108: Chapter 108 Going to the Capital

The Lou Family has a curse; the thirty-eighth generation of the Lou Family's descendants cannot live past twenty-five.

The source of this curse is that a Lou Family ancestor failed a woman of the metaphysical arts. That woman was deeply in love with the Lou Family ancestor, but the news she finally received was that her beloved was going to marry another woman.

She didn't believe it and went to find him herself.

But when she found him, she only saw a blinding red; the man she had been waiting for was dressed in red wedding robes, welcoming another woman with a smile.

"Lou Yao, you heartless man! I curse you with my blood: all future descendants of the Lou Family shall not live past twenty-five." After casting the blood curse, the woman disappeared.

It was ten years later when the two met again.

It was during this meeting that the two cleared up the misunderstanding. It turned out that the woman the Lou Family ancestor had married back then was the daughter of his enemy.

The enemy had slaughtered the entire Lou Family, and in the end, only Lou Yao and his younger brother were lucky enough to escape.

They had been lying low all these years to seek revenge for their family. However, he hadn't expected to meet the love of his life, nor that he would hurt her so deeply.

It was impossible for Lou Yao to have children with the enemy's daughter, but his younger brother found a lifelong companion.

The children they bore were also descendants of the Lou Family.

The woman had used a blood curse, which was impossible to break.

After searching many ancient texts, a clue was found: to change the curse from affecting every generation to just one.

That descendant's Eight Characters also had to be Pure Yang; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to withstand the blood curse.

In the end, it still resulted in generations of Lou Family descendants not living past twenty-five.

The woman spent half her life on this, and before she died, she glimpsed a sliver of opportunity: one of the thirty-eighth generation descendants of the Lou Family would have Pure Yang Eight Characters and could withstand the power of the blood curse.

And Lou Jingyao was the person bearing the entire curse.

"Maybe Ying'er has a way to break the curse on you. Why not let her help?" Xi Yan asked.

"The family found an expert regarding this blood curse. The solution is a life for a life. How could Ying solve it?

Have her find someone with compatible Eight Characters to trade their life for mine?" Lou Jingyao asked with a bitter smile.

Xi Yan remained silent; he didn't want Ying'er to be put in a difficult position either.

But was his brother's life really going to end like this?

While they were agonizing over what to do, Gao Ying had already received a system mission.

"Fugui, what the hell? What do you mean 'save Lou Jingyao'? What happened to him?" Gao Ying heard the system mission as soon as she woke up.

[Yes, Lou Jingyao has less than a month to live, so you need to save his life.]

"What's going on? Lou Jingyao doesn't look like someone who's seriously ill." Gao Ying recalled the last time she saw Lou Jingyao; he didn't look like someone about to kick the bucket at all.

She took out her phone and called Lou Zhiwei.

"Little Ying, what made you think of calling me?" Lou Zhiwei asked with a smile.

"Zhiwei, what's going on with your brother?" Gao Ying asked directly.

"Did Brother Xi Yan tell you? Little Ying, what should I do? My brother only has one month left to live." Hearing her voice, Lou Zhiwei cried out the panic and helplessness she had been suppressing for days.

Gao Ying pressed for details on what was really happening. He was clearly fine when she last saw him.

Lou Zhiwei told her about the curse she knew of.

"Little Ying, I only found out about this recently. My parents and brother kept it from me.

If it weren't for the last time my brother was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment and I accidentally overheard their conversation, I'd still be in the dark." Lou Zhiwei felt very aggrieved.

She knew her family was afraid that if she knew, she wouldn't be able to help and would only be constantly worried. But she wasn't a child anymore; she could share the family's burdens.

Whether good or bad, she could handle it.

"Don't worry, I'll think of something. I've already booked a flight to the Imperial City. We'll talk when I get there."

If it were the old Gao Ying, she certainly wouldn't have believed in any curses, but she already had a system; what else was there not to believe?

It was a bit late to apply for a flight route on short notice, so she chartered a plane directly.

"Ying Ying, where are you going?" Shangguan Hu was on the sofa looking at a script, and he asked in confusion as he saw her rushing downstairs.

"I need to go to the Imperial City. It's very urgent. You stay here and recover from your injuries. It's fine if Hidden Doctor and Yin Chan follow me." Gao Ying gave him a kiss and left.

Seeing her in such a hurry, Shangguan Hu feared something had happened and immediately started a group call.

"Ying Ying just rushed out, saying something happened in the Imperial City. Does anyone know what the situation is?" Shangguan Hu asked urgently.

"Liu Jiang is still in a coma, so it shouldn't be him causing trouble. Xi Yan, do you know why Little Ying'er is going to the Imperial City?" Everyone in the group looked toward him in unison.

"I have a general idea of the situation. She's coming to save Jingyao." Xi Yan was at the company; hearing that Gao Ying was coming, he stood up, grabbed his coat, and headed to the airport.

"Lou Jingyao? Isn't he fine? Why does Sister need to save him?"

The photos Lou Jingxuan had been posting lately were all of him traveling or enjoying life; it didn't look like anything serious was happening at all.

"He just wants to do the things he likes in the time he has left," Xi Yan explained in a low voice.

"What do you mean by that? Is Lou Jingxuan seriously ill? Like, the incurable kind?" Fu Sheng asked solemnly.

"Yeah, he only has one month left."

After Xi Yan said this, the group went silent.

"It should be fine since Little Ying'er is going. Wasn't my illness also diagnosed by doctors as terminal? And yet I'm fine now, and I can spend the rest of my life with Little Ying'er," Fu Sheng comforted him.

Xi Yan nodded. He didn't mention that Lou Jingyao's situation was due to a curse, which was different from his own.

Hanging up the phone, he called Lou Jingyao.

"Ying'er knows about your situation and is already on her way to the Imperial City."

"What? How does she know about my situation? Did you tell her?" Lou Jingyao suddenly stood up from the sofa, giving the Lou parents a start.

"Brother, it wasn't Brother Xi Yan. Little Ying just called me and asked about you, so I told her," Lou Zhiwei spoke up.

"Jingyao, don't think about running. You should know that no matter where you go, Ying'er will be able to find you. She has that kind of capability." Xi Yan knew his friend well.

"I'll go to the airport to pick her up," Lou Jingyao said after a moment of silence.

"Zhiwei, is that Miss Gao coming over?" Lou Mother asked.

"Yes, maybe she can save Brother." Lou Zhiwei watched her brother's departing back, a glimmer of hope in her heart.

On the way to the airport, Gao Ying asked Fugui how to break the blood curse on Lou Jingyao.

"It's simple. The system mall has a way to break the blood curse." Fugui directly flipped the page for her to see.

"Fugui! What is this? Are you sure you're a decent system?" Gao Ying was instantly petrified the moment she saw the cure.

How is this system so lewd?

The method to break the curse actually required transmission from a woman's body.

[Of course we're a decent system; it's just that this is how the curse-breaking method works.]

[Besides, that Lou Jingyao has feelings for you; he only intentionally distanced himself because of his own situation.]

[This time, you might as well just sleep with him.]