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

After her eldest and second eldest sisters left, Yin Huaixi closed the door.

The servants prepared the bath tub, and the medicinal herbs that Yin Huaixi had personally selected were also soaked in it.

The faint scent of medicine rose with the rising steam, and a screen was moved over to provide privacy.

The young lady, with her sleeves rolled up, nimbly and skillfully served Chen Wan, who was lying on the bed, leaving the maids in awe.

They had never seen a master serving a servant!

It's even more amazing than the sun rising in the west!

Water droplets unknowingly landed on her face, but Yin Huaixi didn't bother to wipe them away. The maids stepped forward to help Sang Che take off his clothes, and just as they lifted the bed curtains, their hands were on Sang Che's shoulders.

Yin Huaixi only spoke after seeing this scene.

"You may all leave now."

"I'll take care of the rest."

The maids trembled and withdrew their hands, not daring to leave, but Yin Huaixi smiled at them.

"I asked the kitchen to prepare some snacks. You put down your work and helped me with all this. Consider this a reward for you."

The young maids, not very old, couldn't resist the temptation of the sweet but not greasy pastries. They immediately left, not forgetting to say "Thank you, Third Miss" repeatedly.

Everyone has left.

The once bustling scene is no more.

Only Sang Che and Yin Huaixi remained in the large bedroom.

Walking straight towards Sang Che, Yin Huaixi lowered her eyes and reached out to pull Sang Che's clothes down.

Yin Huaixi had done this countless times at Fengming Mountain.

Practice makes perfect.

Practice makes perfect.

"Huaixi, if I continue to stay by your side, will it anger your sister?"

"Will this also implicate you?"

Sang Che had never considered this matter.

She had always wanted to stay by Yin Huaixi's side without any restrictions, no matter what identity she used, she wanted to stay by Yin Huaixi's side.

Be a tagalong that you can't get rid of.

They took off all their clothes.

The candlelight was bright.

Yin Huaixi could clearly see the deep and shallow marks on Sang Che's body. She had never before looked so carefully at Sang Che's beautiful face and examined his body, which was riddled with holes from sharp weapons.

Although Sang Che has a secret scar-removing ointment.

But her old and new wounds, the faded scars, are far less numerous than the newly added ones.

Yin Huaixi placed her fingertips on the wound where Sang Che had been pierced by an arrow and looked at her.

"Ah Che, don't tell me... you're only thinking about this now."

"You've already done it, so what's there to be afraid of?"

A storm is brewing.

Yin Huaixi didn't know what her elder sister wanted to say to her. Based on her elder sister's habits since childhood, Yin Huaixi might as well pray to God that her elder sister would drag her to the ancestral hall to be punished by kneeling.

This is better than "stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork".

Sang Che: "..."

Throughout her life, Sang Che lived an upright and honest life.

Note that this is based solely on Sang Che's own words and actions.

She had never been afraid of anything; her only worry was that Yin Huaixi would be kicked out of the house.

Yin Huaixi: "Let's not talk about these things now, let's go take a bath."

"You're so weak, even if I wanted to kick you out, my older sister wouldn't let me."

Yin Huaixi wasn't wrong about that.

She knew very well that her elder sister had discovered Sang Che's philandering and would not kick him out of the mansion to benefit her.

They might send out eighteen bronze men to drag Sang Che to a deserted place and beat him until he's completely broken.

Obediently stepping into the bathtub.

The warm pool water drove away the chill from my body.

Sang Che stared at Yin Huaixi with alluring eyes, and she immediately leaned over the edge of the brown wooden barrel.

"Huaixi, if you feel uncomfortable..."

"I can leave here."

"I won't let you and your sister make a choice."

The green pool water flowed over every inch of Sang Che's body, and her words froze Yin Huaixi's hand, who was fiddling with the stove.

She used to desperately want Sang Che to leave her world, and she even handed Sang Che a water bag laced with drugs. At that time, Yin Huaixi was able to firmly believe in going home.

The stove warmed the bedroom, and Sang Che continued speaking to himself: "In our Miao region, if we take a fancy to someone, we'll cast a spell on them, lure them back to our house, and from then on, once we've drunk their wine and entered their room, we're family."

"But some people...won't do that."

"They treat their loved ones like the Han people often say: 'May we find one heart and stay together until our hair turns white.'"

"They won't use witchcraft on their loved ones, nor will they force them to stay in the Miao village. Instead, they will leave the village and live with their loved ones."

"I started learning Chinese."

Such deep affection often ends badly.

They are either discarded like trash by their beloved, or filled with suspicion.

They fear Gu worms and Gu magic.

They were also afraid of retaliation from the Miao people.

The remaining affection was torn away without a trace, leaving only trivial matters.

Sang Che had personally witnessed several Miao people who had been betrayed. She thought that people from the Central Plains were generally unwilling to abandon their prosperous towns and cities and instead stay in the green mountains and clear waters, living a pastoral life.

Sang Che couldn't understand why someone would willingly be abandoned.

She originally thought she would never understand or figure it out in her lifetime.

But now, staring at Yin Huaixi's busy back, she suddenly realized something, as if struck by a thunderbolt.

Hearing Sang Che's gentle yet resolute tone, Yin Huaixi put down the fire tongs she was using to stir the charcoal, went to Sang Che's side, and lowered her eyes.

"Ah Che, you mean...you're going to leave...and go back to Miao territory, is that right?"

This is clearly what she has always wanted.

Why... does my heart still ache slightly now?

The disappointment in her tone was something even Yin Huaixi herself didn't realize.

Sang Che nodded, then shook his head.

Yin Huaixi's heart rose and fell with her movements.

They became unable to control themselves.

"Worldly ethics separate us, Huaixi, I don't believe in fate, nor do I believe in those rules and norms."

Hearing her say that, Yin Huaixi couldn't help but ask, "Then you..."

Sang Che: "You care about your sister, Huai Xi. They can't accept me. If I make you choose... it will only hurt the relationship between us."

"I'll stand guard outside, and if I can just catch a glimpse of you, I'll be content."

This time there were no traps, no deception; Sang Che spoke from the bottom of his heart.

She closed her eyes, refusing to look at the face she longed for day and night; Sang Che seemed prepared to back down.

Yin Huaixi was now truly unable to tell whether Sang Che was deliberately using a retreat as a tactic or genuinely intending to let each other go.

Sang Che chuckled as he stirred the warm water in the pool, saying, "If there really is a war between Miao territory and the imperial court, my hiding here with you would be a betrayal of the gods' will."

"I am their saint, they are in trouble, I must go back."

These words sound like a dying wish.

Yin Huaixi pursed her lips tightly; she didn't want to respond.

They also refused to face the facts that Sang Che had stated.

With a tapping sound on the edge of the bathtub, Sang Che completely let go of his inhibitions and revealed his last trump card.

She said in a low voice, "Anyone in this world who is dabbling in medicine wants to be able to control the Gu King. Huaixi, I'm leaving it to you... just use it for self-defense."

"At that time, all the world's witchcraft techniques will be utterly defeated before it."

"If you don't want it, I'll entrust Little Tooth to you to raise before I leave Lingshui, okay?"

This huge Yin mansion must be a place where Little Tooth would be quite happy to live, so there's no worry about finding it a good place to stay.

Yin Huaixi, who had been silent all along, finally couldn't stand what Sang Che said.

She said coldly, "You can raise that snake yourself."

Sang Che: "Why?"

Sang Che: "Huai Xi, you still don't like Xiao Ya'er?"

Yin Huaixi looked Sang Che in the eye and said, "I won't allow you to leave, nor will I allow you to die."