Lu An'an took several deep breaths, closed her eyes, and her voice trembled slightly: "When did you start hearing this?"
Fu Zhiyan pursed his lips and said something that Lu An'an found extremely cruel: "From the first moment I saw you."
Lu An'an felt a wave of dizziness wash over her, and the world around her seemed to start spinning.
Does that mean... he heard every single one of my gushing words about him?!
Fu Zhiyan nodded slightly, "Yes, but I'm very happy, because this way I can seduce the baby."
Lu An'an: "..."
She covered her face in despair, and silence fell around her.
After a moment, she finally managed to squeeze out a few words from between her fingers: "You...you stay here by yourself for now, I'm going out for a walk!"
After saying that, Lu An'an ran out of the ward quickly, and ran to a sparsely populated place. She stopped and, with tears in her eyes, banged her head against the wall.
How can one hear another's thoughts?
"It's one thing to be a fake heiress, but to use mind-reading techniques like this, now I know what Master is always sneaking around in his room, looking at things!"
A small flame flickered in Lu An'an's eyes.
“Every time I sneaked into my master’s room, he would always be frantically trying to cover something up. It turned out he was hiding a novel!”
"That lewd old man!"
As she stood there, clenching her little fists and cursing, the scenery around her suddenly changed as if a gentle breeze had swept by.
Lu An'an looked around, her face filled with astonishment.
She was instantly transported to her master's courtyard!
Lu An'an immediately turned her gaze to the peach tree in the courtyard, and saw the frivolous old man she had just been scolding was now leisurely sipping tea, waving at her with a smile.
"My little apprentice, come and play a game of chess with your master."
Lu An'an walked over with her eyes half-closed, slamming her palm heavily on the chessboard, her tone filled with barely concealed annoyance: "Master, don't you have anything you want to tell me?"
The master slowly put down the chess piece in his hand, his fingertips brushing against his white beard, his voice calm and even: "I've already sent you home, what else do you want me to confess?"
Lu An'an was filled with a thousand thoughts and a flood of questions, but at this moment, the one thing that bothered her the most was this:
"Please explain to me first why they could hear my inner thoughts!"
She questioned her master with shame and indignation.
The master replied matter-of-factly, "So what? Look, because of your heartfelt words, they know many things in advance and can avoid them in advance. It also saves you the trouble of trying so hard to make them believe in your efforts. Isn't that great? You can't understand my painstaking efforts at all!"
Lu An'an: "..."
The veins on her forehead throbbed, her teeth were practically grinding to powder, and she said, unable to contain herself any longer, "You can't just leave me alone and let them all hear it! Aren't I ashamed? I want them to hear everything clearly! You should at least... consider the situation! Let them hear what they should hear, and block out what they shouldn't!"
The master's eyes darted around. "Ahem, this is the first time we've started this business, so it's normal for there to be some immature aspects. We can improve it!"
Lu An'an sat down expressionlessly, crossed her arms in front of her chest, adopting an interrogation posture, and said, "Confess, Master, why was I pulled from the small world? Also, those senior brothers and sisters you abandoned on the mountain to train, did they also return to their original small worlds? Oh right, what is the reason you forcibly summoned me here now?"
Upon hearing this, the master exclaimed, "My little disciple, your series of questions are like a barrage of cannon fire; how am I supposed to answer them?"
Lu An'an's lips curled into a cold smile, her tone carrying an undeniable determination: "Of course, I will answer them one by one, Master."
The master stroked his beard, his eyes seemingly recalling something deep within them, and said in a long, drawn-out voice, "My little disciple, to be precise, it wasn't that I extracted your souls from the small worlds, but rather that among the myriad small worlds, you chose the Time and Space Administration Bureau."
"The Time and Space Administration governs countless worlds. Each small world, from the moment it is conceived, should follow a predetermined path, slowly unfolding until it grows into a stable world. However, some small worlds experience turmoil or even collapse due to deviations in the trajectories of their internal characters. Therefore, the Time and Space Administration was born."
"Over the years, the way the Time and Space Administration has dealt with the collapse of small worlds is to let the small world start running again, let the characters return to their places, and repeat the established trajectory. However, there are always some characters in small worlds who, because of their strong will, break away from the plot and jump out of the established path again and again. In your words, this is called character awakening."
"Especially for protagonists like you who carry the immense fortune of your small world, once you change your mind and choose a path that goes against the established plot, the small world will collapse even faster. For this reason, the Time and Space Administration has to frequently restart the world in an attempt to restore the disordered trajectory to the established order. However, if the number of restarts is too high, the barrier of the small world will become weaker and weaker."
"As things evolved, the male and female protagonists discovered the problems with the small world. Whether for their families, for the Heavenly Dao in their hearts, or for the lovers they wanted to protect, they made a deal with the Heavenly Dao, paid a price, and exchanged it for a world that was not bound by the plot. And that is why you came here."
Master's gaze fell on Lu An'an's face, which was gradually freezing, and his tone was filled with inexplicable sorrow: "Your guess is correct. Your senior brothers and sisters have indeed returned to where they belonged. And you are here now because of... some other things."
Lu An'an slowly pulled herself out of this series of shocking messages and asked blankly, "What is it?"
The master was silent for a moment, then slowly asked, "Little disciple, have you ever wondered why so many fragments of your memory are difficult to piece together completely?"
Lu An'an's expression became focused, and she nodded. "I'm puzzled. I've always been puzzled. Is Master behind this?"
The master gazed at the vibrant, youthful girl before him, and a subtle pang of sorrow rose in his heart. "No, it's you."
Lu An'an frowned, a sense of doubt swirling in her mind like a fog: "Myself?"
The master nodded slightly: "Yes, see for yourself, the answers are all here."
As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and gently tapped Lu An'an's forehead.
The next second, a skeletal figure slowly materialized before Lu An'an's eyes.
The figure became clearer and clearer until it was fully revealed to Lu An'an.
However, when she finally saw the person's face clearly, her face suddenly drained of color, turning deathly pale. Her eyes were filled with disbelief and deep heartache, and her voice trembled uncontrollably.
"Are you... are you me?"
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