Facing the Jialan Empress! Young Master Jiang, the Devoted Youth!

"A curse etched into the bloodline?"

Jiang Che deliberately spoke in alarm.

His hands gripped Jia Ling'er's shoulders, and he looked incomparably tense.

"Mm! The petrification is getting faster and faster now... I might really be about to..."

Halfway through her words, the girl lowered her head. The big villain who usually only knew how to bully her had suddenly become so flustered... It stirred an inexplicable flutter in Jia Ling'er's heart.

"No, it absolutely won't come to that!"

Jiang Che slowly let out a breath of stale air, his gaze gradually turning resolute.

"Ling'er, where is your mother? I want to see her!"

Jiang Che's words stunned Jia Ling'er.

She blinked blankly twice.

"Mother?"

"That's right. Didn't you just say that your mother can interfere with reality through dreams? I don't know how powerful her methods are, but speaking with me shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Jia Ling'er nodded. "That's right. My mother truly can interfere with reality through such dreams, but she bears a grudge against you. Once she sees you, she'll definitely attack you!"

Jia Ling'er spoke nervously, yet she also felt rather guilty. She was her mother's biological daughter... but now she was turning her elbow outward.

"Hehe, what's this? Has Ling'er started worrying about her husband's safety?"

Jiang Che's smile was tender, leaving Jia Ling'er staring at him in a daze.

"N-No, I wasn't. I would never worry about your safety, so stop being so full of yourself."

It was clear that even petrification could not stop Jia Ling'er's tsundere nature.

"Heh, you... Even petrification can't make your mouth any less stubborn!" Jiang Che reached out and scraped the girl's delicate nose with his finger.

"Ling'er, I must meet your mother. Perhaps only your mother has a way to remove your petrification, but she simply