Yes... I Love My Teacher... Big Sister Xue'er... I Love You Too!

The temperature inside the palace seemed to drop by dozens of degrees, and even the Soul Power flowing in the air became sluggish and heavy.

Venusaur croaked uneasily outside the door, its massive body tensing slightly, the scarlet flower on its back swaying gently, radiating a wary life force.

In the dead silence, only the faint crackling of the burning candle and the heavy, suppressed breathing of the two people could be clearly heard.

Qian Renxue's voice finally broke the suffocating silence, as cold as the wind from the Far North, carrying an almost cruel calm.

"Lin... Xia."

She no longer called him "Xiao Xia," but used his full name.

Explain yourself.

Qian Renxue's gaze was like a solid Icicle Spear, piercing Lin Xia's face.

"What exactly is that 'unacceptable' method?"

"Besides..."

Qian Renxue's voice trembled slightly, yet carried an undeniable air of judgment.

"My mother's condition is 'not good,' but... exactly how is it bad?"

"What exactly happened between you and her at the Moonlight Pavilion?"

Each problem was like a heavy hammer blow, slamming into the already crumbling foundation of their relationship.

Lin Xia knew he had no way out.

He faced Qian Renxue's icy gaze, which seemed to pierce his very soul.

"Sister Xue'er, do you know why Teacher was able to regain consciousness six years ago after being affected by the Rakshasa Divine Sense?"

Qian Renxue's consciousness was somewhat dazed from the enormous impact. The point in time that Lin Xia mentioned was of extraordinary significance to her.

That cold, almost freezing winter of her childhood seemed to begin to turn around at that time.

The aloofness and coldness that terrified and broke her heart around her mother only began to melt away little by little after Lin Xia appeared.

She nodded with difficulty, her throat dry as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper.

"I know... Mother said... it was because of you... your appearance... healed her..."

Her voice was as soft as a sigh, carrying a hint of nostalgia for that precious "warming" period that she herself was Frisk of.

Lin Xia watched her nod, his heart felt like it was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, the pain almost suffocating him.

Lin Xia took a deep breath, the breath seemingly soaked in bitter bile, sinking heavily into her lungs.

Looking into Qian Renxue's golden eyes, now lost and filled with confusion, he knew that every word he was about to say would plunge her into the Abyss, but he had no other choice.

Promises are as solid as mountains, but the truth is as sharp as a blade.

"Yes."

Lin Xia's voice was low and hoarse, carrying a sense of profound sorrow, as if she had given up all hope.

"It was from that time on... my teacher... she... seemed to have developed feelings for me differently..."

Before she could finish speaking, Qian Renxue's tall figure swayed almost imperceptibly, her fingertips digging tightly into her palm.

"... At the same time... I also..."

Lin Xia's voice choked, overwhelmed by immense guilt, but he forced himself to meet Qian Renxue's gaze, which had suddenly become sharper and colder.

"I've also fallen for the teacher..."

Boom--!

Qian Renxue felt as if countless thunderbolts were exploding in her mind at the same time!

The whole world instantly lost its sound and color, leaving only Lin Xia's face, which was filled with pain yet incredibly serious, and the blasphemous words that uttered from his mouth, words that were enough to overturn all her understanding and were blasphemous to the gods!

Like?

A different kind of feeling?

To whom?

To her mother?

Bibi Dong?!

Absurd!

Ridiculous!

Blasphemy!

The thought itself was like the most vile poison, instantly eroding all her senses!

"No... impossible!"

Qian Renxue suddenly took a step back, bumping into the armrest of the soft couch behind her with a dull thud.

She had never been so distraught. A few strands of her long, golden hair were disheveled from the violent movements, clinging to her pale cheeks and making her appear even more panicked and helpless.

"You're talking nonsense! Lin Xia! How dare you... how dare you blaspheme my mother like this! She's your master! She's my birth mother! You... you are my..."

The word "lover" was stuck in her throat, like a red-hot iron, burning her so much that she couldn't make a sound.

A profound sense of betrayal overwhelmed her like a cold tide.

Lin Xia closed her eyes in pain, then opened them again, her eyes filled with an overwhelming sense of guilt, yet also with a resolute and unwavering resolve.

"I know how... how shameful! How immoral this sounds! But it's the truth! Sister Xue'er! I've buried these feelings deep in my heart, trying to cover them up with loyalty and respect... I thought time would heal everything... I thought..."

Lin Xia's voice was filled with endless regret.

"I thought that my teacher... could always suppress Rakshasa's coldness with that... that warmth from her feelings for me... until..."

Lin Xia's gaze was fixed on Qian Renxue, carrying a cruel and clear intent that seemed to want to slowly tear her heart apart.

"... Until a few days before we came to Heaven Dou City... you and I got together... and our teacher... found out about it..."

Qian Renxue's body trembled violently!

She recalled those days when her mother suddenly became more silent, and the complex, unfathomable look that occasionally flashed in the depths of her eyes. So that's it... that it wasn't the exhaustion from busy government affairs, nor the fluctuating Rakshasa Divine Power, but... it was because of her?!

Because of her relationship with Lin Xia?!

"Boom!"

An even more intense shock swept over her soul! She had always thought that Yu Xiaogang's appearance had rekindled her mother's pain, but it turned out... the real trigger... was herself?!

It's her Qian Renxue?!

"She knows I'm with you..."

Lin Xia's voice was like the dullest knife, narrating slowly and cruelly.

"This was a devastating blow to her... The very spirit she relied on for survival, the spirit that sustained her in her fight against the Rakshasa... instantly became ugly, filthy, and taboo... She couldn't accept it! Nor dared she admit it!"

Lin Xia's eyes flashed to the image of Bibi Dong in the Moonlight Pavilion, Wrap by the Rakshasa Divine Power, struggling in pain, and filled with extreme self-loathing. Her voice was filled with heartache and anxiety.

"After all... you are her daughter... I am her disciple... this relationship is a sin to her!"

"It's an insurmountable Abyss! So she desperately suppressed... denied... and ran away!"

She dared not face her own heart, much less expose it to the light of day!

"She's afraid of you knowing, afraid of your contempt and disdain, afraid of implicating me!"

"This pain and struggle, which I dare not admit and desperately suppress... has grown larger and larger like a snowball... eventually triggering the deepest malice of the Rakshasa Divine Sense... It greedily gnaws at the despair brought about by this forbidden obsession... making it escalate... until it completely erupts tonight!"

Lin Xia took a half step forward, but Qian Renxue tensed up like a startled hedgehog, her eyes filled with the pain of being betrayed by her closest person and extreme resistance.

Lin Xia stopped in her tracks, her voice trembling slightly.

"I...I went to the Moonlight Pavilion to find her...and saw her being tortured by Rakshasa to the point of near collapse...and saw her despising herself to the extreme because of this forbidden love...I...I couldn't bear to see her sinking alone into the Abyss of pain...I...I confessed my feelings to her..."

Qian Renxue's golden eyes suddenly narrowed to the size of pinpoints! She confessed?!

In her mother's condition?!

What did he do?!

"The teacher... she struggled... she resisted... she was in pain... but in the end... she was persuaded by me..."

Lin Xia struggled to utter the last crucial piece of information, her eyes gleaming with a desperate glint.

"Yes... I like the teacher... Sister Xue'er... I like you too!"