He cares for you. [Any fool with eyes can see that. He had taken their relationship for granted; he had thought he had pushed Wuxian far enough to the fringes so that he wouldn't have any powerful allies.]

Until I am caught, I continue. [That is the bald truth and finally he lets himself sit, relaxing back carefully. The new position does nothing for his pain.]

I didn't expect Mo Xuanyu to be powerful enough to manage such a spell - or to know of it. I don't know why he was successful.