Only when Bai Weiwei was starving to the point of dizziness did she finally notice she was injured.
Han Zhengyu looked at her pitiful state. Though his hatred for her was deep, he couldn't bear to watch her bleed to death like this.
He took out the first aid kit and silently treated her wound.
Because Bai Weiwei's leg injury hadn't been properly cared for, it was slowly worsening. While bandaging her, Han Zhengyu looked at the cuts on her thin hands and couldn't help but frown.
It seemed the servants had mistreated her during his absence.
After all, since he hated her, the servants would naturally ignore her too.
[Male lead's favorability: negative 15. The system requests the Host to keep up the effort.]
Bai Weiwei hadn't expected Han Zhengyu to show her any sympathy. Now that she thought about it, although he always kept a cold expression, he could still feel compassion like a normal person.
If she didn't cling to him, Han Zhengyu might hate her entirely.
And now that she was starving, he personally took care of the cut on her hand.
Even if it were just a dog, Han Zhengyu would still feel some sympathy.
Compassion could be seen as a favorable impression, too.
Even though Han Zhengyu's mind was chaotic, his expression remained unchanged.
After treating her cut, Bai Weiwei started eating, devouring her food anxiously as though afraid someone would snatch it away if she missed even a single bite.
Han Zhengyu thought she resembled a refugee.
System: [Mind your image! Have you forgotten you're still a young lady?]
Bai Weiwei sneered, "I'm the one starving here, not you. Who cares if you're a 'young lady' if you're dead from hunger? Besides, if you die of starvation, all that's left is a skeleton with a bunch of maggots crawling all over."
System: [Meanie...]
Han Zhengyu watched her eat with trembling hands and darting eyes, resembling a small creature on guard, afraid someone might take the congee from her.
He wondered why his heart ached unknowingly.
When had Bai Weiwei become like this?
She'd always thrown her weight around, being hateful to everyone, yet now her presence felt unavoidable.
At first, he thought he'd feel happy seeing Bai Weiwei fall to such a state, but all he felt was pity.
"Why didn't you eat sooner?" Han Zhengyu asked, his voice soft for once.
Bai Weiwei kept eating as she replied, "I was waiting for gege to come back so we could eat together. But I waited and waited, and gege never returned, so Weiwei was left starving."
Han Zhengyu's expression shifted slightly. "I'm asking if someone convinced you to eat."
Bai Weiwei tilted her head with a grain of rice stuck to the corner of her mouth, answering with a puzzled look, "Nope, everyone here ignores me. So even though my leg hurts, no one came to help."
Han Zhengyu lowered his gaze. As he suspected, all the servants had turned a blind eye to her situation.
If it had been the old Bai Weiwei, no servant would dare treat her like this.
But now, reduced to a pitiful state, the servants she'd once mistreated were taking the chance to neglect her.
Han Zhengyu clenched his fist, a glint of ruthlessness in his eyes.
Even if Bai Weiwei was hateful, she didn't deserve to be bullied by just anyone.
Just a bunch of servants.
[Male lead's favorability: negative five. The system encourages the Host to persist; there's still a long road to go for the favorability points.~~]
When would this system ever stop being so hateful?
Achieving favorability with Han Zhengyu felt as difficult as reaching the heavens.
Despite everything, Bai Weiwei finally let out a sigh of relief. She truly didn't have the energy to continue strategizing with this male god.