The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat-Chapter 91: Are You Feeling Something?

Prince Zhao stared at the sharp scissors, lost in thought.

A moment later, he raised the scissors and brought them down toward his wrist.

Hua Manman’s heart leaped into her throat as she watched. ’This guy is really trying to kill himself!’

She didn’t have time to think about anything else. She shoved open the door, strode in, and snatched the scissors from Prince Zhao’s hand.

"Prince, if something’s wrong, just tell me! Don’t do anything rash! As the saying goes, a hard life is better than no life at all. No matter what you’re facing, you can’t give up on yourself. If you die, you really will have nothing left!"

Li Ji looked at her, his face devoid of expression. "I was just trying to snip a loose thread from my clothes."

Hua Manman looked down and saw that there was indeed a long, loose thread on his sleeve.

From the looks of it, his sleeve must have gotten snagged on something when he fell earlier, pulling a thread loose.

Hua Manman: "..."

Silence.

Silence was the pair of scissors in her hand.

Li Ji leaned back, looking at her with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

"You thought I was going to kill myself?"

Hua Manman sheepishly put down the scissors and laughed awkwardly.

"I was overthinking. How could a man as brilliant and powerful as you, Prince, ever become distraught over something so small?"

Li Ji turned to look at the night outside the window, his voice sounding somewhat distant.

"Actually, you weren’t wrong. For a moment there, I did want to just die like that. One quick end to all my problems."

Hua Manman’s heart clenched. "Prince, you mustn’t think that way!"

Li Ji: "But then I thought, if I were to just die like this, the truth about certain things would never come to light."

Hua Manman was stunned.

Li Ji turned back to her and chuckled softly. "So you don’t have to worry. I absolutely will not take my own life before the truth is revealed."

Hua Manman wanted to ask what truth he was trying to uncover, but she didn’t dare open her mouth.

Her hesitant expression said it all.

Li Ji heard her thoughts and gave her a small smile.

"The more you know about some things, the faster you die."

Hua Manman immediately quashed any thought of asking. Instead, she took out the Broken Jade Ointment.

Since it was still early, she planned to massage Prince Zhao’s legs.

After several consecutive days of massage, a noticeable dip had been worn into the Broken Jade Ointment. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Hua Manman’s fingers moved back and forth, kneading Li Ji’s legs.

Her movements were much more practiced than before.

As she was massaging, Hua Manman suddenly noticed the muscles in the legs beneath her hands had hardened slightly.

Her movements paused, and a thought popped into her head.

’These past few days I’ve been massaging Prince Zhao’s legs, I could clearly feel that his muscles were soft and powerless. But now they’ve suddenly tensed up a bit. This must mean his legs aren’t completely numb after all!’

She quickly looked up at Prince Zhao and asked, her voice a mix of nervousness and anticipation.

"Prince, did you feel something?"

Li Ji nodded slightly, his voice a little tight.

"Mm."

He could indeed feel a little something in his legs.

When Hua Manman’s hands kneaded his legs, he would even involuntarily tense his muscles.

And that was why Hua Manman had felt the muscles beneath her hands tense up.

Hua Manman was overjoyed. "The Chief Imperial Doctor said that as long as you can feel anything in your legs, it means there’s still hope for recovery!"

Li Ji was usually quick to smile.

But now, when he had a real reason to smile, there wasn’t a trace of it on his face.

He gripped the armrests of his wheelchair tightly, his gaze lowered to his own legs.

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