After I Started and Abandoned the Crown Prince

Lou Zhiyun is the heir to the Prince of Chu. He has suffered for decades from a parasitic curse that is nearly impossible to cure.

At seven, he learned that a sacred gu was hidden inside him, and his master told him he had little time left to live.

At seventeen, his martial arts were destroyed, leaving him a cripple who could no longer even lift a sword.

Then, at twenty, he met someone.

The beloved Crown Prince of the Wen Dynasty, Xiao Jingyao.

Xiao Jingyao spent a night with him, mistaking him for a demon who fed on people's blood and essence.

By chance, Lou Zhiyun discovered that Xiao Jingyao's blood could soothe the sacred gu inside him and restore his martial arts.

And, as it happened, Xiao Jingyao was almost madly infatuated with him.

It was practically... a stroke of luck.

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On his way back to the capital, Crown Prince Xiao encountered a beautiful ghost who fed on people's blood and essence at Cuiwei Mountain.

After that single encounter, he dreamed of him night after night. His heart stirred, his fantasies ran wild, and he couldn't suppress them.

The Crown Prince, always the center of attention, naturally couldn't tolerate such insolence. He was desperate to arrest the monster immediately and make his soul scatter into oblivion.

But the man's face was too cold, like ice and jade. When a rich red flush rose over it, he became dazzlingly beautiful.

But his waist was too slender, so delicate it could fit in one hand.

But... the moment Xiao Jingyao saw him, he wanted to lock him by his side, never letting him go anywhere.

Darkness stirred in Xiao Jingyao's eyes. From then on, he carefully cherished and protected the man like a priceless treasure, never allowing him to suffer the slightest grievance.

He used the thousand-year-old Ice Soul Lotus, a flower that rarely blooms, as an ordinary medicinal herb to nourish him and ease Lou Zhiyun's pain.

Even when Xiao Jingyao was treated like a human medicine pot, he did so willingly. He only wished he could merge with Lou Zhiyun and never be apart from him again.

The Crown Prince, usually so arrogant and willful,

would hear Lou Zhiyun give a faint cough and, with a red mark on his face,

softly coax him to drink even one mouthful of medicine,

and accept even Lou Zhiyun's sarcastic jibes with pleasure.

For the first time, Lou Zhiyun felt his looks might be good for something.

With a crook of his finger, he could leave Xiao Jingyao utterly bewitched, unable to think of anything else,

even willingly becoming his nourishment.

Nourishment, after all, is useful when you need it, and disposable when you don't.

Lou Zhiyun coolly watched Xiao Jingyao go mad over nothing but his looks.

How hypocritical, he thought.

When Xiao Jingyao was no longer of use to him, he left without a trace of mercy.

A few days later,

at Cuiwei Mountain, with flames spreading in every direction, Lou Zhiyun saw the Crown Prince from the upper pavilion.

His expression was cold and sinister, as if he wanted to devour Lou Zhiyun whole.

When Lou Zhiyun woke again, the man's eyes were bloodshot, his killing intent surging. He held Lou Zhiyun's snow-white, jade-like ankle,

and spoke in a tender, lingering voice as ornaments chimed like precious metal:

"Qingqing, why run..."

"I told you, you and I should... be one, inseparable..."

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