"You can give it a try."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Gu worm seemed to understand his voice and crawled closer to the two of them.

The old monk standing to the side, seeing the Gu worm getting closer and closer, was at a loss, completely helpless. The wrinkles on his forehead could trap a mosquito.

"Besides, didn't you want that little girl's corneas? If you kill the Gu worms, not only will her eyes not recover, but I'll make her die with you. What do you say?"

Mo Huaiyu's voice was like a demonic chant, constantly circling and repeating around Xiao Zhuo.

He hesitated for a moment, and loosened his grip on the Gu worm slightly.

Just then, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Luo Jiu, dressed in white, ran in from outside. Bathed in moonlight, she slowly walked towards Xiao Zhuo's direction.

Strangely, the Gu worms that had surrounded the entire cabin seemed to be afraid of something when Luo Jiu entered, and they all fled.

"Jiu'er?"

Luo Jiu's feelings were truly complicated. She had just fallen asleep when she heard the system's mission notification, telling her to go to the back mountain of Jing'an Temple. Heaven knows how important sleep is for a couch potato like her.

However, Ling Jiu seemed to have a deep understanding of her laziness, and the punishment he proposed was completely unacceptable to Luo Jiu.

Unexpectedly, this system really is a "parental" system; I heard this deadly question as soon as I arrived at the door.

She hadn't forgotten the male lead's true nature under this system. What if the male lead, who was always cunning but had no bad habits, suddenly became yandere and agreed?

"We made it through such danger."

Xiao Zhuo pulled Luo Jiu into his arms, afraid that she would get hurt.

Since Luo Jiu appeared, his attention has been completely focused on her, and he didn't even notice the strange scurrying of the Gu worms.

Seeing the two embracing, so deeply in love and devoted to each other, a glint of malice flashed in Mo Huaiyu's eyes. Still showing off their affection? Do they have a death wish?

He then interrupted, saying, "Well? Have you made up your mind? If you want to be a pair of star-crossed lovers, then I'll grant your wish!"

Before Xiao Zhuo could speak, Luo Jiu interrupted him, "Wait a minute."

"Is that all you're capable of? Besides threatening people and raising poisonous insects, what else can you do?"

Luo Jiu took out several sachets from her purse, which contained insect repellent from the system shop. She had tricked the system into giving them to her to prevent mosquito bites, but she hadn't expected them to also have the effect of repelling Gu worms.

She shared the flower bud with the two of them.

The effect was immediate; the insect that had almost crawled onto my foot was suddenly moved more than a meter away.

"Liang Ye has already led his troops to ambush in the woods, and the cabin is already surrounded. What other tricks do you have up your sleeve?"

Luo Jiu spoke with great conviction, showing that this treacherous system still had this one useful quality.

A hint of doubt flashed across Xiao Zhuo's face. He knew Luo Jiu was very smart, but he had deliberately kept this matter from her. How did she know?

"Okay, okay!"

Mo Huaiyu said "good" three times in a row, staring at Luo Jiu and Xiao Zhuo with resentment in his eyes, before slumping weakly into his chair.

"I never imagined I had underestimated you all."

"Hmph." Luo Jiu was proud upon hearing this. Today you ignore me, tomorrow you'll be begging for my attention.

"Since that's the case... then you'll come with me!"

Mo Huaiyu pulled out another blood-red epiphyllum flower from somewhere, a flower that should have been destroyed long ago in the secret room.

A maniacal smile flashed across his face as he held a candle in his hand, seemingly about to light it!

"Wait a minute!" Xiao Zhuo exclaimed, even squeezing Luo Jiu's hand tightly.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Hearing Xiao Zhuo's discomposure, Mo Huaiyu couldn't help but burst into laughter, his whole body trembling with excitement.

The candle in his hand swayed with his movements, and the shadow of the candlelight was cast on the wall, like a giant beast covered in flames, which could burn the epiphyllum in front of him to ashes if he was not careful.

"What? You can't bear to part with it?"

Mo Huaiyu slammed the candle down on the table, braced himself against it, and looked at the out-of-control Xiao Zhuo with a look of madness in his eyes.

Xiao Zhuo didn't answer his question, but instead asked, "What do you want?"

The only person he cares about now is Luo Jiu. He couldn't participate in the past, but now he will not allow anyone to hurt her.

Xiao Zhuo was calculating in his mind how to get what he had and maximize his own interests.

Seeing how much Xiao Zhuo cared about her, Luo Jiu felt a surge of warmth in her heart. She reached out and held his hand tightly, pressing her entire body against his, completely trusting him.

Xiao Zhuo thought he was insecure and scared, so he gently tapped the back of her hand to comfort him.

"I don't want anything anymore."

Mo Huaiyu didn't see what he wanted to see, and a cold smile involuntarily crept onto his lips. What an enviable couple, so perfect it made him want to destroy them.

"Tell me, if she died, since you love her so much, wouldn't you want to die with her?"

Mo Huaiyu looked at the two of them with a malicious smile, eagerly anticipating seeing how they would turn on each other after just moments of being inseparable.

Luo Jiu was utterly disgusted, unable to comprehend how such a vicious person could exist. Had his heart been filled with filthy worms from a sewer?

Are you sure you want to gamble?

Xiao Zhuo spoke calmly, his eyes regaining their usual nonchalant air, as if everything was under his control.

"Are you sure that Luo Jiu will definitely die after you die? Or are you sure that no one can undo the curse you cast?"

Hearing this, Mo Huaiyu gradually calmed down. His eyes were fixed on Xiao Zhuo, as if he wanted to stare a hole through his face.

"Perhaps with this Gu worm, all your ideas could be easily realized, but..."

Xiao Zhuo's lips curled into a cruel smile as he gradually increased the pressure on his hand. The insect that had been struggling to break free just moments before was now a pool of blood and flesh.

"You, you, you..."

Mo Huaiyu was on the verge of collapse. The Gu worms she had raised, which she had given everything to, even at the cost of sacrificing her appearance, had died tragically at Xiao Zhuo's hands...

More than a decade of hard work was destroyed in an instant. Killing Xiao Zhuo was not enough to quell his hatred.

I'm going to kill you!

"Alright, fine!" Xiao Zhuo said, "As long as you remove the Gu worms from Luo Jiu's body and return her eyes, I'll let you do whatever you want with me!"

"Xiao'er!" The old monk standing to the side called out Xiao Zhuo's name in shock and surprise, completely unaware of how things had escalated to this point.

"don't want……"

Luo Jiu gripped Xiao Zhuo's arm tightly, unwilling to let go for even a moment, her head shaking uncontrollably.

She realized that Xiao Zhuo's words had only drawn Mo Huaiyu's hatred towards her, and he just wanted Mo Huaiyu to return her eyes. It was a move to trade Mo Huaiyu's life for hers.