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….”
