By now, Chu Mu had gained complete control over Red Sun.
But the days when he and Tingyun had first known each other were gone for good.
The past lived on only in Chu Mu's memories.
Perhaps he had prepared himself for this long ago, back when Tingyun had first lost her memory.
So while Tingyun's forgetting those memories left Chu Mu feeling a little forlorn, he would not force her to remember.
A single year of memories really was such a tiny stretch compared with decades, or even a century.
Back then, Tingyun had felt that a century of memories could not compare to the year she had spent with Chu Mu.
Having lost her memories, she really had been foolishly innocent.
Perhaps she had thought that if she had forgotten the past, so be it. At worst, she could treat it as starting life over again. As long as Chu Mu was by her side for the memories to come, that would be enough.
Clearly, spending every day together for a year in the Inner World had made Tingyun dependent on Chu Mu.
But even then, Chu Mu had known that he could not stay by Tingyun's side forever.
One day, the girl with no memories would lose the young Chieftain's protection.
That was why Chu Mu had always hoped Tingyun would regain her memories.
Reality had proved that he could not protect her forever. After they parted on Sand Sea Planet, they had gone all these years without seeing each other.
Chu Mu could not protect Tingyun for the rest of her life, and Tingyun could not wait forever for his protection. With her memories gone, she could only protect herself by retrieving that long-buried past and bringing back the shrewd merchant she had once been.
So