"Don't worry, I am fine. We are washed away into this valley by the river so wouldn't be able to catch us," Xuanji smiled. "That's good," Sifeng's handsome face was very pale and he also had major injuries. Sifeng was trying to move but Xuanji stopped him: "Don't move. I am going to put the ointment on you and...I have treated the rest of your wounds. This is the last place. Don't worry...I have inspected your entire body, there is no other wounds."
Sifeng moved and supported his head with his left hand and after touching his face several times, he found out that his mask was removed: "My mask..." Sifeng looked at Xuanji who was putting the ointment. Xuanji sensed Sifeng's gaze and looked at him. "Why has my mask disappeared?" Sifeng asked.
"The mask? Just now I saw that your mask was covered in blood. I thought you were seriously injured so...so I removed it," Xuanji was afraid that Sifeng might get angry as last time when his mask was off he was scolded. But there was no anger in Sifeng eyes but instead there was delight and he laughed: "You removed it? Was it true that you removed it?
"Sifeng, did I do something wrong? Please don't be angry. Look at my brain, I forgot the rules of Lize palace. You cannot remove your mask without any good reason. Don't worry, it is just outside. I will fetch it for you," Xuanji was worried but Yu Sifeng was just ignoring her words and was laughing merrily like a young child who got sweet candies to eat.
Xuanji pointed at the place where the mask was and was about to stand up and go there to bring it back but before she could take more than 3 steps, Sifeng's hands were already on here waist and his head was placed on Xuanji shoulder.
Xuanji was in right inside Sifeng's arms! Xuanji didn't know what was going on with Sifeng but she was sure that it was a very weird: "What happened....what is wrong Sifeng? Are you feeling unwell somewhere or maybe perhaps maybe on your head?!"
Chu Xuanji thought that maybe he got hurt on his head, while falling from the cliff and thought that maybe, this is why he isn't angry with her like before in the past when his mask was off.
"I am happy!..." before he could continue he started coughing. Xuanji turned around to face him: "Sifeng, sit down....or else you might hurt your injury even more!" Xuanji helped Sifeng to leaned against the rock. "Sifeng, are you ok?" Xuanji asked looking at him.
Sifeng couldn't help but laugh at the frustrated face of this little girl: "I am...very happy currently, in fact this is one of the happiest moment of my whole life. Xuanji....do you know that I was so worried that you couldn't remove the mask....I thought, I would have to wait for a long...long time. Xuanji, I feel like the luckiest person in this world to meet you!"
Chu Xuanji blinked her phoenix-shaped eyes and her silky lashes fluttered in the air, as she skeptically asked: "Are you really not angry, not even a bit? Before you wouldn't even let me touch the mask. Sometimes, I really didn't like that, you know in the past...."
Yu Sifeng laughed and patted Chu Xuanji's hair: "But this time,- ah, even if I explain it, you wouldn't understand a thing, silly girl. And you knew it all along, didn't you? In the past, I never meant a single word I said. I only wished that you would always touch and look at it.
And I hoped one day you would remove the mask with your own hands. A first, I thought I was hopeless, that I would not get to embrace this great fortune this soon. I was afraid, that one day, we will have to sperate again like years ago!"
"Why is that removing the mask is sometimes good and sometimes bad. But what if the Lize Palace punishes you, because I removed your mask again, then what will you do? I don't want you to get hurt because of me..." Chu Xuanji's face was conflicted.
"Silly Lass, it is very complicated. You just need to know that, only the person whom the mask user treasures the most can remove the mask. If that person can remove it, the mask will become a smiling mask. It becomes a blessing and it is a good phenomenon. But if the person can't remove it, it will be a sad story and it will then become a....crying mask. Until...." Yu Sifeng looked deeply into Chu Xuanji's and sighed.
"Until what?" Chu Xuanji faintly smiled at Yu Sifeng without realizing that that faint smile had made Yu Sifeng feel like being struck by thunder and he smiled more gently.
"That is nothing much important. The most important thing is now, that you removed the mask. And I know that...we are thinking about the same thing. I have made my mind up. Once we leave here, we will straight head to Lize Palace and we will meet my master together and give him an reasonable explanation," Yu Sifeng said. He thought that Chu Xuanji now likes him and when he tells his master this piece of information, his master will certainly agree and if he doesn't, then well, he will have to find a plan to make his master agree.