Lu Feng's eyes were filled with stunned bewilderment. He had originally thought the woman behind all this was some formidable array master from Liu Chenzhou's faction.
He had never considered this identity at all.
Thinking of everything he had done to Ji Lanjun before, Lu Feng felt his scalp go numb.
Hearing Lu Feng's words and seeing the guilt and self-reproach written all over Ji Lanjun's face, Xi Youmeng's heart suddenly sank.
She did not make a scene. In her current weakened state, she could not have argued even if she wanted to.
After a long silence, as if she had figured something out, she weakly asked, "That distress signal earlier—did you have someone send it too?"
Ji Lanjun froze, helplessness immediately appearing on her face. "Youmeng... I..."
Seeing her like this, Xi Youmeng already had her answer. She still did not argue, nor did she utter even half a word of rebuke. She merely left behind a cold sentence. "Lanjun, this time, you've truly gone too far!"
Her tone was exceedingly indifferent, carrying an indescribable disappointment and chill in her heart.
She had never imagined that Ji Lanjun, her closest confidante and friend, would use even the life-saving signal Xi Youmeng had given her as part of her scheme. She had even exploited their bond, treating Xi Youmeng's concern and care as a chess piece in her arrangement.
Her state of mind had suffered blow after blow. Exhausted in body and spirit, Xi Youmeng could no longer endure it. As though unwilling to face reality, she heavily fainted in Lu Feng's arms.
"Youmeng, I... I didn't mean to..."
Ji Lanjun choked out in panic. Though she had shed few tears despite Lu Feng's repeated humiliation, tears now streamed down her face uncontrollably. "I never meant to hurt you. I