Chapter 17 I'm an Unlucky Guy with a Brain the Size of a Peanut

He is a maggot born from rotting flesh.

They gnaw on corpses and burrow into rotting flesh.

"Mr. Xu, where's your script?"

The man in the suit stared straight at him, his dark pupils suddenly narrowing, his pale face cold and indifferent, his deep eyes like two clusters of ghostly flames.

It is Fu Rongzhen.

Black eyes.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered Fu Yanli's eyes, which were flashing with purple light, in the financial news he had just seen.

Fu Yanli's eyes are different from his father's eyes.

He shook his head. "I don't have a script."

But Fu Rongzhen didn't believe it.

“Mr. Xu, since I invited you here, I naturally know you have a script.” The man sat opposite him, one arm propped on the table, casually took out a cigarette from his pocket, and generously tossed it in front of him. “Want one?”

Little White Flower doesn't smoke.

He shook his head.

Xu Wenci knew that his smile must be very forced.

He really wanted to roll his eyes at this Fu Rongzhen.

However, he must have considerable power.

"If you get close to him, he'll like you?"

The flame flickered on Fu Rongzhen's face. He held the cigarette butt in his mouth but didn't smoke. Ash fell from his middle finger and landed on the table.

Xu Wenci stared at the small clump of cigarette ash without answering.

He stood up, wearing a black hoodie, intending to leave.

This place is so boring.

This Fu Rongzhen, I thought he had some way to bring down Fu Yanli, but it turns out he just used him, such an old-fashioned method.

It's pointless.

He stood at the alley entrance, hands in his pockets, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and muttered "crazy."

This script is terrible.

Why is he portrayed as such a tragic character?!

A high school student carrying a backpack walked past him. Seemingly afraid that he was some kind of bad person, the student slowed down and observed his expression as he walked.

The closer I got to him, the faster my pace became.

He looked up, but only glanced at it before quickly looking away.

That glance met the high school student's gaze, and the student quickly ran past without looking back.

Xu Wenci: ...

Does he look like a bad guy?

Isn't he a pure and innocent girl?

It's fine to be feared, but he did unintentionally scare a well-behaved high school student.

He took another drag of his cigarette, then decided it wasn't a good idea to stand at the alley entrance, so he stubbed it out and threw it into a nearby trash can.

Fu Rongzhen's method is not reliable.

Using his own involvement to increase the chances of bringing down Fu Yanli might not fool Fu Yanli, since he has the script, and if the other protagonist also has the script...

“Mr. Xu, you don’t need to worry. Fu Yanli doesn’t have a script. His script is in my hands. When you meet him, you can test him. If his consciousness is as awakened as yours, he definitely won’t reject such a vibrant fellow human being as you.”

Fu Rongzhen seemed to know her son very well.

No, it should be someone who understands awakening very well.

similar?

He and Fu Yanli are not the same kind of people.

She is not the same kind of person as Fu Rongzhen.

He was a maggot that crawled out of rotting flesh.

Disgusting, selfish.

He was smug, thinking he had been given a new life, but in reality, everything he did was disgusting to others.

Use a pure white exterior to package yourself.

But it crawled out from rotting flesh.

"Mr. Xu, you can think about it carefully."

He will definitely consider it carefully.

He has a script.

He's actually not as short of money as the script portrays him to be.

Now that he has obtained the script, he naturally cannot allow it to control his destiny without seeking any benefit in return.

Learn some basic rhetoric to fool people by telling fortunes for the main characters.

It's enough to cover Grandma's medical expenses and enough for her to live on.

But he couldn't repay his debts.

At least in front of Fu Rongzhen, he was still that innocent little flower who was forced into the clutches of a tiger by the torment of life.

In fact, given his educational background, his resume wouldn't even qualify him for a position at the Fu family.

But there is Fu Rongzhen.

Although Fu Rongzhen doesn't only have one trump card, he is one that can deliver a fatal blow to Fu Yanli at a crucial moment, and he should be carefully managed.

At first, he thought that Fu Yanli really fell in love with him at first sight, just like in that lousy script, which was why he chose him from among a group of highly competitive candidates.

It was only later that I found out that Fu Yanli, that idiot, had seen the ice cream he was holding during the advertisement interview.

Plan A is cancelled.

Initiate Plan B.

script.

The mere mention of the script was enough to make the protagonist, Fu Yanli, cling to it like a lifeline, keeping him by his side.

A protagonist who learns that others have scripts but he doesn't will definitely go to great lengths to find one.

But he seemed to be wrong. After spending these past few days together, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Fu Yanli was not the kind of protagonist he was looking for.

Fu Yanli is an extremely naive, extremely foolish, extremely immature protagonist, completely different from the one in the script.

At first, he prepared countless ways to remedy the situation if his disguise was exposed.

But Fu Yanli really didn't notice even the most basic flaw.

Before actually meeting Fu Yanli, he was worried that the method to kill him was too low-level and would be discovered, but now he is worried that Fu Yanli will destroy him without him having to lift a finger.

"Ice cream, cake, cream puffs..." Fu Yanli was talking about the desserts he wanted to eat tomorrow.

Xu Wenci forced himself to pull himself out of his rotten memories and focus his attention on this seemingly simple-minded CEO.

He really couldn't understand why Fu Yanli liked desserts so much.

Although he also enjoys eating, he is definitely not as fanatical as Fu Yanli.

He's got a real dessert brain.

"Why do you like sweets so much?" Xu Wenci turned on the small lamp by the bedside and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Fu Yanli, who had been lying on the bed, tilted his head and got up. He was wearing a black silk nightgown, and Xu Wenci could not deny that he had broad shoulders and long legs.

Xu Wenci tilted his head and carefully examined Fu Yanli. Fu Yanli didn't look like a long-legged bullfrog, but he did have long legs.

But Fu Yanli seemed somewhat uncomfortable with the lighting. His eyes were slightly squinted, his eyelashes drooped, and the light shone on his face, revealing his sickly pale complexion.

"Because I'm prone to fainting."

Xu Wenci didn't understand the connection between the two, because wasn't Fu Yanli's fainting due to the curse? What did it have to do with eating?

[Late-night whispers [Excited][Excited][Excited] I love it so much [Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers]]

Where did we get to? Where did we get to? [Peeking][Peeking][Peeking]

[You've started talking about things you like, haven't you? [touching chin] That's usually what we talk about [touching chin]]

Why are you chatting under the covers? [Angry][Angry][Angry]

"Why are you so afraid of mice?" Xu Wenci asked again.

"There's no reason why, I just think it looks dirty and ugly."

Xu Wenci: ...

[The domineering CEO actually verbally abused a rat [frowning][frowning][frowning]]

[Support the long-legged bullfrog! [Support][Support][Support] Rats are really scary creatures! [Fear][Fear][Fear]]

"But actually, if you say that rats can be fed to snakes, then they've died a worthy death." Fu Yanli continued to lie on the bed and began to talk nonsense.

Xu Wenci: "..."

Fu Yanli, you'll get cyberbullied if you keep doing this.

Can't you see the comments?

Sure enough, a small-scale argument broke out in the comments section.

On one hand, I think that Fu Yanli, this domineering CEO, is enlightened and makes a lot of sense. Rats are dirty and like to cause trouble. On the other hand, I think that rats are also living beings. It is better to kill than to mistreat them. Being eaten by a snake must be very painful.

Xu Wenci turned his head and saw Fu Yanli with a smirk, a roguish air about him, leaning lazily against the headboard.

It seems that Fu Yanli did it on purpose.

They deliberately provoke conflict and then watch the show from the sidelines.

That's awful.

But a brain as small as a peanut can probably only come up with this kind of scheme that it considers unique.

"The housekeeper asked you to take care of the snake for a few days?" Xu Wenci asked.

He still wanted to touch the snake, but only after he became familiar with it.

“He can come to our villa when he comes back. We have plenty of villas anyway, it doesn’t matter where he is.” Fu Yanli yawned nonchalantly. “He can take care of the snake with you.”

Xu Wenci nodded.

He's definitely going to stay here.

"Go to bed, I'll make do in the rocking chair for the night." Fu Yanli got up. He had been lying on the bed in a spread-eagle position without any regard for his image, but now he stood on the balcony. His figure was tall and straight. Perhaps because his face was usually expressionless, he now habitually pursed his lips and lowered his eyes, exuding a noble and aloof aura.

Xu Wenci pursed his lips; Fu Yanli's formal attire was quite convincing.

[Ahhhhhh! [covering mouth][covering mouth][covering mouth] I knew the seme wouldn't want the uke to sleep in the rocking chair! [excited][excited][excited]]

This is all standard procedure; after all, two people need to build a relationship. [Expressionless]

I can definitely sense that the bottom's attitude towards the top has softened a bit [touching chin][touching chin][touching chin]

"What would you do if your grandfather took your script?" Xu Wenci couldn't stand the nonsense in the comments anymore, so he started asking Fu Yanli. Only when he asked this kind of question would the comments disappear.

“Take it back,” Fu Yanli replied matter-of-factly.

What are your plans?

"Not at the moment."

"..."

Fu Yanli retorted, "But wasn't our plan at the auction yesterday quite successful?"

Xu Wenci was completely speechless.

I really don't know how Fu Yanli became the president.

"I seriously doubt the authenticity of your identity as president."

“Actually, I’m just an ordinary person,” Fu Yanli nodded vigorously. “I seriously suspect that if an ordinary person becomes the protagonist, they will have a cheat code. For example, every time the group makes a decision, I can see what the problem is at a glance. It’s completely intuition, and the solution will automatically appear in my mind.”

"..."

Please continue making up the story.

Fu Yanli sighed.

Xu Wenci: "Don't tell me that the education you received over the past twenty years can't teach you how to manage a group."

"I'm just an unlucky guy."

For example, he could never do things like making random, unrestrained comments or taking random actions.

However, as the protagonist, he is exceptionally intelligent.

The scriptwriters themselves confirmed this.

"Young Master, the plan has reached its final stage. Should we inform those around you...?"

"No need."

He really wanted to see what secrets Xu Wenci had been hiding during their month together.

A note from the author:

Haha, that timid high school student was based on me—a cowardly and timid person! [wiping tears][wiping tears]