Heng Xuanzhen looked at Ye Yu with a complicated expression.
For a very long time, she said nothing at all. Her right hand merely remained tightly pressed against the hilt of her sword.
As though only by doing so could she feel even the slightest sense of security.
Ye Yu sensed that something about Heng Xuanzhen’s condition was not quite right. After staring at her for a moment, he was just about to speak—
When Heng Xuanzhen suddenly stepped out through the doorway and firmly stopped in front of him.
“I’ve already thought it through. You win. I’ll stay here.”
The moment he heard those words, Ye Yu’s mind filled with question marks.
What do you mean I win?
What exactly was she talking about?
Completely baffled, Ye Yu turned to look at Elder Ge beside him.
The latter wore the calm expression of someone who had long since seen every storm imaginable. He disdainfully shook his head before casually raising his hand and passing over the Mirror of Fallen Hearts.
“Inner demons are unpredictable. Don’t bother listening to what she says. Just do what needs to be done.”
Ye Yu felt that made sense, so he placed the Mirror of Fallen Hearts in front of Heng Xuanzhen and activated it with divine power.
The next second, faint white light spread around the mirror.
But Heng Xuanzhen herself showed absolutely no change whatsoever.
She stared at the bronze mirror in front of her, and black lines instantly appeared across her forehead.
“What exactly are you doing? Are you telling me to look in a mirror?”
For a moment, Ye Yu failed to react.
But in order to stabilize the inner demon inside Heng Xuanzhen and prevent it from erupting on the spot, he immediately said,
“Yes. That’s right. It’s just a mirror. I only wanted you to take a quick look.”
“You bastard!”
Heng Xuanzhen furiously turned around and slammed the door shut.
Leaving Ye Yu standing there utterly dumbfounded.
He genuinely had no idea what she meant by that.
But after thinking carefully about her final sentence, realization suddenly struck him.
Usually, people only told others to “go look in a mirror” when they believed that person was unworthy of something.
So in certain situations, telling someone to look in a mirror was basically the same as insulting them.
And judging from Heng Xuanzhen’s reaction just now, she had clearly thought he was mocking her.
Honestly, Ye Yu had never expected things to develop into such a ridiculous situation.
What terrible karma.
But the person most responsible for this disaster was undoubtedly Elder Ge standing beside him.
The old man had completely engaged in false advertising!
Hadn’t he bragged about how incredible the Mirror of Fallen Hearts was? About how one glance would lure out the inner demon?
Just now, Heng Xuanzhen had looked at it for at least three or four breaths.
So why hadn’t even a single trace appeared?
Ye Yu immediately turned toward Elder Ge and demanded an explanation.
Elder Ge himself also found it extremely unbelievable. He immediately grabbed the Mirror of Fallen Hearts and carefully inspected it several times.
“There’s nothing wrong with this divine artifact. It’s perfectly fine. So how could it fail to draw out an inner demon?”
A wise light flickered within Elder Ge’s slanted eyes.
Then he suddenly spoke again.
“Oh, I understand now. Your friend’s inner demon must be hidden too deeply. The mirror simply didn’t illuminate her long enough, so it failed to lure it out. Then she took the chance to run away.
“If you ask me, we should press the advantage.
“Go over there right now, pin her down, and make her look properly!”
Hearing that, Ye Yu hesitated slightly.
Still make her look?
She was already angry enough just now, and Elder Ge’s proposed solution was far too inappropriate.
Pinning her down? What kind of situation would that even become?
Seeing Ye Yu hesitate, Elder Ge immediately grew anxious.
“Are you going or not? If you won’t, I’ll do it myself!”
Watching the old bastard eagerly prepare to act, Ye Yu immediately smacked him aside with one hand.
Then he stepped forward and tugged lightly on the door.
To his surprise, it was not locked.
Ye Yu walked inside and casually shut the door behind him.
That single action caused Elder Ge’s heart to sink heavily.
Holy hell!
Wasn’t the whole point supposed to be helping this brat turn over a new leaf?
So why was he now alone in a room with another woman? And he even closed the door behind him.
What exactly are you trying to do?
Tell me, what exactly are you trying to do?!
Elder Ge panicked outside the room.
But the very next second, he calmed down completely.
What was there to panic about?
That woman had an inner demon inside her.
And once an inner demon was lured out by the Mirror of Fallen Hearts, it would become incomparably violent.
Now combine that with the difference in strength between Heng Xuanzhen and Ye Yu.
From that, one could easily conclude that within at most ten breaths, Ye Yu would be blasted flying out through the door and land directly at his feet.
Mm.
Just imagining that instantly made him feel much better.
What Elder Ge did not know was that the atmosphere inside the room was currently extremely quiet.
So quiet that Ye Yu and Heng Xuanzhen could both hear each other’s breathing.
Honestly speaking, Heng Xuanzhen felt unbearably wronged.
She had clearly already prepared herself to surrender to the inner demon.
Even if she ended up completely sealed away by it, forever trapped within an illusion, she would have accepted it.
As long as the dream woven for her was convincing enough to numb her completely.
But what happened in the end?
He actually told her to look in a mirror?
What, did that mean that if she wanted to stay here, she first had to look in a mirror and see whether she was worthy?
Yes, it was true that the female inner demons within the Ye residence were all stunningly beautiful.
But she was not inferior either!
That gesture of pulling out a mirror had been utterly humiliating.
And when she questioned him about it, he had directly admitted it!
Did he really have to bully her until she completely broke before he would be satisfied?
Heng Xuanzhen’s eyes turned red as tears gathered within them.
Even though she knew Ye Yu had entered the room, she stubbornly turned her head aside and deliberately refused to look at him.
Seeing this, Ye Yu instantly felt enormous pressure.
It seemed that sentence earlier really had hurt her feelings badly.
If he followed Elder Ge’s method now, Heng Xuanzhen would absolutely collapse.
In order to place the Mirror of Fallen Hearts before her in a gentler manner, Ye Yu’s thoughts raced rapidly.
Very quickly, he came up with an excellent idea.
Holding the Mirror of Fallen Hearts carefully in both hands, he walked over to Heng Xuanzhen and softly said,
“Do you know who the person beside me earlier was? Elder Ge, once known as the man whose hands could create gods.
“And this mirror is his newest research result. As long as you stare into it for a moment, you’ll be able to see the lover from your previous life.
“That’s why I wanted you to look into the mirror.”
After saying that, Ye Yu once again placed the Mirror of Fallen Hearts before Heng Xuanzhen.
She slightly raised a brow.
Whether mortal woman or goddess, the subject of past lives and present lives had always been irresistible.
Though Heng Xuanzhen did not entirely believe him, she had at least heard of the title “the man whose hands could create gods.”
And with the mirror already placed before her, taking a look seemed harmless enough.
Thus, Heng Xuanzhen seriously gazed into the Mirror of Fallen Hearts.
One breath. Two breaths...
She stared at the mirror for nearly sixty full breaths.
Aside from the white light radiating around its edges, absolutely nothing else happened.
Heng Xuanzhen softly said,
“You lied to me.”
“I didn’t. That’s impossible. Could this thing be broken?”
Ye Yu tightly furrowed his brows and immediately leaned closer.
At that moment, his own reflection appeared upon the surface of the mirror.
After recalling Ye Yu’s earlier words, Heng Xuanzhen’s beautiful face instantly flushed slightly red.
He had deliberately leaned closer so that his reflection would appear inside the mirror.
Which meant that the lover from her previous life was also him?
Using tricks like this to deceive girls was truly excessive.
Yet somehow, it was impossible to hate him for it.
A faint smile unconsciously appeared on Heng Xuanzhen’s face.
She even raised her arms and directly hugged Ye Yu.
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