Cannon Fodder Substitute Alliance 

Chapter 4

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Editor: Sai Hiroto

The resident singer charges 2,000 yuan an hour, and the share of drinks is based on 20% of the guest's consumption.

When Cheng Lang heard the news, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As expected of the most stylish gold-selling cave in the city, the employee benefits are good. The salary level is at least double that of its peers.

Of course, with the high reward, White Jade Capital has higher employee requirements than its counterparts outside. Even the waiters who serve tea and pour wine are required to have good facial features and have certain skills. Before joining the company, they must undergo rigorous training for half a month. Even so, handsome men and beautiful women still flock to apply for the job.

Therefore, Shen Huaiyu was able to skip the training phase and go straight to the job, not only because of the protagonist's halo given to him by the original novel but also because of his superior appearance and temperament. Even when he was standing on the roadside chewing corn, he could chew it with an air of immortality that was not of the ordinary world.

In comparison, Cheng Lang, who is equally handsome and a bit evil, looks a little bit...

The system sighed: [Eat slowly or you'll choke to death!]

Cheng Lang looked innocent. He always felt that his system partner was somewhat irritable. But the key point was—

"What are you so proud of? I don't even think you're a waste!" You know how to urge him to complete the plot and complete the task without even opening a points mall.

The system stopped talking.

Noticing Cheng Lang's strange expression, Shen Huaiyu frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

"No." Cheng Lang came back to his senses: "You have finished eating. After that, we will go back to school."

Shen Huaiyu nodded obediently. Throw the corn cobs in his hand into the trash can on the street together with the leftover corn cobs Cheng Lang had eaten.

Cheng Lang bought two more ears of corn and called a taxi. Shen Huaiyu stopped him subconsciously and said, "It costs at least a hundred yuan to take a taxi back to school from here. Shall we take the bus?"

"It's okay. I'm treating you.” Cheng Lang waved his hand and said, "You just treated me to corn. As a courtesy, it's my turn to pay the bill."

Shen Huaiyu suddenly realized. No wonder Cheng Lang clamored for something to eat as soon as he got off work and insisted on treating him.

Shen Huaiyu blinked, knowing that Cheng Lang was taking care of his self-esteem. Shen Huaiyu, who had always been delicate and considerate, couldn't help but feel a little moved.

It was already past one in the middle of the night when the two returned to school. The doors of the dormitory building were locked. Cheng Lang broke the door open and handed over two ears of hot corn to the dormitory auntie under her nagging, "Auntie, you have worked hard. We have no choice. I am an orphan, without a father or a mother. I finally went to college, and I had to work part-time to earn tuition and miscellaneous fees."

These words successfully aroused the affection of the dormitory aunt. The aunt sighed and waved her hand, "Come in quickly. Get some rest early. You have classes tomorrow morning. Remember to move gently so as not to wake up other students."

"Thank you, aunt." Cheng Lang thanked him with a smile. He took Shen Huaiyu back to the dormitory on tiptoe.

A night of silence. The next morning, Cheng Lang was awakened by the sound of his roommate washing.

"I said, can you please be gentle? I came back after one o'clock last night."

"How dare you say that? We covered up for you when the school came to check last night." Roommate A glanced at Shen Huaiyu, who was already lying on the desk reviewing his homework: "You didn't even say thank you. If you have the guts, don't let us cover up for you in the future."

Shen Huaiyu's expression froze, and he was about to say thank you. Cheng Lang climbed out of bed with a clang and said casually, "Is such a thing worth talking about? If you have the ability, don't ask girls for WeChat in the name of me and Shen Huaiyu next time."

"How can we talk about it?" Just now The roommate who was still complaining suddenly had a smile on his face: "Just talking casually. I didn't say anything about you."

He was not talking about Cheng Lang. Shen Huaiyu pinched the pen in his hand nervously. Just as he was about to say thank you, his roommate suddenly asked, "Shen Huaiyu, you have been going to White Jade Capital with Cheng Lang for two days. Have you met a rich woman?"

"That's right! You are so handsome! In our school, they are all so popular with little girls; wouldn't it be even worse if they went to a place like that?"

Shen Huaiyu's face turned pale. Those unsightly memories swept through my mind instantly.

"...Shen Huaiyu is good-looking. But none of White Jade Capital's waiters are ugly. He has such a dull personality that he can't even speak in a place like that. He hasn't pushed out a bottle of wine for two days." Cheng Lang said lightly, "It's better than me! I've already become the leader of White Jade Capital."

Cheng Lang's explosive revelation immediately attracted the attention of the two roommates.

"What? Have you become White Jade Capital's pillar?"

"Didn't you say that White Jade Capital's pillars are all made to be big stars?"

"Am I not made to be a big star?" Cheng Lang sat on the desk, crossed his legs, and asked with a half-smile, "Do you two have any misunderstanding about me?"

I wouldn't dare. The two roommates shook their heads in a dignified manner. Being so disturbed by Cheng Lang, he forgot to ask Shen Huaiyu about working in White Jade Capital.

In the plot of the original work, the two men, under the instigation of Cheng Lang, are forced to reveal the big scandal that Shen Huaiyu has slept with White Jade Capital's guest on the first day of work, and then the whole school knows about it.

In his mind, the system kept warning him, [Character OOC! The character is OOC! According to the plot, you need to cooperate with your roommate to belittle Shen Huaiyu!]

Cheng Lang spent a lot of time fooling the system, "Isn't the only purpose of belittling others to improve yourself? I just skip the process and go straight to the result."

The system did not listen to Cheng Lang's sophistry and still warned [Character OOC! The character is OOC! Please speak your lines strictly according to the script!]

Cheng Lang said patiently, "Do you know what it means to seek common ground while reserving differences? As a person like me, I only value results when doing things. As long as the results are accurate, it proves that there is nothing wrong with my method of doing things. Don't pay too much attention to the details. In this way, everyone can work together happily. Right?"

The system always feels like something is wrong.

"Also," Cheng Lang said casually, "you don't have to stare at me 24 hours a day. Don't you have any hobbies? Like watching movies and listening to gossip. The mission is so long and the world is so big, you can go out and see. I won't expose you."

No task executor has ever spoken to the system like this. The system was stunned.

Cheng Lang changed his clothes, washed up, and dragged Shen Huaiyu to have breakfast.

On the way to the canteen, Shen Huaiyu thanked Cheng Lang in a low voice.

"What's there to thank you for? I'm just praising myself when I have nothing to do." Cheng Lang looked at Shen Huaiyu and joked with a smile, "Actually, I am very vain. I especially like to hear other people praise me. If you want to thank me, just praise me if you have nothing to do. I feel very happy to be praised by such a handsome person sincerely."

Shen Huaiyu chuckled. He envied Cheng Lang's optimistic attitude.

"I should learn from you." Shen Huaiyu said sincerely.

Cheng Lang clicked his tongue, "You really should learn from me how to behave in the world. You can't be too shy. There's no good in being too thin-skinned."

Cheng Lang summarized Shen Huaiyu's tragedy. The bottom line is that the young man is too thin-skinned, has too strong self-esteem, has too high a moral bottom line, and is too inexperienced to be deceived easily. He is surrounded by people who do whatever it takes to achieve their goals and have no moral bottom line—

Cheng Lang remembered that in the original novel, Lu Chengxuan spared no effort to undermine Shen Huaiyu's confidence to keep him by his side. He spent money to devalue everything Shen Huaiyu liked and was good at. In the end, he even PUA'd a young literary man who was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, which made him completely deny himself.

Cheng Lang can responsibly say that Shen Huaiyu chose to commit suicide at the end of the original work entirely because he could no longer find the direction in life. He can't find the value of his existence. Therefore, the top priority is that Cheng Lang must create spiritual sustenance for Shen Huaiyu. Let Shen Huaiyu understand how good he is. And this excellence must be measured in money.

While Cheng Lang was talking to Shen Huaiyu, he was thinking about other ways to make money around him. Including the tip that the Blue-hair guy gave him for buying him a drink last night and the commission on drinks he earned these days, Cheng Lang's total savings on his card didn't exceed 200,000. He had never been so poor in his life.

"These days, nothing matters; only the money is real." Cheng Lang sighed with emotion. On the other side of the aisle, the chatter of two girls suddenly reached my ears.

"...Have you heard? The milk tea shop opposite the school is quitting. What a pity; I quite like their decoration style."

"You mean the 'forest style' shop across from the school? I'll just quit. The only nice thing about it is the decor, but the milk tea is super expensive and tastes terrible."

Cheng Lang was moved and turned to the two girls who were talking: "...The milk tea shop you are talking about—is it the one with lush green decoration right opposite the school gate?"

Cheng Lang is not a person who likes to drink milk tea. The reason why he has an impression of that milk tea shop is entirely because the main color of the decoration of that milk tea shop is too eye-catching—because of the mission, Cheng Lang is somewhat sensitive to that color.

"Are you talking to us?" The two girls looked at each other and asked in surprise.

"Of course." Cheng Lang said with a smile, "Do you mind if I interrupt suddenly?"

Cheng Lang explained, "I'm not eavesdropping. It's the voices of the two beauties that are so clear. When the wind blows, they get into my ears."

“We didn't say you were eavesdropping." Cheng Lang's words made the two female classmates very happy. One of the female classmates with a ponytail said: "We just didn't expect that Cheng Lang, the recognized school leader in the freshman year, would talk to two ordinary girls like us."

“How can you two be ordinary girls?” Cheng Lang said seriously, "Who knows, maybe these two classmates are my gods of wealth."

"Huh?" The two female classmates didn't understand and looked at Cheng Lang with puzzled faces.

"I want to start a small business to earn tuition." Cheng Lang said seriously, "I was wondering what to do, and I heard you say that the milk tea shop opposite the school has stopped. I want to ask what the situation is like in that milk tea shop. If possible, I would like to redeem the money from the store."

The two female classmates suddenly realized. 

As a scheming and vicious cannon fodder, Cheng Lang never shied away from his orphan identity. He even often used this experience to win everyone's sympathy and create a strong, independent, optimistic, and cheerful personality for himself. So even though the school had just started, the fact that Cheng Lang was an orphan had long been known to everyone in the school. The two female classmates had naturally heard about it. They couldn't help but arouse some soft sympathy and chattered to Cheng Lang about the situation they knew.

"The owner of that milk tea shop was a senior who had already graduated from our school. She used to work for a foreign company, but later had an argument with her boss and resigned from her job in anger. She then opened a milk tea shop opposite the school."

"The house was hers. Before the milk tea shop, it was a Malatang restaurant. The food was delicious. Since the country has allowed couples to have two children, the boss lady of Malatang scored twice. The boss stopped doing business and returned to his hometown with his wife and children. The senior sister took back the house and had nothing to do. Seeing that milk tea was very popular recently, she simply opened a milk tea shop.”

"…The decoration alone cost nearly a million. But the milk tea she made was really awful. And it was sold at a very high price." And the milk tea shop owner had a really bad temper. She was not happy when others said her milk tea was not tasty.

So less than two months after school started, the milk tea shop business couldn't continue.

Cheng Lang listened silently, feeling enlightened.

"Thank you." Cheng Lang said as he went to the vending machine and bought two bottles of drinks, "We've been talking for so long you must be thirsty, right? Drink some water to quench your thirst."

"You are very attentive." The two female classmates laughed. They took the water from Cheng Lang and asked curiously, "If you want to open a milk tea shop, do you know how to make milk tea?"

Cheng Lang can not only make milk tea, but he can also mix wine. Moreover—

Cheng Lang glanced at Shen Huaiyu's overly handsome face with a smile, "If I open a milk tea shop, I will prepare a killer weapon so that you have to come."

Two female classmates asked curiously, "What kind of killer weapon?"

Cheng Lang said, "I won't tell you yet. You will know when the time comes."