Lin Heng settled Little Li down. This time, he did not tie her up hand and foot in a turtle-shell binding, but he did ask Senior Sister to keep watch over her.
And according to the training plan they had drawn up, they would strive to help Little Li master certain techniques so she could better adapt when it came time to root cabbages.
Of course, if Little Cabbage still harbored thoughts of running away and got caught again, Big Brother would personally break her legs.
Dugu Yueli felt like crying but had no tears. She grabbed Duan Shuyun's hand and begged, "Senior Sister Duan, can you put in a good word for me? Don't let Brother Heng bully me anymore. I never lost my memory at all—I was pretending. I deliberately deceived him."
Duan Shuyun wore an amused expression. "Little Li, there's no room for negotiation on this matter anymore. Because you deliberately played dumb, Junior Brother ended up fighting the Ancestors. That alone gives him ample cause.
"If you tell him now that you never lost your memory and were only pretending to be stupid, what do you think Junior Brother will feel?
"And what will the Ancestors think?
"Even if Junior Brother doesn't blame you, do you think the Ancestors will still let you off?"
Thinking of that, Dugu Yueli could not help feeling a lingering fear.
That was right—she had not only schemed against Brother Heng, but against the Ancestors as well.
If the Ancestors learned that she had not been brainwashed and had merely pretended to have amnesia, they would surely think she had deliberately fanned the flames and applied eye drops. If things went badly, her legs might get broken again.
No... but she did not want to be trained. She really did not