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Xiao Yuchen's expression changed dramatically. "Shut up!"
"Why should I?" she laughed maniacally.
"Let her know the truth! Let her know who you saved her for!"
A sense of foreboding suddenly rose within me.
"Ha Mu..."
"Don't listen to her nonsense." He tried to grab my arm.
I dodged his hand. "What obligation?"
"Ask him!" Luo Ruyan fanned the flames from the side.
"Ask him why he had to save you!"
I fixed my gaze on Xiao Yuchen. "Tell me."
He remained silent for a long time.
"Because... your mother saved me."
He spoke softly, "She sheltered me at great risk when I was being hunted."
"And she gave me a Soul-Stabilizing Pill."
Soul-Stabilizing Pill... that was a secret elixir from the southern regions, capable of stabilizing the mind of a poison user.
"So I promised her that if anything ever happened to her..." He looked at me.
"I would protect you."
"I see." My voice trembled.
"So you saved me... just to repay a debt."
"No!" He said urgently. "At first, yes, but later..."
"So the blood you gave me, the forbidden technique you used, the sweet words you spoke..."
I laughed. "Was it all just to repay this favor?"
"A Rou!"
"You don't need to explain."
I took a step back. "I understand now."
Luo Ruyan laughed triumphantly from the side.
"Do you see it? This is your True Destiny Prince!"
I turned to leave.
"Stop!" He grabbed my arm.
"Where are you going?"
"Let go."
"I won't."
He insisted stubbornly.
"I won't allow you to leave."
"On what grounds?" I scoffed.
"On the grounds that you owe my mother a favor."
"You know it's not like that!"
"Then what is it like?" I struggled against him.
"You lied to me! You've been lying to me from the very beginning!"
"I did deceive you."
Suddenly, he pulled me into his embrace.
"But my feelings are real."
I froze.
"You think I don't know the consequences of using forbidden techniques?" he said softly.
"If it were just to repay a debt, I could have used other methods."
"Then why...?"
"Because I can't bear it," he sighed. "I can't bear the thought of you dying, of you leaving, of seeing you get hurt..."
Tears blurred my vision.
"So what?" I looked up at him. "Does that mean I should forgive your deception?"
"No." He wiped away my tears. "It means I want you to know that I truly love you."
At that moment, a cold laugh interrupted us.
"How touching," Luo Ruyan said, clapping her hands. "But unfortunately... it's too late."
She pulled out a golden whistle.
A piercing sound echoed through the air.
I immediately felt the gu worms inside me stir violently.
"This is... the Imperial Gu Golden Bell!"
Xiao Yuchen's face changed dramatically.
"Exactly," she sneered.
"Even if she can control the gu worms, it won't matter in front of this."
I collapsed to the ground in agony.
"A Rou!" He tried to support me.
"Don't come near!" I growled.
"I can't control them..."
The gu worms were thrashing wildly within me, ready to burst out at any moment.
"Die for me!" Luo Ruyan blew the whistle again.
This time, the sound was even louder.
I felt my consciousness beginning to fade.
"No!" Xiao Yuchen bit his finger.
"A Rou, open your mouth!"
I shook my head, "No... you've already..."
"Listen to me!"
He forcibly pried my mouth open and let his blood drip inside.
Instantly, a more powerful force surged into my body.
The gu worms gradually calmed down.
"What is this..." Luo Ruyan said in disbelief.
"You dare to use forbidden techniques a second time?!"
Xiao Yuchen's face had turned pale, but he still shielded me behind him.
"You’re asking for death!" she screamed.
Suddenly, a shadow darted past.
Luo Ruyan's whistle was knocked from her hand.
"Who?!"
A familiar voice rang out:
" Prince of Pingyang, I pay my respects to the Ninth Prince."
I suddenly looked up.
It’s... Brother!
"Brother..." I weakly called out.
Prince of Pingyang did not look at me, only clasping his fists towards the Ninth Prince. "I have arrived late."
"You have come at just the right time." The Ninth Prince finally stepped out from the inner chamber. It seemed he had been prepared all along.
"You all..." Luo Ruyan took two steps back. "When did you set this trap?"
"From the moment you poisoned the Empress," the Ninth Prince sneered.
"What?!" Her face changed dramatically.
"It wasn't you..."
"Did you think your mother took her own life?" the Ninth Prince mocked. "It was poison you administered yourself."
"Impossible!"
"The tea that day was brewed by your own hands." He stepped closer, pressing her. "You knew she wanted to deal with me, so you struck first."
Luo Ruyan staggered back. "No... I didn't..."
"You did," Xiao Yuchen said calmly. "That poison was prepared by me; do you think I wouldn't recognize it?"
She looked at Xiao Yuchen, her eyes filled with despair. "Ha Mu... even you..."
"From the moment you targeted A Rou, today was destined to happen," he stated.
Suddenly, I understood something. "So you were... fishing for her."
"I'm sorry," he looked at me.
"I used you."
"But those feelings were real," he hurriedly added.
"I swear."
I forced a bitter smile. "Does it even matter to say that now?"
The worms inside me were still writhing.
Even with his blood, I was struggling to suppress them.
" Yurou."
Prince of Pingyang finally spoke.
"Come back with me."
I shook my head. "I can't go back."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm not the same A Jing I used to be."
I looked at my hands.
"I'm a monster."
"You are not!" Xiao Yuchen exclaimed, agitated.
"I am," I whispered.
"Just like you."
"So..." I pushed him away.
"Let me end this myself."
"What are you going to do?" He sensed something.
I smiled lightly. "Fight poison with poison."
With that, I stopped suppressing the worms inside me.
I let them rampage through my veins.
"Stop!" Xiao Yuchen tried to intervene.
But it was too late.
I could feel the worms gnawing at my organs.
But at the same time,
They were also being eroded by my poisoned blood.
"No!" Luo Ruyan screamed.
"You will kill us all!"
"That's right," I sneered.
"This is the ending you wanted, isn't it?"
The poison gas from the Gu worms began to spread.
Everyone was poisoned, except for Xiao Yuchen.
"A Rou..." He looked at me, his eyes filled with deep pain.
"I'm sorry," I murmured.
"But this is the only way."
"Let me handle it," he stepped forward.
"Don't come any closer!" I retreated.
"You can't save everyone."
"But I can save you."
"You've already used forbidden techniques twice."
I shook my head.
"If you do it again, you'll die."
"So what?"
"You bastard!" My eyes turned red.
"At a time like this, you still want to be a hero?"
He smiled, "Because... I promised to protect you."
"Is it because of my mother's favor?"
"No." He looked at me seriously.
"It's because I love you."
Before the words left his lips, he had already bitten his finger.
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