The Cold and Ruthless Supporting Male Lead

When Hai Ku turned and walked away, Lin Xiaomu’s face was filled with disbelief. Her delicate features were clouded with confusion, and she had no idea what she had missed.

Why?

Why!!!

Why on earth was everything so different from what she had remembered? Why didn’t the boss confess to her? Lin Xiaomu simply couldn’t understand.

No, it had only happened a month ago. There must have been some misunderstanding along the way.

She clearly remembered it; exactly. The boss had confessed to her on this very day.

Heaven knew how ecstatic she had been when she realized she had been reborn. Everything could start over again.

Clenching her fists and gritting her teeth, Lin Xiaomu refused to accept this outcome. She ran after him, her face stiff, but when she saw Hai Ku, she did her best to maintain her most pleasant demeanor.

“What’s the matter?” Hai Ku asked with a puzzled expression, his bewildered gaze perfectly portrayed.

Lin Xiaomu’s unwillingness was evident as she forced a smile onto her face. “Boss, did you forget something? I mean, when you called me out here today, wasn’t there something else you wanted to say?”

The hint couldn’t have been more obvious. She was just shy of directly asking why he hadn’t confessed to her. Even Hai Ku had to admire her courage.

However, after acting in several worlds, Hai Ku’s acting skills were impeccable.

His expression grew even more confused, and he feigned ignorance until Lin Xiaomu practically blurted out her implication. Only then did Hai Ku clap his hands together, as if suddenly enlightened.

Suppressing his urge to laugh, Hai Ku said seriously, “Ah, I see now.”

“Boss…” Lin Xiaomu’s heart pounded as her cheeks flushed red with nervous anticipation.

“There’s so much pig manure, there’s no way you can clean it all at once,” Hai Ku said, scratching his head with a troubled look, portraying the image of an incompetent boss. “That was my oversight, I didn’t consider that. Here’s the plan; for the next month, you won’t need to do anything else. Just focus on cleaning the pigpens in the left section. If you finish early, you can take a break.”

Lin Xiaomu: “…” No, that’s not…

Completely ignoring her expression, Hai Ku maintained a serious demeanor, even tinged with a hint of regret.

Feeling like he had failed to consider things from an employee’s perspective, he wore the perfect image of a boss who unintentionally overworked his staff, filled with remorse.

Fortunately, his employee had noticed the issue in time and raised it to him.

“Don’t worry, I’ll assign Zhang Daniu to the right section. Next month, I’ll rotate other employees in. This month, it’ll just be you two working hard,” Hai Ku said with a look of gratitude, as if he were being exceptionally kind.

After all, he wasn’t some kind of tyrant. Tasks should be divided fairly, shouldn’t they? How could he let a girl clean all the pig manure by herself?

Benevolent Hai Ku not only assigned Lin Xiaomu a 1-month task but also found her a companion. There was no better boss in the world than him.

After thoroughly encouraging Lin Xiaomu, Hai Ku left, satisfied, feeling like he had just accomplished something truly monumental.

Without giving Lin Xiaomu any chance at all, Hai Ku sighed after speaking. “Ah, youth is such a wonderful thing…”

“Boss…”

It was completely different from what she had imagined. Lin Xiaomu was extremely anxious, her hand reaching out, but before she could even make contact, Hai Ku had already left.

***

She stamped her foot in frustration, her face darkening. But Hai Ku’s steps were too quick for her, and her short legs couldn’t keep up.

By the time she caught up, she was already breathing heavily, and the boss in front was like a deaf person, completely unaware of her presence. Lin Xiaomu felt utterly helpless.

Her heart was filled with anger. She had been so confident before, but now her face showed nothing but despair. Lin Xiaomu realized that she had truly made a mistake.

Today had clearly been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but she hadn’t expected such an unexpected turn of events. It was completely beyond her expectations.

“Xiaomu~”

The gentle voice came from behind, the voice that had once made her fall in love so deeply, but now it sent a chill down Lin Xiaomu’s spine.

Her anger slowly rose, but as it reached its peak, it slowly fell again. Lin Xiaomu sneered, venting her emotions before turning around.

She wouldn’t be as foolish as before. The death that awaited her a month later would never happen again. It had been so stupid, choosing to die because she couldn’t get the Prince’s love.

Now that she had been reborn, she would make sure this person could never leave her.

“Xiaomu, what are you thinking?” Zhang Daniu’s smile grew even gentler, his shy expression making Lin Xiaomu feel both love and hatred.

The love in her heart gradually faded. Lin Xiaomu swore to herself; she was no longer the same person. She had been reborn twice, and this was what true rebirth felt like.

Prince! I’ll have you firmly in my grasp.

Zhang Daniu, confused by the sudden change in her expression, fell silent and didn’t dare to speak.

“Daniu, I have something to tell you.”

Her smile was even softer than his, and Lin Xiaomu walked up to him, taking his hand in hers.

She had often made this kind of intimate gesture before, but today, when she touched him, she couldn’t help but think there might be other women who had done the same. The thought of someone else touching what was hers made Lin Xiaomu’s hatred reach its peak.

“What is it?” Zhang Daniu noticed that Lin Xiaomu was different from usual, but he didn’t dare push her hand away.

But he had obviously disguised himself very well and had been deceiving her for so long. Zhang Daniu absolutely believed in himself and there would be no flaws in his acting skills.

Both of them had their own thoughts, their ill intentions hidden deep within, unseen by the other.

“It’s not very good news,” Lin Xiaomu said, her smile turning more malicious. A sense of revenge began to rise within her. “The boss said that for the entire month, we’ll both be cleaning pig manure.”

As Zhang Daniu’s expression turned sour, Lin Xiaomu’s sense of satisfaction grew. “Let’s hurry up and go, or we’ll be kicked out of the ranch.”

The situation seemed to get worse and worse with every word she said, and Lin Xiaomu wanted to instill fear in him. Only then would he be afraid and understand hardship.

Her thoughts grew darker. Lin Xiaomu couldn’t wait to see a man covered in the smell of pig manure. Who would still want him then?

Then, when everyone rejected him, only she would accept him. Wouldn’t that make him hers?

***

Hai Ku returned to his room and opened the system space.

During this time, he had also studied the items in the system’s mall. Although many of the items were quite bizarre, he couldn’t deny that they were incredibly useful, especially in these chaotic worlds. You would never end up buying something useless.

For example, the “Golden Finger Skill Copy” he had just purchased today.

This Golden Finger Skill Copy was simply a cheat tool.

After experiencing so many worlds, the most terrifying thing was the female lead’s halo. If he had a similar halo, like the female lead’s, Hai Ku would have nothing to fear.

I have what you have, and I understand your tricks. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you’ll win every battle.

However, this Golden Finger Skill Copy also had a significant flaw; the copied skills were actually shared with the female lead.

Rather than calling it a Golden Finger Skill Copy, it would be more accurate to call it a Golden Finger Shared Skill.

But these things didn’t matter. Quietly copying the female lead’s halo, Hai Ku felt the thrill of obtaining the halo for the first time.

The spiritual spring in this space was simply inexhaustible.

As long as he mixed a little of the spring water with other water, no matter what plant he watered, it would grow beautifully.

Excited, Hai Ku sprinkled the spiritual spring water all over his entire farm.

That seemingly endless, inexhaustible spring water was starting to fall short.

After 2 days of cleaning pig manure, Lin Xiaomu hadn’t noticed any problems with her spiritual spring.

It wasn’t until she was covered in the stench of pig manure that she remembered her space could store inanimate objects.

And the process of storing items was incredibly easy. All she had to do was imagine the object entering her space, and it would successfully be stored.

Feeling like she had come up with a brilliant method, Lin Xiaomu couldn’t wait to try it out.

Looking at the pile of pig manure in front of her, she imagined it being stored in her space. Then, the pile of manure before her truly vanished.

Checking her space, Lin Xiaomu let out a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, these things could really be stored in it.

As long as she stored all the pig manure in her space and then took it out and placed it in the designated spot, she wouldn’t have to clean it bit by bit.

Thinking she had come up with a brilliant method, Lin Xiaomu felt extremely pleased.

Using this method, she stored all the pig manure from the area in her space. She was very thankful that her space was so vast. A small amount of manure only took up a tiny bit of space, and with the abundant spiritual energy in her space, she figured that after absorbing the spiritual energy, the manure could turn into excellent fertilizer.

Already imagining herself becoming the queen of fertilizer, Lin Xiaomu felt light as air.

The one-month task her boss had given her was completed in just 2 days.

***

Cough, cough, cough–

He had originally planned to get some more spiritual spring water from the female lead, but as soon as he touched the space, Hai Ku was immediately overwhelmed by the unbearable stench.

“My heavens, what is that smell… cough, cough, cough…” He quickly severed his connection with the space, nearly thinking he was going to suffocate.

It took him a while to realize that the female lead had stored all the pig manure in her space.

Holding his nose, Hai Ku was stunned. Couldn’t she smell the stench at all?