After Being Transformed Into Cannon Fodder For Death, The Heartthrob Chapter 51
byA General? Did they actually bring in such a major figure just to capture Gu Shenyuan this time?
Ye Qingyun’s heart immediately tightened.
As far as Ye Qingyun knew, this General possessed formidable strength, was rumored to have few rivals, and had suppressed countless individuals who were dissatisfied with the Royal Family.
More importantly, this General had a unique fetish in the original novel: he enjoyed clipping the wings of powerful individuals and watching the expressions of pain and fury on their faces as they were forced to submit to him.
Therefore, the General was instantly smitten with Gu Shenyuan and wanted to forcibly take him as a lover, making Gu Shenyuan obediently acknowledge him as master.
The author called this “forced love,” and claimed it was very stimulating.
Ye Qingyun didn’t find it stimulating at all; he only found it disgusting.
In the original novel, the General never truly managed to do anything to Gu Shenyuan, nor did he even manage to make Gu Shenyuan remember who he was, but every meeting brought trouble to Gu Shenyuan.
If the order in which Gu Shenyuan met people in this world was similar to the original, then the General should have already met Gu Shenyuan before meeting him.
Perhaps this was why the General was here. Moreover, the Royal Family was stirring up trouble behind the scenes this time. If Gu Shenyuan really couldn’t hold out…
Hmph, he hadn’t agreed to anyone touching Gu Shenyuan yet!
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On the largest spaceship in the sky, a man and a woman stood beside a massive display screen, observing the monitored area for any anomalies while chatting casually.
“Second Princess,” the man, who looked quite sinister, said, “we had an agreement. I help you ensure the operation is foolproof, and you let me play with him for a while.”
The Second Princess, wearing bright red lipstick, chuckled lightly: “Of course. We of the Royal Family have no need to deceive General Li about such a minor matter. Before I came, Father told me that as long as we capture that person, we will announce on the Star Net for a few days that he is that legendary figure, and then publicly shatter his Ability in front of those ignorant commoners. After that, you can do whatever you wish with him.”
General Li sounded very satisfied. He offered a few insincere compliments, then added, “Second Princess, if I recall correctly, you also have a great fondness for handsome young men of such fine appearance. Why are you so generous this time, letting him go to me?”
The Second Princess smiled faintly: “Naturally, I have found someone more to my liking. Wouldn’t it be a happy outcome if you and I each had one?”
The General understood and laughed heartily. Just as he was about to say something, he noticed an anomaly on the monitoring screen.
Along with the reports of dead soldiers came a blurry image. The face was unclear, but the tall, slender figure felt familiar to both the Second Princess and the General.
The man immediately stood up, said a quick word to the Princess, and urgently headed toward the point of the anomaly.
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The Second Princess watched the General’s retreating back, a smile involuntarily appearing on her face. She felt certain that Gu Shenyuan would soon be captured.
Analyzing the situation from the last time Gu Shenyuan tried to kill her—when his Ability was blocked by the protective necklace she wore—Gu Shenyuan’s Ability, though powerful, certainly wasn’t ridiculously high. General Li should be able to bring him back.
Even if General Li truly couldn’t defeat him, the Ability Inhibitor machine that was currently en route would arrive soon.
No Ability user could resist that machine. No matter how strong Gu Shenyuan was, today he would be defeated by them.
This plan had only success, no failure.
And after today, the royal authority would be further consolidated, no one would dare to resist again, and that beauty she had seen last time would also belong to her.
The entire galaxy belonged to their clan!
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Ye Qingyun looked outside the door. Their area was illuminated by dense beams of light, surrounded by countless spaceships and people. Trying to escape silently was undoubtedly wishful thinking.
Ye Qingyun looked at the enemies outside, his expression gradually becoming serious.
The situation was so urgent, yet he still hadn’t given Gu Shenyuan the Antidote.
The Antidote was in his inner pocket. If Gu Shenyuan was willing, he could take it out immediately and have Gu Shenyuan drink it.
But what if Gu Shenyuan wasn’t willing? If Gu Shenyuan was as stubborn as last time and poured the Antidote away, what should he do?
At a time like this, he had no time to make another bottle of Antidote.
Ye Qingyun’s mind was in chaos. Gu Shenyuan led him to a hidden secret room.
“You stay here first. This place is hard to discover.” Gu Shenyuan pushed him inside. “Wait until everything is over, then come out.” Gu Shenyuan paused for a moment, then continued, “If anything happens, I will hold them off. You leave on your own. The spaceship key is inside.”
“What are you planning?” Ye Qingyun grabbed Gu Shenyuan’s shoulder, refusing to enter the room. “What about you if I leave? Have you forgotten what kind of constitution you have? The Bloodline restriction on you dictates that the farther I am from you, the more uncomfortable you become. Have you forgotten all of that?”
Of course, Gu Shenyuan hadn’t forgotten, and he didn’t want Ye Qingyun to leave either. But compared to the possibility of Ye Qingyun getting hurt, he preferred to let go.
“Listen to me,” Ye Qingyun urged. “Drink the Antidote, lift the Bloodline restriction, and ensure your own safety first, okay?”
As Ye Qingyun finished speaking, he sensitively noticed a subtle change in Gu Shenyuan’s aura.
“Antidote? You have another Antidote?” Gu Shenyuan asked softly.
Ye Qingyun felt a chill run down his spine in that instant. He forced himself to say, “Yes, an extra one from last time. That’s not the point. Hurry up and drink it! Lifting the Bloodline restriction is the urgent matter!”
“You’re right. At a time like this, I should drink the Antidote so you don’t worry.” To Ye Qingyun’s surprise, Gu Shenyuan agreed readily.
Gu Shenyuan continued to ask, “How many bottles of Antidote are left? We must be careful. This is important research material and cannot be discovered by those people outside, or who knows what they might do with it.”
Gu Shenyuan’s reasons were all appropriate, and Ye Qingyun couldn’t find any logical flaws, yet he vaguely felt something was wrong. So he replied, “There’s only one bottle left. I don’t have many materials, so I can’t make too much.”
“Mm,” Gu Shenyuan nodded, coaxing him with a gentle tone, “Where is the Antidote? Give it to me.”
Ye Qingyun could take the Antidote out with a simple reach, but thousands of thoughts spun in his mind. Gu Shenyuan’s past behaviors flashed before his eyes.
Ye Qingyun’s hand clenched into a fist, then quickly relaxed. He took Gu Shenyuan’s hand, turned around, and walked toward the bedroom where they had stayed earlier.
The bedroom was still exactly as they had left it, with two glasses of wine placed on the nightstands on either side of the bed.
The wine was fine wine, but now there was no one to appreciate it.
Ye Qingyun walked to the side of the bed where Gu Shenyuan usually slept, reached out, picked up the wine glass from the nightstand, turned to face Gu Shenyuan, and handed the glass over.
Gu Shenyuan didn’t take it. He silently watched Ye Qingyun, seemingly waiting for an explanation.
Ye Qingyun whispered, “This period is too dangerous. I feel like we might be forced to separate, so I wanted you to drink the Antidote. But when I tested you before, you insisted you wouldn’t drink it. I thought if I gave it to you directly, you would throw it away, so I… I mixed the Antidote into the wine.”
The rest didn’t need to be said. Ye Qingyun believed that with Gu Shenyuan’s intelligence, he could guess the rest.
Gu Shenyuan took the Antidote.
Ye Qingyun watched Gu Shenyuan, and Gu Shenyuan smiled back at him.
“Qingyun is so clever,” Gu Shenyuan’s voice was gentle. “Your guess is spot on.”
Ye Qingyun: “Ah?”
“If you had given me the Antidote directly back then, I definitely would have thrown it away,” Gu Shenyuan explained.
“Yes, I guessed that…” Ye Qingyun wanted to say something, but before he could finish, Gu Shenyuan interrupted him.
“However, there is one thing you didn’t guess,” Gu Shenyuan smiled. “Even if you give it to me now, it still…”
The glass in Gu Shenyuan’s hand tilted, and the liquid inside was completely poured onto the floor.
“It would still be poured onto the floor,” Gu Shenyuan finally finished the sentence.
Ye Qingyun stared at Gu Shenyuan with wide eyes. Gu Shenyuan wrapped an arm around his shoulder and led him away with an irresistible force, taking him back to the secret room. “There is no Antidote, and don’t think about making me drink any Antidote again.”
Ye Qingyun finally couldn’t hold back and cursed, “Are you crazy? Are you being reasonable? What’s wrong with drinking the Antidote? If we separate and you are in a dangerous environment, the problems caused by the pain could very well cost you your life! You are creating a weakness for yourself, do you know that? You lunatic!”
“Well said,” Gu Shenyuan remained unfazed. He let Ye Qingyun curse, pinched Ye Qingyun’s chin, and pressed a light kiss on the corner of his mouth. “But I can endure the pain. These are factors I can control, so they don’t matter. I’ll tell you what the uncontrollable factor is—”
Gu Shenyuan spoke word by word, right next to Ye Qingyun’s ear: “Your departure is uncontrollable. But I want to control your departure, so every factor that increases the chance of you leaving and never looking back will be cut off at the source.”
Ye Qingyun was completely speechless. He stared at Gu Shenyuan in shock, and after a long moment, he said, “You just told me a while ago to leave if things got dangerous. Are you going back on your word now?”
Gu Shenyuan patiently explained, “That’s different. If you leave this time, then if I survive, you will actively come looking for me. If I die…”
What else could happen if he died?
Gu Shenyuan didn’t finish his sentence. While Ye Qingyun wasn’t paying attention, he pushed Ye Qingyun into the secret room, locked the door, and left immediately.
Ye Qingyun was utterly furious. He punched the door, took a deep breath to calm himself down, and looked down to examine the lock.
Damn it, did he think a flimsy door could stop him? He was underestimating him too much!
Ye Qingyun felt his pocket again. The small bottle of Antidote was still resting there quietly, perfectly intact.
Gu Shenyuan refused to drink it, so what should he do now?