Seeing his determined look, Liu Yushu felt panicked. If he forced her to leave with him, she would be powerless to resist. For the time being, the only thing she could do was to show weakness to calm him down and not provoke him.
"We've just met by chance. You suddenly ask me to go with you. I don't even know who you are..." Her voice was soft and low. She stared at him obediently and asked, "Who on earth are you?"
Her words left Wu Qing speechless. His past was dark and gloomy, with hardly any happiness. He didn't want to mention it to her. Frowning impatiently, he asked her, "Are you going with me or not?"
"I..." She carefully observed his expression. "N-no, I'm not." Before her words faded, his face darkened. She quickly added in a low voice, "You've planted a poisonous gu in me. My life is already yours. Why would you be afraid that I'll run away?"
"..." He thought what she said made sense.
"When will you detoxify me?" She looked at him eagerly. This was what she wanted to know most. She didn't want to die in his hands.
"I'll detoxify you when you become my wife." Wu Qing's tone was firm, making it clear to Liu Yushu that there was no room for negotiation.
Liu Yushu was left speechless. How could she marry him?
All along, he had been forcing her. Forcing the poisonous gu into her body and forcing her to marry him... She really regretted saving him. If she had known this would happen, she should have found an opportunity to get rid of him after he helped her kill the poisonous snake that night!
"Fine." She gave a faint smile. "If you really want to marry me, I want you to promise me three things. If you can do them, I'll marry you." She was deliberately lying to him. She was afraid he would use force if she didn't say so.
"Tell me." He agreed without hesitation, his eyes twinkling with uncontrollable joy and excitement. He would agree to three hundred things, let alone just three.
Liu Yushu thought for a while and tentatively said, "The first thing is that I want you to detoxify me."
Wu Qing's eyes turned cold. "Okay, but not now."
"..." Liu Yushu sighed silently in her heart. She knew he wouldn't agree so easily. "The second thing is that I want you to help me kill someone."
She still remembered her past life clearly. Feng Ziyang, the ambitious man in her past life, not only ruined her life but also finally destroyed her country. Since she had been reborn, she wouldn't let the tragedy repeat itself.
Feng Ziyang, the hostage prince of Nanling State, must die.
"Who?" His eyes became firm.
"Feng Ziyang, the hostage prince of Nanling State."
Wu Qing's pupils shrank, and a look of surprise flashed across his face. This man was not easy to kill. To be precise, it was extremely difficult.
Although the hostage prince of Nanling State was in Yong State, the king of Yong State had been trying to take his life for several years. He had openly provoked the court officials and secretly sent many experts and death servants, but he still couldn't take the prince's life. It was rumored that the prince didn't know martial arts, but there were experts lurking around him.
The king of Yong State had long wanted to annex Nanling State. However, Nanling State was good at fighting. Even if it was temporarily defeated, it would be difficult to conquer. The two countries were now on good terms on the surface, but there would surely be a war in the future.
"I promise you." Since it was her request, he would try his best to fulfill it.
Hearing his words, Liu Yushu heaved a sigh of relief. "I haven't thought of the third thing yet. I'll tell you when I do."
Wu Qing nodded.
"When will you detoxify me?" Liu Yushu felt uneasy. Tears welled up in her eyes again. She looked at him pitifully and sobbed softly.
Through these contacts, she had observed that his attitude would soften whenever she cried. Since that was the case, she would use her tears to save herself.
Sure enough, Wu Qing's expression softened.
Suddenly, there was a noise in the outer hall. Wu Qing immediately became alert. Seeing this, Liu Yushu said, "You'd better leave now. Otherwise, if my father catches you, he'll kill you."
He hadn't detoxified her yet. He couldn't be caught. Moreover, if things got out of control, with his wild nature, he might even exterminate her whole family. Just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.
Wu Qing was a bit reluctant. He stared at her and said, "I'll come to find you again tomorrow night. I want to marry you. After the wedding ceremony, I'll detoxify you." After saying that, he disappeared in a flash.
Liu Yushu was stunned on the couch. Her heart was pounding with fear. He actually wanted to marry her?!
"Elder sister, are you okay? Did that man hurt you?" Liu Yanyi walked in.
It was him who had made the noise outside the room. Although he was afraid of Wu Qing, he didn't want to see Wu Qing staying in his sister's room all the time. A man and a woman alone in a room made him worried that Wu Qing might lose control and ruin Liu Yushu's innocence.
"I'm fine." Liu Yushu looked at her younger brother in surprise. "You know everything?"
Liu Yanyi nodded. "Elder sister, don't think too much. For now, you should take good care of your body first. As for tomorrow night..."
"Yier, elder sister doesn't want to marry that man." Liu Yushu shed tears aggrievedly.
"I understand." Liu Yanyi sighed helplessly. "But elder sister, if you want to be detoxified now, you have to endure it for the time being and marry that scoundrel. I'll make arrangements tomorrow night. Only you, me, and him will know about this. It will never be known to a fourth person."
"What if he forces me or goes back on his word tomorrow night?" Liu Yushu was very anxious. After all, her life was in someone else's hands.
Liu Yanyi lowered his eyes and thought for a while. "I don't think he's the kind of person who would go back on his word. Since he has promised, he won't break his promise. If he forces you to do something indecent, find an opportunity to put this on his skin."
"This..." Liu Yushu looked at the tin can in her younger brother's hand in horror. There was a small toad in it. Its whole body was a bright purplish-red, while its head was a shiny blue. It was obviously a highly poisonous thing.
She didn't understand where her younger brother, who had always been innocent, had found this thing.
"Elder sister, for your own life, you must endure it for the time being." Liu Yanyi persuaded her earnestly.
Liu Yushu wiped away the tears on her face and her eyes became determined. "I understand."
Since she had saved his life, she could also end it with her own hands. Tomorrow night would be Wu Qing's death day.