29 Not That Altruistic (2/2)
Su Yan's story was made into a book right now and the one responsible for that was naturally Official Shen Lu. Alright, she was guilty of adding a little detail here or there to spice things up a bit like how the male lead Nie Chang had kissed the protagonist Su Yan in front of Li Ming to prove he was his boyfriend or how the two of them had ended up in bed together just last night because the drugs Ling Dong Hai had slipped into Su Yan's drink were actually an aphrodisiac.
She giggled thinking of what the readers would comment when they got the newest chapter. Yes, of course, Official Shen Lu took the modern approach and published the story as a web novel on Heaven Corporation's own website for web novels or, well, the subpage for fujoshis like her.
Now, all she needed to do was to make sure that this story stayed interesting. Thus, she happily planned what to do to help Nie Chang achieve his goal. The message she sent him was just the beginning.
Meanwhile, Su Yan fished around in his pocket for his phone. Thankfully, it was still there. He opened the app and stared at the task list.
[Meeting the hero] was checked. With a dark look in his eyes, Su Yan clicked on it. The text that was offered to him was more than offensive to his eyes: [Noble, strong and courageous, the hero will help those in need, for example, he will save the damsel-in-distress and earn gratitude that later turns into love or he might achieve greatness and thus win the heart of his beloved. Whatever it is the archetype of the hero is always a safe choice for the male lead!]
”You sent me to a fucking bar and nearly got me raped!”, blamed Su Yan the System. ”So why the hell have you ticked that damned task?”
Wait …
Suddenly, Su Yan's face turned red. Uh, it couldn't be … The 'hero' the System spoke of … was actually Nie Chang? And he was the damsel-in-distress?! No wonder Nie Chang had reacted like this!
Su Yan covered his face with his hands. Damn, this was so fucking embarrassing! Nie Chang had saved him and he had said something so offensive. No wonder Nie Chang had … Uh …
Before Su Yan had a chance to ponder over the kiss, steps sounded from the door and Nie Chang actually walked back in with a tray in his hands. Su Yan cautiously took a peek. That was … actually his favorite food? Uh … Nie Chang really was too good to him. Now he felt even worse.
He hastily averted his gaze but now, he instead saw that the System had issued the next task: [Enjoying time with the caregiver]
Su Yan hurriedly clicked on it just in case this System would give him trouble once more. The content of the task seemed more normal than the last one, though:
[Reading about a hero sure is exciting but sometimes your readers might want to enjoy some more quiet scenes. If your male lead is of the 'hero'-type, then he might enjoy spending time with a protagonist who is a caregiver. As all the archetypes, this type isn't limited to protagonists, though. For example, a male lead could be a great caregiver, too, or at least share some of this type's properties.
Get to know some of the caregiver's characteristics through spending time with him.]
Su Yan blinked. That didn't sound bad. But why didn't the System tell him where to find this caregiver character this time? It couldn't be that he had to search for him himself?