Li Yu, who had just woken up, felt an intense hunger he had never experienced before in his entire life, even before his eyes opened.
"Young Master!" a gentle and sweet voice that seemed to be concealing a sob suddenly called out quietly beside him.
Opening his eyes and turning his head to look at where the voice that had always been in the memory of the previous possessor of this body sounded, Li Yu's eyes met with the person seated on a chair beside his bed, an elegant lady who was dressed in a pure white gown.
She possesses a beautiful face that could bring down a nation and obliterate the world, which is currently filled with deep affection.
Her black, luscious silk-like hair flows down her shoulders, and she has a square chin, a high nose, and eyes....
Li Yu suddenly felt a pang of sorrow that came from nowhere when he saw the woman's eyes. They were completely red—the redness that one would have only after shedding tears for a long time.
Li Yu couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart. 'It seems that the owner of this body has a special place for this woman in his heart," Li Yu thought to himself.
Not wanting to give himself away, Li Yu decided to act as the previous possessor of this body.
He knew if there was anybody in this world who knew the owner of this body the best, it was definitely this woman.
"Little Liu," Li Yu called out with a voice he never knew he could use in his life.
It was filled with a concern that came right from his heart.
Looking at this fragile woman, who looked like someone who would faint any moment from now, Li Yu felt a pang of remorse and anger for himself.
He knew, from the memory he had gained, how much love and care this woman had for him.
So when he saw her fragile appearance and red eyes, he realized that she must have been crying her heart out since the day this body was poisoned.
Hearing the concern in her master's voice finally acted as the straw that broke the camel's back for the woman addressed as little Liu.
The elegant woman suddenly flew up from her seat, and like an arrow that was shot, she flew into Li Yu's arm and began to bawl like a little kid whose mother, who had died, was finally revived.
Li Yu would have immediately fainted if little Liu was a bit heavier due to his present weak state, but thankfully, she was light weighted.
Li Yu raised his arm strenuously and began to pat little Liu's back.
The more Li Yu did this, the harder little Li cried.
"It's okay." Li Yu began to pacify her.
"Aren't I okay now? Look at you crying like a one-year-old kid."
Little Liu finally smiled when she heard this, crying and smiling at the same time.
"Young master, please don't do this again, please!!! What would I do if something like this were to happen again in the future?" A frown suddenly appeared on little Liu's face as she lectured Li Yu in utter remorse, tears still falling from her eyes.
"Hai…. Are you mad at me now, even when I'm like this?" Li Yu asked with a voice that sounded as if he were being cheated.
Little Liu finally raised her head, and her heart ached deeply when she saw the pale face and white lips of her master.
She still couldn't forgive herself that someone was able to poison her master.
'Why had it not been me?' she questioned herself angrily for the uncountable times.
Smiling apologetically, she placed her head on her master's chest again, forgetting herself at the moment.
While the tears in her eyes had finally stopped rushing out, they were still flowing out from the back of her eyes.
She felt grateful. She was thankful that her master was not gone.
She, who has no one else left in this world apart from Li Yu, would have turned into a zombie if Li Yu had died.
It was only Li Yu—the only person who had been there for her, the only person who cared for her, the only person who took her in.
Back then, she was just a vagabond who had lost her parents to bandits. She was just wandering aimlessly around everywhere in hunger while dressed in a rag.
Li Yu, who had met her by pure coincidence, then felt deep pity for her; he had fed and clothed her.
After that, she had begun to follow Li Yu shamelessly around, like someone who had been possessed. Li Yu had then taken her in when he realized he could not shake her off.
Li Yu was 5 years old then, and she was three.
Her real name was Liu Xiao, but Li Yu decided to call her Little Liu. The first reason was because she really had a little stature growing up, and the second was so that her surname would not disappear from the face of this world.
The previous Li Yu had asked her why she did that, and her response was, "I just knew I couldn't let you go."
But now, she never would have realized that the person she was hugging right now was someone else in the body of her master.
"Grumble..."
Little Liu suddenly raised her head urgently when she heard that loud noise.
Her eyes met her master's embarrassed face.
Giggling like that of a goddess, she apologized.
"I'm sorry for making you hungry, master; I should have known better that you would be feeling hungry by the time you woke up."
Not waiting for Li Yu to respond, she ran out of the room at the speed of light.
Li Yu looked in the direction she had gone for a moment, then he couldn't help but sigh and shake his head helplessly, knowing that the memories, feelings, and care of the original owner of his body for this woman were now his own.
Li Yu forced himself to stand from the bed, onto his shaky legs that seemed to give way anytime soon, then he looked around the room familiarly and finally dragged his weak legs into the washroom.
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'Wow!!! At least this body is 100 times more handsome than my previous body,' Li Yu thought sarcastically to himself as he looked at the reflection shown in the huge mirror.
Li Yu was stunned deeply when he entered the washroom just now and saw his handsome but weak appearance.
The image Li Yu was looking at was that of a lean man with white and fair skin like that of a woman, a sharp-edged face, straight nose, thin lips, and eyes that seemed to hide all this world's intelligence.
'No wonder everybody would look down on you,' Li Yu mocked the weak body.
'But this is not necessarily bad; this playboy physique would act as a camouflage for building my strength and network, with nobody knowing a thing,' Li Yu thought happily.
The owner of this body was someone who loved to scheme and play mind games but hated to train, while Li Yu was a person who loved to train and hated to scheme, which had led to his family being destroyed in his previous life.
Li Yu felt that these two behaviors complement his current situation a lot.
After looking at his handsome and weak body deeply for a while, Li Yu went to wash himself with cold water, which almost froze his soul.
'What a weak boy, f*ck, this bit of cold water almost got me killed?!" Li Yu exclaimed in anger.
By the time he returned to his room, dressed in a silk single-piece robe, Little Liu was already there, waiting for him.
"Master, why hadn't you waited for me to come warm the water for you before you went to wash up?" She asked sulkily.
Li Yu laughed slightly and walked to his bed, feeling a sweet feeling come alive from within himself.
Seating down, Li Yu couldn't help but suddenly swallow hard when he smelt the mouth-watering aroma coming out of the enclosed jade plates before he entered his nostrils.
Little Liu smiled happily when she saw this; she then skipped to Li Yu's front and set the table for him.
Li Yu's eyes bore deeply into the contents of the plates placed on the table, and he immediately felt like crying his heart out.
Wait, what? He would have already started crying his heart out if not for the memories of the previous Li Yu interfering with his.
'How long has it been already I saw food?!'
Swallowing hard again, Li Yu wasted no time and began to devour the meal before him like someone who had been starved for eternity.
Seeing this, Little Liu wanted to tell her master to slow down but thought against it when she remembered that her master hadn't eaten anything for some days now.