Gu worm
What are the effects of the medicine?
Jiang Mian reacted for a moment, and her expression suddenly turned very ugly.
"Shen Ji, what did you do to me?"
Her body's reaction didn't seem faked; she could feel the sudden burning sensation and the uncontrollable reaction. Ironically, the culprit looked satisfied, as if he had been waiting for this for a long time.
"I told you, you'll never be able to live without me."
Shen Ji calmly withdrew his fingertips, gently wiped them dry with a handkerchief, and then calmly called out, "Someone come here."
He Yue entered respectfully, carrying a bowl of medicinal soup.
Shen Ji reached out and took it. He Yue left silently. Jiang Mian stared blankly as he cut his wrist with a dagger, and then, bright red blood seeped through his white skin and fell into the bowl.
"Drink it." He held the bowl to her lips, but Jiang Mian stubbornly turned her head away. Who knows what kind of drug he put in it?
"You'll feel terrible if you don't drink it."
"Shen Ji, what exactly did you do to me?" Jiang Mian's face flushed, and her voice was unsteady. She felt as if her body was being burned by fire, burning hot and weak. Only by being close to him could she get a moment of coolness.
But the brief coolness was far from enough to dispel her discomfort. Her gaze fell on the bowl of thick, black medicine mixed with his blood.
Even knowing that it might be another abyss, the glaring discomfort she felt at that moment told her that not drinking might not be any better.
"Cousin, I was wrong, I won't do it again, please give me the antidote."
But she still wanted to give it a shot.
Her soft body pressed against him, telling her how hot she was. She reached out and hugged his waist, rubbing her head against the front of his shirt.
"Mian Niang will stay obediently by her cousin's side. Please give me the antidote, Mian Niang is in so much pain."
Tears soaked his clothes. She cried pitifully and movingly, hoping the young man would soften his heart. After all, in the past, when she was like this, he would always gently wipe away her tears and then take a step back.
Shen Ji lowered his eyes, reached out and brushed away her tear stains, gently brushing away the stray hairs on her forehead as usual.
Jiang Mian's eyes lit up with joy, and she was about to lean in when the young man's cruel yet gentle voice rang out.
"Mianniang, you're lying to me again."
Jiang Mian's back stiffened. She looked into his eyes, which were clearly the same as usual, but she suddenly felt a chill spread through her body. She shook her head, tears streaming down her face.
But he seemed not to hear, and the bowl in his hand gradually moved closer to her.
"No, cousin... I don't want to drink it."
"My dear, drink this and you won't feel bad anymore. We'll be together forever, won't we?"
Jiang Mian was afraid; she feared she would never be able to escape his control again. But at that moment, a burning pain in her chest made her gaze gradually become unfocused.
Will that medicine really cure me?
Jiang Mian was unaware of the bitter taste spreading across her lips. She frowned tightly, her forehead damp with sweat. The medicine in his hand gradually dwindled until, with a "clink," the porcelain bowl fell to the ground.
Shen Ji kissed away her tears, licking away the medicine stains on her lips bit by bit. His eyes suppressed a frenzied desire, but his fingertips slowly pulled up her clothes. He kissed her gently, just a clean kiss.
She had no strength left and could only lean against him.
After a long while, Shen Ji gently released her.
Having just cried, Jiang Mian's voice was a little hoarse. He ordered someone to bring some throat-soothing medicine, but as soon as Jiang Mian saw it, the image of him forcing her came to mind.
She turned away, not wanting to see him at that moment.
"What's wrong? Are you angry?"
The young man was not annoyed, as if he knew she would do this, or more like he had already achieved his goal and now he felt that whatever she did was harmless.
Jiang Mian hated this feeling, so she simply covered her head with the blanket. She couldn't escape, so at least she could avoid seeing him.
Shen Ji didn't pressure her. He put the bowl aside, reached out to pick up the broken cup from the ground, and looked down. Only then did he notice that his sleeve was soaked with blood. He didn't care; the wound wasn't deep, and the bleeding had stopped.
Jiang Mian felt a bit stuffy under the covers, but she still didn't want to see him. He was always like that, never considering her feelings. What did it matter if she was angry or not? He was already here, so why shouldn't she be allowed to have a temper?
“Mianniang, have I told you about my situation?”
Shen Ji leaned lazily to one side, playing with the jade pendant at his waist, and suddenly spoke.
Jiang Mian naturally did not respond, so he continued.
“When I was a child, I lived in a very happy environment. My father was a very gentle person, and my mother was also kind to others.”
Jiang Mian's mind raced. He must be referring to her maternal uncle and aunt. She had heard some stories about them when she was young. Her maternal uncle was brave and skilled in battle and had been personally commended by the late emperor. Although she knew very little about her maternal aunt, she was probably quite good as well.
“Before I was ten, my life consisted only of studying. They made me learn many things, but my father would always secretly take me out horseback riding.”
“My mother turned a blind eye to everything. My father only had my mother, and I was his only child. I thought that these happy days could last forever, until—” Shen Ji’s voice suddenly stopped.
Jiang Mian listened intently, realizing that apart from their interactions over the past few days, she knew very little about Shen Ji. She didn't know his past, how he grew up, or even his true temperament; she had only come to understand him in the last few days.
He was not the aloof and unapproachable person she had imagined; on the contrary, he had a strong possessiveness and a sense of unease.
She deeply regretted it. If she had known he was this kind of person, she shouldn't have bothered with him in the first place. But now, everything had happened, and her regrets were useless.
The Xuanwu Gate Incident.
These five words were deeply imprinted in his mind. In the dead of night, he would see those cold, long knives piercing the chests of people he knew again and again.
His father, mother, childhood companions, and subordinates in the Eastern Palace are all gone.
They left him alone in this world, yet they wanted him to watch his enemy sit high on the throne, surrounded by thousands, and watch the holy ruler praised by all the people of the world be nothing more than a demon who rose to power by stepping on his brother's corpse. How could he bear it? He crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, with only revenge in his heart.
Meeting Jiang Mian was an accident.
He hadn't anticipated that his heart would indulge her, tacitly allowing her to enter his world, yet unable to push her away, so he could only use this method to keep her by his side.
"Until what?"
A girl's curious voice came from under the covers. She had revealed her face at some point. Shen Ji lowered her head, her eyes still filled with emotion. She saw a deep, dark darkness, unfathomable, as if it were about to suck her in.
"Aren't angry anymore?"
After a moment, he smiled faintly, not replying to her, but affectionately stroking her delicate nose with his fingertips, as if he wasn't the one who had just forced her to drink the medicine.
Jiang Mian snorted softly and sat up. Her gaze fell on his wrist, where the bloody smell had come from. He never took care of his body. Remembering how he had rushed to save her that day and hadn't slept for days and nights, her attitude softened.
She blinked. She had already taken the medicine. It wouldn't be good to anger him now. She might as well take this opportunity to ask him for some other benefits.
Thinking of this, she reached out and touched his wrist: "Let's bandage it up."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Shen Ji looked at her and said with a smile.
Jiang Mian pouted. "Slapping her and then giving her a sweet treat, they really treat her like a pampered concubine."
but……
"Cousin, I can't live without you anymore. When can I go home?"
She asked in a soft tone, as if testing the waters.
Shen Ji looked down at her, as if he could read her mind at a glance. He casually held her fingers and asked in a relaxed tone, "When do you want to go back?"
Seeing this, Jiang Mian was pleasantly surprised; it seemed there was hope.
"One month...after?" Jiang Mian probed.
"If you want to go home, isn't it too late?" Shen Ji thought her fingertips were very beautiful, and seeing them made him think of some scenes that shouldn't have appeared.
Jiang Mian looked at him in shock and quickly said, "Then seven days, seven days from now!"
Shen Ji gave her a deep look, not revealing her obvious thoughts. He held her fingertips, pressed her body against the edge of the bed, and said tenderly, "Do you know what I gave you?"
Jiang Mian shook her head blankly.
"It's a kind of Gu worm. You have a juvenile Gu worm inside you, and I have a mother Gu worm inside me. If the juvenile Gu worm betrays the mother Gu worm, it will die a miserable death. In other words, if you fall in love with someone else, you will bleed from all seven orifices and die from blood loss. The medicine I gave you is a medicine to suppress the Gu worm. You should take it once every seven days. If you don't take it after seven days, you will die as well."
He spoke the most cruel words in the world with the gentlest of words.
Jiang Mian stared at him in astonishment, seemingly already feeling the Gu worms crawling inside her body.
"Therefore, Mianniang, you can only love me."
Jiang Mian cursed him in her heart for being despicable and shameless, but she didn't show it on her face. She looked at him in fear and said tremblingly, "Cousin, you can't bear to let me die. Mianniang doesn't want to die. Mianniang wants to stay with you, cousin."
"Don't worry, if the offspring dies, the mother gu will not live on its own. Even if we die, we will die together."
Shen Ji spoke slowly and deliberately, his hand hovering over her waist, seemingly touching her skin. He spoke in the calmest tone, saying that their lives were now intertwined, their fates intertwined, one for the glory, the other for the ruin; if she died, he would not live either.
Only now did she finally realize how insane the person in front of her was; he had tied his life to hers, and what kind of person she had provoked.
“Cousin…” she could hardly believe it.
"Is Mian Niang scared?" He looked at her.
Jiang Mian was not only afraid, she was afraid that one day she would be forced by him to become an abnormal person like him. But now, in order to lower his guard, she could only pretend to love him very much.
“Cousin, even without that mother Gu, Mian Niang would not leave you.” She buried her head in his chest, her eyes filled with determination.
She didn't believe that there wouldn't be an antidote for the mother and offspring Gu.
Shen Ji must have been lying to her.
He won't let her die.
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