The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

"Let's not talk about that now, let me untie you first!"

Even through the monitoring puppet, Bai Ling could feel Ying Muxue's murderous aura.

She hesitated, wondering if... she should just run away with Su Qi like this?

The thought only existed in her mind for a moment before she dismissed it.

With her cultivation level and combat strength, if she were to run away with Su Qi, she would be caught by the other female protagonists before she even left Dao Yi Academy.

Having regained his freedom, Su Qi pulled Bai Ling into his arms.

"Ling'er, as expected, I still love you the most! Let's go together now. As long as you release the seal on my cultivation, I can immediately take you far away!"

Upon hearing this, the female protagonists monitoring the puppet instantly became alert.

His eyes were fixed on Bai Ling, ready to react at the slightest movement...

Fortunately, after much hesitation, Bai Ling did not fall for Su Qi's trick and instead spoke after a flash of her eyes.

"Now is not the best time. Be patient and let me think of a way to lure them away, then we can leave here together."

"This..." Su Qi hesitated, seemingly unwilling to continue enduring the torment.

"Master, you won't make things difficult for Ling'er, right?" Bai Ling huddled in his arms, looked up, and her eyes looked pitiful.

Su Qi gritted his teeth and could only nod in the end.

"Fine, I'll put up with those stupid women for a while longer."

After a brief moment of tenderness, Bai Ling left.

Su Qi began searching the room again, looking for something that could help him escape his predicament.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Qi, who was fiddling with an array plate, was suddenly patted on the shoulder.

"Ah ah ah..."

This startled him, and he turned around and punched her.

Then the fist was easily caught.

"My dear brother, is this how you take care of your sister?" Ning Hongyu squinted.

"Sister...Sister..." Su Qi's voice was first filled with fear, then with joy.

To Ning Hongyu's astonishment, he threw himself into the woman's arms.

then……

"Waaaaah, sister, do you know? Actually, I wanted to choose you before, but I knew the other women wouldn't just sit and watch us live happily ever after, so I didn't choose anyone. I was thinking of running away first, then coming back to find you and stay with you forever..."

Hearing these familiar words, Ning Hongyu was speechless, and her eyes flashed with a fierce light as she looked at Su Qi.

The other female leads also had twitching lips.

"That bastard is lying again. Does he really think we're so easy to fool? That we'll fall for his tricks again and again?" Ying Muxue saw this through the puppet and was so angry that she almost ground her teeth to powder.

Ning Hongyu took a deep breath, concealing the fierce glint in her eyes, and feigned a surprised expression.

"really?"

"Of course it's true, sister. Release my seal and let's go now! Let's go somewhere where no one can find us and live a life where we only have each other."

“Okay!” Ning Hongyu nodded heavily, raised her hand, and spiritual energy surged at her fingertips.

Su Qi was overjoyed and waited for Ning Hongyu to help him break the seal.

But the woman suddenly stopped moving the next second.

"No, it's difficult for you and me to deal with those women on our own. Please wait a few days while I make some preparations!"

"Ugh, another wait?" Su Qi immediately made a bitter face.

"Again?" Ning Hongyu looked over with a focused gaze.

Su Qi was startled and realized he had misspoke, so he quickly explained.

“Bai Ling came by once before. I asked her to find me some clothes to change into, and she told me to wait.”

"I see!" Ning Hongyu's brows relaxed, and then she pushed Su Qi away.

"Just bear with it for the next few days. Once I've made all the arrangements, I'll take you away from here!"

"Oh!" Su Qi nodded obediently.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Ning Hongyu left.

Not long after, more people arrived.

However, this time it wasn't the female lead who came, but the maid who brought dinner.

Under the watchful eyes of the female leads, Su Qi ate heartily without a care in the world.

Then... he just collapsed.

Not long after, Ruobingli walked in.

Su Qi was helped up in a daze, his cheeks flushed and his eyes unfocused.

"You...who are you?"

His voice was blank, and he stared intently at Ruobingli, shaking his head.

Ruobingli glanced at the delicacies on the table.

That's right, she put Drunken Immortal Powder in it.

It's the one that Su Qi accidentally ate back in the Li clan.

Based on that experience, Ruo Bingli knew that Su Qi would tell the truth after he got drunk.

So she arranged this whole thing.

If Bingli didn't answer Su Qi's question, but instead asked him directly.

"Your failed escape tonight wasn't an accident, was it?"

"belch!"

Su Qi let out a hiccup and widened his eyes: "You... how did you know that?"

His drowsy eyes became alert.

Upon hearing this, the other female leads exchanged glances and immediately held their breath.

Their intuition told them that the next answer was important.

"You wouldn't happen to be..." Su Qi bared his teeth, his expression turning fierce, "...the worm in my stomach?"

All the female leads: ...

A black line appeared on Ruobingli's forehead: "Those are roundworms!"

But that doesn't matter. She took a deep breath and asked the next question.

Why did you do this? You seem to be intentionally trying to make us hate you!

"Huh? You even know that!" Su Qi was shocked at first, then chuckled foolishly: "You really are the parasite in my belly."

“You are much smarter than those foolish women. They think I don’t know that Bai Ling and Ning Hongyu were both sent by them to test me.”

"Hiccup... Hehe, I deliberately said the same thing to make them think that I'm using them again, trying to escape. To make them hate me even more!"

Upon hearing this, Ruobingli felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from her heart.

The same applies to the other female leads.

Sure enough, Su Qi's previous dislike was all an act.

"Why would you do this? It won't do you any good by making us hate you, will it?"

“Because…” Su Qi’s originally bright eyes dimmed, and he uttered a sentence that made all the female protagonists turn pale.

"Because I don't want them to be sad because of my death."

After saying that, he realized something was off and chuckled to himself.

"Oh right, they've been fooled by my faked death so many times. Even if they saw it with their own eyes now, they wouldn't believe I'm really dead. That's good... that's good... let them think I'm still alive..."

The sound grew fainter and fainter, and Su Qi's head drooped as he passed out completely drunk.

Ruo Bingli, her face pale, suddenly snapped back to her senses and reached out to slap Su Qi's face.

"You traitor, wake up! Tell me clearly, what is it that will kill you?"

Seeing this, the other female characters couldn't sit still any longer and quickly appeared around Su Qi, wanting to get to the bottom of things.

They simply couldn't imagine what else could take Su Qi's life from them.

No, they absolutely will not agree, nor will they allow it!

That bastard... why does he always have to bear everything in silence!

At this moment, all the female protagonists had tears in their eyes.