Bai Qianmo lay on the spacious double bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Like a movie playing in my mind, various scenes kept appearing.
Thinking of how Fifth Brother and his wife met, fell in love, and got married, and how he loved his wife so much that even decades after her death, he still tried to find her shadow among the masses.
How ridiculous! Just because he looks like that woman, he can be pampered by Fifth Brother.
And what about that woman? Fifth Brother must love her to the core, right?
I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Bai Qianmo was torn between two conflicting emotions. Reason told her that even if Fifth Brother deeply loved his wife, she was someone who had passed away many years ago, while she was the one who truly stayed by his side.
But then she thought again that the reason she received special treatment from Fifth Brother was because of that woman.
She's nothing but a shadow.
next day
Fang Shu was waiting in the living room on the first floor early in the morning.
Originally, there was something important to report to the owner, who usually gets up at six o'clock sharp. However, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and the owner still hadn't woken up.
He looked toward Aunt Xue, who was cleaning the living room.
"Aunt Xue, did you just go to the third floor?"
"I've been there."
"The gentleman hasn't come out at all?"
"Yes, Mr. Gu hasn't gotten up yet. Maybe he was busy working late last night and slept in this morning. I've already made breakfast. I just knocked on the door, but no one answered. I was afraid of disturbing him, so I didn't dare to knock again."
After hearing Aunt Cai's words, Fang Shu looked up at the second floor with suspicion.
The owner used to work very late, but he could still get up on time the next day, and he did this for decades. He used to think that the owner was getting old and was sleeping less.
Could it be...?
Thinking about how Bai Qianmo is now by her master's side, the two of them deeply in love, and sharing a room together, it's inevitable...
"Where's Miss Bai? Hasn't she gotten up yet?"
"Miss Bai left early this morning, without even having breakfast."
Fang Shu frowned. Miss Bai had left early in the morning, but her master hadn't reacted at all.
This is so strange.
After a moment's hesitation, Fang Shu immediately got up and walked towards the stairs.
Arrived on the third floor
Fang Shu raised his hand and knocked a few times, but no one answered the door for a long time.
Fang Shu's worries grew heavier, and he pressed the doorknob, locking the door from the inside.
Just as he was about to ram the door, it opened with a bang.
"Owner……"
Gu Jueye was wearing a black bathrobe, his thick short hair was slightly messy, and he looked quite tired.
"Master, you don't look well. Are you having an attack of your illness?"
Gu Jueye raised his head slightly, his already pale face appearing even paler under the sunlight.
"What's up?"
"There are some things in Country Y that need your attention. Old Gu called you this morning but no one answered, so he called me. He said he sent you an email and asked you to call him back after you see it."
"I understand. You can go ahead and get busy. I need to rest for a while."
"Master, you always had Bala by your side to take care of you when you had an attack, but now that we are in China, Bala is not by your side. Can you hold on?"
"I'm fine, how about Qianmo?"
“Miss Qianmo went out early this morning. She probably doesn’t know you’re sick yet. I’ll call her to let her know.”
"No need, don't tell her I'm sick."
"Owner……"
Fang Shu was about to speak when the door slammed shut.
With a helpless sigh, Fang Shu went downstairs, where Aunt Xue was waiting at the bottom of the stairs.
"How are you? Is Mr. Gu alright?"
“The master is sick. Aunt Xue, please listen to the sounds upstairs. If you hear any noise from the master’s room, please notify me immediately.”
Aunt Xue nodded blankly.
"How did he suddenly get sick? He seemed perfectly fine when he came back last night. How about I make some porridge and bring it to his room? When someone is sick, they shouldn't go hungry."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Xue turned to go to the kitchen, but Fang Shu called out to her.
"Aunt Xue, there's no need to trouble yourself. The master doesn't have much of an appetite right now. Let him get some sleep. He also told us he'll call us."
Aunt Xue looked worried, but after all, she had just started working at the research institute and didn't yet know her employer's personality.
Moreover, Mr. Gu gives off a very distant vibe, and I don't dare to say much in front of him.
After thinking about it, I decided against it.
An empty bedroom
The man was curled up on the bed, his face so pale it was almost translucent, as if he could turn into a wisp of smoke and disappear at any moment. His brows were tightly furrowed, his arms were wrapped around his knees, and his thin figure trembled slightly, as if he was enduring the torment of illness.
Suddenly, a pair of cold, icy eyes opened, a beam of blue light shooting from the pupils. The pupils gradually changed from black to blue-gray, and paired with that pale, bloodless face, the person looked very different from an ordinary person.
Just as Gu Jueye was about to fall into a coma, he felt a figure flash to the window.
Immediately, he felt a continuous flow of energy entering his body.
Gu Jueye strained to stay conscious and looked at the person who had arrived.
She was a woman dressed in white, with long black hair, delicate features, and an air of charming beauty typical of Eastern women.
What brings you here?
Gu Jueye was slightly surprised to see the person standing by his bedside.
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