What If Sweet Words Don't Work? Then Use Force?

"Xiao Li, I've liked you for a long time, you know that?" Li Hao's voice was tinged with madness as he stared intently at Xiao Li, as if he wanted to devour her whole.

Xiao Li struggled in terror, shouting, "Li Hao, let me go! What you're doing is wrong!"

But Li Hao had lost his mind. He pulled Xiao Li into his arms and tried to use violence to overcome her resistance.

Xiao Li struggled desperately, tears welling up in her eyes. She had never imagined she would encounter such danger.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached, Ye Jing's voice rang out in the night. "Xiao Li, is that you? What happened?"

It turns out that before coming to Xiao Li's house...

Li Hao sneaked up to Ye Jing's house.

This attracted Ye Jing out.

Upon seeing this, Li Hao's lips curled into a smile.

"Xiao Li, I'm sorry, you should get some sleep."

Li Hao forced a pill into Xiao Li's mouth.

Soon, Xiao Li fainted.

What did you do to her?

Upon seeing this, Ye Jing immediately rushed forward.

"Don't come any closer! If you do, I'll kill her!" Li Hao suddenly pulled out a knife and placed it against Xiao Li's fair neck.

Ye Jing frowned. "Li Hao, do you know what you're doing? You'll never win Xiao Li's heart this way!"

"You're talking nonsense! How do you know it won't be mine? It's mine, it must be mine! Xiao Li is definitely mine!" Li Hao's expression was ferocious. "I just fed her the pill, she'll forget everything that just happened, so as long as you leave, no one can stop me anymore."

Elixir?

Ye Jing frowned. How could there be elixirs in this small town?

"Where did you get the pills?"

"Don't worry about me, just leave now, or I'll... Xiao Li... you..." Li Hao didn't finish his sentence before looking at Xiao Li in his arms with great fear.

At this moment, Xiao Li's face was dark purple, and blood kept gushing from the corner of her mouth.

"Xiao Li, what's wrong? Don't scare me!"

"Let her go! Give her to me! She's been poisoned! What kind of pill did you give her?" Ye Jing strode forward. Although he didn't have much strength now, he still had experience with pills.

"Xiao Li, no, no, she said it's just a drug to make people forget and fall into a coma!" Li Hao held Xiao Li in his arms, anxiously calling her name.

"Don't waste time, give me Xiao Li right now." Ye Jing didn't care about anything else, he pushed Li Hao aside and was about to analyze what kind of poison Xiao Li had been given.

Beside Xiao Li's lifeless body, Ye Jing's eyes gleamed with an unprecedented firmness and determination.

He quickly pulled a small silver needle from his pocket. Since it lacked Spiritual Qi, acupuncture was the best way to prolong his life.

"Li Hao, explain yourself clearly, what kind of poison is this?" Ye Jing's voice was deep and powerful, each word seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth, carrying an unquestionable authority.

Li Hao trembled, his eyes filled with fear and remorse. "You... you actually... you actually poisoned Xiao Li! I'll fight you to the death!"

Li Hao shouted and charged towards Ye Jing.

What are you doing?

Ye Jing looked puzzled. He was holding Xiao Li in his arms. In order to repel Li Hao, he had no choice but to use Evil Qi.

"Bang!"

In an instant, Li Hao was sent flying.

"Murder! A monster is killing people!"

Suddenly, the voices of villagers sounded from behind.

Ye Jing's heart sank. Oh no.

Now we know why Li Hao tried to distort the truth: because the villagers arrived.

The commotion drew a crowd of villagers, who began to murmur amongst themselves.

Upon seeing this scene, the villagers' faces, illuminated by the moonlight, displayed a variety of expressions.

But without exception, they were all filled with anger and fear.

"Look! It's that monster Ye Jing! He's harming people again!" a middle-aged woman screamed, her voice sharp and piercing, as if it could pierce the night sky.

"I've always said he's an unlucky man; keeping him in the village is a disaster!" A burly man with a full beard roared angrily, brandishing his hoe.

"Xiao Li is such a good girl, how could he have targeted her? It's such a tragedy!" An old woman said, wiping away tears, her voice filled with sorrow and helplessness.

"Ye Jing, put Xiao Li down right now, or we won't be polite!" Several strong young men stepped forward, their fists clenched, their eyes flashing with anger, as if they were ready to rush forward at any moment.

"Hmph, a monster is a monster. How dare he try to save people with evil magic? How laughable!" A sharp-tongued woman sneered, her eyes filled with contempt and disgust for Ye Jing.

"That Evil Qi within him will kill our entire village sooner or later! We must drive him out!" The villagers became more and more agitated as they spoke, and some even began picking up stones from the ground, preparing to throw them at Ye Jing.

Ye Jing held Xiao Li tightly, feeling her life force gradually weaken, and his heart ached as if it were being torn apart.

Faced with the villagers' accusations and insults, he had no strength to defend himself.

He knew that no matter what he said at that moment, he couldn't change the villagers' opinion of him.

"You... all shut up!" Ye Jing finally couldn't hold back any longer and shouted with all his might.

Although his voice was hoarse, it carried an undeniable power that instantly silenced the previously noisy villagers.

"I know you're afraid of me, but please believe me, I never intended to hurt anyone." Ye Jing's eyes were filled with pleading and helplessness. "Xiao Li is innocent; I can't just watch her die."

However, the villagers were not swayed by his explanation.

In their eyes, Ye Jing was an incurable monster, and any action he took would only bring more disaster.

"A monster is a monster, stop wasting your breath on him! Get him out of here!" The villagers became agitated again, pressing forward and raising their stones and sticks even higher.

Ye Jing gritted his teeth, his heart filled with despair and resentment.

He knew he had to make a choice—either abandon Xiao Li and escape alone, or continue to persevere, even if it meant facing an attack from the entire village.

But once I'm gone, Xiao Li is completely beyond saving.

Ye Jing did not offer any explanation, knowing full well that any words at this moment would be pale and powerless.

All he could do was try his best to save Xiao Li's life.

"Don't move!"

He roared at the villagers, unleashing a burst of Evil Qi; this was the only power he could use to intimidate them.

Sure enough, looking at the crazed Ye Jing...

They were genuinely frightened and temporarily ceased their disturbance.

Ye Jing quickly and gently laid Xiao Li flat on the ground, and then swiftly and accurately applied acupuncture to several key acupoints on her body, hoping to temporarily stabilize the spread of the toxin.

However, as time went on, Xiao Li's complexion did not improve; instead, it became even more bluish-purple, and her breathing became increasingly weak.