What is Lu Shizhen planning to do?
She was nothing more than a pitiful host who wanted to gain the female lead's favor and obtain a permanently healthy body.
Although she went all out last night, Lu Shizhen turned pale when she saw the five points deducted from her score in the points system.
Some people may appear strong and unpredictable on the surface, but secretly they may be lying in bed, crying their eyes out over the five points they lost.
The sun slowly rose into the sky, shining brightly, but Lu Shizhen had not yet fully recovered.
She sat at the dining table, draped in a coral fleece shawl, holding a warm cup of coffee in her hands, but it couldn't warm her sorrowful heart.
That's a full five points!
Isn't this price a bit too high?
"Sigh." Lu Shizhen sighed deeply.
The little ball, perched on the rim of the cup, sipped its coffee and mumbled words of encouragement: "Don't be discouraged, host."
Lu Shizhen watched the small ball gradually turn brown, perked up a bit, and couldn't help but reach out and poke it: "Won't you short-circuit if you drink this?"
"No, it won't." The little ball shook its head, greedily taking another big gulp, showing none of the authority of the system in the novel. "Human things won't pose any threat to us."
For some reason, as Lu Shizhen looked at the little ball, she suddenly thought of the immortals who smuggled themselves down to the mortal realm in the fantasy novels she had read.
Even though they have already fasted and can go without food or drink, they are still attracted by the delicacies of the world. The protagonist can please them with just a flick of his finger.
If only Xu Shiyue were that easy to win over.
What are the things that Xu Shiyue likes?
Thinking of this, Lu Shizhen rested her chin on her hand and fell into deep thought.
In the original text, Xu Shiyue only regained her sight later on. In order to get back what belonged to her, she seemed to have given up a lot.
The thin cigarette that was always held between her fingers couldn't really be described as something she liked; it was merely a tool she used to relieve her sorrows.
The sun was shining brightly, and Lu Shizhen squinted slightly.
Before she could recall anything from the clues in the original text, Aunt Sun interrupted her: "Miss, the unstable things in the house have been secured, the fragile items have been removed, and the workers who installed the handrails have started to install them. The bedside table you requested has been delivered, and the servants have already gone to Miss Xu's bedroom to replace it."
Aunt Sun truly lived up to her reputation as one of the very few elderly people who had served in this household for an extremely long time; she completed the task assigned by the young lady in just half an hour.
Lu Shizhen was very satisfied with how quickly Aunt Sun handled the tasks she had been given. She was about to pick up her coffee and take a comfortable sip when she stopped in her tracks upon hearing Aunt Sun's words.
A tablet was placed in front of Lu Shizhen. Aunt Sun said respectfully, "Miss, this is the list of new servants selected by the flower room manager. Please take a look."
Lu Shizhen stared at the ten large characters on the cover of the document, "Autumn Management Directory of Rose Gardens," and her head buzzed.
The original owner loved roses to the point of doing everything herself, but the soul trapped in that body was completely ignorant about such things.
Lu Shizhen stared at the tablet in front of her, swallowed hard, and looked at Aunt Sun, the housekeeper, with feigned displeasure: "Do I really need to look at this myself?"
Aunt Sun understood what Lu Shizhen meant, so she quickly flipped through a few pages on the tablet and picked out the important parts to say: "The main thing is this person. The supervisor thinks she's a bit strange and wants to ask you what you think, Miss."
Lu Shizhen nodded, her expression becoming more reassured.
As long as it's not about professional rose cultivation, it's fine. If this person is really as strange and unreliable as they say, just pass on them.
However, this idea didn't linger in Lu Shizhen's mind for long before it was shattered by the information on the person's resume.
It's not that this person's resume is anything extraordinary; it's just a very ordinary florist's resume, and the photo is visibly awkward and rough.
But no matter how Lu Shizhen looked at this person's name, it seemed somewhat familiar.
Luo Ji...
Isn't this the same Luo, the assistant to Xu Shiyue's father before his death, who, by chance, secretly infiltrated the Lu family and endured humiliation to secretly help Xu Shiyue?!
Sunlight fell on the tablet screen, as if washing away the deceptive trick of deliberately making someone look ugly in a photo.
Those eyes, which were lowered as if feigning insecurity, revealed a somewhat imposing aura, and a strange feeling lingered in Lu Shizhen's mind.
She realized that this seemed to be the opportunity mentioned in the original text.
"For the young lady's safety, every maid in the house needs to undergo a background check. During our background check, we discovered that this person was not a native of the village listed on her resume; she deliberately concealed her place of origin and age..."
Aunt Sun solemnly reported on this person's situation to Lu Shizhen, her words revealing the strictness of the family's system.
Lu Shizhen couldn't help but feel worried for Luo Ji. No wonder the article said that she had gone to great lengths to infiltrate this family. If she hadn't been there today, she might have been rejected.
Aunt Sun was still talking about their investigation when Lu Shizhen raised her hand to interrupt her: "I don't think there's anything wrong. Look at her, she looks so disheveled, she probably has some unspeakable troubles."
Aunt Sun was abruptly interrupted and paused for a moment, her eyes filled with surprise at Lu Shizhen's decision.
Lu Shizhen was of course aware that her decision clearly contradicted the decision the original owner would have made.
But then she thought about it again. The original owner of this body was a crazy person who was unpredictable and acted without any logic. So she simply didn't explain further and said to Aunt Sun in an ambiguous way, "I've recently come to believe in doing one good deed a day."
Perhaps it was her professional ethics, but despite not fully understanding, Aunt Sun nodded obediently: "Yes, Miss."
Lu Shizhen nodded, then remembered something and called out to Aunt Sun who was about to leave: "There's one more thing."
Aunt Sun immediately stopped in her tracks: "Please speak."
Just as Lu Shizhen was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of Xiaoqiu, who was floating on the surface of the water, having drunk too much coffee. Her mischievous side immediately surged into her mind.
She deliberately avoided the small, now brownish ball, leaning slightly to the side and whispering in Aunt Sun's ear: "I need you to help me..."
After explaining and arranging everything to Aunt Sun, Lu Shizhen felt a great sense of relief.
She carried the coffee with the small balls inside upstairs, her steps light and quick.
Thinking about the things she had arranged for Xu Shiyue, Lu Shizhen couldn't help but peek into Xu Shiyue's room as she passed by.
Her room door was unusually wide open, and all the people Aunt Sun had arranged were crammed into the room at this time.
The whole room had a chaotic and noisy atmosphere, with even the most spacious areas filled with all sorts of things.
Lu Shizhen watched from afar, her slowed pace coming to a halt.
Amidst the hustle and bustle of people coming and going, Xu Shiyue was the most out of place.
She didn't sit on the bed to wait; various tools were spread out on the floor, and the construction workers nonchalantly pushed her into a corner because she was in the way.
Bright sunlight streamed in through the window, and the white skirt draped over her legs. Wood shavings clung mercilessly to the delicate fabric, leaving red marks on the girl's tender skin.
Xu Shiyue was blind and didn't know where to go in this situation.
She stood there with her eyelashes lowered, like a frightened kitten, silently and helplessly in this deserted place, with a box about her height beside her.
The box was completely black, so large that it cast a shadow, easily enveloping Xu Shiyue beneath it.
Lu Shizhen was ignorant of music theory and had no idea what the box next to Xu Shiyue contained.
People were walking around the room, and the girl's slender figure was slightly ahead of the box. She was clearly overwhelmed with her own problems, but she was still trying her best to protect it. This made Lu Shizhen feel that she seemed to cherish this thing very much.
"oops."
Suddenly, a woman's coquettish and angry scream rang out abruptly in the room filled with the sound of an electric drill.
A maid who was walking backwards tripped over a box next to Xu Shiyue and almost fell to the ground.
The maid was already quite annoyed at being assigned such strenuous work so early in the morning, and now that she had almost tripped over what the man was carrying, her anger was only fueled by the fact that she was about to explode.
Anyway, their young lady didn't care much about this blind woman to begin with, and now she's even taken back the valuable cabinet that was given to her. It seems she's grown tired of her.
Despicable people always take advantage of the weak.
The maid looked Xu Shiyue up and down, who was all alone and helpless. She kicked the box Xu Shiyue was protecting and shouted, "Hey, what is this thing? It's so big! Did you do that on purpose?"
The huge box was kicked mercilessly, making dull thuds.
The girl's slender figure was already barely holding on, and her few steps made her look somewhat disheveled.
But those hands were still tightly protecting the box.
"You just didn't see it yourself." Xu Shiyue's tightly pursed lips parted slightly, and she spoke coldly.
Her expression was unfriendly, and her voice lowered.
Those lowered eyes didn't seem to be blind, but rather showed disdain.
"Am I blind or are you blind?!" The maid was surprised that Xu Shiyue, who was usually so quiet and easy to bully, would talk back like this. She immediately pointed at Xu Shiyue's nose and started yelling, "If you can't see, don't block the way. Can't you have some self-awareness and find a place to sit where you won't get in the way? You blind idiot, you believe me or not..."
As the maid spoke, she was about to escalate the attack.
But before her outstretched hand could even touch a single strand of Xu Shiyue's hair, she was pulled backward by a force.
A figure flashed into Xu Shiyue's line of sight, blocking the chaotic shadows in the room.
Lu Shizhen stood behind the maid and asked her with a smile, "Excuse me, I didn't quite hear what you said just now. Could you please repeat it?"
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