The Real Young Master Was Sold as a Slave, The Obsessive Crown Prince's Forced Love - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: The Protagonist Shou

The moment Qi Wang uttered those words, lines of text immediately flashed across Song Yu’s view.

【Wait, what does Qi Wang mean? He couldn’t be interested in Little Fish, could he!】

【It’s normal to be interested, right? After all, Little Fish is genuinely good-looking.】

【How is that possible? Qi Wang is the Crown Prince! What stunning beauties hasn’t he seen? He’s clearly testing Little Fish now!】

【Little Fish, whatever you do, don’t fall for it! Don’t agree!】

【Right, right, right! Don’t agree! You finally got a chance to survive!】

Song Yu scanned the flying text, his lips twitching.

Oh.

His chin was still being pinched, and his lips were still being ravaged by a fingertip, so his lips couldn’t twitch.

He could only twitch his lips in his heart—

I definitely don’t really think he’s interested in me!

Song Yu shook his head, “Your Highness must be joking…”

Before Song Yu could finish.

Qi Wang gave a slight, cold scoff. “Joking? What? Do you feel that being my concubine is beneath you? Could it be that you’re aiming for my Crown Princess position?”

Song Yu: …

What on earth are you talking about!

To successfully navigate this round of testing, Song Yu didn’t hesitate for a moment and quickly raised three fingers again.

“Your Highness, this commoner harbors no improper thoughts toward Your Highness whatsoever…”

Qi Wang watched his red lips open and close, and his index finger suddenly slipped into the opening.

Song Yu: ⊙o⊙!!!

The instant the finger entered, his whole body went numb, and he completely froze.

He nearly bit down!

No.

What kind of new testing method is this?

Doctors check pulses, and the Crown Prince probes the tongue to discern loyalty?

He looked at Qi Wang in confusion, not daring to breathe, fearing the Prince would suddenly tear off his tongue.

The moment Qi Wang’s finger entered, Song Yu distinctly felt the text in front of him surge forward like rolling thunder, dense and overwhelming.

But before he could look closely, the Prince spoke again.

Not only did he speak.

He also—

Wiggled his finger.

Qi Wang’s eyes were dark and inscrutable, fixed on Song Yu’s lips. “You harbor no improper thoughts toward me? You don’t want to be my Crown Princess, nor my concubine? Is it that you only want to be a servant in the Eastern Palace?

“Then, do you know what one must do first to become a servant in the Eastern Palace?”

Song Yu was experiencing extreme discomfort on his tongue, and he couldn’t help but let saliva dribble out.

Utterly humiliated.

Hearing this, he nearly bit down in his panic!

Ignoring propriety, he quickly dodged backward.

With his mouth free, Song Yu raised his hand and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and his chin with his sleeve.

“Your Highness misunderstands. This commoner has some medical skills. If it’s convenient, Your Highness can allow this commoner to work at the Imperial Academy of Medicine.

“This way, this commoner can both act as bait for Your Highness and help Your Highness gather information!”

I’m highly useful!

How can I become a eunuch!

Don’t be ignorant of my value and waste my talent, hey!

Song Yu backed away, and Qi Wang’s finger hovered in the air for a moment.

He glanced at the glistening moisture on his fingertip, withdrew his hand, and carefully wiped it clean with a nearby handkerchief.

If anyone with ill intentions toward him had been subjected to that just now, they would have seized the opportunity, letting their eyes well up with mist and climbing forward.

With his finger cleaned, Qi Wang looked at Song Yu.

The dark eyes were clear and pure.

“You want to go to the Imperial Academy of Medicine?” Qi Wang scoffed lightly. “I don’t keep useless people. After returning to the capital, I can send you to the Imperial Academy of Medicine, but if you can’t kill Consort Li within three days, I won’t keep you.”

【Holy crap, what a ruthless demand! Consort Li is the Emperor’s most favored concubine right now.】

【At the palace banquet last month, Consort Li had someone secretly push the Sixth Prince into the lotus pond, almost drowning him. The Sixth Prince is Qi Wang’s half-brother. How could he possibly let Consort Li off?】

【But Little Fish doesn’t have that ability! Plus, just three days at the Imperial Academy of Medicine—forget killing, he might not even meet Consort Li.**

【That’s why Qi Wang said, ‘I don’t keep useless people.’】

【This requirement is too strict.】

【I was just thinking about whether I could ship these two. Alas, I’ll give up, give up.**

【Poor Little Fish is probably going to fail the mission.】

Fail the mission?

Song Yu didn’t think so.

If he remembered correctly, back at Earl Anping’s manor, he once heard Lady Wang mention that Consort Li and Lady Wang used to be close friends.

Since she’s connected to Earl Anping’s manor, how could he not have a chance?

Song Yu beamed a brilliant smile at Qi Wang, agreeing instantly and cheerfully, “Thank you, Your Highness, for giving this commoner a chance.”

…

Half a month after recuperating in the mountains, Qi Wang returned to the capital.

The Imperial Academy of Medicine.

“Little Yu?”

Song Yu had just carried the clothes and supplies he was issued into the room he’d been assigned when a surprised exclamation hit him.

It was evening.

The room was dim without a lamp lit.

Song Yu looked in the direction of the voice. Before he could make out who was calling him, the person was already at the doorway.

His face was filled with shocked delight.

“It really is you! Little Yu! It really is you!”

The last rays of the sunset illuminated the doorway, and Song Yu clearly saw the person opposite him, his bright eyes practically lighting up.

“Brother Ah He!”

【Little Fish actually knows the Protagonist Shou?】

【I remember the Protagonist Shou, Su Yunhe, is from Qinghe County, right? The author specifically mentioned that he was adopted by a hunter when he was young.】

【Could it be that Little Fish’s adoptive father also adopted the Protagonist Shou?】

【In the original plot, Little Fish died long ago, and he wasn’t mentioned in the later plot. Who would have thought Little Fish would now meet the Protagonist Shou?】

【Not only did he meet the Protagonist Shou, but he also formed a partnership with the main villain. This is going to be entertaining to watch.**

Protagonist?

He understood that.

What did Shou mean?

After a brief moment of confused distraction, Song Yu paid no more attention to the scrolling text.

He had gotten used to seeing words float in front of him these days.

Right now, his entire face and heart were filled with immense joy.

Brother Ah He was his adoptive father’s biological son. He was picked up by Brother Ah He when he was a child, and he and Brother Ah He were raised together by their adoptive father.

It was only after their adoptive father passed away that Brother Ah He left Qinghe County.

They hadn’t seen each other since.

It must have been three years…

“Little Yu, how are you here? I’m so surprised!” Su Yunhe took the clothes and miscellaneous items from Song Yu’s hands, placed them on the nearby table, and took Song Yu’s hand, pulling him into the room.

Song Yu used the prepared story Qi Wang had given him. “I saved Supervising Physician Xu at Dagukang Wharf. I didn’t know he was the head of the Imperial Academy of Medicine at the time. He fell into the water, and I happened to be passing by and saved him.

“He said my medical skills were good and brought me here.”

Song Yu was visibly happy.

He truly hadn’t expected to see Brother Ah He!

But in his joy, he couldn’t help but feel a little fear, wondering if what he was about to do would implicate Brother Ah He.

Su Yunhe pulled Song Yu to sit on a chair and poured him some water. “Why did you suddenly go to Dagukang Wharf? I heard people say that the Crown Prince seemed to have gone to Dagukang Wharf yesterday. Did you see him?”

Song Yu felt a sense of unease.