What’s more humiliating than losing to your archenemy in a duel?
Dying by their sword?
Nope.
It’s getting hit with a “kiss-or-die” love curse… together.
Lian Qiao swears she hates Lu Wujiu to the bone—yet when no one’s watching, she’s this close to kissing him to death.
At first, a hug was enough to survive.
Then it had to be a kiss.
Then… even more.
Now, if the curse isn’t lifted, Lian Qiao might actually drop dead (of shame or otherwise).
The two secretly try to cure themselves in private—pretending to be strangers by day and making out like wild animals by night.
But secrets have a way of exploding.
At the grand Immortal Sword Tournament, they duel publicly—then sneak off to “decompress.”
Their friends storm in to break them up… only to walk in on a very hands-on kind of battle.
Everyone: “…So this is what you meant by a duel.”
Embarrassed beyond belief, Lian Qiao tries to explain it’s a love curse.
But the healer frowns, then says:
“Miss… your curse is still active. But Lu Wujiao’s should’ve stopped working two months ago.”
Lian Qiao: “???”
Then she sees his latest note inviting her to the woods tonight to keep “curing” themselves—and her eyes narrow.
