Lu Zhaoyao heard what the innkeeper said and quickly nodded. "Thank you, brother. I'll pay you back when I have the money."
The innkeeper shook his head and smiled. "No need to be so polite. Your situation has satisfied my curiosity, so just consider it money spent to watch a show."
Lu Zhaoyao's face darkened at that. So she was the performer onstage, being watched by everyone. Luckily, the memories being viewed weren't hers. Otherwise, wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?
At the thought, she suddenly felt a little schadenfreude. The fellow who had framed her back then was about to have all his secrets exposed to the public.
So she urged Qian Sanqi to hurry up and go with her to Heaven and Earth Bank to watch.
Qian Sanqi was clearly reluctant, but the situation was beyond his control, so he could only follow along helplessly.
The group arrived at Heaven and Earth Bank. After the innkeeper paid, Qian Sanqi's memories were indeed extracted.
After everyone watched them, they found that what Lu Zhaoyao had said was true. They couldn't help feeling a little amused and exasperated.
So Lu Zhaoyao had taken half a candied hawthorn skewer but paid for a whole one, and still ended up with the reputation of a great demon king. She'd really gotten the short end of the stick.
Once everyone had seen the results, Lu Zhaoyao smugly said to Qian Sanqi, "Well? I didn't lie, did I? It's all because you bastards started it, and then everyone spread rumors until I became a great demon king.
"Now, when I open an account at Heaven and Earth Bank, they make me collect several big baskets of incense money just to get three or four ingots. It's all your fault. Tell me, how are you