Maria tapped her fingers on the table with a contemplative look.She recalled her conversations with her family, where they all suspected that Alex's business had started to build. From chicken shares from expensive restaurants, money for his mother-in-law, and now jewelry from a well-known brand: Tiffany Jewelry.There's no mistaking that Alex has bounced back with god-knows-what business. The point is, he has a lot of money and is using it to spoil his wife.Maria automatically chuckles when the sparkle of the expensive jewelry comes into her head. Alex gave it to Lucia as an apology. What their problem was, Maria didn't care. She was just jealous that Lucia had gotten so much jewelry.When will Jasmine start her mission? If it continues like this, it will be harder and harder to get Alex to turn his back on Lucia.Maria also wanted to earn a lot of money to buy expensive things, if for example Alex had rejoined the Sans family.Maria sighed in annoyance and got up from her chair. S
"Alex, can't we just take a taxi home?"Alex, who was putting away the cleaning supplies, immediately turned around at that."Yes, of course," he replied, smiling.Lucia nodded and sat back in her chair. So, she finished her work early and this time took turns waiting for her husband to finish.Alex's work as a cleaning service was already done, but today he was in charge of putting the cleaning tools back where they belonged. His other colleagues had returned, so he took the initiative to tidy everything up himself. He doesn't like to see messy tools, especially when they're scattered all over the place.Lucia watched how Alex worked, so skillfully and quickly. Then, the woman's words came back to her.Where did Alex get that kind of money to buy expensive jewelry?Lucia would ask him about that when they got home. That's why she chose to take a taxi instead of the bus. Lucia was sure Alex couldn't have done that, so she wanted to make sure before she returned home.It would be best
Alex glanced at Lucia who was fast asleep on the hospital sofa, then at his father-in-law who was lying limply on his gurney - already groggy from the medication.Alex's father-in-law's condition had improved, so today Bachdim was discharged by the doctor. Despite this, his appearance still looked very concerning due to the blackened wounds on his pale skin. The doctor said that there were no serious internal injuries from the thugs' beatings, he just needed complete rest.Alex hopes that after this incident, Bachdim will be deterred from gambling and borrowing money again.He's not worried about Bachdim, but more about his wife. Lucia takes care of everything, even the debt payments. The group of thugs also came to the Verg family home on a whim. If Alex wasn't there, who knows what they would have done.Alex brewed his coffee and placed it on the table. In that room, there were only the three of them. His two sisters-in-law had been back home since last night. They kept complaining,
Alex didn't know if it was just his feelings or what, but when the wind blew, there was a heat that pierced his skin. The closer he got to the virus, the more the searing heat felt.Is this what his supervisor meant?Even though there were only two basketball-sized viruses three feet away from his position, he could already feel the effects.Alex didn't know how many viruses he had to eradicate. It could be dozens or hundreds, but he needed to get the job done.Alex took a breath and pulled out his golden sword. The windows of his car were opened, an alternative he thought of to avoid the danger of the virus.So, Alex wouldn't get out of his car at all. He would just stab the virus with his golden sword through the open window.Alex just didn't want to take any risks. Especially one that could jeopardize his health.If the viruses in the system world were the same as those in the real world, then he would be in big trouble. The system panel clearly said that the virus was a bad virus,
Alex's body felt very weak.He didn't know what was happening to him. He had been dodging for about 10 minutes, but the viruses kept chasing him. They swarmed and tried to get into Alex's car through the open window. Alex couldn't close the window because he was having trouble breathing. I don't know, it felt like something had been injected into his body, making him seem drained in no time.Or... what he was feeling now was the harmful effects of the virus? It seemed so, considering there were already dozens of viruses he had eradicated.When he started to get splashed by the virus explosion, at first only his face and arms felt sore. Then after a while, his body began to relax.Cold sweat broke out on Alex's body, flowing from the nape of his neck to his waist. Alex's hand holding the sword was even shaking. His feelings were all over the place, he wanted to go home. The side of his head kept throbbing, like he had just been slammed into a concrete wall.Alex wanted to stop. He fe
"Alex! Alex! What's going on? What's wrong with you?"Lucia arrived in a panic as she heard Alex moaning and screaming. She didn't know what was going on, she was in the middle of arranging the food when Alex's voice echoed outside the house.This morning, when she woke up on the hospital couch, Alex was no longer there. There was only a small note he had left on his cell phone. Lucia thought that Alex might have had something urgent to do and didn't want to wake her up, so she didn't mind at all.She returned home with her father at eight in the morning, and she did a little shopping before making breakfast.Then all of a sudden, Alex's shouting voice rang out. Lucia immediately ran outside regardless of her father's questions. By the time she reached the veranda, Alex was lying limp on the floor. He kept moaning in pain while holding his head."Alex? What's wrong with you?" Lucia crouched beside her husband in panic and fear. She checked Alex's body quickly, there were no signs of v
Lucia stepped hurriedly into her room. She changed for a moment, since she was still in her pajamas. Afterward, she stuffed her purse into her small sling bag, then grabbed Alex's jacket from the closet.After the heavy rain that had fallen, the air had dropped dramatically this morning. She didn't want him to get cold. She was already worried about her head, so she didn't want to make things worse if Alex caught a cold.Lucia checked everything once more, making sure nothing was left behind. She closed the door to her room and stepped out, while her father still had time to stop her."Did you have to go to all that trouble, Lucia? He's just overreacting," her father said with annoyance. "I told you to just give him some normal medicine.""She's sick, Dad. I don't care what you think, I'll still take him to the hospital."Bachdim sighed and went back to eating his food. He shook his head as Lucia walked away.But when he got outside, he was surprised to find Alex already awake."Alex.
Alex activated his VR feature, intending to return to the system world before Lucia came to bring him warm water.His body no longer felt weak, although his condition was not fully recovered. But at least, it was much better than before.Recalling the incident again made Alex spontaneously shudder. Because he couldn't see anything else but blur and darkness, it was like looking through a window filled with raindrops.The system world virus was clearly much more dangerous than the virus in the real world.Maybe Alex didn't feel the effects right away, but the aftermath felt like an endless wave of pain.To be honest, Alex felt somewhat traumatized.Throughout his stint in the system world, this was the first time he felt so overwhelmed. Even when fighting monsters, he didn't feel the same effect.From now on, he wouldn't underestimate anything anymore, even if the enemy was very easy to destroy.Alex sighed and moved on. He arrived at the system world smoothly, right in the middle of t