Little Pink Starfish

Here’s what happened.

That day, a black hole appeared and sucked in Gu Xing, along with Shangguan Jue, who got caught by accident. Maybe because the dungeon required two people, and the original female lead was missing, this idiot got dragged in as a substitute.

Inside, Gu Xing landed, still dizzy. A shadow fell from above, wailing “aiyaa aiyaa.”

Gu Xing wanted to dodge, but the voice was too familiar. Since the guy had a reliable older brother, he decided to stand firm and catch him.

So, they both crashed to the ground.

Shangguan Jue, being the arrogant idiot he was, realized his “servant” Gu Xing had caught him, and instead of feeling grateful, he got furious.

Then he kicked Gu Xing.

Gu Xing: heh.

Damn it, Shangguan Yu isn’t here right now. Heh heh heh.

Shangguan Jue saw the shadow looming over him.

“You you you—what are you doing! Big brother, save me!”

Gu Xing sneered: scream all you want, Shangguan Yu isn’t coming—wait, what nonsense is this? I’m beating you up!

Half an hour later, Gu Xing rubbed his chin, glanced at Shangguan Jue’s swollen face, and felt good.

Then began their “valley survival.”

The place had two small mountains, a stream, and dense vegetation. There were wild animals, but they were too strong to hunt. Instead, they were the ones at risk of becoming food.

Luckily, the beasts seemed restricted, each trapped in a certain area based on their strength. This gave them breathing room.

Now, everyone knows that web novel protagonists and brain-dead cannon fodder are two different species. Most protagonists aren’t geniuses, but cannon fodder are usually even dumber.

Gu Xing had decent intelligence. Shangguan Jue, on the other hand, was a true negative-five IQ character.

Their reactions to the situation were completely different.

Gu Xing quickly realized the stream’s water restored energy, so he trained hard, hoping to fight stronger beasts and climb to the top of the mountain.

Shangguan Jue found out he wouldn’t starve from drinking the water, so he spent his days picking fights. If Gu Xing ignored him, he mocked him. If Gu Xing still ignored him, he caused trouble.

When Gu Xing finally beat him up, he quieted down, soaked in the water to heal, then repeated the cycle.

If Shangguan Jue had a life goal, it was to make Gu Xing miserable.

If there was trouble, he found it. If there wasn’t, he created it.

His persistence was honestly impressive. Was it the author’s doing, or just pure stupidity?

Gu Xing went from being annoyed, to angry, to indifferent.

A proper web novel protagonist adapts fast.

Eventually, whenever he felt frustrated or stuck in training, he beat Shangguan Jue preemptively.

And surprisingly—it worked.

Somehow, venting on Shangguan Jue cleared his mind.

So this idiot’s special skill… was being a punching bag?

Ziche Shubai never expected his brother to have this kind of talent.

The problem was…

In the original, the female lead became gentle and considerate, cheering Gu Xing up.

So why, when replaced with this idiot, did it turn into something so weird?

This was exhausting.

And the story wasn’t over.

Listening to this, Ziche Shubai kept a blank expression.

He felt secondhand embarrassment so strong it was unbearable.

For a moment, he leaned back, wanting to grab the pervert’s long tail to hide his face.

Damn it, this was too dumb!

So dumb he wished he could fast-forward!

There was even a song to fit the moment:
You are so dumb, you are so dumb, you are so dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb~~

Back to those five years.

Gu Xing kept improving, climbing higher and fighting stronger beasts. Meanwhile, Shangguan Jue got beaten so much he couldn’t fight back anymore.

Gu Xing started “bullying” him in return.

Dig up wild vegetables.
Catch fish.
Start fires.
Cook.
Massage his shoulders.

Shangguan Jue refused. So he got beaten again.

Eventually, he gave in—grudgingly.

But he still tried to rebel, nitpicking and scheming. Apparently, he figured out Gu Xing wouldn’t kill him, so he put all his brainpower into annoying him.

With this idiot around, Gu Xing didn’t feel lonely.

Being stuck in a valley for five years wasn’t so bad.

Everything was fine—until things went wrong.

Shangguan Jue, as expected, didn’t take chores seriously. Instead, he tried to sabotage Gu Xing.

He left fish scales in the food.
Mixed weeds into the vegetables.
Over-salted everything.

But Gu Xing had suffered worse. This was nothing.

Then, Shangguan Jue took it too far.

He found a colorful flower with a strong scent, growing alone in a lifeless patch of land.

His genius idea?

Rub it on the fish, hoping to give Gu Xing food poisoning.

Gu Xing, distracted, didn’t pay attention.

And half an hour later—

His whole body burned.

His blood boiled.

A certain urge surged up uncontrollably.

Gu Xing immediately understood.

That idiot… had fed him an aphrodisiac.

Gu Xing took a deep breath.

No women around. Just an idiot.

He could endure.

He endured.

He endured…

Damn it, he endured, but this idiot kept jumping in front of him, mocking him, taunting him, acting like an absolute menace!

Gu Xing: “Get lost!”

Shangguan Jue: “Hahaha! You’re suffering, huh? Go crap yourself!”

Gu Xing’s fingers cracked.

Damn it.

If he didn’t run now—

It was too late.