Chapter 2298 - A Scheme Within a Scheme
Lu Qingmei smiled. “This is a risky move. If I lose, I might face insurmountable catastrophe. However, if I succeed, I might well soothe the regret in my heart.”
Su Yi gazed intently at her. She hasn’t changed. She’s as shrewd and unfathomable as ever.
“What about you? Why did you come to the Severed Heavens Demon Court?” asked Lu Qingmei. “You even brought three murderous old men with you.”
“I came here to kill you, of course," said Su Yi.
Lu Qingmei laughed and shook her head. “You won’t do it. I understand you far too well. The more you hate me, the less willing you’ll be to see others kill me. You want to do it yourself. Only then can you sever the knots in your heart.”
Su Yi didn’t deny it. That was indeed the way he felt. He really did want to kill Lu Qingmei himself.
“If I’m not mistaken, you came here because you guessed that Hua Hongzhen would realize that someone had leaked information,” said Lu Qingmei, a faint hint of a smile tugging at her lips. “And as the one behind all this, I was sure to run into trouble. Thus, you came in person to help me resolve it.”
She paused, then sighed. “Of course, it’s not that you really want to help me, but that you don’t want to owe me a favor.”
Su Yi didn’t deny this, either. That was indeed exactly how he felt. Even if he ran into danger, he wouldn’t sink to asking Lu Qingmei for help.
But Lu Qingmei’s thinking was obviously a bit overly simplistic.
Su Yi said, “If I’m not mistaken, the Severed Heavens Demon Master didn’t figure out who I am on his own, but you didn’t tell him, either. It was the Dipankara Buddha, right?”
Lu Qingmei nodded. “That’s right. I find it rather strange, too. The old bald donkey’s all the way in the Ancient Nirvana Divine Continent. How did he figure it out?”