Chapter 20 The Protagonist Uke and Four Suitors XX

Chapter 20: The Protagonist (the 'Uke') and Four Suitors (20)

After the meal, Shu Xian shooed them all into the living room to rest, ordering them not to enter the kitchen while he cleaned up himself.

Not easy—all for them, he had to wash so many dishes.

You'd better pick up the pace.

"Gu Tingyuan, where did you get that watch?" Li Wu asked.

"Oh, you mean this watch Shushu bought for me? At the mall near my company."

"Why? You want Shushu to buy you one too?"

Gu Tingyuan began not-so-subtly showing off again.

"A man who only knows how to spend other people's money can't be much use."

Yu Jingxing, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up.

"Heh, jealous?"

"Of course I'd never let the person I like spend money on me. I *gave* him *my* black card."

Gu Tingyuan fiddled with his watch as he spoke.

*In this life, Yu Jingxing doesn't like Li Wu and is into Shu Xian instead?*

*Even Jian Fang is the same?*

*Is it because he and Li Wu awakened, causing subtle changes in this world?*

*Or is it because of Shushu?*

*Heh, Shushu really is a treasure.*

*Fu Yichen must have met them by now too, but I wonder if Fu Yichen has fallen for my Shushu.*

*I allow them to like Shushu—it just shows how charming my Shushu is.*

*But Shushu will always be mine alone.*

After the meal, everyone dispersed, and seeing that they still hadn't made any progress, Shu Xian really wanted to grab a pot from the kitchen and knock each of them on the head to see if they were blockheads.

Damn it.

"Host, there's a small issue that requires your intervention…"

Shu Xian was fuming as he ate fruit on the sofa, and 006 only ventured to speak cautiously.

"Go on."

"Fu Yichen returned from battle injured. In the original plot, Li Wu takes care of him, and over time, they develop feelings in secret."

"But now Li Wu hasn't gone, so you might have to go take care of him instead…"

"Huh? Why? What if Fu Yichen develops hidden feelings for me?"

Do I have to take over the uke's role?

Ridiculous.

"Host, here's the situation: the plot has gone off the rails now. None of the protagonist gongs who were supposed to like Li Wu have fallen for him."

"The plot has stalled. To ensure the task can be completed, you can also step in and do some of the things the protagonist uke should do."

"In the end, if the four protagonist gongs don't like the protagonist uke but like you instead, it still counts as task completion."

Li Wu is such a good person, and they don't like him—would they really like someone like me?

Getting four suitors to fall for me—isn't that too difficult?

"But what does it have to do with me if they don't like the protagonist uke?"

Why should I have to do the protagonist uke's tasks?

"Host, we're here to fix the plot. The contract also includes this task."

Shu Xian scrolled through the contract 006 sent in his mind. One clause even stated that, when necessary, the host must contribute everything to the task, even his life.

"Heh, how generous of you, with my life in your hands."

But in his original world, he had already worked himself to death. This was a second life given by the system.

There were rewards after completing the tasks too. Thinking of this, Shu Xian felt motivated again.

"Go for it, Host! For the mission, for early retirement!"

"Right. I'll give it my all."

For an early retirement!

"By the way, what happens if the task fails?"

Come to think of it, I've been careless—I'd forgotten to ask about the consequences of failure.

"If the task fails, all memories will be erased, and you'll be randomly placed in any world."

"What happens in that world, and whether you can return or not, will depend entirely on your own luck."

"That's terrifying? What kind of world? Like a dinosaur age? Or a post-apocalyptic world?"

The more Shu Xian thought about it, the more his scalp crawled.

"All of the above are possible, host."

Alright, alright, I'll do the tasks properly, *sob*.

Shu Xian made an excuse to bid farewell to Li Wu, saying he needed to go home.

Li Wu had also been busy lately with the newly inherited Li family business.

So he allowed it.

Once the family business is all sorted out, his brother will be his alone.

He will give his brother everything he wants in life.

Those people don't even have the right to compete with him.

After Shu Xian contacted Fu Yichen and said he wanted to take care of him,

Fu Yichen was pretty flattered. Shu Xian made the excuse that since Fu Yichen had taken care of him before, as brothers, he also had an obligation to look after him.

So Fu Yichen didn't turn him down.

Shu Xian casually packed some clothes, grabbed his suitcase, and huffed and puffed his way to Fu Yichen’s house.

Fu Yichen was injured pretty badly—his left leg had steel pins and was wrapped in bandages, his right arm was fractured and bandaged, hanging from his neck in a sling to immobilize his elbow, and his head was also wrapped, leaving only one eye exposed.

It honestly looked a bit ridiculous. Shu Xian still turned around and laughed for a while.

“Alright, if you want to laugh, turn around and laugh out loud. Don’t hold it in and hurt yourself.”

Who comes to take care of a patient and starts giggling right away?

“You said it, hahahahahaha.”

Shu Xian faced him, laughing so hard he couldn’t straighten up.

“Hahaha…”

It looked like they ran out of bandages after wrapping him up like a mummy.

The one exposed eye was bright and alert, blinking and tilting his head to look at him—it was kind of cute.

The tough guy’s unexpected cuteness.

Is it really that funny?

Shu Xian laughed until he cried.

“Okay, okay, I’ll stop laughing.”

“How are you feeling now?”

Shu Xian had never taken care of anyone before and had no idea where to start.

How could such a big house not have a single servant?

Fu Yichen saw he was puzzled and said:

“I didn’t want my family to know about my injury, so I didn’t hire any servants.”

Fu Yichen found it really annoying—every servant he hired would get turned by his mother into a spy, monitoring his every move.

She would also occasionally send people over, claiming they were people she was setting him up with.

For the sake of peace and quiet, he preferred to live alone.

Shu Xian glanced at the three-story villa and thought about the thought of having to tend to Fu Yichen up and down the stairs every day, doing laundry and cooking.

He really admired Li Wu from his previous life.

[The book described it like this: Li Wu was like a diligent “snail girl,” managing everything Fu Yichen needed in an orderly manner.

Under his meticulous care, Fu Yichen recovered and couldn’t help but fall in love with him.]

Is this love? This is one person who loves being a nanny, and another who loves the nanny!

If you love someone, how could you bear to make them do so much?

What a completely ridiculous novel!

The mere thought of cleaning, doing laundry, and cooking had Shu Xian exhausted. He didn’t want to work a single day of this shift.

“You got this, Host!”

006 cheered Shu Xian on.

“Do your sister.”

Shu Xian had a look of utter despair on his face.

“Host, you…”

006 covered his mouth in disbelief—the host actually swore at him.

“Host your sister.”

Shu Xian still wore the same expression of utter despair.

Wahh, today 006 finally understood just how much resentment a worker could hold.