Chapter 168 Idiot

Chapter 168: Idiot

Inside the door, Cheng Ge felt like he was about to collapse too...

The drug felt like thousands of ants gnawing at his bones, burning through his sanity.

He lay on the ground like a fish out of water, gasping for breath, drenched in sweat.

His official robe was completely soaked, hanging open in disarray, revealing his chest heaving with each ragged breath.

Clenching his teeth, he twisted his belt and silk cords torn from the canopy together, binding Princess Wuya's hands and feet tightly.

But Wuya was in even worse shape than he was. The drug was fierce, making her feel like a fire was raging inside her, burning away her consciousness, causing unbearable pain.

The humiliation of being bound, mixed with unfulfilled desire, made her thrash wildly on the ground like a fish out of water.

Her expensive silk dress was ruined beyond recognition, large patches of her honey-colored skin were exposed to the air.

A flush of arousal spread across her face, and broken moans escaped her throat uncontrollably.

Hearing this sound, Cheng Ge's scalp prickled.

He suddenly raised his trembling hand, opened his mouth, and bit down hard on the web of his thumb!

"Mmph—!" The sharp pain jolted him back to clarity for a moment.

He couldn't help letting out a pained grunt, the taste of blood, metallic and rusty, spreading in his mouth.

Princess Wuya lay writhing on the ground in agony, large patches of her bare skin pressed against the cold floor.

He struggled to prop himself upright, stumbling over to Wuya like a drunkard.

He grabbed her bound wrists with every ounce of strength and dragged her toward the corner.

However, the moment Wuya touched Cheng Ge's sweat-soaked, burning body, it was like dry kindling meeting a spark.

A fierce longing flared in her dazed eyes, and her bound body coiled around him like a snake.

Her hot cheek pressed desperately against his neck, her red lips eagerly seeking the source of relief.

Cheng Ge's scalp prickled with fear. He used the last of his remaining strength to restrain her.

"Princess... don't move... just wait a bit longer... it'll pass... hah..."

The drug was potent, but if he could just hold on, it would eventually fade...

But before his comforting words fully left his mouth—

"BANG—!!!" The ear-splitting kick against the door exploded like thunder directly above them!

The cold wind rushing in made both of them, pressed together, stiffen. Zhou Zhan's furious voice suddenly exploded in their ears.

"Cheng! Mu! Yu!!! What! Are! You! Doing!!!"

Cheng Ge was jolted by the sudden noise and roar, trembling uncontrollably. He instinctively looked toward the source.

Silhouetted against the light from the corridor, the figure of Crown Prince Zhou Zhan stood in the doorway.

His eyes were bloodshot, as if he were on the verge of tears, staring intently at Cheng Ge.

His expression was exactly like a helpless husband who had caught his beloved wife cheating.

Cheng Ge's mind went blank, completely shutting down—

After a brief daze, an intense sense of crisis and the burning heat of the drug surged to his head at once!

Cheng Ge instantly understood: the Crown Prince had been lured here too! This was a trap for both of them!

"Your Highness!" Cheng Ge almost screamed with the last bit of strength left in his chest.

His voice was hoarse and broken, laden with heavy panting, "Get out! Get... out of here!!!"

But to Zhou Zhan, furious and heartbroken beyond measure, this warning sounded like nothing more than a guilty outburst after being caught in the act!

"Get out?" Zhou Zhan felt as if his heart was being shredded by a knife, "Cheng Muyu! How dare you... how dare you yell at me?!"

His reason was completely consumed by jealousy and the pain of betrayal. How could he listen to any explanation?

He strode over to Cheng Ge in three quick steps, like a furious lion. "I am not leaving!!!"

"———Skim———"

"How dare you... how dare you commit such a shameless act with this barbarian princess!

I'll tell the Emperor! Have him flog you! Fire you! Have you... have you..."

He was so furious he was stammering, feeling as if his heart was about to burst, wanting nothing more than to tear the man before him apart.

But when he touched his scorching skin, the destructive impulse mingled with a pain and grievance he himself didn't want to acknowledge.

While Zhou Zhan was angrily accusing him, Cheng Ge felt an even more intense wave of heat sweep through his limbs, his vision darkening.

Zhou Zhan's face, full of rage and heartbroken despair, blurred and swayed in his sight.

The door that Zhou Zhan had kicked open had silently closed behind them without anyone noticing.

An even denser, sweeter strange fragrance was seeping in through every crack of the door and window, more pervasive than before.

Someone had actually placed a new incense burner outside the door!

This aphrodisiac smoke was continuously pouring into the warm chamber, which had become a cage!

Cheng Ge: This fool of a Crown Prince! Really... I'm done for!

The last shreds of Cheng Ge's reason were completely overwhelmed by this foolish prince and the surging drug.

An unaccountable surge of evil fire, mixed with an indescribable restlessness, rushed straight to his head.

Zhou Zhan's roar was still buzzing in his ears, and Cheng Ge felt the sound seemed to be muffled through water, making him more and more irritable.

Tortured by both the drug's effect and anger, Cheng Ge acted almost on a self-destructive instinct.

When Zhou Zhan pulled him closer, his angry and wronged face almost touching his,

Cheng Ge suddenly turned his head, opened his mouth, and bit down fiercely on Zhou Zhan's shoulder!

"Ah—!" Zhou Zhan, caught off guard, let out a pain-filled grunt, his grip on Cheng Ge's collar loosening.

The sharp pain instantly pierced through his anger-blinded senses.

But the deeper rage he'd expected never came.

A strange, warm, rust-tinged breath hit his senses as Cheng Ge's teeth sank in.

Then an indescribable tingling hit him, like tiny electric shocks.

It spread fast from the bite, instantly racing through every limb and bone.

This strange, intense feeling instantly drowned out the pain, and even the anger.

Zhou Zhan instinctively looked down.

He saw Cheng Ge forced to look up, a smear of his own blood still at the corner of his mouth.

Right now, he was like a crabapple blossom burned by fire, stained a weird deep red that spread to his eyes and ears.

His usually sharp, steady eyes now shimmered with moisture, lost in a hazy mist.

The red at the corners of his eyes unexpectedly gave him a wild, irresistible allure.

Zhou Zhan's breath caught in his throat; his angry panting from just before eerily died out in that moment.

A strange, scorching heat, a hundred times stronger than the cloying sweetness in the hall, suddenly exploded from the deepest part of his body!

Like wildfire across the plains, it instantly set his blood and nerves ablaze.

His mouth and tongue were so dry they tasted bitter, and the sweet smell was thick, inescapable.

On the floor, Princess Wuya let out faint, unconscious sounds, but the air between the two men felt frozen.

Only their faster and faster heartbeats remained, pounding like mad drums in the silence.

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