Chu Ziyu looked as if he had heard something extremely ridiculous, and a cold and sarcastic arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He frowned slightly because of the wound on his lip, but this did not reduce the coldness in his eyes at all. "Thanks to you, I'm not dead yet."

He tried to move, but the severe pain in his left arm and the aching pain all over his body made him groan, and fine cold sweat instantly seeped out of his forehead.

But he still held on, using his uninjured right hand to support his body a little bit, to increase the distance between him and Lin Ci'an. Even this tiny movement made him gasp for breath.

"Lin Ci'an,"

He stared at him, his eyes looking at something disgusting and filthy. "Your hypocritical look now is even more disgusting than your madness just now."

Every word was like a poisoned whip, lashing Lin Ci'an's heart.

The hidden pleasure that had just been stirring was now completely shattered by this naked disgust, leaving only overwhelming embarrassment and despair.

"It's not me...it's the glass of wine..."

Lin Ci'an argued in vain, his voice filled with weakness that even he couldn't convince himself.

No matter how stupid he was, he knew that alcohol was a problem, but those crazy and violent actions could not be completely excused by the word "Chinese medicine"?

His hatred is real, and his loss of control is also real.

"liquor?"

"So, a glass of wine could make a famous Gu doctor and Chinese medicine master resort to such vile means against me?"

"Lin Ci'an, where are those Heart-Cleansing Gu and Toxin-Detoxifying Gu you raised? Are they all dead?"

"You clearly have countless ways to undo the effects of that drink...or even prevent it from actually affecting you!"

His voice suddenly rose, and he began to cough violently due to excitement. His pale cheeks were abnormally flushed, and there was a look of despair in his eyes.

"Tell me...why don't you use it?!"

The last trace of blood on Lin Ci'an's face faded away completely.

"The blackening value is reduced by 15%. The current blackening value is 85%."

Chu Ziyu's questioning accurately tore apart all his self-deceptive disguises, revealing his most despicable and darkest selfishness.

Yes.

He is a Gu Master.

He is a Gu doctor who can use poisonous insects to control people's minds and dispel all kinds of poisons.

Although the medicinal properties in that glass of wine were strong and strange, if he really wanted to get rid of it, he was not completely without a chance. At least he would never lose control so completely.

But at that time...

When the scorching power of the medicine burned along with the long-suppressed hatred and some twisted desire, the ferocious beast in his heart, which had been imprisoned by reason for too long, found an excuse to roar.

He let it go.

He even... added fuel to the fire.

He hated Chu Ziyu for always being so aloof and self-possessed, hated that he seemed untouched by the dust even though he was clearly in the mud, and hated the way his eyes seemed to see through everything when he looked at him...

What's more, I hate the greed and possessiveness that is growing wildly and shouldn't exist deep in my heart.

That glass of wine became the fuse that ignited all this.

And he tore open the seal of reason with his own hands.

Chu Ziyu's eyes swept over his disheveled body and the carefully bandaged wound on his arm.

Finally, he returned to Lin Ci'an's pale face and said in a very light tone:

"I didn't expect you to hate me so much"

Lin Ci'an opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

For a moment, the only sounds in the side hall were the suppressed breathing of the two people.

The candle flame crackled, and a flower of light burst out, illuminating the mess and silent confrontation in the room.

The candlelight flickered again, illuminating the bleak and sarcastic smile on Chu Ziyu's face even more clearly.

He seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and leaned back slightly, avoiding Lin Ci'an's hand that was frozen in mid-air, and looked at a certain point in the void.

"Make amends now? Lin Ci'an, do you still think you're...excusable?"

"Yes... Doctor Lin Gu is naturally excusable."

"After all, in your eyes, I am just an insignificant prince who can be looked down upon by anyone in and outside the palace."

He slowly turned his gaze back, and the eyes that once reflected the stars and the moon were now only a desolate cold pool, looking straight at Lin Ci'an's suddenly shrinking pupils.

"I'm unloved, without a mother clan to rely on, and I only have the title of a prince... Therefore, even if you use such means to humiliate me to this extent..."

He paused, each word saturated with endless humiliation and self-mockery, "...it's also what I, Chu Ziyu, deserve, right?"

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