And then, he heard Aria say, "If he came to see me for consultation, the first thing I would advise him would be this."
"What... kind of advice?"
"From now on, he shouldn't claim that 'the woman is not his wife' anymore. From now on, he mustn't let anyone find out 'he remembers his wife has long since died.'"
At that moment, Dai Wei clearly understood something.
"His... that so-called 'wife', could it be..."
"We can't make such a diagnosis yet. That 'wife' may not necessarily be the source of the curse. Perhaps, the real source of the curse lies elsewhere. But for now, the best we can do is to pretend as if we know nothing, to prevent the real source of the curse from noticing that something is 'off' with him."
"But, what's the point of him pretending now? After all, he's already..."