"Qingdai, can you get up? If you can move, can you help me fetch water?"Cuihong's bright voice came from outside the door, followed by a slight "squeak" of the door being opened.At this time, Qingdai was extremely grateful for Cuihong's habit of breaking in without the owner's consent.She used the last bit of strength in her body to grab a simple gold hairpin placed beside the pillow, then gasped."Sister Cuihong, please find a way to get the Marquis over here and this golden hairpin will be yours...."After saying this, her consciousness fell into darkness.When she opened her eyes again, she could vaguely see through her eyelashes moistened with sweat.A tall and burly man stood beside the bed."Why did you call me over here, where's the doctor?"Qingdai breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Wei Yuan's majestic baritone voice. She didn't want to compete with other women for a man's favor, and she didn't want to be a third mistress, a fourth or a fifth, but thesewere not as important as surviving."M-My lord, please forgive me. Qingdai said not to worry about it and I didn't want to go above my rank and invite the doctor. But Ididn't see Qingdai leave the room today so I went to check up on her. Then I saw that she was already so ill."Cuihong's voice trembled, but her words were very clear. Qingdai looked at the figure kneeling in front of the man with half-squintedeyes.No wonder Cuihong could stay here for so long."Forget it, go get some water." Wei Yuan was silent for a moment.Only when Cuihong got up quickly and walked out of the room did he turn around and sit on the stool in the small room.His eyes moved to the girl lying on the bed. Her face was as pale as rice paper, and her cheeks, which were already fleshless, wereslightly sunken.Her breathing was so subtle that it was almost imperceptible. She was not an extremely outstanding person.The appearance was a bit more pitiable and frail. He moved his legs and hit a hard object next to his feet.He looked down and saw that it was a copper teapot with a pool of water stains next to it. Wei Yuan frowned with thick eyebrows. She was so sick that she couldn't get up to pour water, but she still insisted on not inviting thedoctor.Qingdai opened her eyes at the right moment, her expression changed from confusion to panic when she saw Wei Yuan, and thenshe struggled to get out of bed.Of course she couldn't get down. Wei Yuan's eyebrows furrowed deeper and his tone was cold. "Just lie down."She stayed still obediently, but didn't raise her head, her eyes still falling on Wei Yuan's resolute chin.She stammered. "M-My lord… Please…forgive me….""The doctor will be here soon. From now on, if you are sick, please call the doctor." Wei Yuan's voice was faint, and he didn't know whatto say to her, so he could only explain.In his eyes, bedwarming servants and the like are just objects to vent one's desires, it was uncommon to interact with them on a dailybasis."Thank you, my lord." She seemed to have regained some strength, and her voice was no longer so weak."This servant is fine. My lord, please don't stay, lest I infect you." Wei Yuan was not free enough to watch over a maid all day long.Wei Yuan stood up after hearing what she said. "Take good care of yourself, I'll leave first.""Take care, my lord."When his figure disappeared from the door of the house, Qingdai quickly clicked on the system panel. The first task, "Let him be awareof your existence." was marked "Completed."And the remaining days in the lower left corner had increased to 20 days.The mission was completed just like that. It's only when your woman is about to die that you remember there's still a person right?Qingdai complained, but she took a closer look at the task panel and found that there was indeed a second small task under the firstsmall task!The name of the second small task is –"Let him discover your love."What… love?Qingdai was confused and clicked on the "+" sign before the task. The task introduction was still very short. The most difficult thing toguard against is deep love.The third line is the reward for completing the task: "Reward: 40 days, Points: 40, Exp: 10."She glanced at the experience bar under the panel. The front part turned red, but the red part was less than one-third, and the backpart was still green.Qingdai felt that her body had become much lighter, and the weakness she felt while lying in bed just now seemed to have neverhappened to her at all.No matter how ridiculous it seemed, she had to admit that this system could control her life and death.If she wants to survive, she must complete the task to obtain the remaining days.She bit her lip so hard that her lower lip drew blood.The feeling of being controlled by an unknown thing was like being shrouded in endless fear, making her unable to see the light of day.She took a deep breath then suppressed the confusion and helplessness of the unknown future. In short, she would work hard to complete the task and live well!There were voices outside the door, so she quickly lay down on the bed and listened.Sure enough, it was Cuihong who invited the doctor here. The doctor was an old man in his sixties, so there was no need to avoid it.Qingdai stretched out her wrist and asked him to check her pulse.The doctor pondered for a while, said something about the lack of qi and blood, and having a cold and weak body.Then prescribed a prescription for her safety.This further confirmed her suspicion that as soon as the task was completed, her illness was cured without medication.When Cuihong led the doctor out, Qingdai laid down and waited for a while. Then turned over and sat up, rubbing her forehead with aheadache.What on earth did this second mission mean…She thought about it and got up.Then she accidentally kicked the teapot that fell on the ground. She bent down to pick it up, and happened to encounter a puddle ofwater on the ground.The surface of the water reflected the beautiful silhouette of the young girl but it wasn't clear.She just took a glimpse, but felt that there was a slight change from the face she saw before.She looked at the puddle carefully, but it was too blurry.She stood up and searched around the small room, but could only find a bronze mirror that was slightly clearer than the waterpuddle.It seemed like…the eyes have become clearer?Qingdai stared at the mirror so hard that her eyes were sore, but she came to this conclusion despite some hesitation.She turned around and put the teapot on the table. Then she realized that the lid of the teapot had fallen under the bed, and she kneltdown to pick it up again.Only then did she realize that there was a storage trunk under the bed. After picking up the lid of the teapot, she thought for a whileand then squatted down to pull out the storage trunk.She really didn't have a clue about the second task. She thought she could get some clues by looking through the original owner'sbelongings.The storage trunk looks a little old, but it is clean and dust-free. It must have been cleaned by the owner from time to time.Qingdai apologized in a low voice, lifted the cover and opened the trunk.There were six pairs of boots and a book that seemed to be flipped frequently.She first picked up the boots and checked them. Among the six pairs of boots, the two pairs on the left looked the oldest, and the thicksoles were turning yellow.The two pairs in the middle look newer, and the two pairs on the far right were the latest.The soles were very thick and looked stitched by hand. The most peculiar thing is that on the outside of these boots was aninconspicuous cloud and dragon pattern, while the inside is embroidered with numerous peace knots.The size of the boots is definitely that of an adult man. Isn't this… Qingdai put the boots back first and then picked up the book.There was nothing on the cover of the book. She opened the book with a movement of her fingertips.After opening it, she realized that this might not be a book, but a manuscript made by the original owner herself.The handwriting is elegant, and each page is a recipe for a pastry, such as sweet-scented osmanthus cake, millet cake, donkey rolls,poria cake, etc.The ingredients, methods, and amount of heat needed are all meticulously detailed.And each kind of pastry had a few small words marked on the line with the amount of sugar. "The Marquis likes it sweet, so add onethird more."The amounts of other ingredients were recorded according to Wei Yuan's taste.Qingdai silently closed the manuscript and put it back.It seemed that the love was the love of the original owner.T/N: Ooooh so indeed. "Female Calamity" system -> the rewards are that our FL will become even more beautiful with each successfulmission?? Hmmm….Gap moe? Our fearsome military general ML has a fondness for sweets…. how cute! The image I have is of a burly man nibbling onsweet cakes like a child XD
