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

Suddenly, this scene came to mind.

Sang Che couldn't help but lower her eyes and smile. She had always looked innocent and carefree, and didn't seem like someone who would keep secrets in her heart at all.

Like the snow lotus atop the Tianshan Mountains.

"What are you laughing at?"

Yin Huaixi couldn't stand Sang Che's behavior. She couldn't help but reach out and pinch Sang Che's seemingly harmless face, watching as she pulled up his skin.

That made me feel a little better.

"Laugh... Huaixi, you've changed."

As expected, this remark prompted Yin Huaixi to deliberately move closer to Sang Che, almost kissing his thin lips, and then she asked, "How have I changed? Have I become worse, or better?"

Sang Che: "Even better."

Yin Huaixi couldn't help but roll her eyes. She wrapped the blanket around herself, planning to spend the night by the cold spring and leave along the path once Sang Che felt a little better.

"You're feeling incredibly smug because I've been following you around like a puppy, worried that something might happen to you."

"You just said I've changed for the better, haven't you?"

Upon hearing Yin Huaixi's explanation, Sang Che instinctively shook his head in denial.

No.

"Huaixi, I'm genuinely happy for you."

Yin Huaixi was stunned. She raised her eyebrows, signaling Sang Che to continue making things up. She wanted to hear what Sang Che could say to please her.

"What's there to be happy about?"

Sang Che reached out and took Yin Huaixi's hand, placing it on his chest: "You want me to stay because... you crave me."

"Huaixi, if you like something, you have to fight and compete for it to satisfy yourself."

"You desire me just as I desire you, you...you're saying you love me."

"You're showing me kindness."

rhetoric.

They made it sound incredibly eloquent.

But why... is it so captivating?

Yin Huaixi hurriedly pulled her hand away, grabbed the blanket to cover her body completely, and lay down on the made-up bed, ignoring Sang Che's appearance.

Her long, smooth hair covered her face, and Yin Huaixi's voice, muffled from under the blanket, was barely audible.

"I'm telling you, you're not allowed to think about anything tonight. Get some rest, and we'll leave Miao territory tomorrow morning."

"It's no use resisting."

The embers continued to burn, crackling and popping. Yin Huaixi kept her eyes tightly shut, her mind a jumbled mess, like a cat's paws spreading out a tangled ball of yarn, impossible to untangle or cut.

With his palm resting on Yin Huaixi's pillow, Sang Che hadn't even had a chance to get closer when he heard a hissing sound like a kitten.

"Ah Che, don't do anything reckless."

These words sounded like an order, and Sang Che paused, indeed not moving forward any further.

With two toxins churning inside her body, Sang Che was experiencing intense pain in her internal organs. She had been gritting her teeth and enduring it until now because she didn't want Yin Huaixi to see her in this wretched state.

With trembling fingers, Sang Che gently peeled a small opening in Yin Huaixi's blanket, worried that she might suffocate if she slept with the blanket over her head.

He then sat down next to Yin Huaixi without saying anything, looking at the Miao King's Palace, which had been burned to ashes.

She thought to herself, "Huai Xi's fire was far more ruthless than hers."

"Why aren't you lying down and sleeping? Trying to slip away from me?"

After sitting for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Yin Huaixi, unable to hold back any longer, climbed out of bed. Staring at Sang Che's lonely back, she changed her attitude again and now wished that Sang Che would lie down and sleep with her.

Urged on, Sang Che smiled and obediently lay down next to Yin Huaixi.

The two cuddled like little animals, with Sang Che even bringing his forehead close to Yin Huaixi's.

Before Yin Huaixi could express her dislike, Sang Che interrupted her.

"Huaixi, you've been living in the open these past few days, haven't you had a hard time?"

The dense forests of Miao territory are not a pleasant place to live.

Huai Xi trekked through mountains and rivers, experiencing extreme temperature differences between day and night, and occasionally encountering poisonous miasma.

It's common to experience discomfort due to unfamiliar surroundings.

Sang Che thought she must have suffered a lot.

Such a question left Yin Huaixi speechless.

It would be a lie to say that she wasn't uncomfortable. Yin Huaixi had been in Miao territory for so long. The initial discomfort upon entering Miao territory, the rashes that broke out all over her body, and sleeping in the wilderness all night long, just setting up a makeshift shelter and sleeping among the weeds.

It left her with dark circles under her eyes.

Fortunately, the Gu King that Sang Che gave her could make the poisonous insects around them disappear, so that the entire army wouldn't be half-crippled by the poisonous insects before they even saw the Miao King's palace.

Through the hazy vision, one could glimpse Yin Huaixi's silence. Sang Che reached out and gently rubbed Yin Huaixi's cheeks with both hands.

He apologized in a low voice, "Huaixi, I'm sorry."

Her apology also indicated that she couldn't leave Miao territory yet, as she feared she would have to disappoint Yin Huaixi's good intentions.

Lü Panshan must die.

Before he died, Sang Che still had to force him to reveal the origin of the poison.

In this way, her eye disease might be cured, and from now on, she will be able to see Huaixi's appearance properly.

No need for love potions…

She can also look at her beloved properly, just like a healthy person.

"What are you talking about apologizing for, you idiot?"

"I've found you, so get some sleep now."

"Come with me to leave Miao territory tomorrow."

Yin Huaixi knew that Sang Che was keeping things to himself and was probably hiding something.

That "I'm sorry" reminded her to keep a close eye on Sang Che's plan to run away.

...

I didn't sleep well that night.

Yin Huaixi was in a daze when she opened her eyes and the morning sun was shining beside her.

The cold spring continued to emit a clear and melodious gurgling sound, and Yin Huaixi almost subconsciously checked whether the person lying next to her had any intention of escaping.

Fortunately, Sang Che was still sleeping peacefully beside her. The way she was curled up was very heartbreaking.

"woke up?"

"I've been watching over you here for an hour or two without disturbing you, just to see if you get what you want."

She was a nameless, dusty traveler; she hadn't slept all night, busy with all sorts of things.

Hearing her teasing, Yin Huaixi changed her usual irritable attitude and simply pulled up the blanket next to her, almost covering Sang Che's entire face, not wanting outsiders to see.

nameless:"……"

Who said she was going to watch it?

These two are really...

Yin Huaixi: "How did the matter His Highness instructed you to handle go? Seeing that you came to see me so early, you must have resolved it completely."

"That's good, it saves me from making another trip."

"After packing our things, we left."

Yin Huaixi's extremely decisive tone made Wuming shrug helplessly. She jumped down from the rock and said with a smile, "When I came, His Highness specifically instructed me that Miss Yin is a very timid person and that I should take good care of her and not let her get lost."

"In that case... Your Highness is mistaken. Miss Yin doesn't need my care at all."

Or perhaps it's said that a person should be viewed with new eyes after three days of separation.

Yin Huaixi straightened her inner lining and changed her clothes. She raised an eyebrow and looked at Wuming.

"It's good that you know."

"We each do our jobs, get things done, and then go our separate ways."

"Ache is not in good health right now, I can't let her stay in Miao territory."

Anonymous: "There's an old man that you rescued, Ah Che, who's kneeling at the foot of the mountain right now. He's saying he absolutely has to see the Holy Maiden."

"You handle this yourself."

I don't care about him.

Just from the description, Yin Huaixi knew who the person was. She put on her shoes and turned her head.

She looked down at Sang Che's sleeping face.

A ripple of emotion stirred within me.

She... would definitely not let Sang Che escape from her again.

These Miao people won't be able to take her back.