Ideal Mary Sue

···Zhang Ji’s Dessert Shop···

“Xiao Hei, can you buy it tomorrow morning?”

Xiao Hei shook his head.

“Then if you go now, it’s going to take a long time… I’m afraid you won’t be able to wait!”

“I can wait. You go.”

“Eh, then let’s do that. You go sit and wait in the shop.”

Xiao Hei nodded and walked to the door of the store, but instead of sitting down, he stood there like a door god.

Although he wanted to go back to standing on the roof beams…

(TL: reference to his first appearance lol)

Zhang Ji’s desserts were open on the corner of Liutai Street, close to Liufeng Street, in the evening and afternoon. Many people from Liufeng Street rushed to Liutai Street to participate in the lantern festival. In the crowd, an 8-year-old girl was swarmed and had a hard time moving forward. The adults behind her, who thought she was walking too slowly, pushed her out with one hand; she fell directly in front of Xiao Hei.

One of the small buns on the girl’s head had come loose. She stared blankly at Xiao Hei’s expressionless face and suddenly burst into tears, “Wu wu wa wa… brother!!”

Xiao Hei had an indifferent face and didn’t respond to her crying.

A 12 or 13-year-old boy suddenly emerged from the crowd, saw the girl lying on the ground, and hurriedly helped her up. “Brother is here! Don’t cry, don’t cry!”

“Brother! Wu wu wa wa… you wandered off!!!”

When the boy noticed that her palm had been scratched, he said, “I’m sorry, it’s all brother’s fault. This time I’ll hold you, so I won’t wander off.”

“Hold me? And you won’t wander off?”

“En!”

The two small figures firmly held each other’s hands and then merged back into the crowd without being separated.

“Every time the secret recipe is adjusted, we are kicked out! The two of us are serious apprentices, not people hired by Zhang Ji…”

The two apprentices came out of the dessert shop cursing, each with a pack of melon seeds, which they ate with great pleasure. Seeing Xiao Hei standing at the door, they grabbed a handful of melon seeds, handed them to him, and said: “Wanna eat, brother?”

Xiao Hei looked at the melon seeds, then at them, and said lightly: “No.”

Apprentice A smiled and said, “Brother is here to buy sesame cakes for the daughter-in-law, right? Haha, there are many people who often come here to buy desserts for their daughter-in-law, but few of them have waited as long as you have. Usually, when they hear they can’t be made now, they just leave.”

Apprentice B: “This little brother is so handsome; his daughter-in-law must be very beautiful too!”

Xiao Hei lowered his eyes, and the appearance of Su Ning squinting and dozing off after being full appeared in his mind.

“En, she is… very beautiful.”

···

Lin Yuan’s eyes were full of tenderness, and he smiled fondly at Su Ning and said, “You just wait for me here. Don’t go anywhere. I’ll take down the lotus lantern for you.”

Su Ning nodded obediently, he turned around and walked to the bamboo fence, but when he turned back around, he didn’t see her…

Su Ning took light steps and ran into the nearby alley.

【Su Ning: 444, have you received the next task?】

【444: I have! The host is the best! I’m very happy with the new task! I couldn’t tell you earlier, but the new recovery mission is worth a full 100 points!!】

【Su Ning: Do we still have to be in this world? 】

【444: No no no, the new coordinates are 6940, not here anymore.】

【Su Ning: That’s good, hurry and take me away! 】

【444: You’d better return to the inn before leaving!】

【Su Ning: Hey, 444, you can’t screw this up. It won’t take much time for Lin Yuan to get the lotus lantern.】

【444: Host, after you leave, the original owner of the body will return, and there is a buffer time of nearly two hours. You can’t just leave on a street, or the original owner will wake up on the street again!】

【Su Ning (stressed): It turns out that the original owner is coming back… you, this mess… how will she clean it up?】

【444: Don’t worry, host, she is merely a trustee, nothing more.】

【Su Ning: Trustee? What’s a trustee? 】

【444: Souls who are not qualified to be hosts will become trustees and will be sent to different worlds by the Lord God with their memories erased. They will grow up like ordinary people, and when a host occupies their bodies, their souls go to sleep. After the host finishes their task, they will wake up and take over the body. They will also receive the memory of the host during their time in the body. They are the most professional cleaning staff, so no matter what kind of mess the host leaves, they will take care of it, so the host doesn’t have to worry!!】

【Su Ning (thumbs up): Great! 】

Su Ning walked to the cross corner of the alley and chose a path with more people.

“444, guide me to an inn next door. I can’t go back to the previous inn lest I meet Xiao Hei.”

···

“En, she is… very beautiful.”

Apprentice A: “Sure enough, the daughter-in-law is beautiful…”

Apprentice B: “Where did she go? Why didn’t she come with you? Is she waiting for you at home?”

“Lantern Festival.”

Xiao Hei thought about it. She had been talking about going to the lantern festival a few days ago, so she should be there.

“She went alone?”

“Brother, with how many people there are at the lantern festival, how can you be sure she won’t get lost?!”

···

Xiao Hei held the sesame cake, frowning: Lost?

He remembered that when he first woke up, she left the hospital with a bag on her back. That time she almost got lost…

She is his wife.

He wants to protect her.

Therefore, she cannot be lost.

Xiao Hei turned around and walked towards the lantern festival.

···

There were too many people, and she was trying to move against the stream of people while also trying to pay attention to the directions given by 444… She wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief. Take pity on my frail and petite body. There are still at least 200 meters left!

As soon as she lowered her hand, it was held firmly by a big hand.

Su Ning raised her head fiercely, and in front of her, like always, was Xiao Hei’s indifferent expression.

Su Ning was between laughter and tears.

Forget it, this sticky cake. Let’s just leave it to the trustee.

“Hey, why are you holding my hand?! Let go, I won’t run…”

The light in Xiao Hei’s eyes was dim, but they were not as indifferent as they used to be. Instead, they looked particularly serious.

He locked his gaze on her as she spoke, word for word.