“Hello, what’s the matter?” Miss Chen answered the phone.
“Do you think he’ll like me…”
Fu Yichen was someone who was confident in everything he did, but when it came to romance, he suddenly became a little unsure of himself.
Shu Xian had always seemed to treat him only as a friend.
“Don’t overthink it. Just ask him directly when the time comes.”
Miss Chen comforted him.
“What if he turns me down?”
Just thinking about Shu Xian rejecting him made his chest tighten until he could barely breathe.
“You… have you eaten yet?”
Miss Chen didn’t even know how to comfort him anymore, so she changed the subject.
“No. Mom, where are you? I’ll go find you.”
“Ah, where am I?”
Miss Chen looked at Shu Xian, not knowing how to answer.
“It’s fine. Let him come over.”
Shu Xian said.
“Then come find me. I’m eating hotpot with Xianxian.”
“Mom, why are you eating hotpot with him?”
And you still didn’t invite him…
“Come first, talk later.”
Miss Chen hung up.
Fu Yichen wanted to see Shu Xian as soon as possible. What should have been a half-hour trip took him just fifteen minutes.
“Xian.”
Fu Yichen called to him softly.
“Mm, sit down.”
“These spicy dishes are too much for you. Order something else.”
Shu Xian handed him the menu.
“It’s fine. I like spicy food too. I like everything you ordered.”
Fu Yichen picked food out of the pot and started eating.
Vegetables absorb even more oil, making them even spicier than meat dishes.
“You can handle spicy food?”
“Then why don’t you eat it at home?”
“You don’t like eating with your parents?”
Miss Chen fired off three questions in a row.
“No, I just didn’t feel like eating spicy food at the time.”
Ha. As if anyone would believe that.
“It’s great that you can eat spicy food. You can spend more time eating with your parents.”
“Okay, I will.”
“Xianxian, say a few more words to him. Tell him he has to listen to me.”
“Did you hear that?”
Shu Xian turned his head and asked.
“I heard you. I’ll listen to Mom.”
Fu Yichen nodded obediently.
“Hmph, Xianxian really is the only one who can keep you in line.”
With Miss Chen there, the meal went fairly well, and it wasn’t very awkward either.
“Xian, I have something I want to say to you.”
What had to come had finally come.
“Wait, let me make a call first.”
Shu Xian wouldn’t let him say it. He walked toward the entrance of the hotpot restaurant.
“Shu Xian?”
The figure walking toward him looked somewhat familiar.
“Yu Jingxing?”
“Yes, it’s me.”
Yu Jingxing came closer.
“Are you eating hotpot alone?”
“No, I’m here with a friend. What about you?”
“I’m alone. I haven’t eaten yet.”
“Can you… help me with something?”
Shu Xian had originally wanted to call Gu Tingyuan to come block him for a moment, because he guessed Fu Yichen was about to confess.
Since Yu Jingxing happened to be here, he might as well ask him for help. After all, he was one of the later task partners too.
“What kind of help?”
“Well… could you pretend to be my boyfriend?”
“It would be my honor. I don’t even need to pretend.”
No need to pretend either?
Shu Xian’s CPU was overheating a little.
Yu Jingxing’s lips curved upward, and his eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses were deep and unreadable.
He could get close to Shu Xian now.
“Then let’s go, my little boyfriend.”
Yu Jingxing pulled up the Shu Xian who was spacing out.
You’re the little one…
“Fu Yichen, what did you want to tell me just now? Go ahead.”
“Xian, who is he?”
Please don’t let it be what he was thinking.
“I’m his boyfriend, Yu Jingxing. Nice to meet you.”
Yu Jingxing raised their tightly interlocked hands.
“You two…”
He was still a step too late…
“I have nothing else to say. I wish you happiness…”
Fu Yichen forced down the suffocating feeling and blessed them.
“Then Miss Chen, we’ll head off first.”
“Okay, go ahead.”
Miss Chen was helpless too. It seemed Shu Xian really didn’t like her son.
…
“Phew~”
Shu Xian let go of Yu Jingxing’s hand.
“Do you not like him? Or was it just hard to turn him down?”
Yu Jingxing asked.
“It’s hard to turn him down. We’re all friends.”
“Hah, friends? Other people don’t think so.”
Shu Xian looked up at him.
At this man who always kept an elegant smile.
“Mm, thanks for your help. Is there anything you’d like me to accompany you to do?”
“Eat with me.”
“What do you want to eat?”
“Can you cook me a bowl of noodles?”
“I suddenly really want to eat the noodles my family makes at home.”
That was really sudden. That was what Shu Xian wanted to say to him.
Since Yu Jingxing had just helped him, he had no choice but to agree.
“Sure.”
“Then can we go to my place?”
“Sure.”
『006, give me Yu Jingxing’s profile.』
『Host, the plot is a complete mess now, so it may not be accurate.』
『I just want to use it as a reference.』
『Okay, host. Please receive it.』
{Yu Jingxing: a man who stops at nothing to achieve his goals.}
『That’s it? Just that?』
『Yes, host. Just that one paragraph.』
…
“Come in.”
“Your home is so neat.”
It was clean and tidy, every bit of it.
This guy probably had some obsessive tendencies and a bit of a cleanliness fetish.
“Take me to the kitchen.”
Shu Xian quickly cooked a bowl of noodles. They couldn’t really be called delicious, but at least they were cooked.
Yu Jingxing was the one who wanted to eat them, so he couldn’t blame Shu Xian.
“Is it good?”
“Mm, not bad.”
He could clearly see Yu Jingxing frowning, but he was still forcing himself to act tough.
“Shu Xian, I like you. Will you be with me?”
?
So sudden?
You can even confess while eating noodles?
“You can like me, but I still can’t be with you.”
“And your liking me isn’t enough yet.”
The system didn’t even give a prompt.
“What kind of liking counts as enough?”
“Enough for me to feel it.”
Shu Xian made up an excuse to brush him off.
Just as Shu Xian was preparing to leave, 006 issued the task.
『Yu Jingxing’s birthday. Replace Li Wu and spend his birthday with him.』
『Why didn’t you issue the task just now?』
『The system only issues the task when it is certain Li Wu cannot make it.』
Well, fine.
“What do you like to do?”
He had to think about how to make this birthday unforgettable for him.
“Dissection.”
…
“How about I let you dissect me when I become a corpse?”
Shu Xian said it as a joke.
But in Yu Jingxing’s ears, those words meant, “I can die for you.”
Yu Jingxing’s heart pounded wildly.
He looked at Shu Xian with burning eyes.
“Are you really willing?”
“Sure.”
Anyway, he was going to fake his death in the end. He could dissect him however he wanted.
“Think of it as my birthday gift to you. Just not today, okay?”
“Okay.”
Tsk. Yu Jingxing really was a pervert.
You could tell by the scarlet desire stirring in his eyes.
『Host, he’s fallen for you. He really does want to dissect you.』
『Tsk tsk tsk. Then can I slip away now?』
『You can.』
After saying goodbye to Yu Jingxing, Shu Xian went home.
006 said that once the Main System judged the task complete, he could leave this world.
That day, Shu Xian received a hospital notice asking him to come in for a follow-up checkup.
He hadn’t wanted to go, since he was about to leave this world anyway, but he still wanted to see Mo Sen quite a bit.
“How have you been lately? Is there anywhere that feels uncomfortable?”
“No, I feel pretty good.”
Shu Xian answered honestly.
“Doctor Mo, I think you’re getting more and more handsome.”
Shu Xian looked up at the man as he examined him, carefully checking the recovery of the bones in his leg.
“And does that make your heart flutter?”
“Mm… a little bit.”
He was really envious of his looks, his height, and his muscles. Waaah.
“Just a little bit?”
“Hey, Doctor Mo, are we friends now?”
“Yes. Why?”
Mo Sen looked at him, a little confused about what he meant.
“If I died, would you remember me?”
Besides the task partners, he was his first friend.
“Why are you suddenly saying that?”
He didn’t like it very much.
“Nothing, just a sudden thought. Hahaha.”
Shu Xian let out two awkward laughs.
He was a doctor, so he should be used to this kind of thing, right?
Death happened every day.
『Host, the Main System has judged the task successful.』
『Yay~ The first task is a complete success.』
That was actually pretty satisfying, hehe.
『Host, automatic detachment happens in three days.』
『Okay.』
Thinking about everything he had experienced around him, he actually felt a little reluctant to leave.
“Doctor Mo, if I had the chance, I’d really like to date you.”
Shu Xian said sincerely.
“Then why don’t you do it now?”
Mo Sen stared at him with his dark eyes.
“There’s not enough time. I don’t have the chance.”
“What do you mean, not enough time? Where are you going?”
Mo Sen’s heart throbbed with a dull ache.
Shu Xian looked out the window. “To a place that belongs to me.”
“Hahahaha, don’t be so serious. I was joking.”
Shu Xian patted his shoulder.
He should have kept his mouth shut. After he left, it would only make people overthink things. It would be better to act as if he had never come at all.
“Shu Xian, be with me. I like you. I’ve liked you since the day you came to my office to see me.”
“Really?”
Shu Xian was surprised. His charisma was pretty strong?
“Do you want to?”
“I’ll give you an answer in three days.”
Hope you won’t be too heartbroken by then.