The Shadow Guard Wants to Quit Every Day

[Transported into a game with a System, fictional ancient setting, feel-good power fantasy, don't overthink the details] Hot-tempered, lame-legged prince & poker-faced female bodyguard Butler Chen's diary: Ever since that most formidable bodyguard joined the household, the prince's most frequent yell each day has been: "Cheng Shiyi!!!" Now everyone in the household knows that the prince has a female bodyguard. We servants aren't supposed to know about things like this, but the prince hasn't punished us, so we count ourselves lucky. We pretend we haven't heard anything, though in private we admire that bodyguard for managing to survive so many days under the prince's wrath. No wonder she's the top bodyguard selected from the Death Camp! I have to say, ever since she arrived, this mansion, which had been as dead and gloomy as hell for years, has been full of life! · Cheng Shiyi never wanted to be this prince's bodyguard in the first place. Every day, she stares at her game quest panel in dismay: Why am I the third male lead's bodyguard, yet I have to play matchmaker for the male and female leads? Isn't that asking too much of a bodyguard? Running around all day to set other people up and keep an eye on them, am I even a bodyguard anymore? ...Though she's not much of a bodyguard now anyway. What bodyguard walks around the mansion all day? Cheng Shiyi is so worried she's lost a huge handful of hair. A few maids pass her, then turn back after a few steps, cheeks pink. "Miss Shiyi, hello. It's been so hot lately, so we made you some pastries and mung bean soup." Cheng Shiyi is delighted. Smiling broadly, she says, "Thank you." The maids hand them over and immediately run off. "Miss Shiyi is still so handsome and dashing!" "Ahhh, she's so cool. I love her!" "Aww, someone so cold and uncaring actually thanked us. She's so gentle with us. Who says bodyguards don't have hearts!" · Much later, Cheng Shiyi's repeated secret outings to set up the male and female leads are finally exposed. The armrest beneath Xie Jingyao's hand is crushed to pieces. "Cheng Shiyi! Whose bodyguard are you, anyway?!" Cheng Shiyi answers with complete sincerity, "Yours." Seeing that she's still so indifferent, Xie Jingyao's veins bulge. "Would it kill you to say one more word?!" Cheng Shiyi thinks for a moment. "It wouldn't." Xie Jingyao is so furious his vision goes black. Seeing this, Cheng Shiyi habitually lifts him out of his wheelchair and carries him back to his room. Xie Jingyao had been fine until he felt himself being lifted into the air. Furious, flustered, and embarrassed, he actually faints. Cheng Shiyi thinks sadly, This is bad. The first time this damn prince has fainted because of me. When he wakes up, won't I really be punished? Xie Jingyao: Furious, furious, furious, furious, furious, furious, furious... Theme: Work hard and strive for a bright future of your own.