The only paths before little Yueli now were two.
Either she came clean now and said she had never lost her memories. Then everyone would be happy, and no misunderstandings would arise.
But if she did that, Ancestor Yao would know she had been deceived, and there would be no way to egg Brother Heng on into teaching the ancestor a lesson.
When the time came, a big matter would be reduced to a small one, and a small matter smoothed away. Wouldn't that mean she had suffered all that grievance for nothing?
What if Lin Heng pulled another stunt of faking his death someday? Wouldn't she be in danger again?
Besides, losing her memories was rather nice. At the very least, in order to pluck this cabbage of hers, Brother Heng would devote most of his attention to her.
Otherwise, with all those people in the Inner Court circling around Brother Heng all day, wouldn't they charm his very soul away?
She had already made up her mind to become the one in charge of the Inner Court.
But if she chose not to come clean, then she could only let Lin Heng say whatever he pleased.
After all, she had no memories and couldn't tell truth from falsehood, while Lin Heng had solid evidence recorded in the Recording Stone.
Though they really had secretly kissed before, it was absolutely not as he claimed, with her becoming the proactive one.
She had clearly been coerced with threats and temptations. What a bastard.
"Brother Heng, please forgive me, but I can't fully believe you."
"Your Recording Stone can only prove that we really were quite intimate before."
"But it can't prove that I'm your Dao companion, nor can it prove that I cultivated together with you."
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