The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat-Chapter 44: This Man Has No Humanity

At these words, the color instantly drained from the Ruan woman’s face.

She frantically kowtowed, begging for mercy.

But it was no use.

Prince Zhao had never known what it meant to be tender with a woman.

He sat languidly in his wheelchair, watching as the Ruan woman was held down firmly on either side.

Gao Shan personally picked up the teacup.

He pried open her mouth and poured the tea into it, bit by bit.

Like a pitiful, trapped animal in its death throes, the Ruan woman thrashed desperately, trying to break free from their grasp.

But how could her meager strength be any match for the trusted aides?

Soon, the entire cup of tea had been forced down her throat.

The moment the trusted aides released her, she collapsed to the ground, opened her mouth wide, stuck her fingers down her throat, and pressed hard on the back of her tongue.

She retched violently, trying to vomit up the tea she had just been forced to drink.

Gao Shan was an incredibly sharp man.

He knew something was wrong the moment he saw her reaction.

If it were just a cup of tea with ordinary incense powder, the Ruan woman’s reaction would not have been so severe.

She looked less like she had drunk a cup of tea and more like she had drunk a cup of poison.

And sure enough.

Before long, the Ruan woman’s limbs grew weak, her head began to spin, and her vision started to blur.

She didn’t even have the strength to support her own body anymore.

After swaying twice, she collapsed to the floor.

Gao Shan leaned in for a closer look and found that she had already fallen unconscious. Her body was still twitching uncontrollably, and her skin had taken on an unnatural, ashen-gray pallor.

’There really was something wrong with that incense powder!’

Gao Shan would have never imagined it. The woman looked so demure and sweet, but she was audacious enough to make a move on Prince Zhao during their very first meeting.

’Thank goodness Prince Zhao saw through it in time. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable!’

The more Gao Shan thought about it, the more terrified he became.

But Li Ji, the man at the center of it all, remained as languid and unconcerned as ever.

He ordered his men to drag the Ruan woman out and "deal with her."

As for what "dealing with her" entailed? Everyone present knew exactly what that meant.

After settling the matter of the Ruan woman, Li Ji’s gaze drifted toward Mrs. Kang.

Mrs. Kang’s heart instantly began to hammer in her chest.

If her heart had been racing from shyness before, it was now racing from pure terror.

She had originally thought that, for Princess Ningyang’s sake, Prince Zhao might show them some degree of tenderness.

It turned out she had been far too naive.

’This man before me is completely inhuman!’

’Expecting him to be gentle with a woman is like expecting pigs to fly!’

Li Ji asked coolly, "Why are you still here? Are you that reluctant to part with the Ruan woman? Do you want to go with her?"

Mrs. Kang frantically shook her head and denied it. "No! I don’t know her well at all. I will take my leave now."

After speaking, she gave a hurried curtsy and scrambled to leave.

Her movements were so frantic that she stumbled on her way out the door, nearly falling flat on her face right then and there.

「The sky outside had completely darkened.」

Lanterns throughout the Prince’s Mansion were lit one after another.

Maids brought exquisite dishes to the table.

Yet Li Ji had no appetite.

Without even touching his chopsticks, he maneuvered his wheelchair and turned away.

The wheels of his wheelchair rolled across the floor, stopping in front of the door.

Hua Manman, who had been happily enjoying her meal, heard the sound and instinctively looked up.

From her angle, she could only see Prince Zhao’s back.

Outside the door, the night was deep. A lantern hanging under the eaves swayed left and right in the night breeze, its light flickering with the movement.

Prince Zhao sat quietly in his wheelchair, not moving for a long time.

For some reason, Hua Manman felt as if he could be swallowed by the night at any moment.

She couldn’t help but ask.

"Prince, you aren’t eating? The food tonight is delicious!"

Without turning his head, Li Ji said, "I have no appetite."