Volume 4: Sudden Rift in the Chinese Dream, Chapter 43: Riot (5)

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Xuanji, startled by his shout, froze on the spot. She remembered what the Lover's Curse was, and that half-crying, half-smiling mask. Only... "Wasn't the mask broken? Wasn't the Lover's Curse lifted?" She turned around, flustered and panicked like a child who had done something wrong, asking desperately.

Liu Yihuan's face was stern as he grabbed her sleeve, pulling her back several steps before saying, "The mask breaking has nothing to do with the Lover's Curse! That thing is extremely venomous; it'll flare up when he's mentally unstable, like a chronic disease. It's best you don't go to him now, lest he dies by your hands!"

Xuanji turned pale with shock, exclaiming, "How could I kill him!"

Liu Yihuan pressed his lips together, saying nothing. He did not wish to blame the young girl too much; the pressure she was under was indeed great.

The Vice Palace Master chuckled softly, "You weren't going to kill him with a sword, but with your heart."