What happened this year? How were they all infected by that woman Gu Shishi?

  Huo Sishen turned away and his lips softened some more.

  Nevertheless, perhaps the chauffeur was in too much of a hurry when he put everything away, something fell onto the floor, making a small noise.

  The chauffeur quickly picked it back up, but it had already gotten Huo Sishen’s attention.

  Huo Sishen was a little stunned when he looked over with his cold, black eyes.

  The little card that Master Chen had picked up was the printed one with greetings inside of the gift box. He recognized it because Butler Lin had confirmed the wordings on it with him.

  But now…… the card looked very different than he had seen before.

  “Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to you and your family.”


  And below the writing, there was a cute version of a little man in a suit.

  The little man has a fuzzy pair of rabbit ears and is blushing on his chin. He had a head full of fuzzy black hair and a pair of piercing eyes on his round face…… it looked almost a little like himself?!

  Huo Sishen frowned.

  A fluffy ball adorned the back of the very neat dress pants. Was that a…… rabbit’s tail?

  “Eh? Master Chen? Your little guy is different from mine.”


  Siyi had gotten into the passenger seat and spotted the card right away. He had also received his gift.

  Master Chen got excited all of a sudden. “Oh yeah? What does yours look like? If it isn’t a bunny, then it must be the mini Cheng’e version……”


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  Picture: Cheng’e (goddess of moon)

  Source: jianbihua.com

  Having said that, he stopped himself abruptly.

  Huo Sishen, sitting in the back seat, his ears had already perked up.

  Cheng’e?

  That woman Gu Shishi didn’t just draw a bunny version of him, she also drew a Cheng’e version of him?

  His brows furrowed deeply all of a sudden.

  The husband of Cheng’e was Huo Yi, the mythological Chinese archer.

  Did this woman Gu Shishi not even possess knowledge that even a grade school student should possess?

  She drew him as a bunny……

  How’s Cheng’e related to the bunny?

  Exactly how stupid was that woman?!

  “Hand it over,” said Huo Sishen coldly.

  He reached his hand out at the passenger side in the front.

  That woman had drawn so many cutesy versions of him and handed them out to so many…… she was hopeless.

  Siyi, sitting in front, froze for a second.

  He almost wanted to punch himself. Him and his big mouth!

  Even Master Chen, next to him, looked to be very awkward.

  Finally, Siyi failed to stand his ground under the threat. He pulled out the card, which he had put away carefully inside his shirt pocket and planned to share with Sier when he reached the office, and handed it over reluctantly.

  He had on him The-Boss-Is-Probably-Not-Going-To-Give-This-Back-To-Me sadness……

  Huo YanXiao hrmphed and said, “Hurry up!”


  Having no other choice, Siyi finally handed it over with quivering hands.

  Huo YanXiao took it over and lowered his head to look at it.

  His hand shuddered and his lips twitched.

  Cheng’e flying toward the moon……

  What a wonderful depiction of Cheng’e whose clothes were flowing in the air as though she was riding on the wind toward the moon!

  It was a cute version of a little person clothed in elegant and floaty traditional garb and that cold little face was…… him?!

  GU– SHISHI!

  Huo YanXiao’s entire handsome face tensed up!

  Siyi turned around and took a quick look from the passenger seat before he immediately shut his mouth and pretended that nothing had happened.

  He was howling inside his head. Limited edition. That was for sure going to be limited edition!

  Who else has seen Cheng’e version of the boss??

  And now, it’s gone!

  ***

  A mere half an hour later, there was a pile of cards piled up in front of Huo YanXiao.

  Other than the bunny and Cheng’e version, there were cute versions of Wu Gang, osmanthus tree, moon, mooncake…… drew in his image.

  Every employee in the mansion received a different version.

  All of them cute in their own way. (T/N crossed out per author.)

  Nobody could read the look on Huo YanXiao at this very moment.

  Well, mystery solved.

  This would explain why everybody at the mansion was smiling at him this morning……

  His cold look had been turned into a cute version, and in all different versions. Now when others look at him, all they could think of was the cute boy on the cards and were no longer intimidated by him.

  Those at the mansion had become bolder. They even picked up bartering with him.

  For example, over the phone right now —


  Butler Lin was inquiring, “Young Master. Can you please return the cards to everyone? Some of the employees will be taking off for vacation starting today.”


  Huo YanXiao’s lips twitched as he looked at the row of “him” in their…… indescribable form.

  “What do you think?” His voice was hoarse.

  They wanted them back?

  His eyelids twitched a few times.

  What were they going to do with them? Keep these bizarre versions of his images as collectibles? Were they out of their minds?

  Butler Lin, on the other hand, responded immediately. “I think it’s best to have Sier bring them on his way back to the mansion. After all, these are thoughts from you and Miss Gu and everybody likes them. We should give them back before they leave for the holidays.”


  He paused, then added, “Even my daughter said the cartoon version of you is so cute that she wants to pick up drawing now.”


  Huo YanXiao, “.……”


  Cute? They dare use that word to describe him now?!

  Had Butler Li lost his mind from being affected so much by Gu Shishi?!

  Chapter 164 – You are the well-loved bunny on the moon. You are a firm and steady Osmanthus tree. You are a round and tasty mooncake… (1)

  When Gu Shishi was done with work, she noticed that her system was glitching all over again.

  From 7 o’clock to 9 o’clock, Boss Huo’s fondness was going up nonstop.

  Then, like an avalanche, it started to drop fast……

  But, just when it was about to drop to the next level down and she started to sweat, it stopped abruptly, went up 30% in the opposite direction.

  [Doting of the Male Lead went up to LV3!]

  [50% progress to LV4.]

  Just when she was trying to figure out what had happened, she received a text message.

  She started breaking out into cold sweat after she had opened up her WeChat.

  [Life-Saving Boss: You have one minute to explain yourself.]

  After the text, there was a picture.

  Gu Shishi, “!”


  There was nothing special about the picture; there was only a clean desk in the picture.

  Stacked neatly on top of the desk, there was the set of Mid-Autumn festival cards that was very familiar to her.

  Cute version of the boss in colored pencils, mixed in with ink painting elements.

  Especially the fuzzy bunny ears……

  Bunny boss, Cheng’e boss, Wu Gang boss, osmanthus boss……

  Gu Shishi gulped.

  What was wrong with them?

  Was the boss not happy?

  Looking at the fondness that had grown solidly, who was he trying to fool?

  The benefit of having the system was very obvious right now.

  Gu Shishi calmed down immediately.

  The hand-drawn cute version of the young master was a very good tool to bring him closer to his workers.

  He has no family, but he could at least have normal relationships with the others.

  Allowing others to feel his tenderness and his delicacy and gradually they’d wouldn’t be as terrified of him.

  That was the reason behind her drawings.

  Butler Lin was standing next to her the entire time she was drawing. He had so much fun just from watching her.

  He never said a word about that being a bad idea.

  In fact, he looked like he wanted to applaud her.

  Giving it some thought, Gu Shishi drafted a text to send over.

  [You are the well-loved bunny on the moon. You are a firm and steady Osmanthus tree. You are a round and tasty mooncake……]

  [In many dark nights, you lit up the paths for many.]

  [Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, dear.]

  She stuck her tongue out after she finished sending the text.

  Gross!

  Tsk tsk!

  She didn’t even want to see how the boss would respond.

  [Beep! Fondness from Huo YanXiao increased!]

  Aiya!

  Gu Shishi’s eyes lit up.

  She took a look at the system and the fondness had gone up another 5%!

  Her heart returned completely back inside of her chest.

  [Life-Saving Boss: What about Cheng’e then? Gu Shishi, were all of your common sense and logic eaten by tengu?]

  Gu Shishi’s hand flew over her own mouth.

  She busted out laughing.

  Cheng’e…… the boss in girl’s clothing.

  Those were meant to be the Easter eggs.

  There were only two of them in the entire set, but the next message stumped her completely.

  [Life-Saving Boss: I am confiscating all these. You figure out what to do with the cards for the employees today!]

  Gu Shishi, “.……”


  What?

  What did he mean by confiscate?

  Butler Lin’s call for help came shortly thereafter.

  “Miss Shishi.”


  After her hand-drawn cards, even the way that Butler Lin referred to her had changed. It’s a step closer than Miss Gu.

  “Can you please create another set of cards? Young Master had……”


  Butler Lin couldn’t even finish saying what he wanted to say.

  He said he wanted to look at them, then he refused to give them back. He even said that there was no need to keep the cards after they’ve seen it. They still have the mooncakes. Wasn’t that enough already?

  Oy.

  Butler Lin was so speechless.

  Even at forty-something, Butler Lin felt that he’d like to keep the card with Boss Huo as the cute bunny considering how cold he was normally.

  Let alone all the mothers and young girls who worked at the mansion.

  Those drawings of the young master were so cute and soft.

  Plus, they were drawn by the future Madam. Who wouldn’t want to keep them as their own collection?

  From an employee’s perspective, having benefits on the holidays plus a personalized greeting card from their employer was definitely something that they could brag about.

  Chapter 165 – You are the well-loved bunny on the moon. You are a firm and steady Osmanthus tree. You are a round and tasty mooncake… (2)

  Butler Lin mulled over it a little and finally added, “Everybody loved your hand-drawn pictures.”


  Having this drawing and signature, their employee benefits insta-killed that of all the other servants who worked for the Chen’s, the Gu’s, or the Li’s!

  It’s a statement of how much their employer respects them!

  Hearing his words, Gu Shishi wasn’t sure how to respond to him.

  “Sure, Butler Lin, but it will have to wait till I get off work. I can draw on my way back. Have Master Chen bring the cards with him on his way to pick me up? By the way, were they all confiscated? How many are we missing?”


  Butler Lin quickly gave her a number.

  Gu Shishi’s lips twitched.

  All 24 were missing. That meant that the boss had collected each and every single one of the cute versions.

  He said “no”, “bad”, but his body was honest.

  His collection quirk…… was so obvious!

  “Not a problem. I’ll draw from the car and they will be done by the time I reach home.” Gu Shishi promised him.

  Half a second later, she heard the sound of the system.

  [Hidden side mission completed: Gain the fondness of all servants in the mansion (139/139).]

  [Reward: ‘Natural blush from wine” halo fragment x 1.]

  Gu Shishi blinked her limpid eyes.

  [You can exchange for the halo once you have collected all 3 fragments.]

  “Oh…… two more pieces to go……”


  She thought she had earned the halo already.

  [This is a high-level halo: There is no makeup or beauty care that could provide host with this quality.]

  [You weren’t born with it and you can never have it in this lifetime. But now it can be yours if you complete just two more assignments!]

  “Any assignments? Including my regular daily ones?”


  Gu Shishi’s eyes lit up immediately.

  [Yep. It can be the male lead’s assignment, social networking assignment, or hidden assignment.]

  This appeared to be one of the new features of the system after the last update.

  That works. At least she would have something to work toward!

  Gu Shishi didn’t drink much but she knew what the drunk makeup looked like. It was still quite cute. It’s a little bit of orange that one would apply under one’s eyes.

  It’d create the effect of the hint of light blush when someone was slightly drunk, making her look more loveable.

  But makeup needs to be removed at some point in time.

  Plus, one couldn’t just apply makeup each time one drinks.

  But, if one could come with self-appeared light blush, that ought to be fun.

  Gu Shishi pulled out her cellphone, turned on the front camera, and looked at her own face.

  She poked at the area slightly below her eyes on both sides of her nose. “A little bit of red, not too pinkish or too Mary Sue-ish. I like it to look healthier, with a hint of orange. Makes one look lively.”


  She was, after all, a good painter. She cared and knew a lot about her look and her hue.

  [Don’t worry. There will be areas and colors for you to choose from.]

  [With that halo, if you don’t like the effect, you can adjust it freely while you are drinking.]

  “Oh ho.”


  Now that’s advanced!

  Ever since the hair-removal, Gu Shishi felt that the new skin-care effects of the system were way less crude than the previous ones.

  In the past, they were all one-touch effects or filters.

  Finally, there was an equivalent of DIY, which would work very well for someone skillful like herself.

  Gu Shishi was pleased and happy.

  She took the time in between her classes to look at the daily assignments turned in by Ling Xiaomei, assigned her new assignments, and pointed out her shortcomings to her.

  When it was time to take off, she noticed a girl in a baseball cap and shades pacing back and forth outside of her work and peeking in occasionally.

  Before Gu Shishi took off from work, she headed to the bathroom first.

  The suspicious person followed her in and still wanted to hide when Gu Shishi turned around.

  Gu Shishi has always been an observing one. She could tell who it was from one look at her chin, which had been corrected with hyaluronic acid.

  Chapter 166 – You are the well-loved bunny on the moon. You are a firm and steady Osmanthus tree. You are a round and tasty mooncake… (3)

  “What can I do for you, Miss Li?”


  Gu Shishi stopped in her way.

  The sneaky silhouette froze immediately.

  Obviously, the other party felt that her disguise was pretty good already. She didn’t think that…… Gu Shishi would have recognized her right away!

  Li Yiru gritted her teeth and finally pulled her shades down halfway and nodded at Gu Shishi.

  Somewhat embarrassed, she blushed a little.

  What could she do for her……

  She…… she couldn’t bring herself to say them out loud!

  Gu Shishi didn’t bother waiting for her to mull over it. She turned around and left.

  Li Yiru stomped her foot and gave chase behind her.

  “You are almost done with work. My car is downstairs. Let’s have a talk. I will take you to dinner.”


  Gu Shishi gave her a go-figure-it-out-yourself look.

  “If you are in my shoes and I am asking you out now, will you go?”


  Li Yiru gasped.

  Their relationship has not improved.

  But…… Her bank card had been frozen and she was furloughed without pay from work. Her father was having human resource work on her exit process!

  She thought her dad was just saying it at first and would soften up in a few days.

  But, last night, he even had the lawyer come over to draft a rental contract and asked her to pay for three months’ rent in advance and one month’s rent as deposit. That came out to be 20,000 yuan. Or she would have to move out right away.

  ,000 yuan. That about emptied out her bank account.

  As for her credit card…… the bank had informed her this morning that her limit had been lowered!

  She was backed against a wall!

  She could go ask her girlfriends for help, but that’d severely bruise her ego……

  Her family business was being threatened, that’d rock her standing in her friends’ circle.

  Her father meant business this time and her mother was also on his side. Even her grandfather and big brother who had always doted on her told her to be on good terms with Gu Shishi!

  “Um, I mean no ill will. Really!”


  Right now Li Yiru only has enough money left for food.

  She went out with her girlfriends for lunch this afternoon then went shopping with them. Through gritted her teeth and a bitter smile, she spent 10,000 yuan.

  Everybody asked why she was so frugal today……

  That 10,000 yuan, she’d probably have to sell a few pairs of her AJ shoes…… after they have been listed for a few days and were sold, she could pay her credit card debt off.

  Really…… She really didn’t know what else she could do!

  “I just wanted to treat you to dinner then take you home.”


  Her father would give her 1,000 yuan to dine with Gu Shishi and 10,000 yuan to go home with her.

  Li Yiru thought about it long and hard for the last 2-3 days and finally couldn’t help but thought she’d give it a shot today.

  But, she was worried that she’d run into someone that she knew in this shopping center and saw that she was buttering up to Gu Shishi. And that was why she came fully loaded, complete with hat and shades.

  “If you’d come with me, I’ll buy you gifts. Just let me know what you like! If…… if only you’d have dinner with me, I can give you my limited-edition AJ, purses. Just tell me what you want!”


  Li Yiru was about to offer up her entire collection.

  Yet, the only thing she got in return was Gu Shishi’s carefree back.

  “I have not done anything that’d warrant that. You should go look for your girlfriends,” said Gu Shishi as she closed the bathroom door without looking back.

  Li Yiru froze on the spot.

  “Then what is it that you want? You want me to help you? To go up against Wushuang? But that’s……”


  That’s impossible!

  She would never betray her friend!

  Before she could even say that out loud, she heard Gu Shishi’s voice through the bathroom door.

  “Miss, you’ve been following me for a good half of the day now. Do I look like I have that kind of time to mess around with you people?”


  Li Yiru blushed.

  “It hasn’t been a good half of the day……”


  She felt embarrassed, so she had paced back and forth in front of the art studio.

  And, truthfully…… Gu Shishi was telling the truth. She did seem quite busy.