“It’s a mental lock.” Yan Yu stood up, clutching the wound on his chest. His brows were tightly furrowed. “Ye Mo placed a psychic restraint on her. As long as someone suggests she leave, she’ll refuse.”
Nan Xiaoxiao exclaimed, “Isn’t that just hypnosis!?”
But Feng Guang didn’t feel like anything was wrong. Not only did she think she was fine, but she even thought they were the ones being weird.
“You’re overthinking. I’m perfectly normal.”
“Yan Yu, what do we do?” Nan Xiaoxiao looked anxiously at the man beside her. She didn’t understand the things of this world.
Yan Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and locked his gaze onto Feng Guang’s. Within moments, the air around her seemed to twist, violently rejecting all the psychic energy he had sent toward her. He stumbled back a step, nearly falling, and Nan Xiaoxiao rushed to steady him.
“Yan Yu!” she cried out in alarm.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. “Ye Mo… no wonder the Alliance once mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to capture him. His mental lock… I can’t break it.”
“I’m going back. Stay if you want, leave if you want—it’s up to you.” Feng Guang said coldly and turned to walk away.
“Feng Guang!” Nan Xiaoxiao grabbed her hand, her clear voice ringing with emotion.
“Have you forgotten that we’re best friends? This isn’t the real you. I believe… I believe you can break free from the hypnosis and remember who you are. Feng Guang, I believe in you!”
Her words struck straight at the heart, like a sweet spring bursting forth in a barren desert, guiding a lost traveler toward light and direction.
Feng Guang stopped. Her expression went blank for a moment, then the memories began to return. She looked back at Nan Xiaoxiao’s hand holding hers and fell silent.
She didn’t understand what a “mental lock” was. All she knew was… Nan Xiaoxiao had activated her protagonist aura, and just like that, her heartfelt plea broke through the psychic control in her mind—something even the male lead, Yan Yu, couldn’t accomplish. And it only took one line!?
Feng Guang sighed and rubbed her forehead.
As expected, nothing can ever beat the female lead’s aura…
“Feng Guang, you’re back!” Nan Xiaoxiao saw the ice-cold look in Feng Guang’s eyes fade and immediately threw her arms around her in delight.
“That’s great! Come with us—we need to get out of this dangerous place!”
But to their surprise, Feng Guang refused again.
“I can’t leave.”
“Why not? This place is dangerous! That Ye Mo guy is terrifying—he’ll hurt you!”
“All I know is… the man I know is named Xu Wang, not Ye Mo.” Feng Guang’s expression was calm and composed.
“Maybe… maybe he did all those terrible things you say. But the way he treats me…”
“No! Yan Yu, the mental lock still hasn’t been lifted!” Nan Xiaoxiao gripped Yan Yu’s arm, helplessly turning to him for help.
Yan Yu was silent for a long moment. He wasn’t Nan Xiaoxiao, so he could sense that the mental lock on Feng Guang had already been broken.
If she still refused to leave… the only explanation he could think of was: she had fallen in love with Ye Mo.
“Miss Xia,” Yan Yu said in a low voice, “I hope you understand—this man is not a good person. Thirteen years ago, he destroyed an entire planet. Do you know why?”
Feng Guang paused and shook her head. “No, I don’t.”
In the original records, it was only mentioned that Ye Mo was captured for destroying an entire civilization on that planet, but it was never explained why he did it.
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