She felt a terrible headache, so painful that she wanted to die.

Why kill, why kill...

"Yan’er, wake up... Please wake up..."

A familiar voice called out beside her ear, and Su Yan slowly opened her eyes to see Chu Yuxiao sitting by the bed, looking at her with a worried expression.

Thinking of something, Su Yan grabbed his arm and said:

"Stop killing people! Please don’t kill anymore, let them go, they are innocent..."

Quietly watching her, Chu Yuxiao held her hand and said calmly, "You must listen to me about this matter. Without doing this, we can’t flush out Cang Mo..."

"Can I choose not to want the antidote? I don’t want it anymore!"

Chu Yuxiao’s eyes grew darker and darker, as if a storm was brewing within them.

"You don’t want the antidote, do you want to die? Do you want to leave me? If you’re gone, do you think I will spare them? Believe me, I will destroy this world!"

His shout instantly made Su Yan calm down.

Looking at Chu Yuxiao, her eyes gradually turned cold.

"You were not like this before. Even if you were indifferent, you didn’t kill the innocent indiscriminately. Chu Yuxiao, becoming Emperor, does it really change a person?"

Under Chu Yuxiao’s incredulous gaze, Su Yan continued coldly, "This side of you makes me feel terrified... makes me feel heartbroken..."

Gripping her hand tightly, almost as if to crush her wrist with force.

But Su Yan didn’t feel the pain; she stared at Chu Yuxiao calmly, without the usual tenderness and gentleness.

"Is this how you see me?" After a long while, Chu Yuxiao asked in a calm voice.

His voice was very soft, so gentle it almost seemed not spoken; a breeze could scatter his words.

Su Yan didn’t answer him, but sometimes silence also means agreement.

The air in the room began to turn cold.

Chu Yuxiao’s throat moved several times, his voice equally light.

"Yan’er, I just want you to live, to be healthy and alive. Having lost you once, you don’t know that pain... I never want to endure it again; even if I betray everyone, I never want to endure it again..."