Zhao Xiaokui was naturally in a coma, apparently not because of low blood sugar levels. She simply could not continue to bear the severe pain of the body-reconstruction, so her brain chose to shut down to protect itself.
However, the chocolate was not entirely useless. Even if it was little, the chocolate provided her some energy.
No matter what world it was, the law of conservation of mass and energy was always valid: no energy would be produced out of nothing, no mass would disappear in thin air. All these complex activities within human bodies were just the transformation of mass and circulation of energy.
Ordinary humans envied plants because they could produce energy from sunlight through photosynthesis. What they did not understand was that the soul could similarly absorb free energy from the surroundings.
[Lazybug: Such an educational novel. Physics, Botany, and Soul Psychology... Wait a minute, what?]
However, the amount of free energy that a 'levelless' soul could absorb was insignificant; a drop in a bucket. It was no way near enough to sustain the daily energy requirements of the human body.
That's also why people needed to eat food and drink water. This way, humans continued to maintain all the bodily functions with external energy and subsistence.
Zhao Xiaokui, whose soul had reached level one, was better off than most of the ordinary living beings on the surface. Even if she didn't eat or drink in a non-extreme condition, she could survive for a month before her body weakened.
In normal circumstances, that was true.
However, Zhao Xiaokui, who was in the middle of the transformation, needed a tremendous amount of energy.
If she hadn't been able to gather enough energy, the pain would have gone beyond the limits that her body could bear.
Amid extreme exhaustion, Zhao Xiaokui's body instinctively gravitated toward chocolate.
Shen Zhifei peeled another one and gave it to her.
Shen Zhifei didn't like sweets too much. However, chocolate was a good energy supplement, so she often ate a few from the box that was kept in the car's refrigerator.
Not too long ago, this box of chocolate was brought, so Shen Zhifei ate only one.
Zhao Xiaokui, who needed energy, was like a greedy child, eating all the remaining chocolate left in the box.
"This is the last one." Shen Zhifei reminded her.
She didn't know whether Zhao Xiaokui had heard her. However, when she fed the last one to Zhao Kiaokui, she extended her little red tongue and licked her finger, as if she wasn't willing to miss a single speck of chocolate.
A jolt of current ran through her spine, from the tip of her finger to her brain.
A tickling sensation spread across her back. Shen Zhifei withdrew her hand by instinct. She picked up the wet towel of the box next to the car door and wiped her finger away.
[Lazybug: A weak kitten can seduce both men and women equally. Shen Zhifei had already fallen into the honey tarp.]
The intense pain caused Zhao Xiaokui's body to tremble uncontrollably. Yet she bit her lips and continued to suffer in silence, not letting a single wail or howl escape her lips.
Shen Zhifei gently put her hand on her dense black hair, caressed it, and said in a low, gentle voice, "Don't be afraid. Everything will be fine."
She remembered people felt too cold when their blood sugar level was too low… Shen Zhifei said, "Elder Tang, please turn off the air conditioner."
Little did she know that her thoughtfulness didn't make Zhao Xiaokui feel any better. Rather, Zhao Xiaokui had already lost her sense of feeling. She could no longer feel the outside temperature.
She felt she was inside the alchemy furnace of the Taishang Laojun. Her entire body was boiling, as if in the state of rapid combustion.
[Lazybug: Taishang Laojun is the Taiqing, which is one of the Three Pure Ones, the highest divinities of Taoism. (Try Wikipedia.) And his alchemy furnace is from 'The Journey to the west'. He tried to refine the body of Sun Wukong (The Monkey King) and failed.
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The reaction of her body, however, differed completely from what she was feeling. From Shen Zhifei's point of view, not only did Zhao Xiaokui's body have no symptoms of a burning fever, but her temperature was dropping continuously.
When she touched Zhao Xiaokui's cheek, she almost thought that she was touching a piece of ice. However, that wasn't surprising.
Humans tended to get fever when they needed to dissipate heat, and Zhao Xiaokui didn't need to dissipate heat.
What she needed was to contain all the energy inside her body, and to use the extreme heat to reconstruct her body, as the fire was used to melt and forge metals.
Shen Zhifei's residence was in a wealthy residential area, and security was good as well.
The single-family villas were hidden under a dense layer of vegetation and could be seen only when someone inspected them closely. The white roofs, however, could often be seen through the trees.
Her private doctor, who was called by chauffeur Tang, was already waiting outside the villa with his medical kit in his hand.
After the car came to a stop, Zhao Xiaokui struggled to open her eyes. It was only when she had inspected the view outside the car that she dared to breathe a sigh of relief.
If it was a hospital, she was afraid that she would have tried to escape, even if she had to crawl.
"Have you recovered?"
"Thanks, thank you a lot."
Zhao Xiaokui's lips were shaking just to show simple gratitude. Listening to her voice, Shen Zhifei could understand just how bad her situation was.
"I understand that you don't want to go to the hospital. That's why I asked my private doctor to come over and do a simple checkup. Is that okay?"
After Zhao Xiaokui agreed to her words, Shen Zhifei got out of the car.
Seeing Shen Zhifei, the doctor gave a slight nod, "Ms. Shen!"
"Sorry for troubling you. Please wait a moment, the patient is inside the car."
Shen Zhifei walked to the other side of the car and opened the door on Zhao Xiaokui's side. Zhao Xiaokui, who was holding the door, was also pulled out of the door.
The sudden force caused Zhao Xiaokui to lose control of her body. Unable to control her weight, she staggered towards the ground. However, what had greeted her wasn't the rough terrain, but a warm embrace with the light earthy fragrance.
'It smells very good.' So she thought.
When his eyes fell on Zhao Xiaokui's face, the doctor was a little startled. He couldn't help but stare at her for a moment before his expression quickly returned to normal.
He felt a little uneasy as he rubbed his nose. The news of the marriage of the Rong family and the Shen family was all over the internet; it was no longer a secret. And Zhao Xiaokui's involvement in the relationship of the unmarried couple, Rong Zhen and Shen Zhifei, was a hot, trending gossip. There were a lot of conspiracy theories about this, and it was a mess.
But what he couldn't understand was the relationship between Shen Zhifei and Zhao Xiaokui. Regardless of the answer, he was a personal doctor. So he had to do his job.
Due to his professional ethics, it was necessary to maintain confidentiality regarding the identity of the client, no matter who the client was.
Shen Zhifei brought Zhao Xiaokui to the guest room on the first floor. She left everything to the doctor about her situation and left to get a cup of warm water for Zhao Xiaokui.
The doctor started taking a few types of equipment out of his medical box, such as a stethoscope. Checking his action, Zhao Xiaokui endured her pain and tried to slow down her heartbeat, so the doctor wouldn't suspect her situation.
And her efforts had paid off.
As Shen Zhifei came in from outside with a cup of hot water, she heard the doctor talking with an unsuspecting voice, "Ms. Zhao's body doesn't have any serious problems. It should be that the blood sugar is too low, and she only needs to hang a bottle of glucose. With it and sufficient rest, Ms. Zhao will soon recover. However, for the sake of Ms. Zhao’s health, I suggest you resume your normal diet and keep your weight in a healthy range as much as possible. After all, even if it is low blood sugar, it may cause diabetic shock and send you into a coma. "
Zhao Xiaokui returned a pale, weak smile:" I will. Thank you, doctor. "
Going to die because of dieting?! Dieting could go to hell.
In the mermaid world, she used to eat only raw fish every day. But now that she has finally returned to the surface world, she won't be eating just grass.
As for the future--
'The crazy job of female celebrities?! Whoever loves it can do it.' She swore in her heart. If she had to eat that way, she wouldn’t be doing it.
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