After eating his fill, Shu Xian realized Li Wu had been staring at him the whole time.
“Wh-what’s wrong?”
“Nothing. I just like looking at brother like this.”
Li Wu rested his chin on his hand and tilted his head to look at him.
After hesitating for a long time, Shu Xian finally asked, “These past few days… I…”
“It’s nothing, brother.”
“I don’t mind. I forgive brother.”
Li Wu was being way too humble around him.
Wuwu, Shu Xian felt a little sorry for him.
He had cursed him out so harshly… did he really not care?
Before Shu Xian could finish feeling sorry, the system made his liver ache again.
『Host, a task is here.』
『Say to Li Wu: “You eat my family’s food and use my family’s things. You’re nothing but a dog in our house.”』
『Just kill me now.』
Shu Xian threw his hands up. He really didn’t want to do this anymore.
He had just eaten the guy’s steak, and now he was supposed to say something like that to him.
He suspected the system was trying to get him killed.
If the task had come out earlier, at least he wouldn’t have already eaten his food.
……
Shu Xian planned to deal with it in the afternoon.
『Host, the task must be completed within two hours.』
006 seemed to read his mind and reminded him.
『Got it.』
Stalling as long as possible was fine.
“Is brother going out today?”
“No. Why?”
“Then I can’t keep brother company. I have something to do and need to go out.”
Oh, Li Wu was going out!
Task, task!
Shu Xian pressed the advantage and gave him a push, saying:
“You eat my family’s food and use my family’s things. You’re nothing but a dog in our house.”
The moment the words left his mouth, Shu Xian turned and quickly ran upstairs.
He couldn’t bear to watch this scene.
“Heh.”
Li Wu let out a light laugh, without a trace of anger.
Just as he had expected.
The things Shu Xian had said to him these past few days were pretty much the same as in the previous life.
Brother seemed to have a task?
Li Wu was certain Shu Xian was not Reincarnated.
No matter how many times someone Reincarnated, their personality wouldn’t change.
Shu Xian’s personality was completely different from that person’s.
If he wasn’t Reincarnated, then who was brother?
Friend or foe?
But the way Shu Xian ran off after saying those harsh words was absolutely adorable.
Was he reluctant to say it?
He must not have meant it from the bottom of his heart, right?
Thinking of this, Li Wu left the house in a cheerful mood.
He was just glad brother didn’t truly hate him.
Shu Xian spent the whole day playing on his phone in his room.
He had only eaten some snacks at noon and was starving now.
He opened his room door and peeked out cautiously.
It seemed Li Wu wasn’t back yet.
He’d better go downstairs and eat while he could.
Looking at the empty dining table.
Wuwuwu, the nanny had taken the day off, so he had no food.
Shu Xian just wanted something hot.
He opened a short video app and found a tutorial on how to cook noodles.
He added water to the pot, brought it to a boil, and threw in a pack of ramen.
Then, following the video, he tossed in some eggs and vegetables.
Perfect.
He really had a natural talent for cooking.
Shu Xian slurped down two bites.
Well, aside from being a little salty, it wasn’t bad.
Click.
Was Li Wu back?
Shu Xian hesitated about whether to go back to his room, but hunger made him choose to keep eating.
“Brother…”
Li Wu walked up to the dining table and called out.
Why was he completely soaked? Was it raining outside?
Shu Xian went to the bathroom, grabbed a towel, and came out to dry him off.
“Why were you out in the rain? Where’s the driver?”
He didn’t take the day off too, did he?
“The driver took the day off.”
Alright.
“Why didn’t you take shelter first when it started raining?”
Li Wu let Shu Xian dry his hair without saying a word.
This kid really was worrisome.
“Have you eaten dinner yet?”
“Not yet.”
“Perfect. I made noodles, so you’ll have to make do.”
“Go change your clothes first, then come back down.”
Once his hair was mostly dry, Shu Xian wrapped him tightly in the towel.
Afraid he might catch a cold.
“Mm.”
Li Wu nodded and went upstairs, but in a place Shu Xian couldn’t see, the corners of his mouth were turning up wildly.
Brother really felt sorry for him.
He lowered his head and sniffed the towel. It smelled like brother.
Li Wu changed into some loungewear and came back down.
“Here, eat.”
Shu Xian placed the noodles in front of him. He was actually pretty curious about what others thought of his cooking.
Li Wu took a sip of the soup first, then elegantly picked up the noodles and started eating.
No wonder he was the protagonist… even his table manners were a pleasure to watch.
“Is it good?”
“It’s delicious. Thank you, brother.”
Li Wu ate with gusto.
This kid was really easy to please and easy to take care of.
Shu Xian looked at him with affectionate eyes.
“Where did you go today?”
“To look for work. Brother, I want to earn money to support myself.”
Huh? Li Wu had gone to get a part-time job because of what he said…
Shu Xian felt so guilty.
But on second thought, Li Wu’s work might also make it easier for him to meet the fourth pursuer.
And in the original plot, although he worked odd jobs everywhere, he never really suffered.
They were all easy gigs.
With that in mind, Shu Xian let him be.
“You… don’t work yourself too hard.”
Shu Xian didn’t even know what identity he had to say that to him anymore.
He was the one who scolded him for spending family money, and also the one telling him not to work too hard.
Ahhh, he was practically developing split personalities.
“Brother, don’t worry. The work isn’t tiring. I just do a few small projects.”
Shu Xian nodded awkwardly. Li Wu was pretty considerate after all.
『Host, a task is here.』
『Say to Li Wu: “Are you proud of being chased by three men?”』
006 directly broadcast the task content.
『Kill me. Right now.』
Was this task even meant for humans?
He suspected the task was making a fool of him.
『I swear, even if I die today, I won’t say a single word.』
Shu Xian confessed.
If he kept doing this task, it would really be morally bankrupt.
『The perk host applied for last time has been approved by the Main System.』
『After completing this task, you’ll be given one free resurrection.』
006 knew the host would definitely be unwilling to do this task, since even it thought it was a bit outrageous.
Fortunately, it had applied to the Main System for the perk in advance.
『What’s the use of resurrection?』
『It’s very useful, host. If you get killed while doing a task in any world, you can be resurrected.』
『Otherwise, if you die, you have to restart the task from scratch.』
『And after resurrection, your identity will be invincible, too.』
With such a big perk, 006 didn’t believe Shu Xian would refuse.
That meant being resurrected at the same progress point instead of starting over.
That actually seemed pretty good.
Guess he’d have to be a little unethical.
“Full?”
“Full, brother.”
Good, then he wouldn’t hold back.
His mouth was a bit dry, so Shu Xian didn’t know how to start.
He grabbed the hair dryer and began drying Li Wu’s hair first.
The warm breeze and the touch of his fingertips made Li Wu a little drowsy.
Brother was so gentle.
After drying it enough, Shu Xian hesitated, then turned the dryer to low speed.
He quickly blurted out, “Are you proud of being chased by three men?”
He dropped the hair dryer and was about to make a run for it.
But this time, Li Wu didn’t give him the chance.
He grabbed Shu Xian’s hand.
“What did you say, brother?”
Li Wu looked up at him.
“Uh, nothing.”
He wasn’t going to repeat it.
But actually, Li Wu already knew he was going to say that.
Even though his words were mumbled, he still heard them.