Chapter 258 : You Rock, Highgod! 8 (2/2)

A young woman in a red dress energetically followed at Cang Lan’s side. Their red and white figures slowly walked over.

After a while, Shi Sheng deduced what had happened after listening to the discussions around her.

Incredibly, it turned out that Cang Lan had amnesia. He did remember Yue Yao, but his memories somehow appeared to have been altered.

After he returned to the Heavenly Realm, its inhabitants discovered that the once distant Highgod Cang Lan surprisingly allowed Yue Yao to remain at his side.

Shi Sheng wanted to facepalm. ‘Plot-sama, you’re asking for a beating, y’know? Really! Getting the leads together even after all that!’

When Yue Yao first entered, she hadn’t been able to see Shi Sheng as the crowd had been blocking her view. Now, however, she could see her clearly. The moment Yue Yao laid eyes on Shi Sheng, she halted and stared at her blankly.

“It’s you!”

She had been wondering why the name Qing Guan had sounded so familiar! It turned out that it was the Highlord Qing Guan, who rumours claimed was too ugly to show her face in public.

This rumour was the reason why Yue Yao had never connected the Qing Guan she met in the human realm with Highlord Qing Guan.

The discussions died down as countless eyes swivelled to fix themselves on the three of them. Everyone pretty much had ‘there’s gossip, come watch’ written all over their faces.

Yue Yao’s suspicion only grew the more she thought. ‘With how much she was targeting me…did she already know who I was?’

“So you did those things on purpose?!” Yue Yao had an impulsive character, so it was no surprise she blurted this out the moment it occurred to her.

“Eh? Are Yue Yao and Highgod Qing Guan acquainted?” The gossipmongers were getting worked up.

“I don’t think they were? Highgod Qing Guan never even left Verdant Palace, so how would she be acquainted with Yue Yao?”

The crowd waited to watch the drama unfold. ‘This’ll be interesting…’

Shi Sheng’s lips raised. ‘This idiot. Without the ML to help you, not even Plot-sama can save your IQ.’

“What did I do to you?”

The discussions amongst the surrounding crowd had brought Yue Yao back to her senses. But it was too late; she’d already spoken the words—she couldn’t possibly swallow them now.

“Let’s talk somewhere else,” Yue Yao lowered her voice.

“Who do you think you are?” Shi Sheng abruptly raised her voice, “What right do you have to make me talk with you somewhere else?”

A hint of panic flashed across Yue Yao’s face. ‘Why is this woman so detestable?’

“Highgod Cang Lan!” Yue Yao suddenly hid behind Cang Lan.

Shi Sheng seemed to hear a voice in her head saying, “Congratulations to the female lead for awakening the white lotus skill.”

She stared at Cang Lan somewhat grumpily. ‘ML-sama, please don’t. Just don’t. If you decide to be unreasonable too, I(bbb) don’t know if I(bbb) can stop myself from activating massacre mode…’

But it was quite clear that Cang Lan hadn’t heard her thoughts, because he immediately drew Yue Yao behind him protectively. “Yue Yao only wanted to talk with you. Why must you be so aggressive?”

Shi Sheng scoffed, “She wanted to talk with me? About what? About how she hadn’t meant to pull the wrong string? That she hadn’t meant to make me nearly fail in my tribulation?”

“Well you didn’t fail it, did you?” Yue Yao retorted again, clearly not willing to admit defeat.

“Oh, so that’s my fault too?”

‘Are you going to blame the food for not being cooked enough if you starve to death? FL-sama, this mindset of yours is very dangerous ah!’

Yue Yao paled. “I didn’t mean it that way.”

“I didn’t have the time to look for you to settle scores before, but here you are today: delivering yourself to me. Well, let’s settle our scores once and for all, shall we?”

Yue Yao was in a real panic now. She regretted her impulsiveness from the bottom of her heart.

Although Cang Lan had lost his memories, his IQ was still intact. Noticing that Yue Yao’s reaction was somewhat off, he asked, “Yue Yao, what happened?”

“I…” Yue Yao didn’t know how she had pulled the red strings of Highgod Qing Guan and Cang Lan together.

Shi Sheng scoffed coldly, “If you can’t say it, I’ll help you. As the Moon Elder, you are in charge of the romantic lives of everyone in the three realms. Yet, you were careless and made a mistake while drunk. Because of your mistake, I very nearly failed my ascension to Highgod.”