Probably the shock was too great, perhaps because Lian Xing had no way to continue deceiving himself.

He was somewhat incoherent, and the heads of his brilliant, starlike eyes were darkened by confusion.

Lin Mengya didn't pursue the question, she knew what it was like to have a dream shattered.

Especially in Lian Xing's case, I'm afraid that even he himself can't believe that the one who plotted to kill her mother, or the accomplice, is actually his own ...