Xia Heng looked up at the hot sun shining in the sky. He whispered to system 015, “Xiao 5, how much longer do we still need to stay here?”
“You need to wait until the protagonist appears, Host. Don’t forget, you’re just a mere small cannon fodder~~”
“And all I need to do is to make sure the protagonist shou gets hit by the protagonist gong’s car because he wanted to save me, right?”
“That’s right. Host. While our task is really this simple, the task’s reward points are a lot. Mainly because there are not enough people who are willing to take on this task right now! Sigh…”
Xia Heng knew that 015 was about to start complaining again. He quickly cut in, “Look over there. Is that person the protagonist shou?”
“Yes, yes, yes! Quick, find a good angle of approach! Three, two, one, go!”
There was a screech as an expensive car of an unknown brand suddenly braked at the side of the road. “The f*ck is wrong with you? You don’t look both ways before crossing the street?”
Xia Heng stared in confusion as the protagonist shou walked further until he was out of sight, then turned back to the driver of the luxury car with a stunned expression. He whispered inwardly, “System…Did we…fail the mission?”
015 was also bewildered. After a long moment of silence, he spoke with uncertainty, “That’s impossible… This did not happen in the plot! Give me a second, I’ll double check this!”
At this moment, Xia Heng looked very wronged. His beautiful peach blossom eyes were slightly flushed and his normally upturned mouth was slightly bent down. He apologized to the driver and left, clutching his stinging elbow.
What Xia Heng didn’t know was that there had been a man sitting in the back seat of the car watching the whole time. The man was full of interest. Originally, the man thought he had been staging an accident, but now it seemed like he was wrong? Hmm… the little cry baby looked kind of cute, too.
Xia Heng, who by now had reached the sidewalk, thought that this was really an unlucky year. He had already managed to terribly fail the first mission he received. However, there were new missions lined up and he should not be discouraged by a failure so easily. Afterall, there were still many more cannon fodder missions for him to do in the future. Although he didn’t succeed this time, he had more chances ahead of him.
After cheering up himself, Xia Heng plucked up his courage to ask 015: “Xiao 5, what is our next task?”
015 did not answer him.
This was the first time Xia Heng encountered this situation. He was a little worried. He called out to 015 a few more times, but he did not get a response.
Just when Xia Heng was about to conclude that he had been abandoned by system 015, he heard a familiar mechanical sound. “Hello, I am System 014. Because you just failed your mission, your next tasks will be handled by me.”
“Then…what will happen to 015?” Xia Heng was a little worried.
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“Oh, don’t worry Host. He will be assigned to other hosts.”
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“Oh, that’s not true. The entire interview process has three rounds. You have to pass the first two written examinations, and then when the protagonist shou appears in the third round …”
“Oh, ok, I understand, I’m there to set up the stage to show off the protagonist shou’s intelligence!” Xia Heng concluded smartly.
Um… not exactly… While you’re creating a contrasting effect for the protagonist shou, you have to make it so that the protagonist gong thinks the protagonist shou is very special.” 014 said, embarrassed.
Xia Heng was a little confused. He couldn’t really think of what he could do to give the protagonist shou a contrasting effect from the rest of the candidates, and make the protagonist gong think the protagonist shou was unique. After thinking about the problem carefully, he asked 014, “Is there no… task hints… of any kind?”
014 was also guilty, “We can only predict the approximate scene and the plot trajectory. We really cannot get information on any specific actions.”
Xia Heng rubbed his nose. He was in a dilemma. His nose turned red from the rubbing, making him look very wronged. At this moment, a hand holding a small cup of tea appeared in front of him. “Here, drink this.”
Xia Heng looked up in surprise. Standing in front of him was the protagonist shou who had turned a blind eye when he got hit by the car!
He stuttered out, “Thank you for the water.”
The protagonist shou watched him and smiled, “Earlier, I saw you fall and thought you were trying to stage an accident, so I walked away. But now I know you actually weren’t.”
Xia Heng said silently in his heart: Actually, I was trying to stage an accident just now…but not to extort money, it was to help you and the protagonist gong get together.
Hearing the protagonist shou’s words, Xia Heng felt even more guilty. He blushed and faltered, not knowing what to say.
The protagonist shou looked down and rubbed Xia Heng’s head softly, “It must be fate for us to meet. I have no way to really comfort you. But if you look on the bright side, there is no difficulty in the world that you can’t get through.”
Xia Heng felt that there was something wrong with this current development…but he couldn’t pin down what was wrong. He quickly called out to 014, “Why is the protagonist shou suddenly being so good to me?”
014 was also very off-kilter at the moment, “Uh…probably because he has the character traits of a good person?”
Xia Heng disagreed with 014’s view on things. Afterall, a mere “nice guy” would not turn a blind eye when seeing him get hit by a car and think it was a staged accident.
But Xia Heng was an agreeable person. Although he had no memory of his life before this, his character was still the same.
So he didn’t show his inner complaints and dissatisfaction outwardly. Instead he smiled, looking shy and embarrassed.
Seeing Xia Heng like this, the protagonist shou assumed he was feeling better, so he got up and left.
Seeing him leave, 014 and Xia Heng let out a sigh of relief at the same time. This unexpected situation was actually really bad. Protagonist shou and protagonist gong, we are begging you to please follow the plot.
After sending away these two big players, Xia Heng suddenly remembered something else. He asked the system, “One month later, what department of the company will I be interviewing for?”
014 hadn’t recovered completely from the shock just now, “Oh! It’s for jewelry design.”
Xia Heng thought for a while and felt like he had no experience in this line of work. He said with some uncertainty, “I will probably need to study beforehand…otherwise I’m afraid I won’t even pass the first two rounds of written tests.”
For some reason, 014 sounded a little withered when he next spoke, “Then study, I’ll write out an outline you can follow. At that time, you can just follow the contents in my outline to do it.”
Xia Heng doesn’t actually remember if he himself had been in contact with this profession before. Looking at the various terms and industrial theories of the jewelry design profession already gave him a headache.
For the next 30 days, Xia Heng worked hard day and night, studying in the small rental house the system had arranged for him.
Perhaps it was because he had worked too hard. On the day of the written test, Xia Heng put on the suit that the system had selected for him. 014 looked up and down at Xia Heng and said with dissatisfaction, “Your current image does not fit our present role of a cannon fodder.”
Xia Heng was immediately panicked when he heard this, “I can change into something else if this is not suitable.”
014 hummed for a long time. He picked out a three-piece suit from a jumble of clothes in the system store.
Xia Heng looked at this new set of slim fit suits with uncertainty, “You…really think I should wear this suit? Isn’t it… a little expensive?”
014 said indifferently, “You still have novice points. This suit is still within your budget. As long as you complete this task well, in the future, items like these will be small things in your eyes.”
Xia Heng blinked, “En.” In his heart, the urgency to earn points rose higher.
Wearing this new set of white suit and pants, Xia Heng’s image indeed rose another level, although his height was still lacking.
However, he had the advantage of a good figure. He had long legs, a round butt, high cheekbones, red lips, white teeth, and bright eyes.
White suits were always attractive. Although a darker complexion could give the look a more old-fashioned feel, due to Xia Heng’s vigorous studies indoors, his whole person had a pallour that was not visible before. Paired with this suit, he looked particularly elegant and luxurious.
014 looked at Xia Heng and nodded with satisfaction, “You will wear this for the third round interview in two days. For now, take it off. The first and second rounds are written tests. It would be a waste to wear such a good one for those.”
Xia Heng listened in a daze. “En.” He changed back into the casual suit he often wore, then went to the company to take the written test.
The first round of the written test was to test basic knowledge and experience. Xia Heng didn’t dare to make mistakes. After all, he had been reviewing for more than a month. If he couldn’t answer even these questions, he would really be dull-witted.
The difficulty increased in the second round. Candidates had to submit a simple jewelry design draft according to the requirements of the examination, and indicate the source of inspiration for their design.
Xia Heng has nothing else to count on but his own perseverance. He had spent half a month learning the design drawings given to him by 014 and the finished products that were on display in the system store.
So when the company’s exam asked him to design a trendy wedding ring, Xia Heng did not hesitate to put his pen on paper. He designed a puzzle-shaped frame for a heart-shaped diamond that was split–when put together, the diamonds would form a complete heart.
Although this design was not very high-end, it was very eye-catching.
During this time, 014 kept recommending Xia HEng to copy the samples form the system store, but Xia Heng insisted on designing it himself.
014 was not very happy, but fortunately, Xia Heng’s design was selected and he moved on.
He became second among the candidates. In first place was a man named Han Lang.
After hearing the system’s news, Xia Heng was filled with excitement. “He really deserves to be the protagonist shou, he is very talented!”
Then Xia Heng spoke in confusion, “Is protagonist shou named Han Lang?”
014 was still in his own world at this moment, thinking: If one day I got promoted to system 001, will I finally get to manage a host with a protagonist halo?”
Xia Heng rolled his eyes, “Xiao 14, did I earn any points yet?”
“Yes yes. The task progress is 50% complete, bonus points: 1000.”
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love the story so far ty for the translation ^__^
What a cutie !
Thanks for the chapter 🙂
Why is he so cute !!! 😚
Started reading it todaaaaaayyyy!!! 😆😆LETS FKING GOOOOOOOOOO!!! 😆 THAMKK FOR THE CHAPPIEE 😘😚😆
Already wishing this was longer than 10 chapters. The system is giving me anxiety though 😅
Oooohhh, a cutie and and a not-so-cute system….
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This is cute but only ten chapters?! Ahhhh not enoughhhh