Of course Luo Beishi wanted to deal with Huo Cifeng as soon as possible, but Huo Cifeng lived up to his status as the original novel's male lead. The evidence was buried deep, and he never personally handled anything he did. Even if something went wrong, a scapegoat would step forward to take the blame for him.
Luo Beishi was currently doing his best to find surveillance footage of their conversations, but he had made no substantial progress.
Still, even a cornered dog would jump over a wall. Perhaps approaching from another angle would work better.
Never mind. He would wait a little longer. Having failed to take over the Huo Corporation, Huo Cifeng would definitely make another move.
But the person he hurt would probably be Luo Beishi's vegetative husband, which meant Luo Beishi had even more reason not to leave Huo Cixiao's side lightly.
He lowered his head to look at Huo Cixiao's handsome face. He really was quite good-looking... He had seen every inch of his vegetative husband's body. Would the man strangle him once he woke up?
But he couldn't strangle him to death anyway, so he could squeeze all he wanted. Luo Beishi was going to do whatever he pleased.
Luo Beishi got up, locked the door, and filled the bathtub before coming back to strip all his vegetative husband's clothes off... Even though he saw it every day, the sight still shocked him. It was too big... He was fiercely jealous.
This was the gap between people.
Villains were generally the strongest, so the protagonist could make them his goal and defeat them.
Rounding things off, his husband was the strongest, so he was the strongest too.
Luo Beishi supported the man's back and slowly washed him with an extremely soft washcloth in his other hand.
Hearing the splashing water, Huo Cixiao knew his bargain wife was bathing him again...
A few days ago, he would have been furious and uncomfortable. Now, he seemed close to giving up entirely, leaving nothing concealed before his bargain wife.
His dignity was already gone. His bargain wife had seen absolutely every part of him, and even took care of things like his toilet needs.
Luo Beishi lowered the water level a little, then continued by washing Huo Cixiao's hair.
As he washed, he teased aloud, "Husband, your ears are so red. Don't tell me you're embarrassed?"
Huo Cixiao: "???" They're really red? Impossible. The bathwater you ran must be too hot. It's the heat!
He was someone who never showed his emotions on the surface even when they fluctuated. How could a mere bath make him...
Hmph. My bargain wife must be lying.
If his ears really were red, that meant his body had recovered a little more. But Huo Cixiao wasn't particularly eager to recover in that respect.
"Husband, all your legs are long. I'm so jealous."
Huo Cixiao: "..." What is that head of yours full of? Shut up. Aren't you afraid the walls have ears?
He had actually known for a long time that his bargain wife was always trying to take advantage of him. But over all these days, aside from treating him well, his bargain wife never did anything else in front of him, giving him the dignity a person in a vegetative state deserved.
Huo Cixiao was touched again. Why were his standards getting lower and lower?
"Host, Huo Cixiao's physical recovery is progressing well," the system reported after a scan.
"I can tell. Even his lips have a healthy color. How could he not be doing well?" After washing his hair, Luo Beishi rinsed away the suds, toweled it thoroughly, then pulled over a hair dryer to dry it...
Just listening made Huo Cixiao feel how tedious it all was, yet his bargain wife did it tirelessly. He could clearly hire someone, but insisted on doing it himself...
"Host, a new mission has been issued," the system suddenly told him, announcing another mission.
"What mission?" Luo Beishi was puzzled. What other missions could there be?
"New mission: find the disc belonging to Huo Cixiao's mother from before her death."
"Why? She's already dead. What reward do I get for doing this mission?" Luo Beishi was a little reluctant to go. Sure enough, lazing around at home was the way to go.
"Host, monetary rewards are only given for massages. Face-slapping missions earn face-slapping points, and ordinary missions give you free card draws."
Luo Beishi immediately grew excited upon hearing that. "Damn, are you serious? I'm going to take you at your word!" After a pause, he asked the system, "What can I get from the card draws?"
"The system doesn't know either. It's random," the babyish system told him.
"All right. Rewards give me motivation." Luo Beishi happily dried the man's body, then carried him to the walk-in closet and picked out a comfortable, good-looking outfit for Huo Cixiao.
Huo Cixiao didn't understand. Why did his bargain wife seem happy again?
"Husband, what color would look good on you? I've never seen you in blue. Let's go with blue."
Huo Cixiao: "..." As long as you're happy. Do I have any right to choose?
Huo Cixiao felt he wasn't far from becoming completely useless. Once he woke up, would his bargain wife use all this care to demand repayment, saying, "I've taken care of all your shit and piss until now, and now you want to divorce me? I might as well die!"
Frightened, Huo Cixiao hurriedly shook that nonsense out of his head. That had nearly scared a vegetative man to death.
Luo Beishi was very satisfied. Huo Cixiao had now thoroughly become his doll.
Now he could do whatever he wanted. If every hair of Huo Cixiao's eyebrows hadn't been just right, he would even have wanted to shape them!
Dressing Huo Cixiao up handsomely seemed to make him look good not only to others, but also gave Luo Beishi himself a strong sense of accomplishment. It was pretty much like Love Nikki.
"Speaking of which, System, you still haven't told me where the disc is. Where do I go to find it?" Luo Beishi suddenly remembered this question. His thoughts always wandered off track...
"Host, the system indicates that the disc belonging to Huo Cixiao's mother from before her death is at the home of a female university professor. The professor was his mother's university classmate."
"What's her temperament like?" Luo Beishi asked again.
"She has an eccentric temperament. She's a professor who's rather odd and mysterious, and she doesn't like interacting with others."
Luo Beishi said, "Does the mission have a difficulty rating?"
The system said, "Difficulty rating: five stars."
Luo Beishi said, "You're joking, right?"
The system said, "The system doesn't joke, Host."
After dressing Huo Cixiao in his pajamas, Luo Beishi carried him back to bed. He would give him a massage in another hour.
Luo Beishi asked again, "Then can we cater to her tastes? Is there anything that professor likes? I'll get it for her."
The system said, "Please wait a moment, Host. The system will look it up right away."
Luo Beishi thought the system was truly adorable, and especially easy to sweet-talk. It basically granted every request.
There weren't any weird, messy missions either. They were all perfectly normal.
"Host, Host, I'm back! That professor teaches astronomy, and she likes meteorites!"
Luo Beishi: "..." I'd rather not have known what she likes!
"Where am I supposed to find one?"
"There's a gemstone auction tomorrow. A meteorite is mixed in among the gems. Many big shots will be attending. You just need to go there, outbid everyone, and win it," the system said.
Luo Beishi said, "Oh, but I don't have an invitation."
The system quickly said, "There is an invitation. The butler has it. For a major event like this, even though Huo Cixiao is in a vegetative state, people will still send him invitations, so he'll be touched when he wakes up!"