A sudden gust of wind blew outside the window, causing the tree branches to sway and startling a flock of sparrows that had just drifted off to sleep.
Lu Shizhen, who was on her deathbed, sat up in shock, her face full of astonishment: "Won't your cheat system also have bugs?"
The little ball was somewhat helpless and aggrieved: "Host, can you give me a little trust?"
“Actually, I detected that Xu Shiyue’s health index had stopped recovering last night. Although I thought it was a bug at the time, after reporting it to the main system, the feedback I received this morning was that there was no bug in the system and the detection was true.”
Lu Shizhen frowned even more upon hearing this: "Then why did her health data index stop recovering?"
"It's the body health index data," Xiaoqiu corrected.
It transmitted the "Complete Glossary of System Terminology" to Lu Shizhen's brain, and then explained: "Based on the monitored person's physical condition, the degree to which the drug works in their body is an index. A positive number indicates a positive effect, which means recovery, while a negative number indicates a negative effect, which means damage."
“The system detected an increase in the index during Xu Shiyue’s infusions over the past two days, but it stopped when it only reached a little over half of the system’s estimated value, which is far from consistent with system bias.”
"At the same time, no one entered or left her room during this period, so she was the only one who could stop her data?" Lu Shizhen pondered thoughtfully, resting her chin on her hand.
"That's right!" The little ball suddenly lit up, its tone excited. "As expected of the host! You immediately thought of the same thing as me!"
Lu Shizhen was already used to the little thing's indiscriminate excitement, and only glanced at it.
Even flattery couldn't dispel her doubts. Lu Shizhen's confusion was particularly evident as she asked, "Then do you know why she refused?"
The little ball, of course, couldn't possibly know such things, but it had an answer in its heart. Hesitantly and subtly, it reminded Lu Shizhen, "Host, could it be that Xu Shiyue is afraid the medicine has been tampered with?"
Lu Shizhen was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this.
She had completely forgotten that she had absolutely no trust in Xu Shiyue.
“If we want her to accept treatment, we have to gain her trust,” Lu Shizhen said.
"That's right," the little ball nodded.
Lu Shizhen sighed in distress: "Haven't we come full circle again?"
She couldn't believe that her perfectly planned scheme had just taken its first step when it crashed and burned.
It shattered with a snap.
Seeing this, the little ball slowly landed on Lu Shizhen's head, comforting her, "At least we know where to focus our efforts, host."
The moonlight and lamplight intertwined, falling into Lu Shizhen's line of sight.
The original text doesn't describe Xu Shiyue's experiences with the original owner very much, and even her experience of her family being destroyed is not described in detail.
For some reason, as Lu Shizhen recalled this blank space, she felt that Xu Shiyue's refusal to receive treatment was not just because of this.
"Doesn't she want to get better?"
The dark clouds in the distance were pushed by the night wind to the side of the moon, obscuring most of its light.
Lu Shizhen lowered her head and looked at her legs, which were crossed, and murmured in a low voice.
She, who had never experienced health before, resolutely chose to take on this difficult task after experiencing it herself.
Did Xu Shiyue, who was suffering from frailty and blindness, never miss the days when she was healthy and carefree?
Or perhaps, she no longer feels that any of these things are important to her.
So they're not even willing to give it a try.
The wind stopped abruptly, and the clouds that lingered in front of the moon did not move away for a long time. It was not yet late at night, but the night had already deepened.
The medicine slowly seeped through the already soaked soil, making a faint yet unique sound in the quiet, dimly lit room.
Xu Shiyue was already asleep, her fair face resting on a soft pillow, making her look exceptionally well-behaved.
She lay there on her side, her long, black, curly hair draped over her body, like an infant curled up in her mother's arms.
The thick, dark clouds outside the window seemed to be shrouded in rain, and the crackling sound of flames eroding the wood gradually spread to her ears.
She felt her father's strong embrace tightly protecting her and her mother beneath him, while her mother's warm yet always reliable embrace held her even tighter.
The air was filled with a hot and pungent smell, but Xu Shiyue could smell the scent of tobacco and gardenia.
She wanted to get even closer to the smell, but the next second she was overwhelmed and scattered by the strong and domineering smell of disinfectant.
The incandescent lights seemed to replace the sun outside the window, illuminating the ward exceptionally brightly.
The sounds of various monitoring instruments piled up in one space, never tiring, always tormenting her.
"October, you can't do this. If you don't get injections or take medicine, your body will break down very quickly."
"In October, your parents passed away while protecting you. You can't waste your life like this, you know?"
“You have to live. Your life isn’t just your own. Listen to your uncle, okay?”
...
The light shone from one side of the hospital bed, enveloping Xu Shiyue in the man's heavy shadow.
He spoke to the girl earnestly, again and again, and her face remained calm and obedient, her thick eyelashes fluttering gently, as if she were listening intently.
If it weren't for the IV needles and monitoring equipment that she had torn off nearby.
If the upright bed railings didn't have those straps used to restrain and bind her.
Whether it was for her second uncle's claim to the family property that he hadn't yet fully seized from her, or for her eldest uncle's claim to blood ties.
Everyone tacitly wanted her to live, implicitly agreeing to have the souls of her parents sewn tightly onto her shoulders.
No one cared whether she wanted to live or not.
No one even considered how she would survive after losing both her parents.
As long as they're alive, that's fine.
After all, people say that there is only endless hope as long as you are alive.
Only by living can you ensure that those who died for you did not die in vain.
Only by living.
Oh.
A cold laugh escaped from the girl's tightly closed throat, her pale and bloodless face filled with mockery.
"Living" became an eternal curse, as her blinking eyelashes gradually devoured her already blurred world, squeezing and eroding her fragile heart.
It was as if they wanted to help her get rid of it.
"!"
Rapid breathing pressed on her brain nerves, and Xu Shiyue suddenly opened her eyes.
The dark clouds had long been pushed away from the moon by the wind, and a ray of bright light shone through the window.
But the darkness that she should have escaped from the nightmare still shrouded her eyes.
The girl's slender shadow was reflected on the wall, and the thin blanket moved slowly as she sat up.
Xu Shiyue lowered her head and rested her face on her knees, her usually lifeless eyes revealing a rare hint of gloom.
She hadn't dreamt about those things for a long time.
She thought she had forgotten, but the examination she underwent today reminded her.
Dr. Shen and Dr. Qin worked diligently on a plan, confidently assuring Lu Shizhen of the high cure rate for her eyes.
Even though she could only barely make out a blurry shadow, Xu Shiyue could tell that Lu Shizhen looked satisfied.
She didn't know why Lu Shizhen was suddenly so dedicated to her rehabilitation treatment.
However, she is likely to disappoint this Miss Lu.
She didn't trust this person, nor did she hope that her physical functions would return to normal, and she had no interest in getting her eyes better.
As long as she's alive, that's all that matters.
"Ta-da!"
The muffled, faint chimes of midnight echoed from the living room of the villa on the first floor, signaling the arrival of a new day.
The stickiness on his back was intertwined with nightmares, and the shadow on the wall slowly straightened up.
The dream she just had made Xu Shiyue break out in a sweat; it was as if the dream was a tangible manifestation of those unpleasant memories.
This made Xu Shiyue want to go to the bathroom on the first floor to take a bath.
The door was pushed open from the inside, making a barely perceptible creaking sound.
The villa was pitch black in the early hours of the morning, with even the corridor lights turned off.
Xu Shiyue wasn't walking very fast, but she was faster than a normal person walking in the dark.
She was already used to walking in the dark, and whether the lights were on or not made no difference to her.
And this wasn't the first time she'd taken a shower late at night.
Previously, in order to avoid Lu Shizhen's ill intentions, she often took a bath at this time.
As the hot water stirred, the bubbles gradually became finer and finer, and a layer of soft bubbles also climbed onto the girl's arm.
Her long, black hair was gently pulled back and casually clipped to the top of her head with a shark clip. Without the hair covering her neck, her slender neck stretched out like a swan.
Water overflowed from the bathtub, and Xu Shiyue, feeling her way along the edge of the tub, lifted her long legs and slowly sank into the tub.
The window frame divides one side of the window into four sections, with the moon quietly resting in the upper right corner.
The bright moonlight peeked at the girl with her eyes closed, secretly casting a ray of light on her slender collarbone, quiet and beautiful, making the moonlight want to keep it to itself.
The steam filled the entire bathroom with warmth, giving the girl's pale skin a rosy glow that seemed to glow with life.
The rising heat slowly dissipated the emotions brought out of her dream, and vigilance once again took over her mind.
Bubbles, carried by the surging water, overflowed onto the floor, and the girl's slender legs slowly rose, their shapely, fair reflection shimmering on the windowpane.
The moonlight gazed at the girl's butterfly-like shoulder blades as they unfolded, only to be completely enveloped by a bath towel the next second.
The rising heat rushed out with the pushed-open door. There was nothing around to grab onto, and Xu Shiyue walked out cautiously as always.
Unexpectedly, the water that had just overflowed from the bathtub had already spread to the tiled floor outside.
Those bare, white feet stepped out of the bathroom without any warning, and the icy water instantly enveloped them.
The slippery tiles offered no friction, and the sudden feeling of weightlessness pulled Xu Shiyue's body backward.
Just as the cold water was about to touch the girl's hair, that was the closest it ever came to her.
Another person's warmth pressed against Xu Shiyue's waist, and Lu Shizhen's voice rang out in the space, completely out of place: "Why are you taking a bath so late?"
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