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

It was late at night.

Yin Huaixi's heart pounded; she could hear shouts in the distance.

Lifting the covers, Yin Huaixi took off her bathrobe and carefully got up, stepping barefoot onto the floor without making a sound.

Go halfway.

Yin Huaixi suddenly turned around again.

My eyes have adjusted to the darkness.

She could clearly see the deeper meaning behind Sang Che's reclining posture behind the curtain, his smooth black hair obscuring her profile.

Even if you can't see the face clearly.

Yin Huaixi could also imagine Sang Che's face, which Nuwa had meticulously sculpted. The words in the book began to float into her mind again... as well as the absurd things they had done in the bathtub today.

That level… Yin Huaixi didn’t know how to describe it. She bit her fingertip lightly, trying to pull herself out of the ambiguous and romantic memories.

no…

I can't think about it anymore!

She wasn't a lustful person who would actually stay in the village and never leave again just because of Sang Che's few words of pleading.

Who would make such a choice?

She's not love-struck.

She would never give up everything for Sang Che, that morbid, sinister, and obsessive woman!

Now that things have come to this, going out is the best option... there's everything out there.

Listening to music, watching plays, admiring flowers, and playing with birds—why not enjoy these things?

...

Sneaking away to where she had hidden the package, Yin Huaixi checked it under the cover of night and found that the package was still untouched, tied in the same way she had originally.

My worries were completely dispelled.

It seems that no one discovered that she hid the package here.

Yin Huaixi quickly put on the clothes and tied the belt. In an instant, Yin Huaixi thought of the two sneaky faces from earlier that day.

My worries have only intensified.

However, she instructed Yiyun and Acai to light the stove for Sang Che in the middle of the night, so she figured the two of them wouldn't slack off.

If someone were to be with Sang Che.

As long as she can sense that the other party has bad intentions towards her, she should be able to avoid those two thieves with her abilities.

Seriously…

Even though he was about to leave anyway, he was still worried that something might happen to Sang Che, that "female demon"!

She's really asking for it!

...

We followed the path to the dock.

This time, no one slept in the haystacks after the salted fish vendors.

Just as Yin Huaixi was about to become suspicious, a hand suddenly landed on her shoulder.

"Miss Yin, is that right?"

"I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Hearing the fluent Mandarin, Yin Huaixi's heart, which had been in her throat, sank back down.

Only those who hold official positions in the imperial court and eat the government's rice can speak so fluently in officialdom.

I suppose... these must be the subordinates sent by my second sister to pick her up!

Turning my head, I saw that the other person had deep facial features, wore a bamboo hat, and his figure was hidden in the moonlight.

It's not hard to tell that she is a slender woman.

Yin Huaixi: "I've already changed my clothes, how do I get on the ship?"

The woman smiled gently and said, "Just follow me."

"My lord, she... has been waiting for Miss Yin for a long time."

Without saying much, Yin Huaixi followed behind the woman, covering his face with his cloak.

The night wind was icy cold.

Yin Huaixi turned her head and glanced in the direction of the inn.

...

Sang Che sat by the window, wearing a thin bathrobe. The window was supported by bamboo poles, and the firelight from the dock flickered in the distance.

Her long, black hair wasn't braided; it just hung down, blowing in the wind.

"I really can't wait."

When the fingertips were spread out, there was a slip of paper that had been switched.

Under the moonlight, a line of small characters was clearly revealed from Sang Che's fingertips.

— [Someone is watching us. They'll contact us in a few days. Don't be impatient!]

The Gu worms sent out to follow were indeed dealt with by those lackeys of the imperial court, and it's even unknown how they used some method to deceive the mother Gu.

The mother Gu still believes the child Gu is alive...

They kept sending her absurd messages that were completely the opposite of what they meant.

However, she had long seen the court's tricks; this tactic might fool the Gu worms, but it wouldn't fool Sang Che.

Yiyun and Acai pushed open the door and entered, only to see Sang Che sitting in the moonlight with a cold smile on his face.

"Holy Maiden, where did that guy Yin Huaixi go! Why isn't he taking good care of you!"

Yiyun took out the best silver charcoal. Acai didn't bother to set up the stove. She quickly took a thin blanket from the cabinet and covered Sang Che with it, wrapping him up tightly.

Holding Sang Che's cold wrists in her hands, A Cai's eyes were full of heartache.

The Holy Maiden sent that guy Yin Huaixi all the way here, and now is the time to use her. How can she just disappear!

Who does things like that!

"It's alright."

"You will serve me as I bathe and change clothes. No matter how capable she is, she cannot escape my grasp."

After his experience in the palace, Sang Che had already learned what it meant to "draw a tiger's skin but not its bones, know a person's face but not their heart."

That's why she felt that Han Chinese culture was profound and extensive; this one sentence perfectly encapsulates it.

A-Cai and Yi-Yun paused, glanced at each other, and said nothing more.

Put down what you're doing.

He went outside.

Prepare the hot water and bathtub needed for the bath.

...

Beside the large ship.

Lu Lin stood with his hands behind his back, the silver ornaments at his waist reflecting the firelight.

"Chief, these are the Han Chinese who have replaced them."

"We've already agreed on the price. The chieftain just needs to go to the treasury to confirm the money later."

He glanced back at the subordinate who had come to report.

Lu Lin recalled the blue butterfly that had appeared before him, fluttering its wings, and felt a wave of fear wash over him.

He clenched his fingers slightly, glanced at the Han Chinese man the man had led over, and nodded.

"Yes, let them in."

Yin Huaixi hid in the crowd, keeping her head down and not saying a word, only following the woman who could speak Mandarin, never leaving her side.

Cross the suspension bridge and go up to the cabin.

Yin Huaixi breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before she could even feel joy, Lü Panshan led a group of people over, his silver earrings dazzlingly bright.

"Wait a minute."

"Among you people, there must be spies from the government offices."

Holding the scabbard of his curved sword, Lü Panshan harbored ill intentions. The Han man who was leading the group stepped forward, but he was not afraid of Lü Panshan, the young chieftain.

With his hands clasped in a fist salute, the man spoke with a questioning tone: "Young Chieftain, we settled our accounts cleanly. How could you slander me like this?"

"If we report this to the authorities and they infiltrate, we'll have no chance of escape!"

Hearing him defend himself, Lü Panshan sneered. He drew his curved knife and rubbed the blade with his thumb.

"What if even you didn't know that there was a spy in your ranks?"

As soon as Lü Panshan raised his hand, the groups of people were immediately subdued by his men.

Lu Panshan walked up to one of them without any hesitation.

He stepped on the man's back and heard him groan in pain.

He then bent down and pulled the sachet from his waist, then tore it open, revealing an exquisitely crafted token that fell to the ground with a "thud".

"See that? These are the imperial court's lackeys!"

Yin Huaixi had a bad feeling. Just as she was about to hide in the darkness, two Miao people pressed down on her shoulders.

He staggered two steps.

Yin Huaixi was pushed out, the torchlight shining on her face.

Even with the cloak on, Lü Panshan could still recognize the woman beside Sang Che who had bewitched her and made her lose her mind!

"It's you?"

"I told you Han Chinese are all no good!"

"What exactly are your intentions in lurking by A-Che's side? Tell me!"

With a swift movement, the curved blade was pressed against Yin Huaixi's neck, and Lü Panshan's face contorted in a ferocious expression.

Why is Sang Che's destined person a Han Chinese woman? It's absurd!

"Panshan, stop right now."

Lu Lin walked over with his hands behind his back.

His expression was stern, and he said in a cold voice, "The Holy Maiden has ordered that she must not be harmed in the slightest."