Reborn Heiress: Seeking Revenge-Chapter 651: Imposed Memory (1)_1

Ye Ersha’s brows were tightly furrowed. He had to admit that he couldn’t pull off what Lin Mengjie had done, nor could anyone else match her. Even the Young Master seemed to lack the impressive abilities that Lin Mengjie possessed. If the Young Master really turned everyone in the Ye Family into what he had become... and if the Young Master himself became like that, then what would happen if he encountered Lin Mengjie? What were his odds of winning?

By then, the Young Master might truly become enemies with Shangguan You. So by that time... Ye Ersha shook his head, unwilling to continue the thought.

Shangguan You watched the trembling bodies of her family members. With both hands, she instantly formed a barrier in the snowy landscape, blocking the outside blizzard. As scenes from the Lin Family played out on the screen, her body couldn’t help but sway slightly, and even the Lin Wenjie brothers trembled.

The footage revealed the story of how the Lin Family patriarch built his fortune, as well as the past of Lin Qingyu. It even showed their grandmother, whom they had never met, appearing on the screen. The Lin Family had a daughter named Lin Mengjie. However, that girl had died in the hospital with her grandmother shortly after birth, a loss for which the Lin Family patriarch had paid a bloody price.

The Lin Family never had a person called Lin Mengjie?

"No, how is that possible? Auntie watched us grow up together," Lin Wenhao’s voice involuntarily rose as he stared in disbelief at the tragedy unfolding in the hospital.

Shangguan You gazed at Lin Wenbo weeping sorrowfully in the hospital, witnessing the accident caused by the misuse of medication. Her eyes couldn’t help but sting. No wonder she had never seen a woman by her grandfather’s side—his heart held only his late wife.

"Lin Mengjie has never existed in this world. There’s simply no such person as Lin Mengjie," Lin Mengjie’s cold voice rang out.

"If there is no Lin Mengjie, then why does everyone have memories of you, including your household registration? Why do I exist?" Shangguan You rubbed her eyes, looking up at Lin Mengjie hovering in mid-air. She was her mommy, yet not her mommy?

"It might be difficult for you all to understand, but for me, it is quite simple. The Lin Mengjie in everyone’s hearts never existed. That’s merely a memory I imposed upon you," Lin Mengjie’s airy words caused Shangguan Hao and Zhuge Feng to shake violently.

A person who never existed, known only through imposed memories? An extra piece of memory about her simply added to everyone’s minds? Impossible. Everyone shook their heads. Even Shangguan You found it hard to believe as she watched Lin Mengjie. Could all of this be just wishful thinking on their part?

The truth Lin Mengjie spoke of was a harsh blow to everyone and impossible to accept. "Then how did I come to be? Am I also a product of imposed memory?" Shangguan You’s voice was cold. Even she was unsure how to feel at that moment. Her mommy didn’t exist in this timeline, and all the memories of Lin Mengjie were forcefully implanted into everyone; Lin Mengjie herself never existed.

This was simply a huge joke. Where did she come from then? Did she suddenly pop out of a stone? No, that can’t be right. Zhuge Feng had said she was born in a hospital. Was that also a lie?

"No, you are my daughter," Lin Mengjie shook her head again.

"What exactly is going on? Mengjie, please explain clearly to me! Why did you seek out the Shangguan Family? Why did you approach me?" Shangguan Hao’s voice carried deep pain. His towering figure began to sway. The woman he had felt guilty towards his entire life was actually unrelated to him. How could he accept that?

Lin Mengjie did not speak. Instead, she waved her hands, and the once-halted screen in mid-air started moving again.

The screen in mid-air rotated once more, now showing the battle from eighteen years ago between Lin Mengjie and Eldest Young Master Ye. In the footage, after Eldest Young Master Ye fled in a sorry state, Lin Mengjie didn’t pursue him but instead fell into a brief coma. When she awoke again, the multicolored light around her was already gradually fading, and she was even unable to return the Crystal Coffin to the earth’s crust. This was why the Crystal Coffin ended up in the secret chamber of the Shen Family, discovered by Shen Cheng. Consequently, Shen Cheng had used the Crystal Coffin to encase Wanyou’s body.

The audience widened their eyes as the screen showed one Lin Mengjie splitting into two. One was sealed within the Crystal Coffin, hidden away, while the other, a Lin Mengjie without a soul, left the Shen Family’s secret chamber.

Afterward, Lin Mengjie appeared in the Lin Family, openly becoming their young lady. Suddenly, she was not only the daughter of the Lin Family but also Shangguan Hao’s wife. Moreover, there wasn’t even a wedding; everything was deeply imprinted in everyone’s minds. All memories concerning Lin Mengjie were forcibly implanted.

Meeting, falling in love, and then getting married—everything was artificially infused memories, all false, completely false. Two months later, she became pregnant. Then Li Wanying appeared. All of this correlated with the facts.

Shangguan Hao staggered backward a few steps, a metallic, sweet taste in his mouth. He had never truly loved Lin Mengjie; those memories had been forced upon him. However, Wanyou was indeed his and Lin Mengjie’s daughter. Only this was true; the rest was all false. Lin Mengjie had even known about the events of that year, yet she allowed him to be schemed against. She had turned her back heartlessly and left. The crowd was utterly shocked. Among them, the Lin brothers, Liu Ruoling, Shang Zhi, and Shangguan Yu were the most affected, but the one who found it most unbearable was Shangguan Hao.

"Why did you find me? There are thousands of men out there. Why did you have to choose me? Why?" Shangguan Hao asked heavily, looking at the incomparably radiant Lin Mengjie in the sky. An imposed memory had changed his entire life. If not for Lin Mengjie’s sudden departure, he would never have joined the military; he wouldn’t have his current achievements. But the woman he believed he had loved for over a decade was an imposition from someone else. His heart ached uncontrollably. The memories, though imposed, felt as real as if they had truly happened.

"Because you are a member of the Shangguan Family," Lin Mengjie said, her voice cold, even cruel. "The Shangguan Family is the host of the Five Spirit Pearls, and the injuries I sustained can only be healed by them. Shangguan Yu was already married, so I could only turn to you. I could have approached the Yu Family, but they have now changed their surname to Yu, so I chose you."

Lin Mengjie’s words were merciless, even cruel. She felt nothing saying them. But for Shangguan Hao, they were like a knife, each word cutting into him, flaying his flesh, leaving him bloodied and raw.