＊Originally titled When the Red Candles Burn, (the first 30 chapters have been revised)
A human lie detector silently watches him act tough, until his lovestruck heart is laid bare.
The shaman Lu Tingyi has been cursed into silence and has spent ten years unable to speak.
The divine tree turns a peach pit into a talisman to suppress her curse. To speak again and stay alive, she must hunt for the curse-breaking remedy within two months.
The tricky part is, she has to get close to someone to briefly regain the power she needs to hunt.
The even trickier part is that this person is her sworn enemy, Baili Zhengliu, whose very presence makes her feel unlucky.
The trickiest part is that the way to regain her power is by playing Truth or Dare with him.
But sincerely insulting him doesn't work, showering him with praise doesn't work, and finding a chance to slap him doesn't work either... She has to admit that what she truly feels is the complete opposite.
Fortunately, he feels the same way.
The only thing he doesn't know is that she can use the mechanics of the truth game to detect lies, so every day she quietly watches him put on a show.
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Baili Zhengliu thinks he can hide his feelings for the brief span of his life. He carves her name into a wind chime and carries it with him, using ten years of silence to keep his distance.
When a hunting team forces them to get close, he puts on an unfeeling front.
But the harsher his words become, the more at ease she seems.
He thinks she doesn't care about him at all anymore, until she smiles and asks, “Baili Zhengliu, did you know I only got the red candle when you said, ‘Lu Tingyi, what would I do if something happened to you?’”
Note:
1. The male lead is a perfect gentleman. His relationship with the supporting female character is an act, and the reason will be explained later.
2. This isn't a romance-only story. It includes episodic adventure arcs.
3. To be added.
Theme: Embrace connection and accept life's unpredictability
