After Marrying the Disabled Demon Lord as a Substitute, I Ran Away with His Child - Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Xuan Mo chased Zuo Siqiu out of the hall, catching up to her in a few strides. He explained from behind her, “I truly didn’t know what effect that pill had; I only wanted to help you test it.”

“How did I know she would suddenly spout such nonsense? It’s all babble, don’t listen to her.”

Zuo Siqiu stomped forward angrily. “How do I know what you’re really thinking? What if you wanted her to fall for you? After all, she was the one originally meant to marry you!”

Xuan Mo felt a headache coming on. “Don’t be so unreasonable. How could I possibly take an interest in someone like that?”

Zuo Siqiu spun around to face him. “Am I being unreasonable?”

Xuan Mo arched an eyebrow: Aren’t you?

Under Xuan Mo’s steady gaze, Zuo Siqiu calmed down slightly. Upon reflection, she realized she was indeed being a bit irrational. The Passion Pill was something she had refined haphazardly; if she didn’t even know its effects, how could Xuan Mo? Perhaps he really was just trying to help her test the results.

But…

Zuo Siqiu felt a twinge of distress. “But now she’s determined to marry no one but you, and besides, you two did have an original engagement.”

To her surprise, these words elicited a soft chuckle from Xuan Mo. “Are you jealous? Are you afraid I’ll discard you to be with her?”

This caused Zuo Siqiu’s heart to thud wildly. A flush crept up her cheeks, and her eyes shimmered with watery light. She turned back around and kept walking. “I am not! I don’t care who you’re with, what does it have to do with me? If we divorce, we divorce.”

Xuan Mo continued to follow her, sighing. “When did I ever say I wanted a divorce?”

Zuo Siqiu ignored him and remained silent.

Xuan Mo added, “I’ll just have Yan Jiaojiao kill her then.”

Zuo Siqiu stopped dead in her tracks and glared back at him. “No!”

Bi Zhian was the female lead. Who knew what cataclysmic changes the plot would undergo if the protagonist died? Or, if she survived through plot armor, Xuan Mo would likely face immense danger for trying to kill her. She… she didn’t want Xuan Mo to be in danger.

Xuan Mo frowned, clearly frustrated yet helpless. “Then tell me, what should I do so you won’t be angry?”

Zuo Siqiu opened her mouth but truly couldn’t provide a perfect solution. However, deep down, she was certain: she didn’t want Xuan Mo and the female lead together.

As if hearing her thoughts, Xuan Mo suddenly said out of the blue, “Marrying her is impossible.”

Zuo Siqiu’s eyes flickered, and she lowered her head, her ears turning red again.

Just then, Yan Jiaojiao caught up, dragging Bi Zhian along. The slight smile in Xuan Mo’s eyes vanished, replaced by a murderous glare as his gaze landed on Yan Jiaojiao. How had he never noticed his Left Protector was so lacking in situational awareness?

Yan Jiaojiao shrank her neck, hiding behind Bi Zhian. She poked her head out and asked, “I heard her talking a lot of nonsense, so I thought I should bring her here to clear things up with the Madam. Otherwise, what if Madam misunderstands!”

She sincerely wished for the Sect Leader and Madam to grow old together in harmony.

During the walk, Bi Zhian’s mind hadn’t stopped spinning. Seeing Xuan Mo standing beside Zuo Siqiu, she suddenly seemed to “understand” something. Her eyes filled with tears as she looked at him with disappointment. “I never expected you to betray me.”

The murderous intent in Xuan Mo’s eyes intensified. What is the point of keeping this woman? Let’s just kill her to liven things up.

Sensing his intent, Zuo Siqiu immediately grabbed his sleeve to keep him calm. You couldn’t just touch the female lead. If she died, who knew what would happen to the supporting characters? She didn’t want Xuan Mo to risk his life.

Bi Zhian’s gaze fell on Zuo Siqiu’s hand, her disdain unconcealed. “Little Junior Sister, I never thought you were this kind of person. Why are you stealing the Senior Sister’s man? I always thought you were so innocent.”

Before Xuan Mo could lose it, Zuo Siqiu reached her limit. She let go of Xuan Mo’s hand, stepped forward, and pulled a Passion Pill from her pouch, looking furious. “Senior Sister, look closely! This is the pill you just ate. You only became like this because of this pill!”

“What do you mean ‘stealing your man’? You were the one who didn’t want to marry him! You let the Second Senior Brother drug me and send me off in the bridal sedan, and now I’m the one stealing from you?”

“And as for falling in love at first sight, think carefully! When you met him before, was there really any ‘sweetness’ or ‘affection’?”

To her shock, Bi Zhian’s face turned red at those words, clearly suggesting there was some history between her and Xuan Mo. Zuo Siqiu looked suspiciously at the pill in her hand, then back at Xuan Mo. She was getting confused. What was the actual truth?

Xuan Mo looked as if he were facing a great enemy, his aura dropping to a freezing point. “I have no private feelings for her whatsoever.”

“Forget it. You should just let me kill her to prove my innocence.”

Bi Zhian was incredulous. “You want to kill me! I didn’t agree when you begged me to marry you back then, so now you’ve turned love into hatred?”

Xuan Mo: “…” I am definitely killing this woman.

Zuo Siqiu: “!!!” This is getting more and more ridiculous!

Beside them, Yan Jiaojiao’s mouth hadn’t closed once. She even quietly activated a Recording Stone.

Zuo Siqiu didn’t want to argue anymore and emphasized one last time: “In short, your memories and emotions are a mess because of this pill. You’re having hallucinations, making you think you and Xuan Mo are deeply in love.”

“I’m stopping him from killing you today, but it’s not for your sake, it’s for his. Senior Sister, wake up and don’t be controlled by a tiny pill.”

Bi Zhian found it absurd. “Little Junior Sister, what is your cultivation? How long have you been refining pills? How can you speak such arrogant nonsense? How could you possibly refine a pill with such an effect?”

She reached out and snatched the pill from Zuo Siqiu’s hand. “You actually made up a lie about this pill causing emotional confusion and hallucinations. I’ll see for myself just how powerful this pill is.”

Under the three shocked gazes, she swallowed the second pill.

Yan Jiaojiao, who now understood the gist of the situation, asked in shock on Xuan Mo’s behalf, “She ate another one. Will she be okay?”

Zuo Siqiu was numb. “I don’t know… I guess maybe it’ll ‘fight poison with poison’?”

And this “White Lotus” female lead after eating the Passion Pill, her IQ seemed to have plummeted.

The moment the words left her mouth, Bi Zhian closed her eyes, her brow furrowing slightly. Zuo Siqiu gasped, knowing the pill had taken effect. But what kind of effect? They’d have to wait until she fully absorbed it.

A moment later, Bi Zhian opened her eyes. Her gaze landed on Zuo Siqiu, overflowing with tenderness. She stepped forward and took Zuo Siqiu’s hand, making Zuo Siqiu’s skin crawl with goosebumps.

Bi Zhian’s voice was full of pity. “Little Junior Sister, why were you willing to do all this for me? You know I cannot return your feelings.”

Zuo Siqiu: “???” Xuan Mo: “???” Yan Jiaojiao: “???”

Zuo Siqiu forced a jagged, awkward smile. She had completely lost hope in the Passion Pill. Her voice trembled slightly. “Senior Sister… what do you mean by that?”

Bi Zhian looked torn, as if her soul were being pulled apart. “To protect me, to keep me from falling into this demonic den, you married into the Xuan Cloud Sect in my place. How can I possibly repay such devotion?”

“I… I never thought about being with another woman… I’m afraid I will only let you down.”

Zuo Siqiu was utterly stunned.

Xuan Mo, standing behind her, reached out and pulled Zuo Siqiu firmly into his embrace by her shoulder. He glared fiercely at Bi Zhian and let out a cold sneer. “Now I think you’re faking these pill effects. You actually dare to covet my person? Yan Jiaojiao, take her down and slaughter her.”

The dazed Yan Jiaojiao: “Huh? Oh, okay.”

Zuo Siqiu stopped them once more. “You can’t kill her! You can’t!”

Xuan Mo looked sideways at her. “Why not? Is there truly some ‘private affair’ between you two?”

Zuo Siqiu instinctively snapped back, “Don’t be so unreasonable, okay!”

She froze after saying it. Xuan Mo sneered, “Now you’re telling me I’m unreasonable?”

Zuo Siqiu didn’t know how to explain, but she insisted, “Isn’t the most important thing right now to clear the poison from the Passion Pill?”

Seeing the two of them pulling and pushing, Bi Zhian stepped forward to say more. Zuo Siqiu couldn’t take it anymore. If the female lead stayed in the sect, who knew what chaos would ensue? She had to drive her away quickly.

Thinking about it, Zhu Jiechou also ate a Passion Pill, but he knew to be sneaky—leaving gifts and slipping away, terrified that “giving Xuan Mo a green hat” would endanger her. Why didn’t Bi Zhian have that kind of awareness?

She immediately said to Bi Zhian, “Just go! Regardless of what you’re thinking, saying it now will only make Xuan Mo angry. Do you want to see him kill me, or do you want to die in front of me?”

Xuan Mo felt more and more that something was wrong. “Are you teaching her how to hide things from me?”

Zuo Siqiu truly regretted everything. Earlier, she had snapped at Xuan Mo because of Bi Zhian’s nonsense; now Xuan Mo was reflecting that temper right back at her, and she could hardly handle it.

Bi Zhian finally reacted. “But Little Junior Sister, what will happen to you if I leave? How can I abandon you in this demonic den again?”

Zuo Siqiu cried, “Just go! If you say another word, I’ll just die right in front of you!”

She grabbed Xuan Mo’s hand and placed it against her own neck. “See? If you don’t leave, he’s going to kill me!”

Xuan Mo’s cold fingertips touched Zuo Siqiu’s warm, soft neck. He paused for a moment before saying, “The one I want to kill isn’t you, it’s her.”

Bi Zhian’s eyes were full of worry, thinking how she could possibly leave when her sister was doing all this for her. But seeing the desperation in Zuo Siqiu’s eyes and her effort to let her leave alive, she suppressed her emotion and gritted her teeth. “I leave today, but I will definitely come back to save you! Even if I cannot accept your love, I will not let you stay in this demonic den forever!”

Zuo Siqiu wanted to spit blood! Why had she never noticed the female lead was such a “pig teammate”?

Thank goodness you ate the pill, thank goodness Xuan Mo saw you eat it, and thank goodness you were ‘deeply in love’ with him before you were ‘deeply in love’ with me otherwise, how could he possibly allow this ‘green hat’ to dance so wildly on his head!

Bi Zhian gave her one final, lingering look of a thousand years before turning to depart.