Unable to help himself, he reached out and caressed her face, murmuring affectionately, "Don't worry, you won't die.
I've said that you're mine. Without my permission, not even the heavens can take you away...
I'll revive you in a moment, but after that, I will no longer be the person I was...
If one day you see my true face, will you be frightened, will you want to flee?"
Chu Yuxiao looked deeply into her eyes, answering his own questions:
"You won't, will you? I know you won't. You're different from other women, you won't despise that version of me...
Yet, I lack the courage to face you...
Tell me, what should I do? I don't want you to die, but I also don't want you to discover my true face..."
After a moment of silence, he sighed and said:
"I think in our past lives we must have owed each other. Thus, I hurt you, and yet, for you, I've lost the inner core within me...
Do you know? This inner core belonged to my mother; she gave it to me to save my life.
