Su Mo, the second son of the current Prime Minister. He had an elder brother named Su Yu, who was exceptionally intelligent from childhood and grew up to be proficient in both literary and martial arts. Because of the brilliance of his elder brother, Su Mo had always been overlooked. The servants in the family treated him with disdain, and noble sons and daughters outside often bullied him in an attempt to curry favor with Su Yu.
Today, there was a banquet held in the Empress Dowager's palace. Su Mo was accidentally pushed into a lake. By the time he climbed out with the help of palace attendants, everyone had already surrounded Su Yu and others and left. He vaguely stumbled his way here.
In the original plot, he died in this wardrobe and was not discovered until half a month later. He was also accused of "disrupting the harem" by the current emperor. Prime Minister Su, too ashamed to claim him, simply threw his remains into a mass grave.
"The original host didn't notice?"
"After Xiao Ren and Wei Zhu left, the original host was absent-minded all day. Su Mo was also very resilient, enduring a high fever without a single whimper. Furthermore, the original host learned the next day that the Great General had suddenly passed away from illness and that Xiao Ren had been shot to death by arrows. No one came here for a while."
Qiao Ci looked at Su Mo, curled up in the wardrobe.
Tsk, tsk, what a pitiable child.
He was also a pretty, pitiable child, exquisite like a porcelain doll.
Although Xiao Shaozi was just a system, it had developed its own thoughts and judgment after experiencing many planes. While it sympathized with the young man's plight, it knew that with the host's ferocious nature exposed today, she would undoubtedly throw him out without hesitation.
As expected, the host walked over menacingly.
Then, something happened that made Xiao Shaozi click its tongue.
Qiao Ci walked forward, reached out, and pinched the young man's slightly flushed cheeks due to the fever. She played with them affectionately for a while before effortlessly picking up the young man, who was a head taller than her.
He was very thin.
Qiao Ci could clearly feel the rise and fall of his spine and the hardness of his bones.
Xiao Shaozi's sharp eyes noticed that Qiao Ci had also secretly pinched the young man's waist.
Xiao Shaozi: Heh, women.
Su Mo, drowsy from the fever, instinctively moved closer to the heat source. His movements were cautious, and he wanted to reach out and hug the heat source, but as if fearing something, he ended up tightly gripping a corner of Qiao Ci's clothes, as if afraid of being abandoned.
"...Father... Your Highness... cold..." The young man's exquisite, painted face nuzzled the heat source embracing him dependently and fawningly. His high nose bridge happened to brush against Qiao Ci's... chest...
???
Qiao Ci's body stiffened, her face filled with dark lines and question marks.
Had she just been molested???
And "Your Highness"? Didn't only princes and princesses refer to themselves as "Your Highness"? What kind of royal dream was this?
Never mind, no need to argue with a sick person!
Shaozi quickly checked the data and found no hidden plot. Su Mo was indeed Prime Minister Su's son and had never been swapped.
Qiao Ci, with a dark expression, placed him on the soft bed. Just as she was about to get up, her sleeve was firmly grasped by a hand with distinct knuckles.
She wanted to pull it out directly, but looking at his exquisitely fragile face, she couldn't bear to. The two of them were at a stalemate for a while, and Qiao Ci, with a cold face, sat down on the spot.
It wasn't that her willpower was weak. It was simply that every part of the young man appealed to her aesthetic sense. Moreover, in his feverish daze, he resembled a young cub, making it even harder to refuse.
"Host, are you going to save him? He has a fever now. If he can't make it through tonight, he won't make it through tomorrow. The system store has fever-reducing medicine, 200 points per pill..."
"Points?"
"Every time the host successfully completes a task, they will receive corresponding points. These points can be used to purchase items from the system store, which will help the host better complete tasks."
"How many points can be earned for completing a task?"
"Task completion is divided into S, SS, and SSS levels, determined by the main system based on the host's wishes. S earns 1000 points, SS earns 10,000 points, and SSS earns 100,000 points. These points can be used in the mall to buy anything you need. Accumulating 100 million points allows for physical manifestation, and you can choose to retire in any world where you've completed tasks. Host, keep going, you can do it~"
Seeing that Qiao Ci was interested in the tasks, Shaozi introduced them with great enthusiasm, its electronic voice even cracking.
"Can I buy on credit? I'll take three fever-reducing pills first." Qiao Ci seemed to understand. Although she didn't want to do these damn tasks, she couldn't let the handsome young man die. She was indebted to him, so she would do this for now. As for the task requirements, she would decide based on her mood.
"As a beginner, you can have credit once. System products are guaranteed to be high-quality, and one pill is enough." Shaozi was very happy. This host was so generous. It received a commission for every item the host purchased from the system store, hehe. Shaozi was quite satisfied with this host and kindly reminded her.
Previous hosts were so stingy, always trying to bargain for everything they bought. But the system store had fixed prices, and they, the little systems, couldn't control it. To better help the host complete tasks, it had often spent its own money. As a result, the tasks weren't completed, leaving it with a pile of debt. Once a certain amount was reached, the main system would forcibly unbind them...
Qiao Ci looked at Su Mo, whose face was flushed red from the fever, and said calmly, "For backup."
"Alright, three fever-reducing pills have been purchased. Host's current points -600."
Qiao Ci placed the other two pills aside and helped Su Mo to put the white tablets into his mouth, but he frowned and used his tongue to push them out.
Qiao Ci, who had never served anyone medicine before, was stunned for a moment. She picked up another fever-reducing pill and continued to feed it to Su Mo, but he spat it out again.
Qiao Ci: ...
At this moment, Xiao Shaozi's sly voice sounded: "Host, you can put the medicine in your mouth and then feed it to him..."
Previous hosts had often used this method to take advantage of the son of destiny. This host was also an experienced pervert and certainly wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.
Pervert · Qiao Ci's face tensed. She cleaned up the spit-out fever-reducing pills, then crushed the last pill into powder, put the powder into a cup, and shook it gently. She then pinched Su Mo's chin, forcing him to open his mouth, and poured it in...
Su Mo instinctively tried to spit out the medicine. Qiao Ci held his chin with one hand and covered his mouth with the other. The young man's throat bobbed, and the medicine was finally swallowed.
Shaozi, who was secretly preparing to watch: ???
She never expected that the host was actually a noble lady who wouldn't take advantage of others!
It was just a bit too rough, cough cough.
Perhaps it was because he was sick, the feverish Su Mo was exceptionally clingy. Qiao Ci didn't close her eyes for half the night. Out of good temper, she didn't push him away. When she was too tired, she leaned on the bedside and dozed off for a while.
Su Mo slowly opened his eyes, feeling a heavy sensation in his head and some dizziness.
The first thing he saw was a sleeping beauty.
The beauty was sitting slumped on the bedside, her face resting on her arm. Her face was like piled jade, her eyebrows like distant mountains, and her lips like painted vermilion, yet she possessed an aura of aloofness, making her unapproachable.
He recognized Qiao Ci. He had seen her from afar at her enthronement ceremony. He had a vague impression of everything that had happened last night. It was this woman who had carefully taken care of him all night.