Yan Wenlin receives a mission from headquarters: raise a grassroots protagonist into a success.
Equipped with a top-tier nutritionist and a team of education experts, he confidently leads his professional team as they pick up protagonists in different worlds
The good news: all the protagonists he picks up are motivated.
The bad news: they're too motivated. They cling to him and won't interact with anyone else, so Yan Wenlin has to play every benefactor in their lives all by himself, forcing the plot forward and pushing them toward success!
Yan Wenlin looks at his ever-thickening script, his expression growing even grimmer.
World One: Insectoid Race
Cold, abstinent bee king top X ambitious albino larva bottom
In the mental network shared by the hive, Jian Xiao can clearly hear what others think of him:
Weakling, future cannon fodder for the hive, an albino unfit even to be a worker bee.
Everyone regrets that Yan Wenlin, the bee king, chose to raise a defective larva with no future.
Including Jian Xiao himself.
But Yan Wenlin forcibly pulls him out of the swamp of self-loathing.
Team: Warning! The larva is now overly dependent on you!! This is bad for the reproduction of the species!! Sever your mental-network connection with the larva immediately!!!
The team unanimously decides to send Yan Wenlin on a mission outside the hive,
while secretly having another bee king establish a link with the larva.
Deprived of Yan Wenlin's affection, the larva decides to starve himself to death.
Yan Wenlin: Don't spoil him. Let him starve! So you won't eat royal jelly unless I feed it to you myself, huh?
Jian Xiao: Mm. I won't eat it unless you feed it to me yourself.
Yan Wenlin: Got the guts to say that again?
World Two: Modern Day
Overworked, severely nearsighted dad X combat genius who can only score 75 in math
Jian Xiao realizes there's something a little off about his brother.
His whereabouts are unclear, he often receives huge sums of money, and he has the kind of face that would get him force-fed by a rich older woman.
Whenever Jian Xiao asks, his brother nervously takes off his glasses and brushes him off.
So one day, he skips class and follows him, hoping to use his fists to "rescue the damsel in distress."
Team: That kid's behind you.
Yan Wenlin silently crouches down and starts picking up the plastic water bottles by his feet.
When he gets home, he finds his kid already kneeling at the door with a washboard under his knees.
Yan Wenlin: ...
Jian Xiao, streaming tears and snot: Brother, you don't have to pick up trash to raise me. I only got 75 in math today. Just throw me away.
World Three: Sentinel and Guide
Deaf and mute widower guide X black-hearted troublemaking demon
(Lop-eared rabbit X beagle)
Yan Wenlin is a top guide. His scumbag sentinel husband hasn't come home in eight years.
When he finally does, he's not only stiff, he's cold too.
The scumbag is dead. Everyone rejoice!
Jian Xiao, who has wanted his teacher for years, rushes to prepare his confession and take his place.
But at the proposal ceremony, Yan Wenlin mysteriously disappears.
Three years later, Yan Wenlin finds a dog howling like a ghost outside his home.
Team: That's Jian Xiao's spirit animal. He's found you.
Yan Wenlin: I know. I'm good with dogs.
After eating leftovers for three days, the White Tower's major general can't help coming over to demand an explanation.
Jian Xiao: QAQ Teacher, are you really going to treat me like this?
World Four: To Be Continued
Yan Wenlin X Jian Xiao
Top: An abstinent office drone, a well-meaning old father, career-focused, only passionate when beating up kids or getting off work. After the first world, just seeing Jian Xiao's face gives him phantom pain.
Bottom: Rebellious, but not entirely; filial, but with his filial devotion twisted. Possessive, jealous, a little green-eyed monster. A little lamb in public and a scheming devil in private, a dramatic green tea who could think enough to circle the globe three times.
Theme: Eat a variety of foods to grow strong and healthy