The Sickly Emperor Is Only Immune to Me

Chapter 146: Chapter 146 Give Up

The stench of blood spread.

Fresh blood soaked the empty sleeve.

Gref retracted his hand, took a handkerchief from a close confidant, and wiped his hand with disgust, “I know what you want, and I will grant it to you.”

Jiang Ke didn’t speak, glancing sideways at the fresh blood on his right shoulder.

Gref continued, “In three days, it’s the death anniversary of the woman he desires. He will drink a lot, it’s your chance to take action. I will take care of the guards for you. If you succeed, I’ll provide you with a ship, so you and your woman can escape from here.”

Jiang Ke still didn’t speak, only watched him smile, then turned and left.

He returned to his temporary room.

This room was re-assigned to him by Lv Tianrui after expressing his gratitude, and it was pretty tidy and comfortable.

“How did you get hurt?”

Sang Yan noticed his wound the moment he entered.

He used to stand tall and straight, elegant as an orchid, but now, with an arm missing, it was pitifully incomplete.

“Must have accidentally bumped into something.”

Jiang Ke didn’t intend to reveal his plan.

Whether he would kill Lv Tianrui, and whether he would follow Gref’s method to do so, depended on taking advantage of the situation and waiting for the right opportunity.

“How could you be so careless? Come here, let me take a look.”

Sang Yan walked over to examine his wound.

As soon as he took off his clothes, it was a bloody mess.

There was also the smell of charred flesh.

It was because the doctor had used hot iron to stop the bleeding.

“Hiss—”

Every time the medicine was applied and bandaged was like torture.

Jiang Ke’s face was covered in cold sweat, breathing slightly harder, “Does it look very, very terrible?”

Sang Yan answered truthfully, “I used to be scared, but now I’m not anymore.”

At first, when she applied medicine to him, she had even vomited.

Now she had become numb to it.

“You’ve suffered too much. It’s my fault.”

Jiang Ke brushed her hair aside with his left hand, his words filled with self-reproach.

He had regretted it for some time now.

Not regretting loving her, but regretting bringing her into such a life.

“Don’t talk like that. Life is unpredictable, you didn’t want this to happen.”

In her comforting words, Sang Yan re-bandaged him, took a handkerchief, moistened it with water, and wiped the sweat off his face.

His beard had grown black and thick due to neglect, and it was prickly.

“Ah Yan?”

“Hmm?”

“Just wait a bit longer. It will all be over soon. I will let you return to his side.”

This was the promise he had made when he had woken up that day.

She thought it was his way of enticing her, but over the past few days, she had realized he truly had given up on her.

“I hope you will be happy. Even if that happiness isn’t provided by me.”

He grabbed her hand with his left, pressing it against his cheek, foolishly relishing the touch of her hand.

Sang Yan was annoyed by the pricking but let him be, “Jiang Ke, don’t give up on yourself. You’re still young, and lacking an arm doesn’t mean your life has no possibility. Remember, there’s no such thing as a hopeless situation, only people who lose hope in situations.”

She offered these words of encouragement.

He listened and laughed, but it was a laugh filled with bitterness and helplessness, “Ah Yan, you don’t understand.”

He wasn’t despairing over the loss of his arm, but despairing over losing the ability to love her.

“You are a good person. And you deserve someone good. I used to think I was that person, but I’m not anymore.”

Tears fell from his eyes.

Soaking her palm.

Hot and sticky.

Very uncomfortable.

Just like her mood.

“Jiang Ke, please don’t be like this, okay?”

Her language was too pale to give him any strength.

Jiang Ke had always been obsessive, refusing to give up no matter what she said. Now, having lost an arm, he willingly gave her up, knowing he couldn’t offer her a better future. His love seemed to have instantly transformed from a selfish love into a selfless one.

“Ah Yan, in a few days, he will come to take you away.”

He was looking forward to it yet also in agony.

Three days later

As Gref had said, Lv Tianrui was drinking dejectedly with a gloomy expression early in the morning.

He stayed by his side, feigning ignorance, “Mr. Lv, what’s wrong today? What happened?”

With his head bowed, Lv Tianrui sighed heavily, “Today is Miss Tang’s death anniversary.”

“Oh, I see.”

Jiang Ke showed a mournful expression, lamenting, “Beautiful women are like generals; it’s rare to see them age. Mr. Lv, condolences. If Miss Tang were alive, seeing you drinking yourself to illness for her, she would also be heartbroken for you.”

When Lv Tianrui heard this, his eyes took on a childlike look, “Would she?”

If she would?

Then why did she push him away when he jumped into the sea to save her?

“She hated me.”

Lv Tianrui downed a large gulp of liquor.

The liquid ran down his chin.

The little green snake hidden up his sleeve had long since crawled out, flicking its tongue, licking the liquor on his chin.

“Hate is also a form of love.”

Jiang Ke watched the little green snake drinking, suppressing the urge to strangle it, his face remaining calm, “Love turns to hatred in a fleeting moment. Mr. Lv, Miss Tang did love you.”

Mr. Lv clearly enjoyed hearing this, slapping the table and laughing, “You’re right! She did love me! I am worthy of love!”

“Of course.”

Agreeing, Jiang Ke flattered, “Mr. Lv is a charming gentleman, graceful and elegant, nothing like a pirate. Upon seeing you, Miss Tang naturally felt joyously affectionate towards you.”

As he said this, he changed the subject, feigning surprise, “Mr. Lv, does this little green snake also drink?”

Lv Tianrui nodded, boasting, “Yeah. It gets drunk after just one drink. And yet it craves more. Got its own demon, it does.”

“So, it’s a little drunken snake.”

Jiang Ke made a decision on the spot and smiled, “That’s really interesting. This is my first time seeing a snake that loves liquor. Does it wriggle around like a drunk person after it gets drunk?”

After hearing this, Lv Tianrui poured the snake a cup of liquor to drink, “Just watch.”

He now considered Lv Tianrui one of his own.

Trusting him enough to let his lifesaving green snake get drunk—for him to see!

The green snake indeed loved its drink.

It coiled itself around the liquor cup in layers, as if afraid of it being snatched away.

Jiang Ke watched the green snake drink, waiting for it to get drunk.

He also urged more drinking, “Today is the anniversary of Miss Tang’s death, ah, lovers separated by life and death is one of the world’s greatest sorrows. Mr. Lv, in Capital City, there’s a saying that by drinking three hundred cups in sorrow, one can meet the beloved in their dreams, may you see your beauty after the drinks.”

With that, he tilted his head back and emptied his glass of liquor in one go.

“Drink three hundred cups, meet the beloved in dreams.”

Muttering to himself as if he believed it, Lv Tianrui began to drink one cup after another.

The green snake on the table was already drunk, curled up into a ball, motionless.

Jiang Ke looked at the snake, exclaiming in surprise, “The green snake is drunk? It looks quite cute.”

Listening to him, Lv Tianrui stopped his drinking, put down his cup, and tapped the snake’s head, “Haha, it’s drunk. Stupid snake.”

The green snake was indeed drunk.

Completely unresponsive.

Jiang Ke approached and also tapped its head, seeing it as a dead snake, drunk, he laughed, “It’s really drunk.”

His voice was light and airy, as if coming from far away.

But his actions were vicious. He launched a sudden attack, his left hand clamped over Lv Tianrui’s mouth, and his entire body pressed down; without a weapon and missing an arm, he could only open his mouth and bite down on Lv Tianrui’s slender throat.

Blood gushed out.

Running along his delicate, fair neck.

A stark, glaring red.

He was a vicious vampire!

“Wu wu… help, help—”

Lv Tianrui, in disbelief, struggled desperately, shaking violently like a dying animal, flailing wildly…