I Refuse to Be a Supporting Character
Chapter 24-25
Chapter 24: Gossip
The graduation ceremony was as grand and magnificent as everyone expected, with prominent school leaders and celebrities attending.
Even the students who came to watch the ceremony were more attentive than before. No one glanced at their phones; their attention was directed onto the stage.
More precisely, to a man sitting in the middle of the platform, who looked so dazzling that he looked like he had just come out of a comic book.
Many female students could not help but stare.
As the ceremony began, the principal gave a long opening speech before the etiquette team continued the process.
Gu Jin folded his hands on his lap and smiled politely, but in truth, he listened closely to the other girls as they whispered excitedly about the man on stage.
“He's very handsome!”
“He even wears glasses, and he has the elegant and restrained temperament of a high-class man!”
“Do you think he has a stomach?”
“Ck, what do you think? She looks slim with clothes, but if you take her off, I'm sure she's mighty.”
Gu Jin suddenly thought of a chest as hard as steel that could be hidden under those clothes and nodded in agreement inwardly.
The girls, not knowing they were being heard, took their discussion in an impolite direction to explain in good company.
Gu Jun chuckled at the hearted girls this spring then returned his focus back to the stage.
Indeed, with the man's incredible physique and confident posture that was as straight as a tree, it was no wonder he stood out among the crowd of distended bellies.
Needless to say, he was a fine male specimen with an outstanding appearance and a powerful aura.
However, all of this had nothing to do with him.
“Hey, is he really that guy?”
While Gu Jin was daydreaming, someone accidentally bumped into his arm.
“Ah? What?” said confused.
The one who hit him was another hostess who was part of the welcoming ceremony. His eyes shone and his cheeks flushed red as he shouted excitedly, “Mu Mingcheng!”
“Mu Mingcheng?” said Gu Jin. For some reason, this name sounds a bit familiar.
“That's the man sitting in the middle,” the girl explained as she looked at Gu Jin in disbelief. “Even you should know about him, he is the legendary President of the Mu Company."
The girl then gave him one more time and looked at him suspiciously. “Are you new to the etiquette team? Why haven't I seen you before?”
It was unusual for the etiquette team to recruit someone under 1.6 meters, but Gu Jin's face was three points prettier than their captain.
“Ya,” replied Gu Jin, wanting to avoid this confusion. The girl's question added to her headache and she didn't want to waste time explaining, so she just lied and said, “I just came a few days ago so it's only natural that you don't recognize me.”
However, Gu Jin's smile was very stiff.
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Chapter 25: Hidden Cards
Gu Jin nodded and looked at the man on the stage.
Mu Mingcheng, Mu Mingcheng.
He finally remembered!
Mu Mingcheng, a man who rarely appeared in novels, was mostly someone mentioned from the flashbacks of the female lead Cheng Xin. Her role was mainly to arouse the jealousy of the male lead and punish the female protagonist with all sorts of insults.
Anyone who saw his appearance might describe him as a bright man like a bright moon and charming like a bright breeze; to someone who looked noble and as gentle as him, hearing someone say that Mu Mingcheng would continue humiliating someone in such a way might sound blasphemous.
However, people should not be judged solely on their appearance.
When Cheng Xin was sixteen years old, she was much more rebellious and arrogant than she was at the moment. At that young age, he was everyone's eye seed.
At that time, a classmate of hers was about to celebrate her birthday, and she happened to be her secret admirer.
Cheng Xin made an appointment with her friends to attend her party at the bar that night.
However, on the same day he got into a fight with his family, fired the driver, and went to the bar alone. By the time he arrived, the party was over.
The bar customer is a dangerous mix between a dragon and a hidden snake. When they saw a rare beauty like her walking alone, a group of men took the initiative to come and talk to her.
They had just started a conversation, but soon the newcomer found himself depressed. Cheng Xin was an underage girl who was well protected by her family all year long; how could she cope with this difficult situation?
Many questionable things happened like this in the bar, but no one was willing to stop him. After all, which girl deserves to go to a bar alone at night?
For the first time, Cheng Xin knew what fear and regret meant. Her cry for help disappeared under the claws of some disgusting man.
At this moment of despair, the appearance of a person was like a god descending from heaven.
That person was Mu Mingcheng.
On the same day, he carries out his mission to help the police guard an international criminal who has just been tried, while preventing a dispute from occurring in the bar.
In this situation, fulfilling her duties as an officer prompted her to save the female protagonist.
To him, it was only a trivial matter, but to Cheng Xin, that tall and handsome man was the only hope that saved him from the clutches of the demons. She was like a girl who was infatuated with her first love when she thought about it.
On the contrary, the birthday boy he liked was like a small scallion or even a weak chicken when compared to Mu Mingcheng.
A hero who saves beauty; Mu Mingcheng becomes a bright moon that illuminates the dark world of the female protagonist.
In the original novel, the female protagonist often mentions her name to the male lead, and then the storyline will continue from there:
Almost every time the female lead was upset, the male lead would be delighted. But then the female lead would name Mu Mingcheng, causing her partner to feel jealous; after that, the two protagonists would fight a little more while deepening their bonds with each other at the same time.
