Jian Ran rubbed his ears irritably, but he could not escape the system's loud, exaggerated voice in his head.
[Bro, Lu Yanting is the Villain, not a fish in your pond. What the hell are you flirting with him for?!]
[Now look, you two are inseparable, even going through life-and-death situations together, and your feelings are heating up like crazy... how the fuck am I supposed to explain this to the higher-ups?!]
Jian Ran could not hold back anymore and shot back, "Open your damn eyes and look properly. Who's flirting with whom?"
"I haven't even filed a complaint about the plot bug, and you're already turning around and blaming me?"
"As for explaining yourself,"
"what's there to explain? Haven't you been on vacation this whole time, completely unaware of anything?"
[Well...] The system began to hem and haw.
Jian Ran keenly caught the hint that something was off. "You weren't on vacation?"
[Of course I was!] The system puffed out its chest, then instantly wilted back into a slouch. [A Sea King played with my feelings.]
[A customer service agent from the Transmigration-into-a-Book Bureau was flirting with me while also talking to four other systems, and then I found out...]
[I fell apart, drowned my sorrows in booze, and skipped work for a few months...]
Jian Ran nearly died laughing when he heard that, but he put on a heartbroken, sympathetic expression. "That Sea King was utterly shameless!"
"It was perfectly understandable for you to skip work!"
"Don't worry, I know exactly how you feel!"
"Look at me before. Didn't I suffer at the hands of a Sea King like the male lead?"
The system's eyes reddened. [Thank you, host.]
[But the required electric shock punishment still has to happen, and we need to repair the plot together.]
Jian