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When Xi Mo woke up, the ward was still very dark

The dark blue curtains blocked the sunlight outside, and also brought a sense of tranquility and loneliness.

She slowly sat up from the bed and looked around.

She has long been accustomed to the myriad of stars surrounding the moon*, but now she saw that the ward was deserted and the door was closed, like a coffin abandoned by the world, she was a little stunned.

*be revered by people/ to be on the spotlight

Is Lu Qingming not here?

Even if Lu Qingming has important matters to deal with and it was inconvenient for him to come, with so many assistants and him always being cautious and considerate in his work, didn't he know to send another assistant over and hire a caregiver for her?

Since when can she not even afford a nurse?

Thinking about it, Xi Mo felt a little displeased, but her face was always tense, cold and expressionless. She got out of bed to put on her shoes, and walked towards the bathroom in a rather drowsy manner.

There seems to be something wrong with her body.

It's hard to tell what is wrong specifically, but she can clearly feel that she seems to have become lighter.

What happened to that fire?

What happened to the thing outside the door?

Who came in from behind? There was so much confusion that she couldn't remember much. And the most unbearable thing is that she ran into that woman in the bathroom in the most embarrassing appearance of her life.

With a buzzing in her mind, Xi Mo staggered to the sink, squinted her eyes, turned on the tap and washed her face to wake herself up.

Pitter-patter

The water flowed slowly.

Xi Mo bent over and closed her eyes, covering her face with her hands to massage it. After wiping it gently twice, she suddenly stopped.

She slowly moved her hand down, revealing a pair of eyes and looking at the mirror above the sink.

The slightly curly long hair of the person in the mirror was casually draped over her shoulders, a pair of seductive eyes with slightly pointed corners, her long and thin eyelashes, stained with water, and a slight smirk on her lips, as if mocking her.

For Xi Mo, these eyes were almost like seeing a ghost's eyes. Xi Mo trembled all over, turned her back quickly, and put down her dripping hands at the same time.

...hallucinations.

This must be an illusion.

This woman, Ruan Yesheng, can't help but haunt me. Is she going to be stuck with me in the bathroom for the rest of her life?

Xi Mo's face was tense, and her heart was almost annoyed.

After a while of silence, she turned to look down at her hands.

Her fingers have become slightly shorter. When she played the piano, she thought her fingers were extremely nimble. They danced on the keys, and she could span several degrees with one long finger. Now she looks at these slender jade hands that are no different from scallions, and feels like she can point out a delicate and coquettish orchid* in minutes.

*orchid fingers, a hand gesture done by pressing thumb against the tip of the middle finger to form an oval and slightly raising the other fingers in a manner resembling the petal of an orchid, originally used in Peking Opera performances, and since then evolved as an expression of beauty and femininity.

…she felt nauseous.

Xi Mo calmed down and turned around again.

This time she didn't cover her face anymore, she looked blankly at the mirror in front of her.

Xi Mo: "..."

A true warrior dares to face up to the bleak life and face up to the dripping blood.

Xi Mo realized that she could hardly look directly at her now.

That's not fresh blood, that's dog blood*.

*stemmed from dog-blood plot describing drama plots with events that are outrageous/nonsensical/ridiculous/something that can't happen in real life.

The woman in the mirror had an overly attractive and charming face, and an overly sexy and hot body, which drove her crazy all at once. She wanted to call out but couldn't, wanted to scream but couldn't, her face was as motionless as if there were thousands of icebergs hanging on her face, but her heart was galloping past ten thousand alpacas*.

*Churning with anger, cursing inside. Alpaca or grass mud horse (草泥马/Cǎonímǎ) is a play on words on the curse, f**k your mother (操你妈/Cāo nǐ mā), though there is a slight difference in tone, they sound the same specially for untrained ears like ours. Chinese have four tones in enunciating words, a slight difference in tones will give a character a totally different meaning. So 'her heart galloping past ten thousand alpacas' basically means she's cursing a whole lot inside, like a lot, about 10k worth of curses

Xi Mo pushed the bathroom door open, and rushed out in a 100-meter sprint.

It happened that Feng Tangtang pushed the door in from the outside at this time, and when she saw Xi Mo running over, she was taken aback for a moment, then quickly grabbed her, and smiled happily: "Ruan Ruan, that's great, you are so energetic, you can still run.”

Xi Mo: "..."

With a blank face she said to in her heart, 'Let go of me.'

But Feng Tangtang doesn't let go.

Xi Mo: "..."

Feng Tangtang hugged her arm and said thoughtfully, "I was worried to death before. I was afraid that something was wrong with your body. If you're okay and you really want to run, don't do it in the ward. I'll ask the doctor first. If the doctor says you can run, I'll accompany you outside

Xi Mo was held tightly by Feng Tangtang like sticky gumdrops, she stopped, and looked at Feng Tangtang coldly: "..."

Which of your eyes saw me running?!

There is indeed something wrong with my body. I turned into Ruan Yesheng in a daze, why didn't your eyes see it!

And you actually dare to put your arm around me, who allowed you to hold my arm!

Feng Tangtang was terrified by the way she kept silent and stared at her frozen to death with cold eyes, and instantly thought of her Sister Xi who was as difficult to serve as the empress.

Hallucinations.

This must be an illusion.

"Ruan Ruan, what's the matter with you? Why don't you talk?" Feng Tangtang threw away the illusion, put on a spring smile, and dragged Xi Mo to the hospital bed, then sat down.

Feng Tangtang put down the things on her hand, and said, "I brought you some food, as well as nutritious soup, which is your favorite. I asked someone to stewed it for a long time earlier, and I always wanted to bring it here. I can't leave sister Xi's place. But now, I finally have some time. Mm, it's still hot."

She smiled and opened the thermos soup pot.

Xi Mo stared at her.

It turns out that you are so unhappy to be my assistant. When you see Ruan Yesheng, you are about to grovell and lick. Haha, how about nutritious soup? Is nutritious fried squid* delicious?

*to dismiss somebody from employment/ to fire.

"Ruan Ruan?" Feng Tangtang turned her head and looked at Xi Mo.

"Ai, it's okay, I'm just a little tired." Xi Mo knew that it was messy enough now, she couldn't make others suspicious, so she said it first, she smiled slightly with the corners of her mouth curled up, imitating Ruan Yesheng's usual speaking style.

She is a veritable actress, and now there are new films nominated for Best Actress. Given her acting skills, imitating Ruan Yesheng is a piece of cake.

It's just that her skill is excellent, but her heart is cranky.

Xi Mo put it on her face, sat and looked at Feng Tangtang tenderly and amiably: "Thank you, Tangtang. You are Xi Mo's assistant, but you still remember to come here to take care of me."

Tangtang*, Tangtang, Tangtang.

*Tang (糖) means sugar


Source: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=2188414
This translation is originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com please read it there. and check out other stories too.

The nickname is too disgusting and sticky.

Xi Mo really wanted to laugh at her with Ruan Yesheng's face.

Feng Tangtang said shyly: "We are friends, no need to thank me. And if I hadn't forgotten to give you something and you were in a hurry to use it, you wouldn't have gone to the hotel by yourself, and you wouldn't have been caught in the fire."

Xi Mo patted Feng Tangtang on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I knew you were the best for me. Besides, I'm fine. If I survive a catastrophe, there must be future blessings. By the way, is there anything wrong with Xi Mo?"

Feng Tangtang didn't know she was trying to trick her and shook her head and said, "Sister Xi is fine. Mr. Lu has arranged for someone to take care of her there. Everything is fine

"She didn't hurt her face, did she?" Xi Mo smiled: "Isn't she an actress? If she accidentally breaks something, it would be bad."

"Sister Xi's face looks good." Feng Tangtang said, and poured out a bowl of nutritious soup: "It's still impeccably beautiful."

Xi Mo took the soup bowl and narrowed her eyes slightly.

You don't have to eat nutritious fried squid for the time being.

"However, Sister Xi said she wanted me to see if you were disfigured, and then call her to tell her." Feng Tangtang is a good socialist girl with upright roots, and she accidentally told Ruan Yesheng the truth.

Xi Mo: "..."

With a tremble of her hand, a bit of the soup spilled out when she hurriedly took the soup bowl.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll wipe it off." Feng Tangtang stopped her: "Ruan Ruan, what's wrong with you, are you feeling unwell? You look a little pale."

"It's nothing, I'm fine." Xi Mo's eyes were light, but there was a warm smile on her face and she said: "I just woke up and felt that my body is prone to convulsions, I couldn't hold the soup bowl. Could it be Parkinson's syndrome? If there is really something wrong with this hand, I don’t know if the doctor will amputate it.”

Feng Tangtang was scared again: "..."

Feng Tangtang paused, and comforted her: "Sister Xi just wanted to see if you were hurt on your face. She cared about you. My words didn't come out right. Ruan Ruan, don't worry about it."

"I don't care." Xi Mo took a sip from the soup bowl: "What kind of soup is this? It smells a bit weird."

"Durian stewed chicken." Feng Tangtang said with a smile, "Didn't you like durian the most? I just added some to the chicken soup, it's very nourishing."

Xi Mo: "..."

The durian-flavored soup seemed to be stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down.

The fruit she hated most in her life is durian.