The three of them quickly returned to the Residence by the Market.
At the door, Luo Wuhen stared at Su Qianqian, who looked exceptionally exhausted.
After thinking it over, she still worriedly grabbed Su Qianqian’s wrist.
“Your condition is still very off. Come back to the Capital with me, I’m still afraid something might happen to you all of a sudden.”
Suddenly being grabbed by Luo Wuhen and hearing her say she wanted to take her back to the Capital, some very unpleasant memories surged up in Su Qianqian’s mind.
Panic-stricken, she pulled her hand back.
Faced with such a startled Su Qianqian, Luo Wuhen’s hand froze midair, words stuck on her lips.
“I’m just worried about your health. You’ve only just recovered, and what happened earlier was clearly abnormal.”
Su Qianqian came back to her senses, feeling that maybe she’d overreacted.
After all, that was an experience from her “Memory of Unknown Truth,” and the Luo Wuhen standing here now hadn’t done any of those things.
But what if this was all some kind of Illusion Realm…? At the end of her memory, she could still vividly recall the image of Luo Wuhen, corrupted and endlessly murmuring “start over.”
It felt as if it had just happened.
But seeing Luo Wuhen’s disappointed face, Su Qianqian explained helplessly, “Sorry, I still can’t tell the difference. In another memory, you and I had quite a conflict, so I reacted instinctively… like this.”
Hearing Su Qianqian’s explanation, Luo Wuhen’s expression softened a little. “So that’s why? It seems the Lingering Aftereffects are still pretty severe, not something that can be resolved in a short while.”
“It’s understandable for you to be on guard, but I still worry about your condition… I’ll stay with you tonight. I was planning to go back today and deal with those Document Papers, but in the end, you’re more important…”
Su Qianqian’s thoughts were in chaos right now, so she didn’t refuse, and with Luo Wuhen being her savior, neither she nor the Liu couple would refuse her request.
Fortunately, the house was big enough and had plenty of rooms. Liu Qingyao had already helped Su Qianqian prepare a room in advance.
Su Qianqian lay on the bed, feeling the texture of the bedding. Everything that happened today, and all she’d been observing since regaining consciousness—there wasn’t a single flaw in the illusion.
She still felt this place was similar to an Illusion Realm, but everything was so real, so real it made her begin to doubt whether her reincarnation had actually gone wrong…
While Su Qianqian was still doubting, Luo Wuhen slowly approached the bedside.
Sensing Luo Wuhen’s approach, Su Qianqian subconsciously shifted over and made space for her.
At this, Luo Wuhen looked quite surprised. Right now, Su Qianqian truly couldn’t tell what was real and what was false.
Coming to her senses, she saw Luo Wuhen still standing there, and asked with confusion, “Why aren’t you coming in?”
But after saying this, Su Qianqian finally realized—her memories of life in the palace kept surfacing with every little stimulus, making her unconsciously act as if she were still living that period of her life, and she’d asked the question instinctively.
“Sorry, forget I said that. My memories are still muddled,” Su Qianqian said, holding her head with one hand, her tone weak.
Luo Wuhen sat slowly at the edge of the bed, gently stroking Su Qianqian’s smooth hair, then asked, “Can you tell me, in your memory, what conflict there was between us? Sometimes talking about it might help you recover.”
Su Qianqian glanced at Luo Wuhen, a gentle smile on her face just like in her memories. For a moment, the memories overlapped and separated again, Luo Wuhen’s face growing both blurry and clear, still gentle as ever.
Su Qianqian sighed. She might as well say it; after all, it could clear up a lot of misunderstandings.
“You really want to hear? It’s not exactly a pleasant story, but I’d actually like to hear your thoughts.”
Luo Wuhen still looked at her gently. “Go ahead, I’m listening.”
“So, where should I start?”
“In my memory, it was Lin Muxue who first found me, and then my whole family moved to the Sword Sect to live. Life there was pretty good.”
“Until one day, when I was out shopping in a city near the Sword Sect, you had Shun and Ying kidnap me.”
“What do you think about that?” Su Qianqian looked at Luo Wuhen, who was listening intently.
Luo Wuhen replied without hesitation, “Then the Lin Muxue in your memory deserved it. If you love someone, you should always keep an eye on them. If Shun and Ying could find an opportunity, then it was her mistake.”
“Um, at the time, Muxue went out for something important—”
“Don’t call her name so intimately in front of me—Sorry, go on…”
Seeing Luo Wuhen’s face darken, Su Qianqian stopped arguing and shook her head, continuing.
Su Qianqian talked for a long time—or rather, complained for a long time. She talked about how unreasonable Luo Wuhen was, how she forced her to stay by her side, and even how she pinned her to the bed. Of course, she also mentioned some of the better things, like how Luo Wuhen cooked for her, read novels with her, and played chess…
She actually wanted to talk about how Lin Muxue rescued her and how she betrayed Luo Wuhen, but thinking about the possible extreme consequences, she chose to skip over that part.
As Luo Wuhen listened to Su Qianqian’s account, memories that had been sealed away in her mind began to unlock.
But unlike Su Qianqian, who wanted to uncover the past, deep down, Luo Wuhen desperately wanted to forget and start over.
So any memories that surfaced were quickly locked away again, as if they were nothing more than passing daydreams…
“Then, the Luo Siqian you mentioned when you just woke up, is she…?” Luo Wuhen suddenly asked, catching Su Qianqian off guard.
Su Qianqian’s eyes flickered, but after a moment’s thought, she helplessly admitted, “Yes, in my memory, she’s our daughter.”
But unlike what Su Qianqian had imagined, instead of joy, she could see a hint of sorrow in Luo Wuhen’s eyes.
“Luo Siqian… Siqian… ‘Yearning for Qianqian’… To give her such a name, the final relationship and outcome must not have been a happy one.”
“Yeah, it was a really awful ending…”
A heavy silence settled over the room. After a while, Su Qianqian broke it. “So, what do you think about all this?”
Su Qianqian stared into Luo Wuhen’s eyes. She really wanted to know how Luo Wuhen herself felt about the consequences her forceful actions had led to.
Luo Wuhen smiled softly, her fingers brushing Su Qianqian’s cheek, then slipping into her hair. She answered slowly.
“There’s nothing much to say. If that really happened, I think I would probably have acted the same. Step by step, losing, your heart left behind at the Sword Sect. In order to truly keep your heart and you by my side, I would do whatever it took, even if I knew the ending might turn out the opposite…”
Su Qianqian fell silent, a bit disappointed. Deep down, she had hoped for a different answer.
Seeing Su Qianqian’s disappointment, Luo Wuhen continued to gently stroke her hair, speaking softly,
“But thankfully, this time I’m the one who won first. Your parents and sister can live here safely. I have enough patience, and I’ll use gentleness to melt the defenses in your heart. This time, I’ll keep your heart here with me. This time, it’ll be a happy ending…”
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