Also there were a lot of historical and Chinese names used in the raws, it is too advanced for me (still trying to learn, except they don’t teach history terms in my classes) but I’m pretty sure that he drank the (poison?) wine in our mc’s stead because Lawerence says that he believes that he and mc will be able to conquer this hardship just like the maze.
Sorry if I didn’t help much.
Sorry I couldn’t find the Chinese raws, but someone in the comment section found the Japanese ones:
https://manga.app-liv.jp/reader/main?cid=451521&tid=267533&num=1&ag=2&u0=true
Enjoy :)
If you prefer the Chinese ones I can try and look for it again, prayers that they exist
I found some chapters of the sequel in Chinese! There are 6 chapters :D
http://www.buka.cn/view/103465/65537