Xiao Wang stayed by Ruan Jiu's bedside without leaving for a single step. Looking at the girl lying on the bed, with her pale little face devoid of any color, his eyes were filled with heartache.
"Why hasn't she woken up yet?"
Xiao Wang's tone was cold, but his eyes couldn't bear to move away from Ruan Jiu.
The witch doctor standing behind Xiao Wang carefully said, "The poisonous worms in Miss Ruan's body have just started acting up. She will naturally wake up after the worms have calmed down."
Hearing this, Xiao Wang suddenly turned his head, and his sharp and fierce gaze swept straight towards the witch doctor.
"Didn't you say it would be foolproof? Why did the poisonous worms still act up?!"
The witch doctor couldn't help but clench his fingers tightly. "When I was diagnosing Miss Ruan just now, I found that she seemed to have stopped taking the medicine for a long time, which is why the worms in her body started acting up..."
"What did you say?"
Xiao Wang suddenly let go of Ruan Jiu's hand and walked towards the witch doctor with a cold look in his eyes.
He grabbed the witch doctor's collar and said coldly, "She didn't take the medicine?"
The witch doctor lowered his head and didn't dare to look into Xiao Wang's eyes.
"Without the soothing of the medicine, the worms in her body will act up. As her memory recovers, the worms will become more and more violent each time."
Xiao Wang turned his head and looked at Ruan Jiu, who was lying on the bed with her eyes tightly closed.
No wonder she had become so thin in just a few days.
In order to regain her memory, she was willing to endure the torture of the worm's attack every day rather than take the medicine.
Xiao Wang let go of the witch doctor's collar, and his arms dropped to his sides.
Then he closed his eyes and tried hard to calm his emotions.
"Is there any other way to suppress the worms in her body and relieve her pain?"
"Th-there isn't..."
Xiao Wang suddenly opened his eyes wide. "There isn't?"
"However, as long as she takes the medicine on time, the worms in her body can be controlled by the mother worm, and she won't suffer any more pain."
After hearing this, Xiao Wang narrowed his eyes slightly and tightened his fists.
Now that Ruan Jiu had regained her memory, he knew that with her stubborn nature, she would definitely not continue to take the medicine.
"What if she refuses to take the medicine?"
"Then the worms in her body will fight back even more violently until they devour all her consciousness, and then..."
"Go on!"
"Then she will bleed from all seven orifices and die..."
Bleed from all seven orifices and die!
Xiao Wang couldn't help but widen his eyes.
He roared angrily, "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?!"
"I said at the beginning that the worm's counterattack was extremely dangerous. It was Your Highness who..."
The witch doctor's voice became softer and softer, and he swallowed the rest of his words.
The veins on Xiao Wang's forehead bulged.
His angry eyes seemed to tear the witch doctor to pieces.
But he had forgotten that he was the one who had started all this.
Just then, there was a sudden noise behind him.
Xiao Wang immediately turned around and saw that Ruan Jiu had woken up and was trying to get up with her weak body.
So he quickly stepped forward and supported her arm with a concerned look in his eyes.
Ruan Jiu shook off Xiao Wang's hand in disgust and said coldly, "Don't look at me with that kind of look. It's disgusting."
But Xiao Wang wasn't angry at all. He said softly, "A Jiu, your body hasn't recovered yet. Lie down first."
"Don't call me that! You're not worthy!"
"Okay, okay. Lie down first. I'll do anything you want."
"Let me out of the palace! I want to go home!"
Hearing this, the tenderness in Xiao Wang's eyes suddenly disappeared, and his face turned ashen.
Ruan Jiu continued, "Now that I've remembered everything, do you still want to imprison me?"
Xiao Wang let out a heavy sigh.
Then, ignoring Ruan Jiu's opposition, he picked her up horizontally and put her back on the bed.
"Be obedient. Take your medicine first."
Xiao Wang raised his hand, and the witch doctor immediately handed the medicine bowl to him.
He stirred the spoon and brought the medicine to Ruan Jiu's lips.
Ruan Jiu immediately dodged and said coldly, "Do you think I'll still be at your mercy now?"
"A Jiu, you'll die if you don't take the medicine!"
After hearing this, a sneer appeared on Ruan Jiu's lips. Her reddened eyes made her look even colder.
She raised her hand and knocked over the medicine bowl in Xiao Wang's hand.
"If I can leave you by dying, then why should I be afraid?"
Xiao Wang's hand froze in mid-air.
His eyes were deep, and he didn't say a word.
It was as if the dark clouds were about to crush the city.
She would rather die than stay with him!
"A Jiu..."
Xiao Wang murmured Ruan Jiu's name and raised his hand to caress the corner of her reddened eye.
But once again, Ruan Jiu dodged him with a look of disgust in her eyes.
Xiao Wang retracted his fingers and clenched them into a fist.
Suddenly, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and his eyes were full of morbid obsession.
His thin lips were slightly pursed, and the aura around him was gloomy and terrifying.
"If you die, then I'll make everyone in the Shen family陪葬. Oh, and that lover of yours who you've been thinking about so much."
Ruan Jiu looked at the half-smile on Xiao Wang's lips and couldn't help but tremble all over.
She shouted, "Xiao Wang! You're a madman!"
"Yes, I'm a madman." Xiao Wang laughed a few times.
Then he brought his face closer to Ruan Jiu's and said, "You'll never be able to leave me, this madman, for the rest of your life."
Ruan Jiu glared at Xiao Wang angrily and suddenly raised her arm.
But before her palm could land on Xiao Wang's face, it was grabbed by him.
The next moment, Xiao Wang's eyes suddenly became gentle again.
He held Ruan Jiu's hand and placed it on his own face.
"A Jiu, as long as you take your medicine obediently, you'll forget everything in the past. Everyone in the Shen family will be fine, and Xie Jingchu will also be fine.
I'll make you the Crown Princess, and in the future, you'll be the Empress, second only to the Emperor.
I really love you. Love me back, okay?"
Ruan Jiu couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
The great Crown Prince had actually lowered himself and was begging for her love like a dog.
But in her eyes, this deep affection was so ridiculous.
"Xiao Wang, you keep saying that you love me, but you used poisonous worms to erase my memory! You keep saying that you love me, but you knew that the worm's counterattack would kill me, yet you still used such a despicable method on me!"
"No! A Jiu! It's not like that. As long as you take your medicine well, the worms will never harm your life!"
"Then why did you threaten me with the lives of my family and my lover! I can't accept this kind of love from you!"
"You have to accept it even if you can't! You have to bear it even if you can't stand it!"
There was a fierce look in Xiao Wang's eyes.
It was as if if Ruan Jiu continued to insist on leaving the palace, Xiao Wang would immediately make the Shen family and Xie Jingchu disappear.
Just then, Ruan Jiu, who had been struggling to hold on to her scattered energy, suddenly laughed.
Her smile was bright and dazzling, which made Xiao Wang stunned for a moment.
It was as if the person who had been at odds with him just now wasn't her.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Ruan Jiu called out softly with a smile. "Is it because of these eyes?"
"What?" Xiao Wang frowned, looking puzzled.
"Because these eyes look similar to Song Qingyu's, that's why you've been trying every means to keep me by your side."
Hearing the name "Song Qingyu", Xiao Wang was stunned again.
Just as Xiao Wang was about to deny it, Ruan Jiu suddenly pulled out the hairpin from her head.
"Then I'll destroy these eyes."
The next moment, the hairpin landed on Ruan Jiu's bright and clear eyes.
Two streams of bloody tears were shocking to behold.