The Explosive and Badly Ended Stand-in Story (Part 6)
Jiang Yuanshi, who lost the ice cream, unexpectedly did not protest, and the two separated in the dim light of the banquet.
The system returned to the position closest to Gu Zhi's perspective according to the original work.
But he doesn't understand how to make the so-called "affectionate" look. After all, the system is no different from a machine, and all emotions are based more on data.
It is better to simulate human emotions from humans. The system is ready to simulate Jiang Yuan, but before that it must obtain the host's consent.
After hearing this, Jiang Yuanshi said in a relaxed tone, "You don't have to imitate me. After all, I don't know how to make affectionate eyes. But considering your current status, just keep looking directly at Gu Zhi. Remember to blink from time to time, otherwise staring straight at him will be a bit scary."
Jiang Yuanshi put a finger on each corner of his mouth and raised it upwards. "That's right, just raise your smile a little bit."
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With no other choice, the system followed Jiang Yuanshi's seemingly unreliable opinion.
Following the same pattern, I gave Shen Shi's shell a semi-permanent smiling face.
During Gu Zhi's speech, his gaze drifted towards Shen Shi from time to time.
The system believes that the protagonist attacker has a risk of strabismus, and inquires about the other party's favorability.
It is actually rising continuously and is about to be full.
The host's advice is very helpful.
As Bai Yueguang and the protagonist exchanged "affectionate" glances, Jiang Yuanshi turned his wheelchair and left for the garden outside the hall.
The fountain in the center of the garden is surrounded by white flowers.
The flowers are very small, and the flower bed is clustered with countless white flowers.
Baby's breath.
Jiang Yuanshi moved closer to identify it, and felt dizzy when he reached out to touch it.
He withdrew his hand and pressed on his temples.
I heard footsteps beside my ears, "Mr. Jiang, please don't leave the banquet. Besides, Mr. Gu is looking for you."
It doesn't look like a good thing.
Before Jiang Yuanshi could recover and respond, the wheelchair was controlled by the other party and started to be pushed back.
The stand-in has no right to choose, but it saves him from turning back manually, which would be difficult with an electric wheelchair.
"Hello, Chen Shi, I'm Gu Zhi. Do you... do you still remember me?" Gu Zhi's tone was filled with expectation.
Shen Shi frowned slightly and hesitated for a moment: “I’m sorry, I don’t have any impression of Mr. Gu.”
Gu Zhi felt a little disappointed after getting the answer, but after all, they had only met once when they were young. That glance became Gu Zhi's obsession, but perhaps to the other person, he was just a passerby.
Even if he relied on photos for comfort later on, the other party had never seen him.
But Gu Zhi did not give up, "Then do you remember the little boy you saved in the small garden when you came to Gu's house as a child?"
"Rescued..." Shen Shi thought for a moment and answered seriously, "I do remember encountering a boy who fell in the garden and was covered in injuries, but I didn't save him. I remember I only provided him with a handkerchief."
When Gu Zhi heard this, he immediately grasped hope and pulled out the handkerchief folded at the corner of his chest.
A light grey handkerchief with dark silver patterns embroidered on one corner. Although it was a bit old, it was obvious that it was of great value.
"Look, is this the piece? I'm a little embarrassed, but I've been wanting to find a chance to thank you for keeping it with me all these years!"
Shen Shi stared at him for a long time, then raised a standard smile, "So Mr. Gu was the child back then? It seems that no one will bully you now."
The calm tone at this moment coincides with childhood memories.
Still as gentle as before, not caring about interests and courtesy, but only concerned about Gu Zhi's current situation.
Gu Zhi looked into those amber eyes, ignoring the pain in his temples when he pulled out the handkerchief just now, and fell deeply into the other's tenderness.
It turns out that no one can replace Shen Shi.
Gu Zhi kept leading the topic to Shen Shi, just to chat with him longer.
"I haven't seen you for so many years, how are you?"
"Very good, thank you for your concern."
"How's your health lately?"
"healthy."
"Can you tell me what the differences are between Germany and China? To be honest, I haven't been there yet, so I'm a little curious."
"Can."
The conversation was meaningless, and Shen Shi's brief replies made Gu Zhi look like a bootlicker.
Is this what it means to become an idiot when facing the person you truly love?
Jiang Yuanshi, who had just come in, looked at this scene speechlessly. He almost fell asleep while listening.
"Your hair is so long, don't you want to cut it?"
"I don't plan to."
Jiang Yuanshi really wanted to ask Gu Zhi if he was gay and why he could ask such a straight question.
“Click.”
A slight strange noise interrupted each other, and they looked in the direction of the sound.
Jiang Yuan's expression was indifferent, but his hand stroking the wheelchair was trembling slightly. He took a deep breath, leaned forward and bowed, "Sorry to bother you."
When Gu Zhi saw the other party turn around and leave, his heart tightened for no reason.
"Wait, where are you going?" Gu Zhi chased after him.
Jiang Yuan didn't look at him. "Where else can I go except the lounge? Is this the reason why Mr. Gu sent someone to push me here?"
Gu Zhi bent down and looked at Jiang Yuan. His eyes seemed to be filled with tears. He was a little confused and explained, "No, I didn't mean to do that. I... I called you here because of something important."
Jiang Yuan ignored him.
Shen Shi interrupted in time: "Mr. Gu, this is..."
Gu Zhi pushed Jiang Yuan towards Shen Shi, “Xiao Shi, this is the family member of the burn patient I just mentioned.”
Before Jiang Yuan came, Gu Zhi took advantage of the fact that Shen Shi needed a research subject for his major to learn about the topic of his thesis research.
Burn rehabilitation and plastic surgery.
Jiang Yuan's burned sister was pushed in front of Shen Shi by Gu Zhi. Seeing that the other party was interested, he asked to bring her over for a talk.
He was sure that Jiang Yuan would not refuse.
This is indeed the case.
When the other party expressed his willingness to provide more advanced medical treatment to help treat and restore his sister's appearance as much as possible, Jiang Yuan gradually let down his guard and looked at Shen Shi with incredible expectation.
Shen Shi: “You’re welcome, it mainly depends on Mr. Gu. If it weren’t for the foundation established by the Gu Group, we wouldn’t have this opportunity.”
Faced with the unexpected opportunity to save his relatives, Jiang Yuan seemed to forget that he was being used as a substitute and expressed his gratitude to Gu Zhi.
But for some reason, Gu Zhi was not very happy when facing the other party's grateful eyes.
Shen Shi extended his hand to Jiang Yuan, "Then it's a pleasure to work with you, Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Yuan: "It's a pleasure to work with you."
Gu Zhi frowned, the sight of the two people's clasped hands made him feel uncomfortable.
And he discovered for the first time that when Jiang Yuan and Shen Shi stood together, they were not that similar.
With the same raised eyebrows, Jiang Yuan is gentle and calm, yet a little aggressive.
Wearing suits of the same color, Jiang Yuan's figure is thin and looks noble and gentle, while Chen Shi's figure is strong and looks calm.
Shen Shi's hair is shoulder-length and tied up with a ribbon, but it does not make him look weak. Instead, it reveals his masculine hormones.
Both sides looked at Gu Zhi.
How could it be... not at all similar.
Jiang Yuan said something to Shen Shi with a smile, but Gu Zhi didn't hear anything and just felt uncomfortable.
He had originally owned that side, and it would only be his.
Gu Zhi smiled fakely and stepped forward to stand in the middle, putting some distance between the two of them.
"It seems like you two had a pleasant conversation. Let's go to the banquet and have something to eat."
Gu Zhizheng bumped into the wheelchair handle, and Jiang Yuan turned his hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Gu. I'm sorry, Mr. Shen, I'm not feeling well and may not be able to go with you."
Jiang Yuan's tone was gentle and his attitude was double-standard. Gu Zhi's hand froze in mid-air. Shen Shi replied very considerately: "Of course, I'm sorry that I don't know much about orthopedics and can't help you."
Jiang Yuan shook his head: "It doesn't matter. It is the greatest honor for me that you are willing to help my family."
Shen Shi: "That's too much. I also have selfish motives."
Jiang Yuan: "It doesn't matter."
Gu Zhi, who was caught in the middle: ………
Gu Zhi gritted his teeth: "Brother, Mr. Jiang, you should go to rest."
Jiang Yuan retracted his gaze, "Okay, Mr. Gu, thank you very much for your help."
Gu Zhi restrained the urge to grab Jiang Yuan's wrist on the spot and had someone take him away.
Gu Zhi looked at the other person's back as he left and decided to have a good talk with him after the banquet.
“Excuse me…” Shen Shi’s voice interrupted Gu Zhi’s thoughts. Gu Zhi looked at the other party, only to hear his white moonlight ask bluntly, “You have a good relationship with Mr. Jiang.”
Gu Zhihui: "Ah... yes."
Shen Shi: “Are you a couple?”
"!" Gu Zhi choked and stuttered, "No, we knew each other a long time ago."
Shen Shi said "Ah", "Is that so? I'm sorry for speculating about your relationship."
Gu Zhi smiled awkwardly and replied, "It's okay."
There is nothing more suffocating than being asked by Bai Yueguang whether you are a couple with someone else, especially when Jiang Yuan is a stand-in.
"By the way," Shen Shi paused halfway through his words, then reached out and brushed away the dust from Gu Zhi's hair.
Gu Zhi's heart, which had been distracted by Jiang Yuan, instantly returned to normal, and he shuddered, "You..."
Shen Shi also realized that something was wrong, and a semi-permanent smile appeared online, "Sorry, it was just a matter of convenience. I'm sorry for being so presumptuous."
Gu Zhi instantly lost himself in the face of Bai Yueguang's behavior, and walked with the other party in a trance, and even forgot what they talked about.
"If possible, regarding the treatment of Mr. Jiang's family, can we start after the banquet tonight? My research needs to be done as soon as possible."
"no problem."
"By the way, I heard the patient is still in a coma and needs to be discussed with the family for treatment. Could Mr. Jiang come with us?"
"……good."
———
[Hello host, I have followed your instructions. Gu Zhi has agreed to let Jiang Yuan go with me.]
In the lounge, Jiang Yuanshi sat in a wheelchair by the window, gazing out with a melancholy look on his face. He thought to himself, "That's good."
Just now, when Jiang Yuanshi met the system version of Bai Yueguang, the communication between the two was restored again, and Jiang Yuanshi provided the system with the original sentences and action instructions.
System: "Gu Zhi's favorability towards Jiang Yuan and Shen Shi has fluctuated. Currently, his favorability towards Shen Shi is 10 points higher than Jiang Yuan."
It was only 10 o'clock. Jiang Yuanshi smiled. The system reported to the superiors on the other side, "It seems there is a bug in the favorability. Please check it."
Jiang Yuanshi: "What are you repairing?"
System: "Gu Zhi's favorability towards the two of them, according to the original novel, should not be able to decrease."
Jiang Yuanshi thought it was okay. "It's actually quite normal. After all, the stand-in is more like the Bai Yueguang in his memory, while the real Bai Yueguang doesn't look like her now. But she's still Bai Yueguang after all. Gu Zhi probably likes both of them now."
The system analyzed the host's repetitive speech and concluded: "This is inconsistent with the character's setting."
"But it's human nature. Humans can't let go in an instant like machines, so it's normal to have some fluctuations." Jiang Yuanshi pinched the fingertips of his left hand with his right hand. "I just need to spend more time with Bai Yueguang in the future."
The system is stuck in analysis.
A prompt sound rang out.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the "Protagonist and Bai Yueguang Get Along" mission, and reward 10 points of Willpower]
Jiang Yuanshi:? ...!
Is there such a good thing?
It is directly equivalent to giving one year of life.
Jiang Yuanshi, who had basically earned ten points without doing anything, had already started thinking about how to spend it.
On the other side, the system version of Shen Shi trembled slightly.
Why the sudden tremor?
The human body is so strange. The system is puzzled.
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