Xuannv knew she could not fool Lijing any longer. In truth, upon careful reflection, after Lijing had captured the two of them, he had done nothing to harm them. Compared to the cruel methods of the Ghost Tribe that she knew of, having her run errands for him was a mild punishment indeed.
With this thought, Xuannv suddenly lost the desire to spin any more lies to deceive Lijing. Yet she could not tell the truth either, so she chose silence.
Seeing that she lowered her head in silence and no longer tried to deceive him, Lijing felt a sudden, clear sense of satisfaction that she was treating him with honesty. In the Great Zhiming Palace, aside from Yanzhi, everyone else possessed hearts of eighteen-layered intricate crystal; every word they spoke required endless guessing and probing, and most of it was false anyway—it was dreadfully tedious.
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