Chapter 10 The Protagonist Uke and Four Suitors X

Chapter 10: The Protagonist (the Uke) and Four Pursuers (10)

"Brother?"

Mo Sen only let go after carrying him to the hospital bed.

"Brother, why didn't you call me to help you?"

Li Wu glared furiously at Mo Sen, this presumptuous, meddlesome doctor.

"Rest well at home, and come back to have your cast taken off."

Mo Sen ruffled his hair affectionately.

Then he turned and left the ward without even glancing at Li Wu.

Why is everyone so fixated on my brother?

It's really irritating...

Li Wu dropped his fierce glare and turned to Shu Xian gently:

"Brother, let's go home."

Once we're home, brother will be mine alone.

"Mm-hmm, let's go home~"

I was going stir-crazy in the hospital.

Shu Xian spent the next few days at home just eating, drinking, and lounging around—he was practically turning into a couch potato.

"Brother, do you want to go out and have some fun?"

Li Wu knew he must be feeling cooped up and had already planned where to take Shu Xian.

"Yes!"

Anywhere is fine, as long as I can leave this house!

"Alright, let me help you get in the car."

Great, finally getting out of the house! Li Wu is really thoughtful.

I'll give him a great gift for his birthday.

After getting out of the car, Shu Xian looked up and saw a large sign.

He decided to change Li Wu's birthday gift from a great one to a small one.

He actually brought me to see an opera? I'm just a country bumpkin who can't appreciate such refined tastes.

Really, going from one boring place to another.

Ugh.

Well, it can't be helped—the original host liked opera.

Li Wu must have found out somehow and brought me here.

"How is it, brother?"

Watching the actors sing on stage, Li Wu whispered in his ear.

"Not bad, not bad, it's quite good."

Shu Xian whispered back perfunctorily.

The singing is so soporific.

He's been fighting off sleepiness the whole time—it's torture.

"Host, host, snap out of it."

"There's a fluctuation from a protagonist (the gong)."

As soon as 006 spoke, Shu Xian was instantly wide awake.

"Where, where?"

Shu Xian looked around the theater, figuring the best-looking one was likely the guy.

"Host, there's no specific location."

Fine, I'll just sit here and wait for him to appear on his own.

"Brother, what are you looking for?"

Looking for your hubby.

"Nothing, shh."

Shu Xian put a finger to his lips.

Now there are only two main love interests (gongs) left to appear.

One is the domineering Gu Tingyuan, and the other is the doctor, Yu Jingxing.

Which one will it be?

"006, in the original plot, did Li Wu meet any of the love interests (gongs) at the opera house?"

"Yes, host. Some deviations in the plot are normal."

"As long as the protagonist (the uke) meets a gong, we just need to complete the task of advancing their relationship."

006 explained.

"Mm-hmm, okay, okay."

So Li Wu is basically a human radar, haha.

As long as I follow him, meeting the protagonist gongs should be pretty quick.

"By the way, 006, why haven't you issued the task to advance the relationship between Li Wu and Fu Yichen yet?"

Fu Yichen has been around for many days now.

"Don't worry about it, Host."

"Once all four suitors show up, the tasks will all pop up at once."

"You'll be very busy then, so enjoy the downtime while you can."

"Okay, sure."

Shu Xian immediately felt better—might as well go with the flow.

Soon enough, the main love interest would meet Li Wu on his own.

No need for him to worry.

Thinking this, Shu Xian started dozing off.

His head kept nodding, and seeing this, Li Wu let Shu Xian rest his head on his shoulder.

In his drowsiness, he just leaned against him and fell asleep.

He didn’t wake up until the performance was almost over.

"Huh? It's over?"

Shu Xian saw the actors on stage holding hands and taking a bow.

He asked apologetically.

"Mn, did you sleep well, brother?"

"Sorry, little brother. Their singing was so beautiful, I got so absorbed that I fell asleep."

Shu Xian said without blushing or his heart racing.

He also felt a bit sorry.

Li Wu had arranged this for him, and he didn’t know if he’d be upset that he fell asleep.

"It’s okay, brother. If you’re happy, I’m happy."

"Mn, you're the best, little bro."

Shu Xian pinched his cheek—where else could you find such an understanding little brother?

Those suitors are really getting a bargain.

"Brother, let’s go."

"Okay."

Shu Xian, leaning on his crutch, walked with Li Wu toward the exit.

He was getting more and more used to the crutch, walking almost as fast as normal.

Wait, no!

No, no!

Where’s the main love interest?

Shu Xian turned to look at Li Wu, eyes wide.

Where’s your hubby?

"Brother, what’s wrong?"

Li Wu was a bit confused—what was wrong with his brother?

Shu Xian blinked his slightly sore eyes and said, "It’s nothing, I really need to pee. Wait here for me, I’ll go by myself."

Without giving him a chance to respond, Shu Xian headed toward the restroom with his crutch.

Li Wu, not wanting to hurt his pride, didn’t follow.

"006, what’s going on? Where’s the main love interest?"

The show's over—did he leave too?

"Host, the scan shows he's still in the theater."

If Li Wu waits at the entrance, he might be able to strike up a conversation soon.

After using the restroom, Shu Xian stayed inside without leaving.

He tried to take his time going out, increasing the chance of them meeting.

Heh heh, thinking this, Shu Xian couldn’t help but chuckle.

"Is it funny?"

"Huh?"

Snapping back to reality, Shu Xian realized someone was using the urinal next to where he was standing.

"Uh, sorry, I wasn’t laughing at you. I was just spacing out."

The man in front of him was much taller, probably around 190 cm.

His expression was cold and stern, his gaze sharp enough to kill.

"Sorry, sorry."

Better apologize first.

Wuwu, so scary.

"Enjoying the view?"

"Huh?"

What?

"Uh… I wasn’t looking."

Shu Xian instinctively glanced downward, thinking, *You haven’t even taken it out yet.*

"Get lost."

Shu Xian’s downward glance angered the man.

He snapped.

"I really wasn't looking at you."

"Okay, okay! I'm going, I'm going right now!"

Shu Xian frantically grabbed for his crutch, but the crutch, which had been leaning against the wall, slipped and clattered to the floor.

He tried bending over a few times but couldn't quite grab it.

"Um, sorry... could you hand that to me?"

Shu Xian's face flushed in panic, terrified the guy was about to punch him.

An awful silence hung in the air.

"Host! Host! That's Gu Tingyuan, the main male lead!"

Upon hearing 006's reminder, Shu Xian couldn't help but tremble.

This ruthless, domineering CEO Gu Tingyuan was even more terrifying than Fu Yichen.

He was most skilled at using others to do his dirty work.

Oh no... I've already pissed him off. This is so scary.

Shu Xian gave up on the crutch. Bracing himself against the wall, he hobbled and hopped on one foot to make his escape.