A goddess dwells in my heart.

Chapter 29 So the Crown Princess is my dear sister!

The air seemed to freeze. Lu Zheji hesitated and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

Lin Zhengge remained silent for a moment, then suddenly let out a long sigh: "So that's how it is. I was just being presumptuous."

Then, her breasts rose and fell slightly as she coldly addressed Lu Zheji:

"I'm not close to her, but I'm very close to you. Lu Zheji, you're doing well. It's been three years, and you've really forgotten me?"

Lu Zheji was stunned for a moment, then quickly called out to the goddess in his mind, "Qiao Qiao, what's going on? Didn't you say that I only met Lin Zhengge a few times when I was young, and that we weren't really friends?"

The goddess's voice came from the sea of ​​consciousness, tinged with a hint of confusion: "I don't know, apart from those few ordinary outings when you were young, you shouldn't have had a woman named Lin Zhengge by your side."

Seeing Lu Zheji's bewildered expression, Su Wanning quickly leaned close to his ear and whispered, "It's Shen Kexin! The Shen Kexin sitting to your left! I recognized her at a glance. Didn't you tell me last time that if you ever saw her again, you had to apologize to her in person?"

Lu Zheji was startled, turned around and stared at the graceful figure in lake blue on the armchair, exclaiming, "You're Shen Kexin?"

Lin Zhengge still crossed her arms and snorted coldly: "It's me. It's common for noble sons of Northern Wei to use false identities in the Southern Wei academy. Since we're both from Northern Wei, the patriarch asked me to look after you, which is why I used my connections to keep us sitting together for the past six years."

Six years...

Including their childhood interactions before going to the academy, it's fair to say they grew up together.

Shocking! The Crown Princess is actually my childhood sweetheart!

Lu Zheji stared at Lin Zhengge's stunningly beautiful face for a long time, and suddenly the blurry face of Shen Kexin in his mind became concrete.

At that time, she was still young and had not yet fully grown up. Perhaps because she was in a foreign country, she was dressed very simply. At first glance, she looked completely different from the elegant and beautiful noblewoman in front of us.

However, upon closer inspection, one can still recognize that it is the same person from their eyebrows and eyes.

Now that Lu Zheji's soul has recovered, his forgotten memories are gradually returning, but he needs a trigger to restore them.

He had been separated from Shen Kexin for almost three years, and this memory was almost erased from his mind. Without some kind of stimulation, that face would always remain shrouded in a fog. If one didn't compare the identities of Lin Zhengge and Shen Kexin side by side, it would be understandable that one wouldn't recognize him.

But it shouldn't be the case that the goddess doesn't recognize him. She witnessed his entire life in her sea of ​​consciousness; he was like an external hard drive to her. Logically, all these old stories should be safely stored there.

He asked the goddess in his heart, "Qiaoqiao, what's wrong with you?"

The goddess's voice carried a rare hint of guilt: "Emperor Wu, I'm not very good at recognizing people. Perhaps it's because so many years have passed, and she's grown up so much, that I couldn't recognize her."

No, the goddess is face-blind?

I previously suffered from face blindness due to a weakened spiritual soul. You, a powerful being of the seventh realm and a former emperor, even if your cultivation has been sealed, it doesn't make sense.

Lu Zheji didn't have time to delve into that, because something even more crucial suddenly popped into his mind.

Three years ago, he publicly rebuked Lin Zhengge in front of a group of classmates, accusing her of seducing him and causing her to lose face...

This feud... it's gotten really big!

He coughed lightly and forced himself to speak:

"Um, Miss, what happened three years ago was my fault..."

Su Wanning realized that Lu Zheji was referring to that embarrassing past event, and immediately stepped forward, shielding him like a mother hen protecting her chicks, and said to Lin Zhengge:

"Zhen Ge, Junior Brother already knows he was wrong about that matter. He has a mental illness, and his memories were confused back then, which is why he spoke without thinking. You..."

Lin Zhengge simply said, "Miss Su, this is between him and me. You may leave now."

Lu Zheji didn't want to stay under his junior sister's wing any longer, so he whispered to her, "Junior sister, it's alright. You can go out first and let me talk to the second young lady alone."

"Alright then." Su Wan Ning reluctantly got up and left. Before closing the door, she peeked out at Lin Zhengge with concern and said, "Second Miss, please don't bully him."

Lin Zhengge responded with a mocking snort.

The door closed gently, leaving only Lu Zheji and Lin Zhengge in the study.

Lu Zheji originally thought that this cold snort was the clarion call for her attack, but to his surprise, Lin Zhengge simply said calmly, "It doesn't matter. Whether it was the misunderstanding two years and ten months ago, or you've forgotten my face in just two years and ten months, I haven't taken such trivial matters to heart."

"I remember it very clearly..." Lu Zheji said awkwardly, "Second Miss is very magnanimous, I am extremely grateful."

Lin Zhengge crossed her arms, highlighting a rather charming curve for a young girl, and chuckled, "Of course I'm broad-minded. What's the point of arguing with an idiot like you?"

Lu Zheji: "..."

Lin Zhengge continued, "I know you have a mental illness. What happened back then was due to a sudden memory loss, causing you to temporarily forget our years of friendship. It's understandable."

Lu Zheji quickly seized the opportunity: "Second Miss is sensible."

A hint of sadness flashed in Lin Zhengge's eyes. In the past, Lu Zheji never called her Second Miss. Although she didn't like that title very much, her childhood sweetheart, who had been with her for many years, had almost completely forgotten her memories. She still felt a little sad.

She shook her head, suppressing those turbulent thoughts.

"I saw that your strength has improved by leaps and bounds compared to three years ago, and I thought that you had kept our three-year agreement in mind, so you were working hard to cultivate. I was just being presumptuous."

Lu Zheji asked in surprise, "A three-year agreement?"

Lin Zhengge looked at him intently: "This was our promise from the past. When I returned from Yunlan Academy, we would have a fight to put an end to our grudges from back then, and we would still be friends. Do you still honor this promise?"

Lu Zheji said sincerely, "Since I wronged the Second Miss back then, I will naturally admit it."

"Very good." Lin Zhengge's lips curled into a meaningful smile. "Then let's set the battle for tomorrow."

Then, she slightly pulled open the neckline of her lake-blue palace dress, revealing a warm and lustrous jade pendant from a soft, snowy cleavage.

She took the jade pendant off her neck and handed it to Lu Zheji. "This is a spirit-protecting jade. It can guard the spirit platform and stabilize the soul. It is a magic treasure that my family specially gave me to protect myself from the despicable tricks of the Hehuan Sect."

"The Divine Sword Sect excels at mental attacks, and your soul is weak. I don't want you to forget me after all this time we've reunited. I'll lend you this for now; return it to me later."

After saying that, she seemed afraid that Lu Zheji would refuse, so she hurriedly got up and left.

Lu Zheji held the jade pendant, still warm and fragrant, in his hand. He gently rubbed his thumb on the smooth jade surface. Suddenly, something touched his mind, and a hazy memory surfaced without warning.

A girl whose figure was far less slender and charming than she was now, dressed in a simple school uniform, sat to his left, tilting her head and whispering something to him: "Brother Xiaolu..."

And the version of myself in my memory seemed to respond quite naturally: "Sister Shen..."

No wonder that even though he was summoned to be questioned, she not only didn't reprimand him or pursue the grudges from back then, but instead lent him her protective magic weapon to take his side.

So Lin Zhengge is actually his considerate younger sister!

and many more……

Lu Zheji suddenly remembered Lin Zhengge's inexplicable nitpicking behavior when Lin Yuexi served him food at the banquet earlier.

Could this be the real reason she attacked Lin Yuexi?

It wasn't because Lin Yuexi was a picky eater, nor because she was ill-mannered, but because she felt uncomfortable seeing another younger sister serving food to her "brother"...

He held the warm jade pendant, his heart filled with mixed emotions, which ultimately turned into a soft sigh:

"It's hardest to accept the kindness of a beautiful woman... Even though I was the one who wronged her first, she still repays evil with kindness, so considerate..."

"Sigh, how did such a wonderful younger sister end up becoming the Crown Princess?"

Inside the Bronze Sparrow Terrace, the goddess who had been listening silently suddenly spoke hesitantly: "Emperor Wu, you owe her nothing, yet she is not considerate."

Lu Zheji was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

The goddess's clear, cold voice slowly rang out: "After the incident, she took revenge that very night. She found an opportunity to put a sack over your head, dragged you to the back alley of the academy, and gave you a severe beating."

Lu Zheji: "???"

"What about the three-year agreement?"

"The three-year agreement was when you were beaten so badly that you ran away with your head in your hands, shouting 'Don't underestimate a young man's potential.' She said she would give you three years to come back from the academy and then we would have another round."

Lu Zheji was speechless for a moment, and the goddess continued, "Moreover, she made a bet on this three-year agreement: the loser would have to serve the winner as a slave for a year. You were foolish back then, and she used reverse psychology to get you to agree without really understanding what was going on."

"Now... you've agreed."

Lu Zheji remained silent for a moment, then, clinging to his last glimmer of hope, asked, "Then... is Lin Zhengge strong?"

The goddess said calmly, "She reached the third realm at the age of thirteen. Such talent is among the top few in the world. Now that I think about it, she should be at the peak of the third realm."

Lu Zheji: "..."

He seemed to understand why Lin Zhengge had suddenly given him the jade pendant and left in such a hurry.

It turns out she was afraid that she would recall that memory and change her mind.

林枕歌，cnm！