He didn't know how long it had been, but the black Luota, which had been sleeping for nearly ten years, suddenly opened its eyes from its long slumber, as if sensing something, and stared at its lover in front of it.

A gust of wind blew by, and the little black potato it held in its arms shook its leaves one last time, then turned yellow from the leaf tips, spreading to its whole body in just a few seconds, showing a withered color, as if it would fall apart with a light touch.

Another gust of wind passed by, and a slight "click" sounded in the black Luota's ears. The plant, which had withered to the extreme, shattered into powder that could not be gathered with the wind and then floated away.

The black Luota's pupils constricted, and it moved its head with difficulty, trying to retain its lover who was being carried away by the wind in front of it.

But he was really too old and weak. Even if he stretched out his head with all his might, he couldn't touch a bit of the powder carried away by the wind.

The aging beast let out a low whimper from its throat. After a few minutes, it quickly lost strength and closed its icy blue beast eyes.

This time, it will never open again.

......

It seemed like he had been asleep for a long time. The last impression in his memory was a pair of icy blue beast eyes that quietly gazed at him, already a little turbid, full of waiting and guarding.

When consciousness returned again, Su Duan blinked, and his eyes couldn't help but swell with sourness.

Following the instinct of his race to turn back into a plant, he actually still had consciousness and could perceive everything around him, but he just couldn't move or speak.

Perhaps for ordinary people, this state of not being able to move or speak is very painful and can drive people crazy, but for Su Duan, who has lived this kind of life for thousands of years, it is a very ordinary thing.

Moreover, his partner was always by his side, so it wasn't too lonely.

But while he could feel Viji's company, Viji might not necessarily feel his.

Perhaps in Viji's eyes, he was just a plant without any consciousness, unable to communicate, unable to perceive thoughts, and unable to give a response.

Obviously, with such a lively personality that needs the company of others... just guarding him alone for more than a hundred years without saying a word must have been very lonely.

How could he just wait there foolishly for so long...

Su Duan licked his lips, suppressing some of the sourness welling up in his throat, his head hanging very low.

Fortunately, they will meet again soon, he thought.

Suddenly, a somewhat impatient voice came from the front: "How can you attend a celebration banquet like your mother died? If it weren't for Brother Xie's intention to promote you, how could a stand-in like you attend such an occasion?"

Su Duan softly agreed and digested the world information transmitted to him by the system.

He was now sitting in a car, and the final destination of this car was a banquet for the crew of the highly anticipated online movie "Becoming a Demon". His identity... was the stunt double of the male lead in this movie.

To be precise, he was a body double among the stunt doubles, specifically used to shoot some scenes for the male lead Xie Zhu that did not require showing his face.

In the entertainment industry, it is very common for actors to use stunt doubles for acting. Some actors even have five or six stunt doubles that they often work with.

Xie Zhu is this kind of actor. To be precise... he is not an actor, but a star. This big star, who did not graduate from an acting school, became popular because of his handsome appearance. He actually has no talent in acting, so any scenes that can be shot by a stunt double are done by a stunt double. He has used dozens of stunt doubles.

Su Duan graduated from a professional acting school, but his appearance was not particularly stunning and his personality was too wooden. He was not good at networking, and coupled with his poor luck, he never signed with an entertainment company after graduation and remained a movie extra wandering around film studios.

Later, because his physique and temperament were very similar to the superstar Xie Zhu, he was noticed by Xie Zhu's agent and became his body double.

The original Su Duan had a docile personality, was hardworking, and never caused trouble, so he was very easy to manage. Gradually, he became one of superstar Xie Zhu's regular body doubles.

The original Su Duan had no great ambitions. The salary Xie Zhu's team paid for body doubles was quite high, many times higher than when he was an extra, so he was quite content to just get by like this.

However, although body doubles can replace stars in filming, they actually have no status. For example, when the crew hosts a banquet, a body double clearly has no qualification to attend.

But this time, Su Duan was brought along by Xie Zhu's agent.

And Xie Zhu himself did not come due to "sudden gastritis".

Needless to say, for Su Duan, this banquet was certainly not a pie falling from the sky.

This banquet was held by the crew to entertain several investors, one of whom had taken a fancy to Xie Zhu and wanted to be his sugar daddy. But Xie Zhu was a complete straight man and could not accept being exploited by a man.

However, considering the other party was one of the major investors in the crew, it was not good to reject him too strongly. So a compromise was devised.

He claimed illness and did not go, and had his agent bring Su Duan, a body double with a similar temperament, to the banquet under the guise of "promoting a newcomer".

It was not explicitly stated that he was being sent as a little gift. If the gold master fancied him, he could take him away; if not, it would be as if nothing had happened, and both sides would save face.

The only unlucky one was probably the original Su Duan who was unwittingly brought over as a gift.

In the original trajectory, that gold master very graciously accepted the little body double sent to make amends for Xie Zhu, and took the original Su Duan to a hotel room that very night.

But after all, a body double is just a body double. That gold master quickly got tired of him, gave the original Su Duan some money, and told him to get lost.

The original Su Duan, who had been passively sent around from beginning to end, took the money and never appeared again in this circle that left him with dark memories. He got by on odd jobs for the rest of his life.

Similar things are not uncommon in the entertainment industry, and are not even news. Occasionally mentioned as gossip, people only felt the original Su Duan was a bit unlucky. From beginning to end, the appearance and disappearance of the original Su Duan did not cause any ripples.

Perhaps Superstar Xie was troubled for a while about losing a useful body double, but in the end it was not something irreplaceable. After a few months, it was tossed to the back of his mind.

......

After reading the information about the original trajectory of this world, Su Duan pursed his lips unhappily and asked inwardly, "System, can I not go?"

He disliked the unspoken rules in this circle. After reading about the original Su Duan's fate, he felt depressed and did not want to experience those things himself.

The system immediately said, "Of course! Host, don't be afraid! When you get off later, the system will help you leave!"

"Okay, thank you." After expressing his thanks, Su Duan remembered something and asked, "What about the healing target for this world?"

Last time he made the other party wait too long. Now he just wanted to quickly go to his lover's side.

The system paused for a moment before saying in an electronic voice, "In the direction of your current destination, Host."

"..." After thinking for a few seconds, Su Duan blinked and changed his mind without much hesitation, "Then I'll still go to the restaurant, System."