Chu Xuanzhen said, "It's chaotic outside. You can't go out yet."
Shen Yangge had expected the refusal, but he did not give up. He continued to make his suggestion tactfully:
"Lord Chu, this plague spreads through contact. I only need to take precautions and avoid touching anyone. Or you could send some people to protect me."
As soon as he finished, Chu Xuanzhen refused again without hesitation. "No."
His attitude was utterly unyielding.
Shen Yangge had no choice but to change his form of address. "Your Highness, we ought to know what's happening outside. This plague has persisted for so long; the problem surely goes beyond an inability to cure it. Didn't Physician Liu come here with you? I'd like to visit him."
Visiting Physician Liu was merely an excuse. His real concern was planning how to slip away on the journey back to the capital.
If he returned with this sick freak of a Crown Prince, sooner or later he would be devoured until not even his bones remained.
Besides, summer was almost over, and he was still alive and well. He simply could not understand it.
[-This proves it. That damned Crown Prince can't perform!]
System 615: [...]
Something about that statement seemed wrong, but it could not pinpoint the problem.
[Host, you're already close to earning the male lead's trust. Wouldn't it be a waste to just leave? What if he catches you and locks you straight in a dark little room? No one will answer your cries for help, and by then, you won't even be able to die if you want to...]
Those words sent goosebumps rising all over Shen Yangge.
Where had this unreliable system gone to learn all this bizarre nonsense?
Chu Xuanzhen said, "All right."
He had finally