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"Why?" Mu Xueshi asked blankly.

Third Prince frowned, "Any questions?"

Mu Xueshi's expression was not as panicking or crazy as Third Prince expected, but he was terrifyingly calm. His appearance had some of the shadows of Mu Xueshi from before. Third Prince found that since he woke up, Mu Xueshi has become more and more unfathomable. Sometimes he was simple and cute, sometimes he was complicated and hateful.

However, Mu Xueshi used a weak and helpless tone to ask, "Why are you scaring me?"

Facing Mu Xueshi's unreasonable question, Third Prince felt a burst of annoyance. Mu Xueshi's words were full of unimaginable changes. Third Prince didn't know if Mu Xueshi was deliberately disturbing his mind. However, one thing Third Prince was sure of was that Mu Xueshi's actions made Third Prince feel defeated for the first time.

This feeling of defeat triggered Third Prince's tyrannical lust. He stuffed the two bullets in his hand into Mu Xueshi's mouth and pulled the cord sufficiently. Third Prince, who was standing on the other side, looked at Mu Xueshi with a cold smile. The bullets did not have much destructive power. At most, it would make his mouth hurt for a few days and not cause any real disfigurement. However, the greatest pleasure of this punishment was that the victim, in the process of being punished, saw the thread burn shorter and shorter, which brought about a huge psychological panic.

The moment Mu Xueshi put the bullet into his mouth, two round tears flowed out of his crystal clear eyes, as if he felt wronged that a child didn't get the toys his parents promised him.

"You must be scaring me. I know you can't bear to bomb me like that …" Mu Xueshi muttered.

Third Prince didn't pay attention to Mu Xueshi's nonsense. He picked up a torch from the doorway. The distance between the torch and the thread was getting smaller and smaller. It was as if Third Prince would touch the thread if he wasn't careful.

"What's your real purpose for secretly escaping to Second Prince's courtyard?" Third Prince still took a step back and didn't punish immediately. Third Prince didn't know why he asked such insignificant questions, but he definitely wasn't willing to admit that he was touched by Mu Xueshi's previous words.

Mu Xueshi said with a look of despair, "It was to save Su Ying, but now I regret it. I found out that there is no humanity in this place. Everything I did was just an idiot's action in your eyes."

Third Prince was angry at Mu Xueshi's stubborn and unyielding attitude. He never believed that Mu Xueshi was someone who could sacrifice himself for a child he had just met.

As the thread was ignited, Mu Xueshi widened his eyes and asked Third Prince, "Are you really going to bomb me?"

Third Prince did not say anything and lit another thread.

The small sparks on the silk thread were getting closer and closer to Mu Xueshi. All of the calmness Mu Xueshi had just displayed was gone. He had always thought that Third Prince was just trying to scare him. Although Third Prince was ruthless, he was different from other people. Otherwise, Mu Xueshi wouldn't let him report such boring fantasies.

Seeing the disbelief on Mu Xueshi's face, Third Prince explained kindly, "If you don't tell the truth, you deserve to be punished."

Mu Xueshi's face was deathly pale as he cried out loud, "Why didn't I tell you the truth? If I really went along with Second Prince, why would I come back? I really shouldn't have come back. If I knew that you would do this to me, I definitely wouldn't have come back … "Sob, sob, sob …"

What Mu Xueshi said at this moment was all true. Although he knew that Third Prince was cruel and merciless, and he himself also wanted to escape from this area to live a free life. But here, he didn't know anyone and couldn't believe it. Besides relying on Third Prince, Mu Xueshi didn't know who else he could go to …