World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 451 - 239: Naval Battle! Turing Chen Crippled!

Chapter 451: 239: Naval Battle! Turing Chen Crippled!

Hearing Zhi Ning’s words, Prince Ji Min stood as if struck by lightning, frozen in place.

Then, with a complete change of color, he warned, "Zhi Ning, I warn you not to joke with me like this."

Zhi Ning said, "I’m not joking with you. I’ve been throwing up every day lately, throwing up whatever I eat. But I have to force myself to eat because I’m worried about not getting enough nutrition for what’s inside my stomach. You’re the one who’s often joking, not me."

Prince Ji Min suddenly found it hard to breathe and gasped, "But... but, don’t you do everything you possibly can to marry me?"

Zhi Ning replied, "It was my brother who did everything he could to marry me off to you, to successfully forge a marital alliance with the Flame Empire."

Tears swirled in Prince Ji Min’s eyes as he fought to keep them from falling. The news from Zhi Ning struck him like a bolt from the blue.

"Whose...whose child is it?" Ji Min asked, his voice trembling.

"It doesn’t matter who the father of the child is," Zhi Ning said. "What’s important is that I’m pregnant now, with child before marriage, and it’s another man’s child."

Instantly, Prince Ji Min could no longer hold back the tears welling up in his eyes, which burst forth in a torrent.

The more he wiped, the more they flowed. Finally, he just burst into tears and, while crying, said, "How could you do this? I’ve been waiting for you every day, thinking about you every day. How could you treat me like this?"

They say ’real men don’t cry easily,’ let alone princes of the empire.

Prince Ji Min was domineering on the surface, timid and delicate at heart, yet also lively and unrestrained.

As a child, upon seeing the delicate and beautiful little Zhi Ning, he took a great liking to her. To get her attention, he ended up pulling on her braids, bullying her into tears.

As a result, he himself was beaten hard by Princess Zhen Yan, crying loudly, and he didn’t dare to come to school for several days afterward.

But after being beaten by Zhen Yan, he didn’t dare to go to school, nor did he go to tattle-tale or want to use his status as a prince of the Flame Empire to seek vengeance. Thus, he was someone with a genuinely kind heart.

As he grew up, his affection for Zhi Ning only deepened.

But his vivacious nature and his inability to resist being curious about other girls led him to frequented places of romantic encounters. Despite being unmarried, each visit was akin to that of a thief’s, fearful of Zhi Ning finding out and worrying about what would happen if she did, unaware that Zhi Ning was thousands of miles away in a foreign land, Zhi Du, and didn’t care in the least whether he visited the brothels or not.

Moreover, after each trip to such places, he would return feeling immensely regretful, tormented, convinced that Zhi Ning would surely look down on him.

Hence, although he was already twenty-two years old, he was still a lively and pure-hearted child at heart.

Unable to restrain himself after hearing the blunt truth from Zhi Ning, he burst into tears.

Zhi Ning looked at Ji Min, who was only a year older than herself but felt like a younger brother in her heart.

Before all this happened, when her brother Zhi Li wanted to marry her off to Ji Min, she didn’t resist much since under Ji Min’s domineering exterior was a kind and lovely heart.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so beloved by his parents, siblings, and grandmother.

But now, it was all impossible.

Seeing him cry so sadly, Zhi Ning said, "Ji Min, I know your parents don’t wish for you to marry me, which is why this marriage arrangement was never formally settled. It was you who kept insisting on marrying me, creating a fuss with your parents. They indulge you, so they have to let you have your way."

And indeed, that was the case.

The sovereign and queen of the Flame Empire always thought Zhi Ning was too gloomy and not in good health, unsuitable to be Ji Min’s wife.

A child as lively, sensitive, kind, and domineering as Ji Min should marry a gentle, magnanimous woman with the air of a big sister to keep him in line.

But Prince Ji Min, the little tyrant, was uncontainable once he threw a tantrum. With the Empress Dowager doting on only two children, Prince Ji Min and Princess Ji Xiuning, even if the sovereign tried to discipline him a little strictly, he would earn a scolding from the Empress Dowager. So, the matter of marrying Zhi Ning had to follow Ji Min’s whims.

However, the Flame Empire’s sovereign had not formally settled the marriage pact either, hoping that once Zhi Ning returned to her country, being apart for a while would fade the affection of his cherished son. Moreover, the queen continuously sought ways to select girls for Ji Min to meet.

In the end, every noble girl was terrified away by the lively Ji Min.

Yes, terrified away.

As soon as Ji Min met someone on a date, he would boast about how many women he’d been with, claiming he could handle eight in one night, and bragging about frequenting brothels, throwing big joyful parties every day.

No girl could stand that, naturally fleeing after hardly exchanging a few words.

Ji Min boasted day in and day out about being such an experienced playboy, but in reality, even if he wasn’t a virgin, he was as good as one, just a fledgling.

"It is impossible between us now, and it actually aligns with your parents’ wishes," Zhi Ning said. "Go back home, and don’t come here again. We are not suitable for each other. You need to find a gentle yet formidable sister to tame you."

"You don’t need to concern yourself with my affairs," Ji Min said loudly, and then he couldn’t hold back any longer and ran out crying.

The nanny stepped forward, gently rubbing Zhi Ning’s back to relieve the nausea and distress threatening to overcome her again.

"This Prince Ji Min and Young Master Suo Lun are indeed two extremes," the nanny said.

Yes, two extremes.

One dark and cunning, the other pure and flawless.

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