Chapter 9 Brother, It’s Bitter

• Casper coldly drew the curtains shut and stopped looking outside.
• A woman who could deceive his grandfather into pressuring him to get married must be faking her tears.
• Unaware that someone on the second floor was watching her, Rhea wiped away her tears and composed herself after crying for a while.
• Crying wouldn't undo the mistake that had already been made. She could only do her best to make amends.
• These orchids were just pulled out in the afternoon. If she planted them back now, they should be able to survive.
• Facing the moonlight, Rhea resembled a resilient grass, working busily in the courtyard.
• It was three o'clock in the morning.
• Casper suddenly opened his eyes, that was filled with irritability and anger; it was completely different from his lazy and indulgent demeanor during the day.
• He seemed to be trapped in a nightmare and hadn't fully awakened yet.
• It was too quiet.
• As soon as he fell asleep, it became eerily quiet, like a dark sewer on all sides. He felt like a monster trapped in the darkness.
• Just then, Casper heard a faint and fragmented sound.
• This sound shattered the darkness that imprisoned him.
• Breaking free from that state of mind, he got up and walked to the window, pulling back the curtains. He saw the source of the sound and saw the busy figure downstairs.
• Rhea was carefully planting the orchids back, one by one.
• She didn't have much money now, so she could only save as much as she could and slowly make up for the losses later when she earned more.
• Her head was spinning, probably because she caught a cold and had a fever from taking a cold shower yesterday, but she didn't dare to stop.
• The longer the orchids were pulled out, the harder it would be for them to survive.
• These orchids represented money.
• It was money for the children's textbooks and stationery.
• Compared to these, her own illness was just a minor issue. Taking some medicine would make her feel better.
• Casper on the second floor didn't know what he was thinking as he quietly watched. Gradually, the restlessness in his heart subsided.
• Rhea persisted until a hint of dawn gradually rose on the horizon. She planted all the orchids back and watered them, praying that they would all survive.
• In the next moment, the water bottle in Rhea's hand fell to the ground, and she fainted on the flower bed.
• Since she arrived at Mirage, she had been busy all the time and never had a proper rest. She caught a cold from taking a cold shower yesterday, and today, she worked under the sun in the afternoon and stayed up all night feeling sad. Even the strongest body couldn't hold on.
• On the second floor, Casper furrowed his brows.
• He went downstairs to Rhea.
• He saw Rhea, dirty and with a flushed face from the burn.
• Casper, feeling disgusted, picked up Rhea and turned to enter the small building.
• Casper didn't consider himself a good person, but he felt that she had burned herself under his watch, and it would be difficult to explain to his grandfather later.
• He found some fever-reducing medicine and coldly ordered, "Get up quickly and take the medicine."
• Someone who had passed out couldn't be easily awakened, and she showed no reaction at all.
• Casper had no patience at all and directly lifted Rhea, forcefully stuffing the fever-reducing medicine into her mouth.
• Perhaps the medicine was too bitter, and Rhea opened her eyes in a daze.
• Those clear and lively eyes were filled with mist, like a pitiful newborn kitten.
• In a daze, she seemed to see the neighbor next door, the brother who often took care of her. Accidentally, she bit Casper's finger, and with a slightly aggrieved tone, she said, "It's bitter."
• Casper stiffened, pulled back his finger, and brought a glass of water, commanding, "Don't spit it out. Swallow it."
• Rhea wanted to spit it out but didn't dare, obediently swallowing the medicine, leaning against Casper's chest. She rubbed her little head against him and then closed her eyes, feeling drowsy.
• Casper lifted the person leaning on him and threw her back onto the bed. For some reason, he didn't leave immediately.
• Perhaps it was Rhea's gaze that was so similar to that little cat in the drain.
• It made the icy blood in his veins... feel a hint of warmth.