When darkness falls, you should not be afraid, however, if you meet him, you should try your best to hide. A handsome ghost personified he was. Standing at the top of the pyramid he has ties in every industry. He seems to not fear neither god nor death. No one catches his eyes from the beauties with different charms to the the brightest of minds. Maybe..., they couldn't match his own.That's why its terrifying to be his enemy and one can only try to be an ally.
[[That's an introduction excerpt from the novel host!]]
Lin Yang raised an eyebrow at that,
"Oh, and? Do you have an explanation for this?" She pointed towards the tense and perspiring form of the person who slept.
[[Host, the villain seems to be in a fever-induced nightmare.]] The system wonders if it should have just let the host take him to the hospital. Lin Yang wanted to just throw the villain to a 'clinic' afterall. Her being unfamiliar with modern terms and ways.
No, no, no, how would the host develop feelings with the villain if that happened?
"He seems to be burning, mortals would be burned stupid at that temperature?" Lin Yang asked as removes her outstretched hand from Zi Hao's forehead.
[[Host! There's a first-aid kit from the things you bought. Take the forehead patch and let the villain drink the blue medicine.]] The system enthusiastically adviced waving around a book in his hand. Another stupid novel it seems...
"Isn't going to a clinic be easier?" Lin Yang had an urge to beat up the system who seems to lack some common sense.
[[Well..., host, won't you try my solution first? It would be bad to carry him all the way without trying and wasting money, right?]] The system states weakly...
Lin Yang was integrated with a blue-collar job as an identity and it seems that her latest purchase was declined due to insufficient balance...
"The villain won't be so cheap to not pay back when he returns, right?" Lin Yang hummed, as she was an innate spendthrift and one who barely worried about material things in her last life.
She stared eerily at the body infront of her before turning back and grabbing what was needed.
Zi Hao dreamt of pain and falling in an endless space. Though, in a moment, he also blearily remembers a time of warmth, untouched by every worries of life.
Lin Yang silently sat there just watching as the villain's temperature slowly lowered until the sun appeared at the horizons.
The system didn't expect the host to watch over the villain throughout the night. It slowly deleted the paragraph of the skewed encouragement it had prepared.
...
The sun was shining brightly and its rays warmly enveloped the flower by the window.
[[Host, your leave of absence is ending soon, you'd have to return to work.]] The system watched the appetizing breakfast disappear in a matter of seconds. An American breakfast complete with a glistening omelette, crispy bacon, bread, and a glass of milk.
"Isn't it more conducive to have a subsidy for hosts to complete their mission?" Lin Yang puts down her fork and slowly wiped her mouth, savoring the food, and the moment.
[[Host, the system does not interfere with the currency of the world abritrarily it requires an exchange of mission points... which you currently don't have. The system is already kind to generate your identity as an office worker.]] The system rambled on...
[[Different hosts have and develops the capacity to make money anyways one way or another.]] The system thinks its partly because hosts are a selection of strong souls. It was already a headache for the main system to manage unruly and deviating hosts who ungratefully want to overpower it. It was not a ruthless employer and would graciously unbind with the hosts. It's just that the power of laws and space are hard to master that some could not do without the system...
Lin Yang seems to have caught something and yet nothing. It went unnoticed by the system who rambled on with endless complaints. Such that shouldn't be heard by its host.
Lin Yang finally stood up and walked slowly to the adjacent room. Peering in the room was a sight to behold.
It seems to be like a thief entering through the windows, such a funny posture a 6ft. man was holding trying to fit with a medium-sized window to 'escape'.
As Zi Hao slowly looks back and blinks at the presence of her. He nonchalantly puts down the leg stepping on the window sill, fixes the poor fallen flower, and straightens his posture.
Lin Yang raises an eyebrow at the sight.
"The sun shines so brightly and I wanted to take a closer look." Shen Jinyang states while offering a slight smile.
'Hmm, the beauty factor really goes up with having a nice smile.' Lin Yang thought and pondered,
'It such a shame that the seeping blood through the clothes she painstakingly put on him made her dislike it.'
"Would you like to change your clothes?" Lin Yang tilted her head in question.
"Yes, please." He states while slightly looking down looking like a sad pup. It's quite a strange sight with his build.
Lin Yang turns without care and reaches for the first-aid kit that was just leaning by the wall next to the bed. She also grabbed another set of clothes from the room's closet.
She put down all the things and the bed and pointed at them.
"Make do with it." She states without feeling and leisurely walks out.
[[Host! That's not good! Care for him, walk him to the bed, and change his bandages for him!]] The system wails in frustration, it was a reformation system, how can such cold actions with no points for development lead towards any feelings even of friendship would be enough to start!
'I'm afraid that doesn't work, I'm afraid that the pen he hides in his hand would reach for my neck.'
"After you're done, meet me out here to talk." She tiredly states as she moves out the room.
[[Still!! You should gaze at him with more friendship and affection or offer some comfort!]] The system backed-up, slightly eyeing the silver light cleverly hidden from a certain perspective just like a magician's tricks.
'I'm afraid you have screws loose, you might want to go for a reformatting' she states while heading towards the table and cleaning it neatly.
[[SCREWS LOOSE!, YOU HAVE IT YOU LITTLE SHIII, YOUR WHOLE FAMI...]]
Lin Yang pays no attention and cleverly practices the skill of tuning out the system almost like a mute button. As a novice she's supposed to have no such functions and as she is that doesn't hinder her at all.
Moments later, Zi Hao and Lin Yang faced each other in the dining table with a cup of tea.
She leisurely sips and savors the aroma before putting her cup down. It was already half an hour of silence without anyone talking.
The system was drained and agonizingly watched this scene and also imagining him being put down at factory and crazily cursing with jumbled data before ceasing to even know how to swear...
One incense stick of time has also passed,
"What would you want to do?" Lin Yang thought that her daily drama should be broadcasted in a few minutes.
Seeing no response, she graciously followed-up,
"Would you like to return?" She asked
"Not yet." Zi Hao finally responded looking directly at Lin Yang, observing and thinking.
"Oh? But..., that's quite hard on the family." She wistfully ponders while tappibg her fingers on the table.
"I will... I will compensate once I return."
"Butttt, hmmm, time..."
"Just until my memory returns!" Zi Hao hastily mentioned seemingly bent on not returning yet, he instinctively felt that he was in a good position to stay and there would be countless challenges when he leaves without the leverage of his memories.
Unscrupulous, dark-hearted, and shallow, the system thought feeling suffocated, obviously, the villain was his mission but she needed to extract every pennies worth. Huh. It shouldn't care much about the host method's, maybe, he just symphatised with being cheated out of nothing.
Bahh... when was he cheated...
After a moment of silence that was drawn out for the illusion of the capitalist.
"Okay." Lin Yang nodded and put aside her tea before moving to the couch.
'I wonder what to have for dinner.'
She opened the delivery software and was devastated to see the balance left after ordering. She generously oredered a few more dishes for her new housemate. Maa... tommorow's problems..