Yu Tang opened his eyes and found himself sitting in the icy river water.
There were no street lights, and everything was empty and dark. His clothes were very thin, and the night wind mixed with rain and fog blew in coldly.
The body's perception had not yet fully synchronized. Yu Tang's hands and feet were cold and numb, without a trace of strength. There was a buzzing in his ears, and the things in front of his eyes were a little blurry.
He was holding a mobile phone, the screen glowing coldly.
The phone was on loudspeaker, and amid the noisy background, the man's stern and indifferent voice came through.
"Yu Tang, don't push your luck."
"You've done a good job in the past three years. According to the contract, you will be paid what you deserve. If you don't want to make things too awkward, don't have any unnecessary thoughts."
"This is our last private contact. I will let the new assistant inform you of the next steps."
"We've already agreed on divorce in three months, Yu Tang."
The tinnitus in his ears became louder and louder, and the man's scolding was cold and impatient. As if being strongly affected by the original body's emotions, Yu Tang almost couldn't breathe.
The next moment, a familiar mechanical sound suddenly rang in Yu Tang's mind.
"The target story has been accessed."
"Data fusion completed, memory import started."
"The memory is being imported. Please remain still and do not move..."
Before Yu Tang could blink his eyes clear, a mechanical prompt sounded in his head, and a large number of completely unfamiliar memories flooded into his mind.
Yu Tang: “…”
This is a story about a spare tire who gets married first but then falls out of love.
The role played by Yu Tang is Yu Tang, a die-hard fan of actor Sui Si.
Sui Si is the protagonist of this book. His lover, who is in love with him, is called Ke Ming, who is a junior of Sui Si and a popular young actor in the same company.
The two had a connection since childhood. Ke Ming was an orphan, and he was able to grow up smoothly because of the support of the Sui family. When he was in the orphanage, he met Sui Si, who was a volunteer. At that time, Sui Si was also young, and he was with a group of thin and short orphans, talking to them and teaching them to read. He had already taken root in Ke Ming's heart.
Many years later, Sui Si happened to go to Ke Ming's university for a roadshow to promote his new film. Ke Ming mustered up the courage to rush out, stopped the youngest actor in the alliance whom he had been watching for many years and confessed his love to him.
Subsequent developments were a natural progression. Sui Si was moved by Ke Ming's tenacity and pure hard work, so he brought him into the company and personally selected two plays for him.
Ke Ming has an outstanding appearance, but his acting skills are limited by his talent, so he is just mediocre. As an actor, he has never made much of a splash. However, he unexpectedly became famous after participating in a talent show, shining on the stage, and endorsing magazines. In just a few years, his fans have exceeded 10 million.
Logically speaking, the protagonists and the bottom are both willing, and the story is happy, so there is no need for Yu Tang.
Just at this time, something happened to the two people.
Someone took a photo of Ke Ming entering Sui Si's house late at night, and after digging up the details, some even dug up the talent show that made Ke Ming popular. The capital behind the scenes who spent money and manipulated the rules actually had Sui Si's shadow.
Ke Ming makes a living by relying on traffic, and his fanatical and toxic fans are extremely powerful. Once his image is ruined, the liquidated damages from his high-end endorsements alone will be enough to make the company pay off.
Ke Ming was stubborn with his agent, insisting on taking all the consequences himself and not involving Sui Si. The agent had no choice but to ask Sui Si for help.
Sui Si sat alone all night, made up his mind, picked out the most obedient and sensible person from his team, and got the marriage certificate publicly.
"You are the cover he found."
The system's mechanical voice sounded emotionlessly in Yu Tang's mind: "Not only is he a fan of Ke Ming, the Sui family has been in politics for generations, and they are all high-ranking officials in the Alliance Military. They have already tolerated Sui Si entering the entertainment industry. They announced on the day the scandal broke that if the two really have a relationship, they will ban Ke Ming."
"He felt sorry for Ke Ming because he was an orphan and had no one to rely on, so he decided to take care of this matter himself. When you got the marriage certificate, Sui Si told you that it would take three years, just to show off to others."
"Sui Si never knew that you and Ke Ming were actually in the same orphanage."
"You have been standing in the corner, watching Sui Si come to volunteer, watching Sui Si hand out candies to you."
"The candy given to Ke Ming is the last one. There is no more for you."
"The Sui family has been providing charitable support for many years, so we can allow you to leave the orphanage and go to boarding school. As long as you study, you will have the opportunity to go out and your destiny will be different."
"A lot of the funds that can be allocated have been embezzled by the orphanage. The one that goes to Ke Ming is the last one. There is no more for you."
"You didn't finish school, so you didn't get into college, so you just made a living as an extra on the set. Later, you heard that Sui Si's team was recruiting, so you mustered up the courage to go for an interview, and actually became his assistant."
"You never dreamed that one day, Sui Si's agent would give you a contract and ask you to fake marry Sui Si."
"Your heart has long been filled with Sui Si. You've been looking at Sui Si and like him to death. You would do anything for him. So even if it was just a fake marriage and you had to separate when the contract expired, you didn't even think twice and agreed immediately."
"As Sui Si's legal spouse, you were always by his side, doing everything you could to take care of his health and accommodate his schedule, working even harder than he did. You were his work assistant, life assistant, stylist, makeup artist, nutritionist, driver...you took on almost all the work around him."
"You two agreed to divorce in three months, and your birthday is in a month. You thought about it for a long time and finally mustered up the courage to ask Sui Si if you could divorce a month later. But Sui Si misunderstood you and thought you were still going to get entangled, so he called you to make you sober up."
"In fact, you also know that you are never destined to get anything."
"Sui Si likes it the same way."
"Everything in this world is just the last bit when it comes to Ke Ming. There is nothing left for you."
…
Yu Tang closed his eyes and listened to the entire plot summary: "System."
system:"?"
Yu Tang: "You don't need to read out the punctuation marks."
system:"… "
"We are trained," the system said. "All methods of providing information have been tested repeatedly and there will be no problems."
“Considering that this is the first time for employees to enter the story, we have prepared a package of gifts for beginners to initially integrate into the role.”
The mechanical voice was very precise, without any fluctuation: "Including the explanation of the character, the story, and the atmosphere—"
In Yu Tang's mind, the mechanical sound stopped for a few seconds.
As if it had finally recognized his identity, the system suddenly froze and emitted a harsh, garbled electrical sound.
"Number 001."
Yu Tang sighed: "Please help me clear the cache. I already have four copies of this novice gift package."
The "Dog-licking Department" of Chuanshuju belongs to the category of supporting roles, and its formal full name is "The Affectionate Spare Tire Department".
The main task of the department staff is to serve as a backup role in the book who is deeply in love with the protagonist, to escort the protagonist all the way, to have no regrets, and to dedicate themselves selflessly until the last moment when the protagonist CP is happily together.
When Yu Tang joined, he was the only employee in the Affectionate Spare Tire Department.
The director told him that although the department seemed a little depressed for the time being, new colleagues would soon join and the department would become lively again.
Yu Tang believed it, and threw himself into the work with great enthusiasm, taking over the role of the first book.
Two years later, Yu Tang received a notice saying that it was an emergency measure and he was responsible for the second book part-time.
Two years later, the bureau contacted Yu Tang, saying that they were short of staff and needed him to take temporary charge of the third book in the same world view.
…
The protagonist of the third book is an emotionless, sexually cold and overbearing president. Although he keeps Yu Tang as his mistress for some special reasons, he is obsessed with work most of the time, leaving Yu Tang sitting alone in the cold villa until dawn.
Yu Tang was playing games alone in a cold villa of 300 square meters. He accidentally fell asleep and when he woke up, he saw the scene in front of him.
"System." Yu Tang asked, "Is split personality considered a work-related injury?"
system:"… "
Yu Tang sighed again.
Anyone, even if he is truly passionate and loves a job at the beginning, will lose his enthusiasm in the day-to-day overtime work and become a salted fish without dreams.
Yu Tang now really wanted to go back to his cold and lonely 300-square-meter villa where there were only games, snacks, wifi and a jacuzzi.
"The plot has already been introduced... You can't exit without reason."
The system and Yu Tang had met three times in three books. When it met Yu Tang for the fourth time, the mechanical voice had a subtle lack of confidence: "Host."
Yu Tang swayed in the wind.
"The purpose of the staff of the Book Bureau is to try to cooperate with the story line and push the plot to the final perfect ending." The system said, "If you can't get a perfect ending, we will deduct your bonus."
Yu Tang asked, "What is the perfect ending for this book?"
"Sui Si and his secret lover, who truly loves each other, have gone through many ups and downs, and finally resolved their misunderstandings and past grudges, and finally achieved a happy ending."
System: "You voluntarily withdraw, no longer entangle Sui Si, and completely disappear without any news."
Yu Tang: "Okay."
The system thought he had changed his mind. The mechanical voice paused and said happily, "That's good. Host, what are you doing now?"
Yu Tang: "Jump into the river."
system:"?"
Yu Tang turned off the intercom system, dragged the system into the small dark room skillfully, and called up the subsequent plot.
Sui Si's voice was still stern and cold. In fact, his long silence was undoubtedly very abnormal, which made Sui Si on the other end feel slightly angry.
Yu Tang has always been obedient and sensible, but Sui Si only pays attention to Ke Ming's news and never knows anything about him.
Sui Si didn't even know that Yu Tang had actually already planned to pretend that he had fallen into the water. This way he could get himself out of trouble and completely let go without bringing bad luck to Sui Si, thus giving Sui Si freedom.
In the plot, Yu Tang's plan was interrupted this time.
In a few minutes, Ke Ming's assistant would call and say that Ke Ming was drunk and insisted on driving home by himself, and no one could stop him.
Yu Tang has always known about the relationship between the two. In the past few years, in order not to let Sui Si worry, Yu Tang not only took care of Sui Si wholeheartedly, but also took charge of handling any problems with Ke Ming.
Even at the last moment when he was exhausted both physically and mentally, in extreme pain and just wanted to be completely relieved, Yu Tang still instinctively struggled out of the water, held on to his last breath and rushed over to comfort Ke Ming, who was drunk and heartbroken.
The illness of a tool-man supporting character is naturally not considered an illness. The plot does not mention what happened to Yu Tang after he struggled out of the ice water and was blown by the cold wind all night, or how he got back to his residence.
Instead, the protagonist Shou Keming, who was drunk and had a low fever, was secretly sent to Sui Si's house by Yu Tang and placed on Sui Si's bed.
It was a godsend opportunity. The protagonists went from being entangled to breaking through their defenses, and their relationship progressed again.
"Host." The system tried its best to break through the blockade, and the electronic sound was intermittent, "We can't violate the plot line..."
"No violation." Yu Tang said, "Speed up."
The system is puzzled: "How to speed up?"
Yu Tang watched the subsequent plot again, memorized the general idea, and picked up the phone: "Sui Si?"
On the other end of the phone, the man's cold voice paused for a moment, and then there seemed to be more burning anger coming out: "Yu Tang, what do you want—"
"Ke Ming is drunk and is at the Alliance Star City Hotel. If it's convenient, you may need to take him home."
Yu Tang: "In three days, someone will use this incident to bring up old issues and use it as an opportunity to stir up public opinion against the two of you. There are several professional review control studios, and I'll give you their contact information."
There was silence for a moment on the other end before Sui Si's voice came again: "What are you going to do?"
"Ke Ming's birthday is in a week. You never celebrate your birthday and are not sensitive to such days. You almost forgot about it."
Yu Tang was freezing cold. He was anxious to get back to the book as soon as possible. He hugged his frozen arms and read the plot summary attentively: "Ke Ming likes ties and never wears watches. Don't give him the wrong one."
"Yu Tang!" Sui Si said in a deep voice, "Stop talking about this. Where are you?"
Yu Tang really wanted to go back to the lonely and cold villa to take a bath and play games. He was responsible for three books at the same time and was already very skilled in the operations. He simply stopped talking nonsense and directly extracted the remaining main storyline and sent it to Sui Si.
Knowing this, even without the backup to shine, with Sui Si's personal abilities, the two of them would always be able to resolve their differences and reach the originally planned ending.
Sui Si and Ke Ming finally got married, and the spare tool suddenly had an epiphany, voluntarily withdrew early, and disappeared completely.
The plot line will not change, and if you get a perfect ending, you will still get the overtime bonus.
"Don't worry, I'll obey you."
The other end was still talking in a hurry, but Yu Tang didn't listen carefully. He breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's part ways in peace. I won't bother you anymore."
…
Alliance Capital, Sui Si Studio.
"Yu Tang!"
Sui Si stood up suddenly, his voice low and cold: "Where are you? Stop being mysterious and tell me clearly—"
He didn't say anything else.
Sui Si held the phone tightly, his face pale. He suddenly couldn't make a sound, and stood there, his pupils trembling secretly.
From the other end of the line, there was the muffled sound of someone splashing into the water.