Chapter 47 - Doting of the Male Lead Reached LV2 (1)

Early in the morning, a cacophony of birds' chirping bustled outside of the mansion.

Gu Shishi's cellphone alarm went off at 7:30 AM.

First thing in the morning, she saw the news from BB Platform.

[New viewers: 3]

[Maximum number of viewers: 10]

According to the system, there was no increase in progress of "Acknowledgement of Others".

Last night was the first time she streamed, plus she was just focused on painting the entire time. It was only normal that she didn't have any viewers.

Gu Shishi didn't concern herself too much with the empirical data from her stream. She was just happy about the outcome of her painting. Plus, she has more that she needed to worry about anyway.

She struggled to get up onto her feet and the bags beneath her eyes were worse than they were before. She took a few weak steps forward and felt a splitting headache.

Last night, her stomachache almost killed her.

She was just about to go look for some pills when the butler miraculously showed up with them at her door.

The butler was also going to call the family doctor, but she declined.

She thought all she needed was the pills but now, after one-night's rest, she still felt weak and cold sweat was pouring out of her.

[ALERT!]

[The host has entered into a weakened state. Life declines at 300% rate!]

Gu Shishi was dumbfounded.

What the hell?!

She quickly checked her life bar.

[Remaining Life Balance: 3 days and 13 minutes.]

She felt that everything just went dark in front of her!

Before she went to bed last night, she had almost 5 full days!

She had lost 1.5 days after one night's sleep?

She felt that her heart was bleeding from this horrible news.

She still wanted to use the "As Though Assisted By God" a few more times!

As upset as she was, she took a stumble forward and missed a step on the stairs!

She reached for the banister but didn't have the strength to hold on!

Losing her balance, she started to plunge downward!

Right when she had given up all hope....

With a loud "BANG", she bumped into a warm, hard chest with a hint of agarwood smell!

Gu Shishi hadn't fully recovered from the shock yet. Trembling, she looked up with her limpid eyes.

"Are you so stupid that.... You can't even walk anymore?!" A cold and piercing voice came from above her head the very next minute.

Each word sounded like the noise from a whetstone that grinded on her nerves.

Gu Shishi shuddered and finally realized that her face was leaning up against something!

The boss's... chest!

She wanted to struggle to get off his chest but she quickly remembered his germaphobe personality, so she froze and dared not make any move.

And using just the strength from her neck.... She already felt....

"Ugh, I am sorry... but I... am afraid I couldn't get up!"

Huo Sishen, "....?!!"

The worst thing that could happen was the sudden quietness in the air.

Especially during such an embarrassing moment.

The boss didn't say anything, nor did he help her get up. He just stopped there and maintained the position of her leaning up against his chest!

Gu Shishi blinked awkwardly.

She didn't want to touch the boss willy nilly.

But, perhaps the boss didn't want to touch her either, not even to help her out?

Welp, that would be a bit tricky!

Did that mean they will have to wait for a third person to come over to help them out?

Gu Shishi debated for a bit. Finally, she tried very hard to push her neck against Boss Huo's chest to see if she could straighten herself out...

"What. Are. You. Doing?" Fire was about to erupt out of Huo Sishen's black eyes.

This daredevil of a woman!

She slammed into him early in the morning, and now she was rubbing up against his chest left and right with her cheeks.

He looked down and immediately saw her white and soft neck and also the slightly sweet scent coming from her...

"I... I am trying very hard, to get up...."

"......"

A second later, Huo Sishen frowned. With the look that could slice a person up into thousands of pieces, he looked deeply at her neck that was so fragile that he could snap it with one hand.

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Chapter 48 - Doting of the Male Lead Reached LV2 (2)

With one hand, he picked up the back of her collar!

He then lifted her up like a ragdoll effortlessly and allowed her to regain her balance on her feet.

The weight that he felt made him frown.

She didn't look very short, slender even.

But she was very light.

He looked coldly at her with his dark, piercing eyes.

"Thank you, Mr. Huo. I will be more careful next time I walk down the stairs."

Gu Shishi finally let out a sigh of relief after she had regained her balance on her feet.

She patted herself on her chest.

Huo Sishen squinted.

But he quickly turned his head and looked away from her.

His slender body quickly walked past her and up the stair expressionlessly.

"No next time."

"Okay," said Gu Shishi as she stuck her tongue out.

"Oh, yes. I have a gift...."

But before she could finish what she was saying, Huo Sishen had already closed the door.

"Ugh. Guess I will just have to tell him next time," grumbled Gu Shishi.

She turned back around, and her knees buckled immediately. Quickly, she grabbed onto the banister.

She had run to the bathroom one too many times yesterday. She barely has enough energy left in her to prop herself up!

Quick! Breakfast!

"Uncle Chef...."

She was almost out of breath when she finally reached the dining room.

She pulled over a chair and quickly sat down.

"I don't want milk today. Just water. Anything else will be okay."

That iced milk last night almost killed her!

"Okay, hang on," replied Uncle Chef in the most professional tone.

While she was waiting, Gu Shishi quickly opened up the system interface that only she could see and checked.

[Remaining Life Balance: 3 days 2 minutes.]

Oh my god!

The trip to the dining room had reduced her life by 11 minutes!

She couldn't handle this 300% decrease rate!

"Miss Gu, here's the breakfast today."

"The young master had given us his order. He said to give you something simple."

Quickly, Uncle Chef came over with a tray.

"Oh, thank you."

As Gu Shishi thanked him, she looked down in front of her and saw a big bowl of plain porridge... a small plate of crushed dried pork, and a little bit of pickled vegetables!

Gu Shishi's mouth dropped open.

Uncle Chef smiled and said, "Young master had also said that we will need to ration your portions going forward. You can only eat to 80%."

80%?

Gu Shishi felt the earth falling from beneath her.

Why?!

She was burning her life at 300% rate right now!

"You can just leave the dishes there after you are done," said Uncle Chef before he turned around and left.

Gu Shishi was still dumbfounded.

She stared at it for a while before she picked up the spoon and stirred the porridge in disbelief.

Surely, there was nothing other than rice in the porridge!

It was ridiculously pure!

She had one bite and she was about to start crying.

A spoonful of porridge into her mouth, good fragrance, sticky, soft, and warm. The smell of rice filled the air.

It immediately made her stomach felt much better.

But not a peep from the system!

She flipped through the interface.

Yep! Nada!

Was it because the system had deemed the porridge so worthless that it wasn't even worth registering?

She gritted her teeth and picked up a chopstick full of dried pork and pickled vegetable.... Still nothing....

Aye, this shallow and vain, damned system!

As she was chewing, Gu Shishi was overwhelmed by sadness.

"This was the boss... trying to be nice to me?"

When the butler delivered the pills last night, that was when the boss realized she was having gastrointestinal issues?

Gu Shishi wasn't sure what to make of that.

It was nice that he cared about her.

But... she wanted to cry!

She turned her sadness into appetite and devoured the plain porridge.

Right after she had finished and was about to get up, the corners of her mouth twitched again.

She quickly threw her arms over her stomach again.

"What? Again?!"

She dashed into the bathroom on the first floor.

Quickly, she walked out on her weakened legs, pale.

"Miss Gu, are you alright?" A maid walked past asked, concerned, after seeing the way she looked.

Gu Shishi took a deep breath, "I am fine...."

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Chapter 49 - Doting of the Male Lead Reached LV2 (3)

Half a second later, she dashed back into the bathroom.

That was repeated a couple more times. When she walked out again, she was even weaker than she was before.

The plain porridge didn’t work!

The pills from the butler didn’t work either!

The life bar continued to drop like it was nobody’s business!

“Miss Gu, would you like to have a seat? You are covered in sweat.”

The maid was too worried to even walk away from her.

“Oh, by the way, I was looking for you. When you said to the butler last night about getting rid of some used clothes. Are you talking about the one that was on the couch?”

That reminded Gu Shishi, “Yes. I don’t know if you have any use of them. Or any way we can donate them. Recycling is fine too. Throwing them away just seems so waste…..”

Those clothing were so expensive, and they could still be worn. It would be too wasteful to throw them all out.

That’s what she was going to say.

But before she could finish the word “wasteful”, she felt coldness behind her back.

She turned her head and followed the source of the coldness.

She saw Huo Sishen standing there. His face darkened. In his full suit, he stood behind her in her shadow in his full majesty.

Next to him stood Siyi.

[Huo Sishen’s fondness dropped. Doting of the Male Lead had reached 0!]

WTF?!

What did she say?

“Garbage is to be thrown out! Nobody is allowed to wear it again!”

Huo Sishen walked past her and didn’t even look back.

He knew it! He knew she was just bullshitting him last night!

She wanted to give his suit away to a servant? So another man can wear it?

To think that he sent someone to bring her medicines!

In his stone cold eyes, there was uncontrollable anger and irony.

Gu Shishi didn’t even have a chance to say a word. All she saw was his back when he walked away decisively.

At that very moment in time, her desire to live was stronger than anything else!

If she let him walk away right now, he would probably never talk to her again. And she would be dead in two days.

“Wait!”

She stood up quickly and immediately everything spun around her.

The weakness of her body exploded like a tsunami.

She was just able to grab the corner of the man’s shirt before everything went black, and she started to fall.

“Miss Gu!”

“Get the doctor! Quick!”

An urgent scream and shouting could be heard. One from a woman, one from a man.

It was the maid who was frantic and also Siyi.

Gu Shishi hasn’t entirely lost her consciousness, but she was still seeing darkness in front of her eyes and nothing else.

She struggled to get up but she failed.

Her consciousness began to slip….

…..

She didn’t know how much time had passed before she awakened.

Next to her, there was a surprised and angry voice.

“This was the dress that she wanted to get rid of?!”

A magnetic voice, it’s pace fast and quick, but it still sounded very elegant.

“Yes, Young Master, this was the dress that Miss Gu had placed on the couch. She said she didn’t need it anymore.”

Gu Shishi’s mind was still a big jumbo, but she heard the words.

What about the skirt?

That was Gu Wushuang’s dress. She didn’t want it anymore, and neither did Gu Wushuang. She needed it taken care of….

It cost tens of thousands of dollars. It’s too wasteful to just throw it out.

What’s wrong with recycling it?

She opened her eyes and could barely make out a handsome man’s side profile and his very defined chin in the dark.

It was the boss…..

Was she dreaming?

How could he be in her room? And sitting next to her bed?

“Boss…” she started to talk, her voice barely audible. “Hmm, you…. Can you add me on your Wechat?”

Since she was dreaming anyway…. Why couldn’t she just ask for what she wanted daringly?

[Received fondness of Huo Sishen!]

[Doting of the Male Lead reached LV2!]

Gu Shishi: “!”

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Words from the author:

Shishi: What a beautiful dream~

Boss Huo: She asked for my WeChat handle the first thing after she had woken up. Siyi, she….

Siyi: Don’t ask. Some things are not meant to be asked!