Chapter 50 - Sent Him Red Packets On WeChat! (1)

Wechat's friends' circle:

[Gu Shishi: I felt like my entire body had been hollowed out. Felt so sick.... Sadly, my original teddy was no longer here with me....]

Along with that was a picture of her old teddy bear.

A little girl standing by the dimmed window on a rainy day, looking into the world outside all alone and confused.

In the corner of the room was a giant and tall brown teddy bear. It almost looked like it was reaching out it's hairy paw towards the little girl.

Looking at his cellphone screen, Huo Sishen pursed his lips.

The one who never chat with others and never read anything in his friend's circle, for whatever reasons, had agreed to add her as a friend.

Lying on the bed, her tiny and pale face was almost translucent, buried in the white sheets.

She looked at him eagerly. Her eyes filled with pitifulness, fragileness, and helplessness. The sparks inside them visibly dimmer than they used to be... as though it would have gone out with the next breeze.

Huo Sishen squeezed his fist together.

That year, when his father died in a car accident, or when the old butler died from his illness. That spark in their eyes during their terminal lucidity looked just like that, like it'd go out any minute!

He wanted to hang onto it. He wanted them to live on, with him, but he couldn't hold onto them.

Add her on Wechat?

The pool of dead water in Huo Sishen's eyes started to ripple.

If only he could have them back. Never mind it was just one request, even if it was 10,000 of them, he would agree to them. He would even trade them with his own life!

But, he never had the chance to.

Huo Sishen's look darkened all of a sudden.

He looked down, stood up, and started walking out without looking at the girl again, "Let's go"

Siyi nodded and followed, "The car is already waiting outside."

They were already late for their 8 AM meeting.

But he wouldn't dare to rush his boss.

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Inside the room in the mansion, Gu Shishi was resting on the bed. The doctor had come and given her some medicine and was now administering some IV fluid.

She had been spacing out for about half an hour since she had woken up.

Staring at her own Wechat contact list, her mouth dropped open and stayed that way for the longest time.

She had really added the boss on her Wechat!

She really thought she was just dreaming when she asked. She didn't think he'd agree to that!

And his fondness toward her had increased as well...?!

She couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind!

She thought he didn't want anyone bothering him.

Maybe the truth was... he needed love?

"I ate too much, but I'm still sick. What was the point of it then?"

She had been eating till she was 120% full every time in order to extend her life.

And that iced milk last night was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

If only she knew it'd be so easy to add the boss onto her Wechat, she never would have ate till she was ill.

Now that he's on her Wechat, she could ask for red packets over new year and holidays going forward?

Perhaps, the boss was the type who'd just throw away money to his friend's list whenever he was in a good mood on a regular basis?

As she was fantasizing about it all, she couldn't even feel the IV anymore.

She clicked opened the boss's profile and sent over a message after giving it a little thought.

[Thank you so much, Mr. Huo, for having the doctor came for me. QAQ. I am feeling much better now~]

She also sent him a red packet for $6.66!

[Have a nice day! You go, boy!]

After she had finished doing all that, she chuckled foolishly at the chat window.

Normally during the holiday seasons, she would always return a bigger red packet whenever her friends sent her one.

Now that she had sent the boss a mini red packet, he must feel compelled to send her a bigger one in return!

"Even the usual bread that he has everyday was over $100, and a jacket that he just tossed over was over tens of thousands..."

Now that she had given him a red packet for $6.66, naturally he wouldn't return one for merely $66.66.

Gu Shishi thought she was practically a genius!

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Chapter 51 - Sent Him Red Packets On WeChat! (2)

As weak as she was right now, her mind had never been clearer.

This time she was so sick that she couldn't even hold up her paintbrush and her life bar was dropping at 300% rate. She was practically puking out blood as she walked. This had made her all the more aware that there was nothing more important than life itself.

One would have to be alive in order to eat and drink, and to be able to create "experience-for-yourself' paintings, and have her four husbands in her video game.

Those would all be gone if she died.

Besides, according to the book, the big villain Huo Sishen only has 2 more years to live.

She must live till then so she could try and save him.

Technically speaking, their lives were tied to each other's!

Taking this logic a step further - when he was spending money on her, it was the same as him spending money to buy his own life!

"I'll work harder going forward and create one painting a day. Then, I can sell my work and repay him!"

After she had it all figured out, she didn't feel bad anymore.

She looked down and saw that her red packet had been opened.

How exciting was that!

The boss had received her mini red packet!

Her little heart started to pound!

In the novel, everybody thought that Gu Shishi was kicked out of the family when he was still a young man and owned less than 10% of the the Huo's Corporation with no rights to succeed. But, what they didn't know was that he had accomplished far more than that outside of the Huo's long time ago.

He was now the hidden boss of HB, the largest social network and search engine. He had also purchased quite a few mines overseas.

His personal assets had way exceed that of the Huo's a long time ago!

In the novel, the Huo's never found out about his assets until after his death, making them feel very regretful about it.

And, he hadn't left a penny of his fortune to them either. He gave away half of them to his employees, and nobody knew what happened to the other half.

"Ah, let me take a deep breath and be prepared!"

She didn't want to be shocked by any 5-digit or 6-digit amount red packet!

The maximum amount for a red packet was $200. But that's okay, WeChat came with the ability for direct transfer.

Gu Shishi couldn't stop smiling.

But then... she kept on waiting. Until she almost fell asleep, nothing came over her cellphone.

"That's impossible!"

The boss received her red packet and then... that was it?!

She refused to believe that!

And yet, she waited until Boss Huo returned to the mansion and turned in. Even then, she still hadn't received anything in return....

"Oh....."

Now Gu Shishi didn't feel so good anymore.

She wasn't someone who gave up easily.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have practiced painting for 20 years.

She had IV fluid for three days, and she persistently sent Huo Sishen red packets for 3 days!

$6.66, $8.88, $9.99....

Each time she sent over some caring messages as well.

Be careful in the rain. Be careful of the high temperature today. Do eat your lunch on time....

And still, she received nothing back from him.

Under her extreme distress, she jumped up, grabbed her paintbrush and streamed a "Little Chicken Fighting for Rice" drawing to let out some steam.

With the effect of "As Though Assisted by God", the chickens were so lively in her mind they could bounce out any minute!

"Peck!"

"Peck!"

"Stingy!"

"Miser!"

She scolded as she drew.

The entire "childish" farm life painting was done in one swift stroke!

The chickens were vivid and live-like. Even the way that they were eagerly fighting over the rice was about to leap out of the paper.

Her streaming screen exploded once again.

[King of the Hill: That was amazing? Is this for sale? I'll pay. Give me your contact info!]

[King of the Hill: Hey, hey, hey! Where are you? Are you selling the "Red Mountains" from last time as well?]

[King of the Hill: ..... Shoot! Are you snubbing me? My Wechat's username is 'King of the Hill", add me pleeeeeeease!]

Gu Shishi, naturally, did not see any of those messages as she was very focused on her painting. She just went ahead and turned off the streaming after she was done.

She admired her own work for a long time and felt that all the unhappiness in her chest was relieved.

She was feeling much better!

After three days of sick leave and the gifts of the IV, medicine, bird's nest soups, abalones, etc, the fall of her life bar has finally been stabilized.

She picked up her stuff and finally went back to work.

As for the delicate man, who had been waiting for her with flowers for three days straight, he was close to tears when he finally saw her showing up in front of the art studio.

"Miss Gu, you are finally here. I have missed you so."

Gu Shishi looked up at the stranger dumbfounded, "Who are... you?"

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Chapter 52 - Sent Him Red Packets On WeChat! (3)

At the same time, at the mansion.

All the shades were drawn shut once again in the master bedroom.

Qin Ruhai, in his white robe, looked at the animal-like man in front of him. The man's eyes were bright red, and he was obviously in a lot of pain. The murderous look on his patient even made him shuddered.

First, it was the girl with her diarrhea and fever so he was called over.

He had just put an IV into her before Siyi came over again and said the boss needed him again.

Qin Ruhai frowned.

Normally, Huo Sishen was still able to control his own emotions as long as other people kept their distance from him.

But, once he was stimulated, he'd fall into his frantic memory lane. His rationality would be out the window, and he showed signs of violent tendencies, extreme anxiety, irrationality, and be unable to be placated.

The last time this happened was two years ago. After Qin Ruhai had given him some sedatives, he still went on a spree and destroyed all furnishings at home.

Word had it that he almost caused his competitor to go out of business as well.

"Did you little fiancée annoy you?" asked Qin Ruhai as he slowly injected sedatives into his vein.

Huo Sishen sat on the couch motionlessly with his mouth closed.

His body was cold.

The term made him react slightly.

Little fiancée...

Inside his blood-shot, black eyes, the thunderstorm paused for a second.

The face that was so pale that it looked translucent suddenly popped up into his mind...

She was wrapped up, sent to a place that she had never been before, and was never asked about again.

She was so sick that she couldn't even get out of bed. She passed out from running a fever, and nobody knew about it.

Her experience kept reminding him of his past....

His fists that were next to his legs clenched and released, released and clenched.

"Didn't you add her on your Wechat already?" Qin Ruhai forced himself to grumble.

"She's still young. You can always coach her. Don't just bottle everything up...."

That being said, he was quite impressed by the little girl's courage.

He had never seen anyone successfully acquired Devil Huo's contact information.

Qin Ruhai carried on with his one-sided conversation, showing no signs of being tired of it.

The biggest issues with Huo Sishen was that he wasn't able to walk out of his past.

He just changed the subject onto the girl in the hope to get him out of his path down his memory lane.

Qin Ruhai knew only too well that his condition had nothing to with his fiancée.

No woman would be able to make him happy or unhappy.

Right when he was thinking about the next step of his treatment, he heard a coarse voice.

"What is this red packet thing?"

"???"

Qin Ruhai was baffled.

He looked at the beast-like, lonesome man, who was used to licking his own wound. He rubbed his ears and asked, "What did you just say?"

Huo Sishen looked down with an unclear look at his cellphone that was right now tossed onto the floor.

She had been sending him a red packet every day.

Nobody has ever done that before.

"In WeChat, does anyone ever send you red packets?"

Qin Ruhai's hand that was over his ears paused. His eyes widened and even his pitch went up by half an octave, "Your little fiancée sent you a red packet?!"

She was certainly a ballsy one.

What did that mean? Was she blatantly flirting with him?

Qin Ruhai looked at the devil man, who looked like a thunder storm that was able to happen. He wanted to tear someone up into pieces at any moment.

He thought about it for a second and tried to calmly organize his thoughts.

"Well, normally speaking. I'd only send red packets to women that I intend to court ..."

But, before he could finish what he was saying, he was kicked out of the room by the big devil himself!

"Sh*t, I haven't lit your rose scent aromatic therapy yet ..."