I Really Didn't Want to Have a Happy Ending with the Black Moonlight Female Lead - Chapter 8

What did Lu Shizhen want?

She was merely a pitiful Host who wanted to gain the female lead’s favor and obtain a permanent healthy body.

Although she had thrown caution to the wind last night, Lu Shizhen’s face was ashen when she saw the five points instantly deducted from the score system.

Some people appear strong and moody on the surface, but secretly, they are lying in bed, crying heartbrokenly over the loss of five points.

The sun slowly climbed into the sky, bathing everything in sunlight, but Lu Shizhen hadn’t fully recovered yet.

She sat at the dining table wrapped in a coral fleece shawl, holding a warm cup of coffee that couldn’t warm her desolate heart.

That was a whole five points.

Was the price a little too high?

“Ugh,” Lu Shizhen sighed deeply.

The small sphere was perched on the rim of the cup, stealthily sipping coffee, and encouraging her vaguely: “Host, don’t be discouraged.”

Lu Shizhen looked at the small sphere, which was gradually turning coffee-colored, perked up a bit, and couldn’t help but reach out and poke it: “Won’t drinking this cause you to short-circuit?”

“It won’t.” The small sphere shook its head and took another greedy gulp, showing none of the system’s authority described in novels. “Human things pose no threat to us.”

For some reason, looking at the small sphere, Lu Shizhen suddenly thought of the immortal beings who secretly descended to the mortal world in the cultivation novels she read.

Although they were capable of Bigu (abstaining from food and drink), they would still be attracted by human delicacies. The protagonist would win them over with a simple gesture.

If only Xu Shiyue were so easily captured.

What was it that Xu Shiyue liked?

Thinking this, Lu Shizhen propped up her chin and fell into deep thought.

In the original text, Xu Shiyue didn’t regain her sight until later. To reclaim what belonged to her, she seemed to have given up many things.

The thin cigarette always held between her fingers didn’t seem to be a preference, but merely a tool she used to alleviate her worries.

The daylight was bright. Lu Shizhen slightly narrowed her eyes.

But before she could recall any clues from the original text, Sun Yi interrupted her: “Miss, the unstable items in the house have been secured, fragile items have been removed, and the workers for the handrails have started installation successively. The bedside table you requested has been delivered, and the servants have already gone to Miss Xu’s bedroom to replace it.”

Sun Yi truly deserved to be one of the few long-serving employees in this house. The tasks Miss Lu instructed were completed in just half an hour.

Lu Shizhen was very satisfied with the speed at which Sun Yi handled the tasks she was assigned. Just as she was about to pick up her coffee for a satisfying sip, she paused at Sun Yi’s next words.

A tablet was placed in front of Lu Shizhen. Sun Yi was respectful: “Miss, this is the list of new servants screened by the flower room supervisor. Please review it.”

Lu Shizhen’s head buzzed when she saw the bold title on the file cover, Autumn Management Roster for the Rose Garden.

The original owner’s love for roses extended to being hands-on, but the soul currently occupying her body knew absolutely nothing about these matters.

Lu Shizhen stared at the tablet in front of her, swallowed hard, and feigned dissatisfaction toward Sun Yi, the housekeeper: “Does this require my personal review too?”

Sun Yi understood the implication in Lu Shizhen’s words and quickly flipped a few pages past the content, picking out the important part: “It’s mainly this person. The supervisor finds her a bit strange and wanted to ask for your opinion, Miss.”

Lu Shizhen nodded, her expression easing slightly.

As long as it wasn’t about the professional aspects of rose cultivation, it was fine. If this person was truly as strange and unreliable as they claimed, she could just be passed over.

However, this thought didn’t last long in Lu Shizhen’s mind before it was shattered by the information on the person’s resume.

It wasn’t that the person’s resume was astonishingly impressive; it was just an ordinary gardener’s resume, and the photo was visibly awkward and rough.

But somehow, Lu Shizhen found the person’s name familiar.

Luo Ji…

Wasn’t this the capable assistant to Xu Shiyue’s late father? The Assistant Luo from the original text who, by chance, secretly infiltrated the Lu family, endured humiliation, and covertly helped Xu Shiyue?

The sunlight fell on the tablet screen, seemingly washing away the deliberate disguise in the photo.

A compelling aura emanated from the eyes, which were deliberately lowered to feign lack of confidence. A strange feeling enveloped Lu Shizhen’s mind.

She realized that this seemed to be the opportune moment mentioned in the original text.

“For Miss’s safety, every servant in the house needs a background check. During our check, we discovered that this person is not an original resident of the village listed on her resume. She deliberately concealed her place of origin, age…”

Sun Yi reported the person’s situation seriously beside Lu Shizhen, her words conveying the strictness of the house’s system.

Lu Shizhen couldn’t help but worry for Luo Ji. No wonder the text mentioned that she took great effort to infiltrate the house. If Lu Shizhen hadn’t been here today, she might have been passed over.

Sun Yi was still detailing their investigation, but Lu Shizhen raised a hand to interrupt her: “I don’t see any problem. Look at her appearance, all dusty and worn out. She probably has some unspoken difficulty.”

Sun Yi was abruptly interrupted and paused, her eyes filled with surprise at Lu Shizhen’s decision.

Lu Shizhen knew that her decision was clearly contrary to what the original owner would have made.

However, she quickly remembered that the original owner was inherently moody and crazy, with no discernible logic to her actions. She decided not to explain further and gave Sun Yi a vague statement: “I’ve decided to embrace daily acts of kindness recently.”

Perhaps due to her professional integrity, Sun Yi nodded despite not fully understanding: “Very well, Miss.”

Lu Shizhen nodded, then remembered something else and called out to Sun Yi, who was about to leave: “One more thing.”

Sun Yi immediately stopped: “Yes, Miss?”

Just as Lu Shizhen was about to speak, her peripheral vision caught the small sphere, which had drunk too much coffee and was now floating and idling. A mischievous impulse overcame her.

She deliberately dodged the coffee-colored small sphere, leaned closer to Sun Yi’s ear, and whispered: “I need you to help me…”

After briefing and assigning the list of tasks to Sun Yi, Lu Shizhen instantly felt a sense of relief wash over her.

She carried the coffee cup, containing the small sphere, upstairs, her footsteps light and quick.

Thinking of the things she had arranged for Xu Shiyue, Lu Shizhen couldn’t help but peek into Xu Shiyue’s room as she passed by.

The door to her room was unusually wide open. All the people Sun Yi had arranged were crowded into the space at this hour.

The entire room had a messy, noisy atmosphere, with all sorts of things occupying the spacious area.

Lu Shizhen watched from a distance, slowing her pace until she stopped.

Amidst the busy comings and goings, Xu Shiyue was the most out of place.

She wasn’t sitting on the bed waiting. Various pieces of equipment were spread out on the floor, and the renovation workers carelessly forced her into a corner, as she was in the way.

Bright daylight spilled from the window. Her white skirt hung down her legs, and wood chips ruthlessly caught on the fragile fabric, scratching red marks onto the girl’s delicate skin.

Xu Shiyue couldn’t see and didn’t know where to go in this situation.

She stood there, her eyelashes lowered, like a kitten startled by someone, silent and extremely helpless, in a spot no one was passing through. A box nearly as tall as she was rested beside her.

The box was completely black, enormous like a shadow, easily enveloping Xu Shiyue.

Lu Shizhen wasn’t musically inclined and didn’t know what kind of box this was.

But as the people walked back and forth in the room, the girl’s slender figure stood slightly in front of the box. Although barely able to cope herself, she was trying her best to protect it, making Lu Shizhen feel that she treasured this item greatly.

“Ouch!”

Suddenly, a woman’s annoyed, high-pitched scream abruptly rang out in the room filled with the sound of electric drills.

A maid walking backward tripped over the box next to Xu Shiyue and nearly fell to the ground.

This maid was already annoyed at being assigned such strenuous work early in the morning. Now, almost tripping over the item in this person’s hands, her temper flared uncontrollably.

In any case, their Miss didn’t seem to care much about this blind girl anymore. She had even taken back the valuable cabinet she had given her, suggesting she might be tired of her.

Vile people always picked on the weakest.

The maid sized up the isolated and helpless Xu Shiyue, forcefully kicked the box she was guarding, and loudly demanded: “Hey, what is this huge thing? Were you trying to trip me just now?”

The large box was kicked mercilessly, emitting a dull thudding sound.

The girl’s slender figure, already barely steady, staggered a few steps, looking somewhat distressed.

However, her hands remained tightly guarding the box.

“You’re the one who didn’t look,” Xu Shiyue opened her tightly pressed lips and spoke coldly.

Her expression was hostile, and her voice was a few degrees lower.

Her lowered eyes didn’t look sightless, but rather disdainful.

“Was it me who didn’t look, or you!” The maid hadn’t expected Xu Shiyue, who was usually silent and seemed easy to bully, to talk back like this. She immediately pointed at Xu Shiyue’s nose and started yelling: “If you can’t see, then don’t stand in the way! Can’t you be more self-aware and find a place to sit where you won’t bother anyone? You smelly blind girl, I swear…”

As the maid spoke, she prepared to escalate to physical action.

However, before her outstretched hand could touch a single strand of Xu Shiyue’s hair, she was yanked backward by a force.

A silhouette flashed into Xu Shiyue’s vision, blocking the chaotic blur in the room.

Lu Shizhen stood behind the maid, smiling as she asked: “Excuse me, I didn’t quite catch what you just said. Could you please repeat it?”