Gu Jingshen has long known that he is merely a devoted male supporting character who can't have the woman he loves. But as long as he can stay by Lin Bai's side and watch her live happily, he is perfectly willing to let her use him to marry another man, even though she doesn't love him.
He doesn't have long to live, and he never planned to get treatment and recover. He only hopes to see Lin Bai a few more times while he still has a little time left.
But instead of getting to see Lin Bai a few more times, he never expected the pitiful Ruan Xinxin to take up what little time he had left.
She gets bullied and doesn't dare say a word. She just curls up in a corner to hide, looking at him with teary, pitiful eyes.
A ball of anger swells inside him. Usually calm and composed, he keeps getting riled up by Ruan Xinxin until even his doctor tells him to calm down.
"If someone bullies you, insult them back. Got it?"
With a tearful sniffle, Ruan Xinxin says, all aggrieved, "I... I can't win an argument... They're really good at swearing."
"Then hit them!" Gu Jingshen grits his teeth in frustration. Plenty of people must have bullied her when he wasn't looking.
"They all have boyfriends who help them gang up on people. I can't beat them..."
"Then tell them I'm your boyfriend and scare them off. What's wrong with that?"
"But you're going to die soon."
"Fine! I'll get treatment! I won't die, okay?!"
Ruan Xinxin is soft and sweet. When she hides behind him and acts fierce because she knows she's got him backing her up, she's just so adorable.
Just when he thinks his little supporting character can finally bare her fangs and fight back against the people who dare bully her, and that he can die in peace, the fierce little Ruan Xinxin silently cries in a corner behind his back, too afraid to tell him.
After looking into it, he discovers that the person bullying her is Lin Bai, the female lead he used to love. That's why his little darling didn't dare tell him.
Furious beyond words, he drags his ailing body to confront Lin Bai face-to-face in front of reporters, all to protect his little darling.
Who cares if they're the male and female leads? Anyone who bullies his little darling will pay!
He cuts off all the resources he had allowed Lin Bai to use and takes away all the clients he had given Lin Bai's husband. He could have made Lin Bai a world-class star, and he can just as easily make her worthless.
"She was your first love. We should just leave. I'm used to them trying to bully me anyway. After you die, they'll definitely make things even worse..." Ruan Xinxin is still a little scared, huddled behind him, her voice trembling terribly.
She's used to it? Has she even asked whether Gu Jingshen is angry or whether it breaks his heart?
He can't die. He absolutely can't. If he leaves, everyone will take advantage of his absence to bully his little darling.
He cooperates with his treatment, and his health steadily improves.
"Hey, those people used to bully you, right? Want to get revenge?"
After a long moment, Ruan Xinxin finally peeks out from behind him. Her soft little mouth manages to spit out a few words, full of indignation: "Those are the ones!"
Get them!
