<h4>Chapter 1072: This is a Battle of Wits and Bravery (1)</h4>


    In the basement, Zhang Ke finally lifted her head after Big One left. However, she didn’t know what to say when she looked at Ling Tianya.


    After a long silence, Ling Tianya spoke first. “I want to know why you released me. You said that you needed to return a favor to Wang Manpeng. Isn’t releasing me the same as betraying Wang Manpeng?”


    Zhang Ke bit her lip so hard it looked like she was going to make it bleed. “I definitely owe a favor to the leader.”


    Zhang Ke’s voice was soft and helpless. It seemed that to her, she was helpless.


    “Originally, I didn’t have a name, nor an identity. It was the leader who gave me an identity and the name Gui Mei. Therefore, I owe the leader a favor. However, you’re different. When I was first sent to your side, I was only supposed to observe your attitude. However, the longer I stayed with you, the more I noticed that I was very happy being beside you, very happy. I was happy when you lectured me, very happy when we schemed about other people together. I began to feel like I could live like a normal person. Every day, I lived a rich and busy life.”


    “Gradually, I began to hypnotize myself. I secretly influenced myself to be Zhang Ke. No matter what I did, I used Zhang Ke’s train of thought. As if I had a split personality, Zhang Ke gradually upied my brain, and the original Gui Mei began to gradually disappear.”


    “Recently, I received a call from the leader. This was the first time he had called me in the five years I was with you, and I knew that it would be thest time. Unless it was absolutely necessary, the leader would not pull me.”


    “Following the leader’s call, Gui Mei suddenly woke up in my head. She told me who I was, where I was, and what I should do. Therefore, I kidnapped you and brought you to the leader. However, during that time, there were two voices in my head, one of Zhang Ke and one of Gui Mei. During that period of time, I was also suffering. When you were beaten up and bullied by Mandy, and I was fighting with Mike and saw you escape, I actually wanted to let you get away. However, unluckily, someone noticed you escaping. In order to not let you suffer, I needed to run the fastest. As long as I was the first one to capture you, then I could ensure that you did not suffer.”


    “However, unluckily, you bumped into the leader. Every time I saw the leader acting violently toward you, especially when he wanted to suffocate you, I would get very anxious, and the voice that would repeat in my head would be telling me I couldn’t let anything happen to you. I felt like my mental state had copsed. There were two trains of thought and two people’s emotions fighting against each other in my heart and in my brain.”


    “In the end, I released you because Zhang Ke won. Zhang Ke’s emotions and dependency on you surpassed Gui Mei, who didn’t have anything.”


    After she finished speaking, Zhang Ke lowered her head, and her shoulders began to tremble. When she lifted her head again, her face was full of tears. “Teacher, I was wrong... Can you forgive me...”


    Zhang Ke’s tears made the tip of Ling Tianya’s nose feel sour and her throat uneven. It would be a lie to say that she was not moved. After all, for all of these years, her feelings toward Zhang Ke were real. Zhang Ke was her most trusted and most capable assistant.


    Ruan Zeyan had told her that when he rushed into Wang Manpeng’s subdivision, those members of the terrorist organization had discovered Zhang Ke pretending to be Ling Tianya in the room. They had flown into a rage out of humiliation and wanted to kill Zhang Ke.