Original title: Protagonist, Don't Fall So Hard
[Third-person narration. This is a playful version of the blurb, from the gong's perspective]
My name is Jiang Yunhe. In a Sentinel-Guide novel, I'm the cannon-fodder childhood friend of the protagonist shou.
According to the plot, while handling my funeral arrangements, my childhood friend is supposed to meet the destined protagonist gong.
But he became obsessed with a death that should have meant nothing to anyone, strayed from the plot, and ultimately met a tragic end.
When I opened my eyes again, I had been reborn to a time before it all began.
In this life, I awakened as a Dark Sentinel. The main characters from the book also started showing up for me for some reason, insisting that they were always available... I don't get it, but it doesn't matter.
Anyway, to stay alive and avoid a bad ending where everyone dies, I decided to take the initiative, create opportunities, and get the protagonist gong and shou together so the plot could proceed.
Do you think I'm doing the right thing? 😎
[The shou's perspective]
Shen Xiachu likes his childhood friend.
It doesn't matter that his childhood friend is slow on the uptake. Shen Xiachu is willing to wait.
His childhood friend is an ordinary, unawakened person, so Shen Xiachu works hard to cultivate a reputation for