"Ding!"
"Your daily task is complete. 3 million yuan deducted. Remaining balance: 17 million yuan!"
Luo Beishi's blood pressure shot straight up! He struggled to catch his breath. "How much did you say? Is this legit?"
"Your daily reward is 20 million. It comes through legitimate channels, transferred from overseas!
"We've already created a virtual overseas company and account for you, with the company established two years ago.
"It has a complete database and industry chain, and can withstand compliance investigations."
"Tongtong, this world has gone mad. I'm going to faint. Call me an ambulance!" Luo Beishi sank to the floor on weak legs, his trembling hand pinching the spot above his upper lip.
If his heart hadn't been so resilient, he would have already ascended to heaven! This was twenty fucking million a day!
Huo Cixiao, you'd better not wake up! If you do, I'll want to give you another whack with a hammer. Just keep sleeping!
"Host! There's no need to think it's too much money. You still have other tasks to carry out! Tasks to help the villain and face-slap the protagonist offer no payment and are mandatory.
"But completing tasks can strengthen both your halo and the villain's! The system's feedback can also accelerate the recovery of the great villain's vegetative body, making you the Capital's most outrageously powerful villain cannon fodder duo!"
Luo Beishi knew he couldn't be too greedy, but hearing what the system said-a powerful villain duo? That sounded seriously exciting, okay?! Besides, if the great villain divorced him after waking up, he might get even more money! He was sorely tempted all over again!
"System task: Next Monday, find someone to buy a 2% stake in the Huo Family under your husband's name. Keep a low profile when buying, and a high profile when announcing it. "On Wednesday, they will convene another shareholders' meeting..."
Luo Beishi simply sprawled on the floor like that, listening to the system babble on in its babyish voice.
But he did sort things out. Their current task to save the villain was to stop Huo Cifeng from seizing relative controlling ownership at this shareholders' meeting (that is, actual control of the company). Fortunately, there were no timing restrictions on internal share transfers within a listed company.
So Huo Cixiao was the only winner in life here, huh? Literally winning while lying down! Forget it. Huo Cixiao, get up and let me lie down!
Another question occurred to Luo Beishi. "I don't have enough money for this, do I? A 2% stake in the Huo Family is valued at at least 40 billion. Is your system paying?"
The system said, "That's right! Once you sign the contract, the system will transfer the payment to the other party through your account."
Luo Beishi sprang up from the floor. As long as it wasn't coming out of his pocket, none of this was a problem!
Speaking of villains, he was going to commit to the role all the way. Hehe.
The system said, "Wah, Host, your smile scared a child to tears. Boohoo..."
Luo Beishi said, "Get used to it. Did you forget I'm vicious cannon fodder?"
He immediately pressed the call bell by the bed, and Uncle Chen soon came upstairs.
By then, he was sitting in the chair at the head of Huo Cixiao's bed.
As soon as Uncle Chen came upstairs, he saw the young madam attentively keeping his young master company and caring for him. His young master's complexion had actually grown a little rosier, filling him with joy.
"Uncle Chen, could you call Grandpa Huo? There's something I'd like to tell him."
Those star-filled eyes of Luo Beishi's left Uncle Chen unable to refuse.
Uncle Chen said nothing. He immediately took out his phone, deftly dialed the number, and handed it over.
Luo Beishi immediately took the phone with great care, surprised that Uncle Chen had agreed so easily.
The call soon connected. Luo Beishi gathered his courage and greeted the person on the other end in an obedient tone. "Grandpa Huo, it's me, Luo Beishi. There's something I'd like to discuss with you. Do you have time right now?"
"Little Shi, what did you need Grandpa for?" The elderly voice on the other end was very steady and deep.
"Grandpa, I'll be direct. Could you not transfer money to the Luo Family tomorrow? I'm the one who married into the family, after all. It has nothing to do with them.
"And they were the ones who broke the agreement.
"I won't be asking for this money, so could you not give it to them either?"
In the original plot, the Luo Family would become a useful source of support for the gong male lead. Right now, the Luo Family was facing a financial crisis, and Huo Cifeng happened to have no time to spare for them either, because he needed to acquire shares.
The other end fell silent for a while. Luo Beishi thought Grandpa Huo wouldn't agree, but unexpectedly, his next words were, "Good child, you're already siding with the Huo Family so soon. All right, Grandpa agrees!"
Though he didn't know why Grandpa Huo had agreed so quickly, Luo Beishi felt this matter was settled. Important people generally kept their word.
"Thank you, Grandpa. You're so kind! I didn't get to meet you yesterday. Could I come visit you another day?"
With his vegetative husband still unconscious, nothing could be better than latching onto Grandpa Huo's thigh in the Huo Family.
"Good child, just wait until Grandpa has time to come see you both. It's been a long time since I last saw A-Xiao, too." In just one short minute, Grandpa Huo had gone from imposing to warm and approachable.
After hanging up, Master Huo gazed at the fish in the tank, the smile still lingering on his lips.
"Old Liu, what do you think of this child?"
The old butler, Old Liu, bent slightly and said with a smile, "The young madam is different from the rumors."
Old Master Huo lowered his eyes and straightened up, then went for a leisurely stroll with his cane in hand.
At noon, although Luo Beishi's technique was somewhat unpracticed, fortunately, the knowledge in his head was solid.
"Host, are you a pervert?"
"What are you talking about? Aren't I cleaning him using the knowledge and techniques you gave me?"
"That doesn't mean you can stare for so long! You're being lewd, Host!"
"How can a tiny little system be so fussy? This is standard procedure, okay?
"Besides, why can't I take a few extra looks at my own husband?"
"When the great villain wakes up, will you dare call him your husband to his face?"
"If Huo Cixiao wakes up, he might divorce me immediately. Then I'll be free! Hehe." Luo Beishi had already thought it through. Once the great villain woke up, the massage task would end anyway.
Uncle Chen was right. Caring for someone in a vegetative state really did put one's patience to the test.
Luo Beishi had never tried this kind of work before. Fortunately, it didn't take much strength; it was just a little tedious.
"Tongtong, why can I be the only one to look after him?" Luo Beishi asked, puzzled.
"Because you're the only one who can protect the great villain at his side! Bad people might slip in among the other caregivers!"
"So, in the original plot, I wasn't the only one who mistreated Huo Cixiao while he was in a vegetative state?" Just as he'd thought. He'd known he couldn't possibly have bullied someone that badly.
"Host, you need to keep a close eye on your husband. Tongtong can't help you with that."
"All right, I'd better watch him closely. This isn't just my life-it's my money, too~" His hand holding the towel had already begun unconsciously wiping that handsome face gently.
How did this guy manage to look so surly even in his sleep?
"Tongtong! I remember external stimulation increases the chances of someone waking from a vegetative state, right? Should we try telling him stories every day? Reading him the news?"
"That's right! Host, you're so smart! Tongtong didn't even think of that! You're amazing, Host!"