Chapter 853: The Psychic Master 17

After returning to his room, He Tongyang looked at Tang Wan with an innocent expression.

“Wanwan… are you unhappy?”

Tang Wan was slightly taken aback. “Why would you think that?”

“Grandpa said when he was preparing offerings for you, your expression didn’t look good,” He Tongyang replied seriously. “I don’t like it when you’re unhappy.”

For some reason, he preferred seeing her smile gently. It made him feel calm… and safe.

Hearing this, Tang Wan’s heart softened.

“I’m not unhappy,” she said slowly. “I just feel… a bit strange.”

As she spoke, she lifted her hand and lightly tapped her own head, putting on a conflicted expression.

Internally, however, her thoughts were clear.

First step—fix the ancestor identity.

Otherwise, there was no way this could develop in the direction she wanted.

“Huh? Strange how?” He Tongyang asked immediately.

Tang Wan hesitated deliberately before replying, “It’s just… it feels like there are a lot of other people’s memories in my mind. This ‘He Tang’ is only one of them.”

She made it sound as if her memories were jumbled and incomplete.

The moment he heard that, He Tongyang’s gaze sharpened.

Multiple memories?

Could it be that she had devoured other souls, merging them into her own?

But that didn’t quite add up.

If that were the case, her spiritual aura should feel chaotic and impure. Yet what he sensed from her was exceptionally clean—far too pure for something like that.

Still, one thing was clear.

She was not truly “He Tang.”

At most, she was something formed from fragments—including He Tang’s.

Even so… she had shown no hostility toward him.

On the contrary, she had been protecting him.

With that conclusion, He Tongyang quickly steadied himself and spoke with quiet seriousness.

“No matter who you are,” he said, “as long as I know you’re Wanwan, that’s enough. If it makes you uncomfortable, then don’t think about it.”

At the same moment, the system’s excited voice rang out in Tang Wan’s mind.

“Ding! Congratulations, Host! The familial emotional bias has been successfully broken. Favorability +6. Current favorability: 76!”

Tang Wan’s eyes widened slightly.

Then, unable to hide her delight, she looked at He Tongyang with a bright smile.

“Tongtong is right. No matter who I am, as long as you know I’m Wanwan, that’s enough.”

“Mm.” He nodded, though her intense gaze made him feel slightly awkward.

Still… he didn’t dislike it.

He liked the way her attention was entirely on him.

Before long, servants from the He family delivered the prepared offerings.

As a ghost, Tang Wan could only absorb the essence of the food—but even that was enough to excite her when she saw the table filled with dishes.

“Tongtong, I’m going to eat something delicious first!” she said eagerly.

“Okay, go ahead,” He Tongyang replied.

But the moment Tang Wan left his side, his expression changed.

The innocence and simplicity faded, replaced by quiet thought.

Within the He family estate, aside from spirits controlled or suppressed by psychics, there were almost no wandering ghosts. And if there were, they wouldn’t be able to escape his perception.

Yet Tang Wan…

She had appeared out of nowhere.

None of the protective formations surrounding the He family had detected her at all.

Which could only mean one thing.

Her strength far exceeded the limits those formations could handle.

A ghost of that level…

He had never encountered one before.

If she remained as she was now, it might not be a problem.

But…

What if one day she lost control?