After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Lian Buman has now come to her senses why Shen Baolin was so out of control at the winery that night.

This clearly shows that she still has feelings for him, but Sheng Yunchao rejected her too harshly back then, and her pride and self-respect do not allow her to admit that she still has feelings for Sheng Yunchao.

“Oh, I understand why you hate Si Jian so much.” Lian Buman thought for a moment, “Although you and Lou Xiao are cousins, you weren’t close when you were little. You blindly idolized him, and it was only through Lu Si Jian that you got Lou Xiao to treat you like a sister. You must have been very resentful, right? You felt that blood relatives were not as good as outsiders.”

As her childhood nemesis and sworn enemy, she knew Shen Baolin's character all too well, so her analysis was spot on.

"What I didn't expect was that the guy I had a crush on also liked Lu Sijian and disliked you..." Lian Buman couldn't help but feel sorry for the other person. "You love Zhou Guyang, not only because you like Huang Mao, but also because he only likes you and dislikes Sijian, right?"

"Lian Buman, shut up! Shut up! Don't say another word!" Shen Baolin was on the verge of a breakdown.

Lian Buman composed herself and gave a soft snort, "Don't worry, I won't tell Sijian. Do you want to make her uncomfortable?"

For this reason, Sheng Yunchao never mentioned Shen Baolin's confession to him.

"You just didn't encounter it. If you had, do you think you could have done better than me?" Shen Baolin looked at her resentfully.

Xia Youyou couldn't stand it anymore: "Why didn't Manman run into her? Didn't Lou Xiao?"

Given Lian Buman's personality, she would never agree to a family-arranged marriage unless she had feelings for the person.

To be fair, Lou Xiao is indeed outstanding; he's handsome and capable, so it's normal for Lian Buman to develop feelings for him.

But it only went as far as that slight liking.

After Lian Buman learned that Lou Xiao liked Lu Sijian, and that Lu Sijian also had feelings for Lou Xiao, she decisively chose to withdraw.

She liked Lu Sijian far more than she liked Lou Xiao, so she would never try to steal Lu Sijian's man.

Lian Buman and Xia Youyou left together, and Shen Baolin stood in the quiet courtyard, feeling cold all over.

Those hidden thoughts were exposed to the light of day, leaving her feeling exposed and her ugly face revealed.

Even more terrifying, she also lost to Lian Buman.

"Baolin, don't overthink it..." Mu Liangyue hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Get out of here, stop pretending!" Shen Baolin sneered. "You're the most two-faced one. You used me to seduce my cousin, aren't you proud of yourself?"

With that, she pushed Mu Liangyue away and ran off.

Mu Liangyue stood there, a bitter feeling spreading through her heart.

-

That night, Lu Sijian lay in bed.

She's probably been sleeping too much these past few days, and she's having trouble falling asleep at night.

A slight buzzing sound suddenly came to her ears, like a gust of wind, but she suddenly opened her eyes in the darkness.

"Tongzi, are you there?"

In the Divine Kingdom, the black-haired priest paused slightly at the tip of his finger, and after a long while, he softly hummed in agreement.

He has always been there, of course.

Lu Sijian had a soul contract with him, and their connection was the strongest. Although the live stream was cut off, they still maintained a weak connection.

"Master, what's your name? You're a priest too, right? I've caught one of your traitorous colleagues."

Lu Sijian spoke in a normal tone, as if there were no grudges between them.

The black-haired priest unconsciously curled his fingertips slightly.

"You don't mind if I hide some things from you?" She paused, then added, "Just call me Number 3."

They have no names, only code names.

In order to shoulder this responsibility, they must discard certain human aspects of themselves and make themselves appear more like gods.

The temple determined that he was the one among all the priests who was closest to divinity.

Because of their innate detachment from emotions, they are unaffected by any feelings, strictly and impartially carrying out each observation mission, reaping the rewards of their efforts, and then sending the mission takers to prison.

He knew, of course, that the Kingdom of God was not absolutely righteous, and that many mission takers were not necessarily heinous criminals.

Some people questioned this method back then, saying that no one is perfect, and isn't it normal for human nature to be multifaceted? Why can't we allow flaws to exist? Why force good people to become demons?

At the time, he didn't take it seriously, thinking, "Why can't I do it?" Are you just making excuses for yourself by saying that?

He now deeply regrets the things he said back then.

Lu Sijian: "Priest No. 3, it's a pleasure to meet you. Are you interested in cooperating with me?"

The black-haired priest frowned, unable to fathom her thoughts. "You still want to cooperate?"

"Of course, the mission isn't over yet; we still have to follow the agreement. But it's a bit tricky; I can't lower the favorability rating right now..."

The black-haired priest pursed his lips tightly for a moment, then relaxed them.

[It's not that there's no way to avoid this; as long as we both agree, the contract can be fine-tuned within its basic framework. But why are you still undertaking this mission?]

Lu Sijian: "I probably can't wash away my original sin, the fact that I was sold to a rich man's banquet when I was a child."

The black-haired priest felt a slight, sharp pain in his chest, as if something had bitten him. "...I'm sorry, I didn't know you had gone through something so terrible."

Lu Sijian nodded: "I know you caught us too late; everything that was going to happen had already happened. But did you know that your colleagues entered our little world more than ten years in advance?"

【…】

"It seems he doesn't know. So, he abandoned his physical body to steal Mu Liangyue's luck, did you know that?"

Then he recounted the information he had gathered during the day.

The black-haired priest's eyes narrowed slightly: "Stealing Mu Liangyue's fortune after the mission is complete? Has he gone mad? Once the mission is finished, your small world will completely stop near the divine kingdom. He stole Mu Liangyue's fortune; the small world will collapse or even explode, endangering the divine kingdom!"

"He's not crazy. He's harvesting fortune so that he can live forever and for all eternity."

The other party said that the people of the divine kingdom can control time, but time does not favor them.

Therefore, it is impossible for the people of the Kingdom of God to truly be immortal; they will also grow old and die.

Moreover, the extravagant lifestyle outside the temple clearly didn't satisfy the other party, who seemed uninterested in it, making her wonder if there was something wrong with that way of enjoying himself.

Judging from how the other party instigated Lu Lingchen to offer tribute, he was an extremely pleasure-seeking person.

In ancient mythology, even gods and immortals would yearn for the mortal world, and the other party would likely feel the same way, wanting to use this method to circulate through every small world, endlessly, for thousands of generations.

The black-haired priest paused for a moment: "Thank you for informing me. I have found out who he is and will arrange his extradition as soon as possible to bring him to trial and conviction."

He will never let go of those who harm the fundamental interests of God's Kingdom.

Lu Sijian suddenly smiled. "It wasn't you."

"What?" The black-haired priest was stunned for a moment, then realized what he meant. "You're testing me?"

Lu Sijian: "Don't be angry. Aren't you curious about who his companions in the divine kingdom are? There is a traitor among you."