Riki woke up with a headache. He even had trouble sitting up, so he decided to stay lying down.
"What time is it?" he muttered hoarsely.
Riki’s door opened, and Sean entered carrying a tray that Riki couldn’t see the contents of.
"Oh, you’re awake, Riki? How are you feeling? Are you in pain?" Sean asked.
Riki just muttered, then turned his head toward the tray Sean was carrying. When he turned his head, his head throbbed again, the pain so intense that Riki closed his eyes.
"Let me help you sit up, okay? You seem to be in pain, Riki."
Riki just remained silent, his brain seemingly stopped working. He just obeyed whatever Sean said.
Sean helped Riki sit up and placed two large pillows behind his back.
"You’ve been sleeping since this afternoon, and now it’s nine o’clock at night. Your forehead was hot earlier, but I think it’s cooler now," said Sean, lifting a small bowl of porridge.
He was about to feed Riki, but suddenly Riki said,
"It doesn’t look good."
Sean put the spoon back down. "Sick people always think that all food tastes bad because they lose their appetite. But you have to eat so you can get well soon, okay?"
Sean tried to feed Riki again, and Riki accepted it, even though he didn’t seem to like the porridge at all.
Suddenly Selene came in with Liz. It was Liz who had just asked the question.
"Oh my gosh, so you can get sick too, Riki?" Selene asked, sounding like she was teasing him, but she also looked very worried.
"Let me feed him, Sean," Liz said.
"Look, he looks happy that you’re going to feed him," Selene said again as Liz took Sean’s place.
Riki glanced at Selene irritably, but he couldn’t argue or fight back because he was too weak to even lift his hand or speak.
But why did Riki suddenly get sick? Riki was sure he was fine when he chose to sleep after Rino, Nela, and Andre were caught. Riki, who was really tired and needed sleep at that time, didn’t have time to eat lunch and went straight to sleep.
Suddenly, when he woke up from his sleep at night, he was already sick.
[You are just tired and thinking too much, master. You are experiencing stress]
[The system has warned you to rest well, but you keep thinking about your uncle]
[According to the system, you must enjoy your pain so that you can rest well, because your body and mind need peace]
[Because if you use something instant like healing potions too much, your body will feel tired]
[Ordinary humans like you need pain so that your body can recover to its original state]
Riki knew he was thinking too much about Rino, to the point that he was looking for evidence about Rino and others, so that when Rino came to the mansion, Rino would be arrested immediately. Riki had prepared his plan well, without thinking about his own physical condition.
Riki thought he was thinking too much about his uncle because he was shocked. Suddenly, his uncle, who had never cared about him and didn’t consider him his nephew, came out of nowhere and caused trouble.
Fortunately, Riki had checked everything in the safe that Edward kept as soon as Anton gave him the safe. Riki had also sorted through everything to use later.
Even though he knew that Rino was cunning, his uncle’s name was the last thing Riki thought would bother him. First, because Rino had been living abroad. Second, because Rino always boasted that he had a successful business abroad.
Therefore, Riki thought Rino had a lot of money, so he would not bother Riki at all. Moreover, Rino was the type to be proud, at least, that’s what Riki thought. Because in the past, Rino was the first person to mock Riki’s family. Rino didn’t even come to Riki’s father’s funeral, even though Rino was his father’s cousin. Even Edward and Sandra came.
Riki didn’t know why his uncle suddenly showed up and caused trouble. It seemed that greedy nature was indeed hard to stop.
A greedy person wouldn’t hesitate to eat their words just for money.
"Now, take your medicine, okay?" said Liz, smiling broadly because Riki had managed to eat all of his porridge.
"Earlier he said that the porridge looked unappetizing," said Sean.
"How dare you say that, Riki! Sofie, Nicho, and I made that porridge. They were both very worried about you. Now they’re asleep," said Selene.
"It’s fine," replied Riki, which was clearly a lie. Riki couldn’t even tell if the medicine he was taking was bitter or not. But it seemed like Riki swallowed it right away, so it didn’t taste bitter.
"You’re lying, your tongue must be numb, right?" replied Selene again.
"You’ve eaten and taken your medicine, so now you have to sleep, Riki," said Liz.
"He probably can’t sleep, Liz, just stay with him here. I have a drama shoot with Deva tomorrow, so I have to sleep now," said Sean, ready to pull Selene out with him.
"What? I can stay with Riki too— "
Sean immediately covered Selene’s mouth.
"We’re both going to do our regular skincare routine! Come on, Selene!"
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Riki fell silent, mesmerized by the girl’s face. Even though Liz wasn’t wearing any makeup at all, instead of looking strange, she looked even more beautiful.
"So you can’t sleep, Riki?" asked Liz.
Riki nodded, "Yeah, I’ve been sleeping for several hours, now I can’t sleep."
Liz moved her face away from Riki, looking deep in thought.
"Then... we can watch a movie together. I’m not sleepy either."
Riki shook his head, "No need to watch a movie, I’m sure there are many things you want to tell me, right? We haven’t exchanged messages for several days because you’ve been very busy preparing for your debut." said Riki, patting the spot next to him.
Liz immediately sat down next to Riki, hugging the young man who was much bigger than her.
At that moment, Liz realized that Riki didn’t have any body odor. Liz’s nose was quite sensitive to certain smells. Even when Kaivan sweated a little, Liz could smell the difference.
But Liz had never smelled anything particular from Riki. Except when Riki wore perfume.
"Before I tell you, Riki... tell me, is it true that you kissed Ella?"
Riki’s eyes widened, he had forgotten about that incident.
Riki looked panicked, even though Liz didn’t seem angry. That made Liz chuckle.
"Oh my god, Riki, you got caught! She’s still underage, Riki!"
"That’s not true, she kissed me first, then I pushed her away. She probably likes me because I helped her, that’s all."
Liz laughed even harder, then she rested her head on Riki’s chest, which was beating quite fast because Riki was nervous.
"I know that, Riki. Ella is still going through puberty, so it’s no wonder she’s like that. She’ll understand when she’s older. I pretended to be angry with her and said I would compete with her. But actually, I only did that because she’s so cute. She’s convinced she’ll compete with me. But if you like her, I don’t mind. I’ll give in—"
"Why are you giving in? You don’t have to give in to anyone. Do what you want to do without thinking about other people’s feelings. Think about your feelings first, then other people’s. Giving in too much is not good, Liz. Besides, I like you, not her. Do you think I’m crazy, liking an underage girl?" replied Riki, his voice hoarse. Liz smiled, touched that Riki had said all that for her. Even from his voice alone, it was clear that Riki’s throat hurt when he spoke.
"Then I’ll compete fairly with her."
"What kind of competition is that, if the winner is already clear?" asked Riki.
Liz laughed and kissed Riki on the cheek.
"But our relationship is unclear..."
"That’s because you said you weren’t ready to date me and wanted to focus on your career, right?"
Liz smiled slightly, feeling guilty towards Riki.
"I don’t think I can until I’m sure that my career will be fine in the future, Riki. I also can’t disappoint the others. My group members, staff, producers, and others... They all work hard. If I date you and mess things up, I’ll be a burden to them."
Riki pulled his lips into a smile. Then he pinched Liz’s soft, supple cheek.
"You really are a good girl, you think too much about other people. But this time I agree with you. You have to focus on your career, I know it’s very important to you. I won’t be selfish either, Liz, I’ll wait for you."
Liz chuckled, then brought her face closer and kissed Riki on the lips.
"Actually, Riki, if I may be honest, I’m afraid," said Liz, still holding both sides of Riki’s face.
"You are very handsome, with a body proportions that any woman would love, you also have a lot of money, and I’m sure... there are many other women who are after you, right? To be honest, Miss Celine likes you too, right? In fact, I know Angeline still likes you."
Liz shook her head while closing her eyes, "You probably want to say I shouldn’t give up for myself, right? But I feel selfish, Riki. For my sake, Angeline gave up... it’s not fair to her."