Chapter 10

“Cartoon? The Prince of Tennis?” It reminded Zixiu of the words he uttered when the pervert had nearly strangled him just now. “I’m Liu Zixiu, why did I tell him my name was Mark Lira?” Though the name sounded a bit familiar, Zixiu had no idea what it had to do with him. Besides, his father said that he hadn’t even reached the age of sixteen, how come he blurted out that he was twenty? “Do I look that precocious?” As for the cartoon and the Prince of Tennis… Zixiu crawled to the edge of the bed, craned his neck and looked about as if the cartoon and the Prince of Tennis were somewhere in the room. “Where the hell are they?” However, the moment he tried to search in his memory, he felt like his headache was coming back. He immediately shook his head hard, trying to stop pondering while drawing his neck back. He used to say strange things at home for no reason, such as ‘sorry’ or ‘My bad!’, so maybe all this was the sequela of the brain injury he suffered after falling into the river! But would this psycho believe him?

Needless to say, Nangong Du wasn’t convinced. So after Zixiu tried to clarify with the utmost sincerity that his name wasn’t Mark Lira, he knew nothing about the cartoon or the Prince of Tennis, and he had blurted them out only because something went wrong with his brain as a result of an accident, his poor slim neck was grabbed by Nangong Du again! “You little brat, do you know who I am? I’m the prince of the Nan Kingdom. No matter if you’re Liu Zixiu or Mark Lira, if you dare to lie to me, I will personally see to it…”

As Zixiu was shocked when Nangong Du revealed his own identity, not even the least attention was paid to the latter’s threat. “This pervert is a prince? A royal family member, for God’s sake!” he roared inwardly again.

Almost reduced to tears, he hung down his head in despair, like an eggplant wilted after a frost. Though he had been in the mountains for years, hardly ever went out, lost his memory and even forgot the common sense of life, he heard something about the situation in the world from his father in the past three years and was aware that princes were emperors’ immediate family. If this guy in front of him was the emperor’s brother or son, then the bride he had taken the place of would be the princess. Gosh! He was involved in the kidnapping of the princess! If he couldn’t explain himself as soon as possible, it seemed rotting in hell would be his only option left! How come he was so hapless? “No! I’m not gonna yield myself to death!”

As Zixiu was worried about the dangerous situation he was in, he failed to notice that Nangong Du was getting more furious for hearing no response from him. With a grim look, he squeezed Zixiu’s neck harder, showing no mercy.

“You audacious rebel, how dare you disregard my questions!” Nangong Du spat out the words one by one, gritting his teeth. He was not only the former emperor’s youngest and favorite son, but was doted on by his eldest brother, the present emperor, as well as the dowager empress. Everyone had been submissive to him all his life, so he couldn’t help flaring up when he found himself being ignored. “Bastard, you’re so dead!”

“Er…” Having been lifted like a duck, Zixiu instinctively struggled, trying to slap Nangong Du’s hand away from his neck. However, Nangong Du grabbed his wrists with his other hand and gave him a nasty knock in the stomach with his knee, which made Zixiu immediately lose his balance and leaned backward before being pressed against the bed by Nangong Du.

“How bold you are to have attacked me! Little brat, I’m going to kill you!” Seeing the scratches on the back of his hand left by Zixiu’s nails, Nangong Du grew even angrier. He let go of Zixiu’s neck before throwing a punch. However, when his fist was about to land on Zixiu’s face, the latter suddenly stopped struggling. He looked calm, and even had a contemptuous sneer on his face!

“Idiot!”

“You have absolutely no idea who you’re talking to, do you?” Nangong Du froze for a while before he realized what was happening. He had always been the one to curse others and nobody even dared say no in front of him, while this bastard called him an idiot to his face!

“Is there anyone else in the room except the two of us? Do you think I’m talking to myself?” Showing no fear on his face, Zixiu condemned Nangong Du resentfully, “Just think about it, please! Who would have been so stupid to disguise himself as a woman, marry you and wait to be fucked by a drunkard for no reason? Who do you think you are? Listen, even if you’re powerful, rich and much more attractive than women, I won’t be silly enough to degrade myself in having anything to do with a gay! I’ve told you I was wronged. Why don’t you just believe me? Now I don’t see the point for further talk. If you want to kill me, just go ahead! But I have to remind you that mistakenly killing me will lead to consequences, which is that I will come back and haunt you until your last breath!”

“Really?” To Zixiu’s surprise, instead of hitting the ceiling, Nangong Du propped his chin with his hand, looking unfathomable. “So you think you’re being unfairly accused?”

“Damn right I am!” After a short moment of pause, Zixiu nodded, feigning his composure. He had pretended to be calm when he swore at Nangong Du just now, but actually he was already scared out of his wits. Now the sudden change of Nangong’s attitude toward him with the addition of that bizarre look in his eyes made Zixiu extremely nervous.

“But…” Nangong Du suddenly changed the subject. “Why did the rapist pick you over everyone else?”

Hearing that, Zixiu had a very terrifying premonition, but he still pretended to be tough. “How could I possibly know?”

“Oh?” Nangong Du didn’t seem annoyed, but only narrowed his eyes and looked Zixiu up and down. Being naked, Zixiu felt uneasy under his gaze. He knew very well he was no match for this damn pervert if they fought, but he didn’t want to cover his chest like a woman and ask stupid questions like ‘What are you doing?’, so he had to swallow his pride. All he could do was tightly grab the quilt, which had slipped to his waist while this pervert was gazing brazenly at his bare upper body!

“As far as I’m concerned, the rapists are all very picky!”

“So what?” Zixiu stiffened unconsciously and his voice began to tremble when the pervert suddenly put his hands on his sides, a gesture that somewhat reminded him of what had happened last night. Zixiu immediately felt the atmosphere between them grow ambiguous.

“Nothing. But I have to admit you’re indeed more beautiful than the three consorts and two male concubines of mine.” As Nangong Du meant what he said, his voice became soft and seductive as he spoke. He had always fancied good-looking people, both men and women.

However, what he said in such a charming voice did nothing but made Zixiu feel sick. “It’s unbelievable this guy already has three consorts and two male concubines at such a young age! So if we count the new princess in, that will make it… Wait! Male concubines?”

Zixiu’s face turned pale when he suddenly realized what Nangong Du was talking about. “Heavens! Is this guy really gay? If that’s the case, then my chastity is on the line again!”

“Don’t! Urgh—“ Feeling the pervert running his fingers over his skin, Zixiu couldn’t hold it anymore and threw up straight on him before he could cover his mouth with his hands.

“You unappreciative blockhead! You think making out with me is an insult, don’t you?”

“You think it’ll make me feel good? Urgh—”

“How dare you talk to me in this way? I’m going to teach you a good lesson!”

“Ah! You pervert, asshole, leave me alone! Get the hell away from me! Ah! Ahh—!”