Chapter 127 : Eat Your Medicine, You Dunce! 8 (2/2)

Her voice was very pleasing to the ears: sweet like how a young woman should sound like, but at the same time, brisk and efficient.

After hanging up, Shi Sheng observed the stock market for a while before turning to look at the hospital bed. Fu Qin was still quietly lying down.

After the man didn’t return for a long time, Shi Sheng got tired of waiting and left to look for him. The VIP ward was very quiet so she was able to hear the sounds of discussion from a corridor to the side.

“His body is already in poor condition. If he continues on like this, he’ll collapse sooner or later…”

“Yes, I know. But the Young Master refuses to take his medicine. He appears to have completely given up. We don’t have any more methods left either; we’ve tried everything.”

“…I’d advise you to continue looking for one. If this carries on, he’ll only be able to survive half a year at most.”

“You (respectful) are the Young Master’s personal doctor so you know how he gets…”

Shi Sheng listened in for a while. The more she heard, the deeper her frown got. ‘Fu Qin’s got a terminal illness? I thought this sort of setting was only for female leads? He’s a fucking villain! Why does he have this kind of condition?!’

She waited at the entrance of the ward; after around half an hour, a man appeared with several black-clothed bodyguards.

First, he politely apologised to Shi Sheng before giving her another cheque.

‘I’ll be honest. This money was too easy to earn… I feel like there’s some trick here.’

Thinking thus, Shi Sheng left immediately after she had finished exchanging pleasantries with the man.

……

Fu Qin had been hospitalised for more than three days by the time Wednesday came around. When Shi Sheng’s class ended, System suddenly appeared: [Chain Quest 4: Deliver food.]

‘What. Da. Hell?! Try saying that again?’

[Deliver food.] System obeyed as it spoke again in its customary icy-cold robot voice.

‘Deliver your grandpa! I was already tolerating you with the last few but I don’t want to do this kind of errand!’

System didn’t respond. Shi Sheng ignored it but when she got off from school, System started repeating itself.

‘Hah… don’t tell me…will this thing not stop if I don’t go?’

As she expected, the next day System echoed the same command again and again. The intervals changed from every few hours to one hour to half an hour and finally to every few minutes…

When Shi Sheng got off from school in the afternoon, she brought takeaway food with her and stormed over to the hospital. The man and his four black-clothed bodyguards were standing together, conversing in low mutters outside the ward.

“…The Young Master hasn’t eaten for a day and a half already. We can’t let him go on like this. Uncle Jian, hurry and think of a way.”

The steward, Uncle Jian, shook his head. “What way could I possibly have?…Whoever goes in now would simply be asking for trouble.”

“Young lady?” He spotted Shi Sheng approaching. The bodyguards that had been chattering immediately stopped and straightened their backs as they stood at the sides, though their gazes kept hovering over her.

“You (respectful) are planning on…?” Uncle Jian was a bit surprised upon seeing the lunch box in Shi Sheng’s hand.

“Delivering food.” Shi Sheng was still a bit angry so she spoke curtly.

Uncle Jian, “…”

‘It doesn’t look like you’re here to deliver food though?! You look more like you’re here to settle a grudge…’

Of course Uncle Jian wouldn’t dare to let her in! ‘And besides, what reason does she have for sending food to the Young Master?’

“Young lady, our Young Master’s emotional state isn’t very stable so…” He tactfully declined.

“It doesn’t matter. I don’t mind.” She replied stiffly, causing Uncle Jian to fall silent. ‘This little lady looks quite smart so how come she doesn’t understand what I’m trying to get across?’

Shi Sheng looked like she wanted to go in today no matter what, causing the bodyguards at the side to turn nervous as they blocked off the entrance to the ward.

[1] A person who may or may not be real who is meant to be the prime example of someone who would give his life selflessly helping others. It’s a Chinese propaganda thing.