Chapter 2380 - A Difficult Confession
Lu Qingmei’s eyes shone with reminiscence as she recounted her history with Yi Daoxuan, from their first meeting, to getting to know each other, to falling in love and becoming Dao Partners.
She spoke of it all with the utmost nostalgia.
It was only when she got to the part of the story where she attacked Yi Daoxuan that her eyes dimmed.
“Everyone thinks that I’m a heartless woman, and that I harbored malicious intentions from the moment your father and I met.
“In truth, that’s not the case,” said Lu Qingmei, her gaze full of grief. “If I’d harbored malicious intentions when your father first met, he would have seen through me immediately.”
Before Yi Chen could ask, Lu Qingmei said, “The truth is actually rather simple.
“Before I met your father, my master played a trick on me!” Lu Qingmei’s eyes blazed with hatred. “She planted something known as a Paired Heart-Guiding Worm in my soul, then used it to control my mind.”
Yi Chen was stunned. What kind of cursed worm could possibly be so sinister?
“The cursed worm was incomparably strange. At the time, not even I had any idea of my master’s plans,” sighed Lu Qingmei. “Master is exceedingly patient, too. It was years after your father and I became Dao Partners that she suddenly seized control of my mind, attacking your father while he was off guard and dealing him a heavy blow.
“At the time, I had no awareness of my own. It was only after I came back to my senses that I realized the truth of what I’d done.
“It was also only then that I realized that Master had worked with numerous others to make arrangements before attacking your father. I was the crux of their plan.
“Think about it. Your father was caught off guard by the woman he trusted most. How astonished and furious must he have been?” The rims of Lu Qingmei’s eyes reddened and glinted with unshed tears.