The Licking Dog Who Wants to Resign

“Host, the target character is detected to be approaching us!”

It was the peak of midsummer in July, and the scorching sun hung high in the clear sky, with dazzling sunlight passing through the dense, overlapping leaves, leaving mottled marks on the ground.

“Fifty meters… forty meters… thirty meters… Not good! Host, because the protagonist bottom has a heartthrob attribute, surrounding NPC passersby and supporting characters will actively seek him out. If there are too many people, it will be hard for us to complete the mission!”

Aside from a teenager squatting under a tree, there was no one else around, yet he did not speak.

Instead, the voice came from a small black thing circling above his head.

This thing was covered in fluff, and on its black body, there were only two blinking white dots that appeared to be its eyes.

“Hos—”

It paused mid-sentence, its gaze suddenly shifting downward, and after seeing the teenager’s fluffy crown below, it unceremoniously controlled its body to slam heavily into him.

Chu Ci hissed as he gasped, reflexively raising his hand to rub his head while looking toward the distance.

A slender youth walked out of the teaching building.

Even from a distance, Chu Ci could feel the irrepressible gentle aura emanating from him.

Several supporting characters nearby were similarly drawn to this aura, swarming forward and instantly blocking the youth’s path.

Without a doubt, this was the protagonist bottom of this novel, Ji Yanli.

Chu Ci indifferently retracted his gaze.

Half a month ago, he had unfortunately traveled into this melodramatic sweet story called After the Heartthrob was Coveted by the Gloomy Top due to an accident.

Only by completing the mission to capture the protagonist bottom could he return to the real world.

Regrettably, Chu Ci had transmigrated into a character who was completely insignificant in the original text, having no name and not even a description of his appearance.

In the entire novel, there was only one paragraph used to describe him—

[At that moment, a youth rushed out from nowhere and pushed Ji Yanli away with force, but he didn’t have time to dodge the speeding truck. He was sent flying and hit the ground with a heavy thud. He turned his head, glanced at Ji Yanli, and then closed his eyes.]

This was his entire plot in this book.

To ask a nameless NPC, a licking dog without dignity, and a scapegoat for the protagonist to capture the protagonist—how was this any different from a passerby甲 flipping the script to become a god?!

Did he absolutely have to do this mission?

Chu Ci slowly blinked his eyelashes.

His long bangs pricked his eyes uncomfortably.

His thin lips moved, and he held a blade of grass between two fingers, asking somewhat gloomily: “Xiao Ba, what did you say the punishment was for the last host who failed?”

The fluff ball called Xiao Ba blinked its two white round eyes: “The previous host suffered from various incurable diseases and constant nightmares within three days of returning to the real world. Finally, they bled from their seven orifices, and after dying, they were struck by lightning five—”

Before Xiao Ba could finish, the fallen leaves on the ground were suddenly swept up by a gust of wind.

When it looked again, Chu Ci, who had been lazily slacking off, was already sprinting toward Ji Yanli at a speed of twenty meters per second.

What a joke.

Even if he had to die, he had to leave an intact corpse!

Chu Ci’s gaze was fixed intently on the youth not far away.

The wind, wrapped in a heatwave, rushed past his ears.

Through his half-month of stalking and observation, the book’s protagonist, Ji Yanli, truly lived up to his heartthrob setting.

He was good-looking, had a gentle personality, and was a gentleman to everyone.

Wherever he went, he was bound to become the focus of the crowd.

Even the love letters and roses in his classroom desk never stopped.

Despite this, Ji Yanli had never been in a relationship.

Chu Ci knew this was because he was waiting for the book’s other protagonist, Song Qichen.

The protagonist top, Song Qichen, was Ji Yanli’s childhood sweetheart.

They were mutually in love but were separated for a long time due to family reasons.

It wouldn’t be until Song Qichen transferred back that the bitter-sweet pursuit of his wife would begin.

However, since both of them already understood each other’s feelings, they would reach a Happy End soon after.

There were currently less than two months before Song Qichen would transfer.

Chu Ci could not guarantee that he could capture Ji Yanli after Song Qichen returned.

In other words, there wasn’t much time left for him to complete the mission.

Thinking of this, Chu Ci reached into his pocket and felt the item inside.

Then, he found a gap in the crowd and bent down to squeeze inside with force.

He had a thin frame and wasn’t very tall.

After being jostled a few times, he actually squeezed to the very front of the crowd.

With one hand, Chu Ci grabbed his clothes that were caught between two people behind him, while his other hand was raised high.

His slender fingers pinched a pink envelope.

“Ji… Student Ji Yanli…”

He didn’t know if the original body’s voice was naturally thin, but Chu Ci felt his volume was so low it was almost inaudible.

Combined with the noisy crowd, his voice was easily covered up.

Chu Ci’s gaze settled on Ji Yanli’s beautiful face.

The protagonist bottom’s lips were curled into a gentle smile.

Even though the envelope in Chu Ci’s hand was almost pressed against his nose, Ji Yanli still did not notice him.

There was no helping it; as an NPC with zero presence in the book, no one would notice Chu Ci’s existence no matter what he did.

Chu Ci stabilized his wobbling body and finally pulled his clothes out with a hard tug.

After taking a deep breath, he opened his mouth and shouted loudly: “Student Ji Yanli!!”

This time, the volume directly drowned out the voices of the other seven or eight people.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, and everyone’s gaze gathered on Chu Ci.

Including Ji Yanli.

Chu Ci panted heavily, his cheeks flushed bright red.

He noticed that this body seemed to have never spoken so loudly before, so being this brave once directly gave him a sense of exhaustion.

Even as those gazes stayed on him, Chu Ci subconsciously wanted to run and hide, as if those weren’t gazes but gun barrels about to kill him.

This original owner… couldn’t be someone with social anxiety, right?

Chu Ci calmed his panicked mind and raised his head to meet Ji Yanli’s eyes.

The other’s pupils were as dark as the night, and his thick eyelashes blinked slowly.

His gaze was very deep. If one stared for too long, Chu Ci would have the illusion of being sucked into his eyes.

He unnaturally averted his gaze, and the dizziness in his head became even stronger, but these weren’t his own reactions.

During his time in the book, Chu Ci had already figured out the original owner’s body.

The original owner liked Ji Yanli, so even slight contact with him would cause blushing, a racing heart, and body numbness.

Even though the soul had vanished, this instinctive reaction was perfectly inherited by Chu Ci.

“Student, is there something I can help you with?”

The previously silent Ji Yanli spoke.

His somewhat cool voice made the other people nearby clutch their chests and scream.

Chu Ci swallowed his saliva and was about to answer.

At that moment, the voice of the system, Xiao Ba, unexpectedly rang in his ear: [Detected that the host cannot complete the mission on his own. The Deep Affection Buff has been activated for support!]

Chu Ci: ?

Wait!!

He suddenly realized something was wrong and raised his hand to cover his mouth, but it was a step too late.

The words that had just reached his lips were spoken under Ji Yanli’s puzzled gaze.

“Your eyes seem to hide an entire galaxy, and every star lights my way.”

Chu Ci forcibly stuffed the envelope into Ji Yanli’s hand.

The seal was even stuck with an ambiguous pink heart.

He met Ji Yanli’s slightly dazed eyes and continued with deep affection: “Student Ji Yanli, the moment you broke into my world, I had already fallen in love with you.”

Aaaaaaaaaah!!!!!

Chu Ci screamed frantically in his heart!!

So disgusting! I want to puke! Where did this monster come from! Get back, get back, get back!!!!

There seemed to be a little person in his heart banging his head against the ground, almost hitting it until it bled, yet his surface still maintained that deeply affectionate appearance.

The reason why Chu Ci had delayed completing the mission for a full half-month was because of this d*mn Deep Affection Buff.

As for the specific function, in the system’s words—as long as Chu Ci faced the protagonist bottom, he would uncontrollably blow rainbow farts at him.

What a poisonous buff.

The atmosphere around them seemed to drop several degrees.

Chu Ci actually felt a bone-chilling cold in the sweltering heat.

He didn’t know if Ji Yanli was shocked by him, but he stood stunned for a long time without reacting.

It wasn’t until Chu Ci felt the sensation of being controlled by the buff disappear that he regained his senses and directly met Ji Yanli’s trembling pupils.

He saw the usually peaceful Ji Yanli close his eyes and try his best to stabilize his twitching lips.

After a few seconds, he opened his eyes again, forced a stiff shallow smile, and politely refused: “Student, I appreciate your feelings, but I have no plans to be in a relationship right now.”

After saying that, Ji Yanli returned the love letter to Chu Ci.

It was the expected answer.

Chu Ci didn’t have much of a reaction.

Instead, the other people were snapped awake by Ji Yanli’s words, and when they looked at Chu Ci again, their eyes held a hint of mockery.

Ji Yanli gave him a nod and then walked past Chu Ci.

His followers followed closely behind Ji Yanli, whispering insults about Chu Ci’s ignorance.

Soon, the feeling of being surrounded by the crowd vanished without a trace.

Chu Ci stayed in place as the strong sunlight enveloped him.

He raised the love letter in his hand, looked at it twice with indifference, and then casually tossed it into a nearby trash can.

This was just something he prepared to complete the mission.

Aside from the feminine envelope, even the letter paper inside was blank.

“Host!”

Xiao Ba appeared out of thin air, excitedly circling Chu Ci.

“Congratulations on completing the mission [Confess to the protagonist bottom once]!”

The fluffy little thing stopped in front of Chu Ci, and the original white dots turned into two white stars: “Your presence just now soared! It was basically comparable to the protagonist!”

Chu Ci shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

An NPC’s presence could only be raised by the protagonist; after leaving the protagonist’s side, the presence would return to zero.

So, Ji Yanli would probably forget his existence in less than half an hour.

Chu Ci turned around and walked toward the teaching building step by step.

The dark shadow beneath his feet moved with him, and the school bell rang in perfect timing.

Everything returned to calm.

“Student Ji, I’ve really troubled you this time.”

A short-haired woman wearing a suit skirt smiled at Ji Yanli with a face full of guilt.

Ji Yanli looked at her and lightly curled his lips: “Teacher Lin, there’s no need to be polite. It was just helping organize some materials, it’s a small matter.”

As he spoke, he lowered the hand holding his textbooks.

The bright sunlight poured onto Ji Yanli’s translucent white wrist, making his skin look even fairer.

“If Teacher Lin has nothing else, then I will go back to class.”

The good upbringing he had since childhood meant Ji Yanli never knew how to say no.

As the “child of another family” who was like a textbook example in everyone’s eyes, his behavior was always proper.

“Good, good.”

Teacher Lin cast an appreciative look at him, the smile on her face impossible to suppress.

Ji Yanli nodded slightly and turned to leave.

Suddenly, a strange sound rang in his ears.

[Ji Yanli is a good kid, but he’s too calculating, just like his father.]

The short sentence vanished in an instant.

Ji Yanli’s footsteps paused.

He subconsciously looked back.

Lin Shuang had already turned her back and was walking in the opposite direction from him.

There was no one else around…

Then who was speaking just now?

Was it a hallucination?

Ji Yanli frowned and didn’t think further.

He walked quickly to the bottom of the teaching building.

When he passed a certain spot, Ji Yanli mysteriously felt as if he had encountered something here.

But he couldn’t quite remember.

He stopped his footsteps as if possessed, raising his eyes to scan his surroundings.

The previously sunny sky was now covered by a layer of thick dark clouds, and the whole world turned dim.

A sweltering wind caught the hem of his clothes, blowing a small envelope until it hit Ji Yanli’s feet.

Ji Yanli looked down, stared at the pink envelope for a few seconds, then bent down and picked it up.

The simple envelope had only a slightly darker pink heart and a string of elegant handwriting in the bottom right corner.

It had four short words written on it—

[To Ji Yanli]