14 Love or Life? 14

"I've decided."

008:"Decided what?"

You're not thinking of something crazy, right?

Xi Sheng tapped the table multiple times, as if in a deep thought. Her eyes lingering in the so-called 'food.'

"If I don't do anything, the chances of me getting alive is getting slimmer and slimmer. If I do something, even 0.01 percent might add to my chances of winning."

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008's eyes widen in surprise.

"I didn't know that the pit in your brain was quite big..."

I mean, your realization is pretty obvious...

Xi Sheng:"..."

That's quite mean, you know? I'm just asking for a mental support okay?

008:"Do you have a particular plan in mind?"

Xi Sheng grins:"I have. And it's gonna be quite gruesome and bloody..."

008 watches as Xi Sheng took a spoon and fork and scoop out a white, plump and squirming worm. It's antenna vibrating randomly. You can even see how it's body move back and forth.

008's eyes flinched:"You're not telling me that---"

Xi Sheng grabs the worm by its head and bite off its squirming body.

Xi Sheng licks her lips in amusement:"It tastes good. Its creamy like soft melted toffee."

Xi Sheng scoop more bite the worms' head one by one.

008:"Y..You're crazy! You might catch diarrhea or bacterial poisoning!"

Why are you eating that worm! Are you crazy?!

Seeing 008's petrified state, the mechanical voice states:[That's a sago worm[1] , you imbecile. It's edible.]

Xi Sheng messed up other dishes but didn't dare to put them in her belly. She just makes it seems that she tries eating it.

"Now that we're done the first step, it's time to do the second one."

Xi Sheng clenches her teeth in preparation. The fork in her right hand aimed at the back of her ring finger.

Swish!

The fork itself isn't sharp to even graze the skin.

Xi Sheng smile in agony:"You know what torture is? It's this."

008 snorted:"Why don't you just bite it?"

You'll have a higher chance of precision rate.

Xi Sheng:"Yes, but my brain won't let my teeth bite it[2]. The force of the teeth will be lessened. So we need an external factor. The fork will definitely penetrate the skin."

008 scratch his head:"You really sound like a masochistic pervert there."

She once again pierces the back of her ring finger, but this time red blood fluid is oozing nonstop.

The finger was feeling numb, Xi Sheng pinched it until enough blood is overflowing.

Xi Sheng stood up and let the blood trickled in the spot she was sitting before.

After the 'blood-ritual,' Xi Sheng grins and mutters:"System, watch slowly. You will spectate the art of acting."

Xi Sheng licks her bloody finger while dialing a certain 'home-service.'

"Can someone...Someone visits me... Hisss.. My stomach... Hurts..."

The person on the other line gasps in surprise:"I'll be there quickly!"

Xi 'in pain' Sheng sat down while her body shakes in--

"This will be fun... I think?"

--excitement.

Not long after the call, a maid knock in the door. Xi Sheng painfully gave her permission.

It's the maid who called herself Khan.

Khan looks at the 'pale' and 'weakened' Miss Xi.

She closes the door and asks worriedly:"What's wrong Miss Xi? Do you have any allergies to the food we served?"

Xi Sheng's face started to sweat and her breathing became even more deep.

Xi Sheng:"System, it hurts! I think it will leave a mark with black and blue color in it!"

Her hands pinch her thigh fiercer. Tears also start to form in her eyes.

008 smiles:"Your sacrifice will greatly contribute to the art of acting."

Xi Sheng staggered in standing up.

The faint crimson color on the surface of the sofa didn't escape the maid's eyes.

Khan asks hesitantly:"Miss Xi, this might sound personal.. But, is aunt[3] visiting you today?"

Xi Sheng's eyes became unfocused, and helplessness can be seen.

As if realizing what's going on, Khan gently smiles at her:"I understand. I will be back quickly."

After a few minutes of waiting, Khan handed a plastic of disposable pads and clothes.

Xi Sheng:"T.. Thank you. The sofa..."

Khan:"I will clean it now."

Xi Sheng staggers upon standing up.

Khan helps her to find support to the walls.

"I...I can walk by myself..."

Khan bows her head.

Xi Sheng slowly walks towards the door and silently lock it.

She unhangs two glass certificate frames and quietly stands behind Khan.

Khan didn't notice Xi Sheng's movement but she discerns that the blood leak on the sofa is quite abnormal.

"Miss Xi, do you have----Pakk!"

Xi Sheng gazes at Khan's fallen body. The glass frame was torn into pieces with blood mix in its ends.

"Thank you for your kindness..."

008:"How ungrateful..."

She drags Khan's body in a more open space. She unhurriedly took her uniform. Shiny and sharps things are secretly hidden in her chest and thigh.

Xi Sheng, deadpan:"Ohh, knives. I wonder, why does she have this, hmm?"

After exchanging their clothes, Xi Sheng drink the shady water and pours it to Khan's mouth by means of 'lip service[4].'

008, speechless:"You're pretty... Hardcore huh."

Host, so you swing in that way.

Xi Sheng spits the remaining water in her mouth.

"Let's see what kind of pill did you put in there."

"Now, to the hard part. Let's move her body to the vent."

She first tries to lift her and fortunately, Khan has a petite body and she's not really that heavy. However, Xi Sheng still have a hard time putting Khan's lower half first inside the vent.

008:"She's really light, unlike you."

Xi Sheng rolls her eyes and retorts back:"I'll rather be heavy, unlike you, an imbecile."

Xi Sheng and 008 mutually harm each other all the way until she successfully positioned Khan in a way that breathing is no problem.

008:"What are you searching?"

Xi Sheng scans her surrounding and skims all furnitures.

She replies:"Your brain, it might be here."

Xi Sheng suddenly halted:"Perhaps, it's in the trash?"

008:"At least my brain exists. Unlike yours, nonexistent."

After finding the thing she needs, she gathers them around on the table. She puts an ample amount of superglue on the removed head of the sago worm. She attached its head to her chin.

"Viola~~ Khan is back!"

008:"If you're Khan, then who is the person in the vent?"

A gho--nevermind.

"That's the beautiful, smart, graceful and lovable Miss Xi."

008 said disinterestedly:"Wow, you even sound like Khan. But describing Miss Xi like that is besmirching your voice acting."

Xi Sheng faces the wound in her finger:"Hello wound, its time for you to open up again."

She nips the scabbing wound and blood trickled down. Xi Sheng created a trail made with blood that directs under the vent.

After doing that, she cuts her hair by the shattered glass.

Khan and her is similar in terms of their body figure, they even share the skin quality. The difference are: Khan has a slightly crooked back while Xi Sheng stands straight like pine, Khan has messy shaggy hair while Xi Sheng has a long hair about her elbow, Khan has a big and protruding mole in her chin while Xi Sheng has none.

Their similarity scores about 6 to 7 points.

Xi Sheng cleans up the place and left. She observes her arrangement and locks the door before leaving.

008:"Oi, what if other personnel checks up on you?"

After checking the corridor, and there's no suspicious men guarding the door, Xi Sheng left silently as her back crooked up, and her head slightly bowing down.

"That will be our end then..."

"But, I think Khan is ordered to serve me and is specifically assigned by My Ziyu. So no one will try to intrude... I think?"

008 massages his head.

You think?!

I also think that no one will buy your disguise!

008:"Where are we going next?"

Xi Sheng drives the service cart excitedly:"We're going to a eat. This time, the 'food' will be definitely edible without any floating pill or squirming worms."

008:"....Yes, please."

Apparently, the food that was served earlier cast a great shadow[5] in 008's and Xi Sheng's heart.

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Footnotes:

[1]Sago worm-a kind of edible worm.

[2]My brain won't let my teeth bite it- An average human cannot bite off his/her finger. Its possible, however, our brain steps in and knock out some sense into the muscle fiber.

[3] Aunt- Menstrual period.

[4] Lip-service- She passed the liquid thru kissing.

[5] Cast a great shadow--Trauma