After provoking the holy maiden of Miao territory, she was infected with a love curse.

Even though she knew it was a trick by Yin Huaixi to fool her, Sang Che still fell for it.

Deeply entangled in it, beyond redemption.

She had assumed that Sang Che was a novice like her and wouldn't have much skill in kissing.

Unexpectedly, she only probed twice.

It got out of control.

Yin Huaixi let out a muffled groan as she was kissed, but she didn't feel the pain of hitting the wall on the back of her head as she had expected.

A soft hand rested on the back of her head, and the skin on the back of Yin Huaixi's neck was "burned" by the silver ornament on Sang Che's hand.

"Why...did you suddenly kiss me?"

The kiss ended.

Sang Che reached out and touched the glistening lips of Yin Huaixi with her thumb, her voice heavy with moisture as it fell on Yin Huaixi's cheek.

Yin Huaixi looked like a boiled shrimp, wishing she could curl up.

This was to avoid Sang Che's approach.

"I just... wanted to shut you up."

"I didn't mean to leave, you can't wrong me like that."

He slid down the wall with his back against it.

Yin Huaixi escaped from Sang Che's encirclement. She squatted down and looked up at Sang Che, only to see his dark braids swaying slightly.

The dangling silver butterfly chain seemed to be dancing gracefully, exquisitely beautiful.

Even at this moment, Yin Huaixi couldn't help but sigh that Sang Che truly deserved to be the female lead of the novel; even from this unflattering angle, she looked so beautiful.

However, Sang Che was not buying into Yin Huaixi's act.

She raised an eyebrow, mimicking Yin Huaixi's movements, and slowly squatted down, saying earnestly, "When have I ever wronged you?"

"I'm just asking if you have this plan in mind?"

Sang Che reached out to touch Yin Huaixi's cheek, but Yin Huaixi instinctively dodged, causing Sang Che to miss his target.

The way her body tilted made Yin Huaixi secretly annoyed. How could that stupid brain react so quickly!

However, after quickly adjusting her mindset, Yin Huaixi gave a "business smile" and immediately pressed her warm cheek against Sang Che's cold palm.

"I have no such intention, A-Che, how can you not believe me?"

Her tone was soft, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Yin Huaixi didn't need to act at all, because she really missed her sisters and wanted to go home.

"If I wanted to run away, I would have had plenty of opportunities to run away at night. I didn't leave... Ah Che, it's because if I left you, I would have nowhere to go."

"Completely turned into an unwanted stray dog, a pathetic wretch."

As she spoke, Yin Huaixi's voice became choked with sobs, a sound that broke one's heart.

"I don't want to... I don't want to be so embarrassed."

...

Panting heavily, Yiyun and Acai hurried over, but before they could figure out what was going on, they saw the Holy Maiden cornering Yin Huaixi against the wall, the two of them extremely close together.

Yin Huaixi wept bitterly, her face streaked with tears.

Just as A-Cai was about to walk forward, her cloth shoes had barely stepped out when Yi-Yun grabbed her.

Don't go over there.

He stumbled back two steps, his heels pointing backward.

Acai, who was unsteady on her feet, was caught steadily by Yiyun, who scratched her head.

"Why can't we go over there?"

Yi Yun's eyes never left Yin Huaixi and Sang Che. She narrowed her eyes, her expression meaningful.

"Didn't you see the saintess coaxing that guy?"

A-Cai was confused. She rubbed her eyes and looked in that direction. She saw that the usually aloof Saintess was actually "coaxing" Yin Huaixi.

However, it is said to be "coaxing".

More often, it was Yin Huaixi holding the saintess's hand, chattering on and on.

The two stood at the alley entrance in perfect unison, aggressively blocking anyone peering inside.

Upon seeing the two women's attire, the villagers knew they were women skilled in witchcraft and sorcery, and none dared to approach them any further.

I could only glance at it curiously before slipping away as fast as I could.

They were terrified of being infected by the Gu worms.

They died without anyone knowing.

...

Hearing Yin Huaixi's sobs, even though he couldn't see her, Sang Che could sense that she was heartbroken.

Sang Che took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve, folded it neatly, and handed it over.

She said softly, "I can't see, so I won't wipe your tears for you, lest... I wipe your snot everywhere and you start crying again."

Sang Che's gentle and soft-spoken words stunned Yin Huaixi. She really didn't expect that after she cried like that, Sang Che would actually stop being angry.

The handkerchief was waved twice in front of me.

The two butterflies embroidered on the handkerchief also seem to be about to dance.

Sang Che smiled, his lips slightly pursed, showing no trace of the "fierce and ferocious" look he had just had.

Seeing that Sang Che had returned to his harmless self, Yin Huaixi swallowed her worries.

Fortunately, Sang Che's state of being on the verge of turning evil has disappeared.

Otherwise, Yin Huaixi really wouldn't have dared to take out the handkerchief.

She was really worried... whether Sang Che had added poison to it.

Taking the handkerchief Sang Che handed her, Yin Huaixi secretly wiped away her tears, wondering when her second sister's people would come to pick her up.

Sang Che: "Are you done crying?"

"After you've finished crying, help me inside."

Knowing that they were still outside, the two of them's actions just now, which were close to "crossing the line," were really inappropriate.

Yin Huaixi gave an awkward laugh.

She quickly got up and brushed the dust off her skirt.

Just bear with it!

Enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, sleeping on firewood and tasting gall, it's only for a few days!

At worst, I'll just slap the female lead a few more times.

At this point, compared to life and freedom, the chastity of the mouth is not so important!

"Oh, do you want me to keep carrying it?"

Yin Huaixi turned around.

Holding hands and walking together is too cheesy.

She couldn't take it anymore!

Sang Che: "These two steps are nothing for you to do; I can manage on my own."

Silently, Sang Che placed her hands on Yin Huaixi's back, exhaling a breath of warm air, which made Yin Huaixi involuntarily shrink back.

Is Sang Che crazy...?

Keeping snakes is one thing.

How come its behavior is exactly like a snake!

Sang Che smiled and said, "However, I'll still have to trouble Huai Xi to hold my hand."

"I am a flawed person, and I hope that Huai Xi will take pity on me."

The wind ruffled the stray hairs between Sang Che's brows, and her sickly appearance, like a pitiful jasmine flower being ravaged by a torrential downpour, softened Yin Huaixi's heart once again.

Every time Sang Che opens his mouth, Yin Huaixi can't help but want to do this and that for her... Could this guy have really cast a spell on the air?

"What nonsense are you talking about? Haven't I been holding your hand the whole time?"

Sang Che felt her fingertips slowly being opened, and the force with which Yin Huaixi gripped her made her even more smug. She leaned slightly forward, her shoulder bumping into Yin Huaixi's chest.

The girl's shy and demure demeanor was on full display.

"Forever?"

here we go again…

learn from mistakes.

Yin Huaixi wouldn't fall for it this time. She nodded slightly, her voice incredibly sincere.

"forever."

"Even when the world changes and we are old and gray, I will never leave you."

Having read countless ancient romance novels, Yin Huaixi is adept at uttering sweet nothings.

Even without hands-on experience, you can still learn about 50% of it by studying!

But... even a white lie is still a lie.

Sang Che tightened her grip on her hand and stepped into the inn. Before leaving, she turned back to Yin Huaixi and said, "You said it yourself, Huaixi."

"Once a promise is made, it cannot be broken."

"Otherwise, I will plant a curse on you."

"So that you can never leave me, never want to leave me, and will never leave me in this lifetime."