It seemed more like concealment—deliberate concealment of her true emotions."
Bi Ji's speculation left Di Tian with a strange expression.
Naturally, he knew the story from the Stewed Beef Pot Restaurant. The classic love story it told had also left a deep impression on him.
Could love stories really be that effective?
At this point in time, Tang Wulin had only just enrolled at Eastsea Academy. He had not even finished the Promotion Tournament,