Forbidden in the Palm of Your Hand

To save my brother, I put a love curse on myself.

It makes anyone under its spell fall in love with the first person they see when they open their eyes.

I timed it carefully, opening my eyes the instant Uncle Pei, the man I'd had a crush on for ten years, pushed the door open.

But I heard him call out in a trembling voice, "Miss, your brother's in the operating room... He isn't going to make it."

Later, I became a canary in his cage, yet whenever he got drunk, he'd grip my chin and ask:

"Who do you really love, me or the curse?"