That's a Horror System! Why Are You Calling It a Sweetie?

Name: That's a Horror System! Why Are You Calling It a Sweetie?
Author: Lili W

那是惊悚系统！你管他叫小乖乖？

by Lili W (立里W)

Status: Completed
Length: 547k Words
Genre: Two Male Leads
Updated: 8mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

[Brother-obsessed System × mystery × two male leads × horror-game NPC × two powerhouses × satisfying read × The Fourth Calamity]

The newly bound System tells you that you're actually a disposable character in a melodramatic romance novel, and that you have to open with face-slapping the campus belle and beating up her adulterous lover. A textbook overpowered hero setup.

But as the System guides you through your lines, it gets so embarrassed that it stammers and falters. Its tone is odd, but it still mischievously coaxes you:

[Bro, repeat after me: “Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't look down on…”]

And you, Zhao Xiuming, can only respond in confusion: “Huh?”

You know the System is no ordinary thing, even though it claims to be a cute cuddling System, a cozy pet-raising System.

But at school, you run into the campus belle carrying a sinister pregnancy.

At the hospital, you meet an inhuman adulterer who has come back from the dead and keeps muttering, “Brother, you smell so good.”

You share a bed in your rented apartment with a little boy covered in blood who pretends to be a girl.

You take a part-time job, and the store's serial killer becomes obsessed with you. When you enter a horror story set on a deserted island, you finally learn who you are…

You, Zhao Xiuming, realize that the horror System has forcibly made you its pet. It even deliberately acts like a puppy in front of you: [Woof.]

You discover that you're not normal either, so you stop being wary of the System and praise it: “Good boy. You did great.”

Reader advisory: Don't approach this story with the expectation that the protagonist is a player clearing dungeons. The protagonist is a genuine supernatural NPC. Read it as a mystery.

The world the protagonist lives in is accessed by players from different horror games, creating all kinds of instances. The label [The Fourth Calamity] is a humorous meme poking fun at how players affect the locals.

Other names

That’s a Horror System! You Call Him Little Darling?English name

Stats

231Chapters

4.6kReads · 30 days

478.8kReads · all time

943Shelf adds, last 14 days

9.2Score

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It's noticeable that the author's writing was a bit disorganized at the beginning, but the tension between the characters and the romantic pairing is very strong. It's a case of: your writing logic is a bit loose, but your character development successfully compensates for this! Overall, it's definitely worth reading. So far, I haven't seen any comparable characters on Tomato Books! I really love the crazy Xiaoming and his masked, ambiguous love interest, Xiaoguai!
177 likes2y ago
Although I've read many of this type, I still found this one quite novel and unique. It has a lot of elements, starting slowly but quickly getting to the point of frenzy. It begins with the protagonist, Zhao Xiuming, acting like a romantic NPC, and his awakening in a hot pot restaurant. He displays his calm rationality and skill in manipulating people's hearts.
70 likes2y ago
Help! This is so good, I love watching it! Zhao Xiuming's character is just so relatable.
52 likes2y ago
This is so good! There haven't been many novels with two male leads that I've enjoyed lately, but this one is absolutely amazing. It instantly captured my heart! God: Child, I can grant you one wish. Me: I will destroy the world. God: Change it, this is too difficult. Me: I want the author to translate my work. God: Child, let's talk about how to destroy the world instead.
41 likes2y ago
Oh my god! This is the first time I've read this type of story. I don't really know how to describe it. There are quite a few stories where the protagonist is a strange player, but this protagonist's identity is... Emm, he's a bit like an ordinary person, but also a bit crazy, with a mysterious vibe. Anyway, in two words, it's great! In four words, it's super great!! Xiao Ming is so cute!!
39 likes2y ago
Your writing is so crazy, it totally matches my fantasies! I was blown away when I saw the motorcycle guy bark! Keep it up, author! There's just too little! Love you, love you (ɔˆ ³(ˆ⌣ˆc)💕
32 likes2y ago
It's really good! The interaction between the system and Xiaoming is also very sweet. The plot is great, and the character design of Li Han (Assistant Li) is also excellent. I look forward to the future of this work and I'm sure it will get a high rating. Keep up the good work, author!
26 likes2y ago
So good... Baby (Zhao Xiuming)'s tension is off the charts! His interactions with the motorcycle guy (does he really not deserve a name? 🤔) Are full of sexual tension, no joke! So good, please update soon!!!! So good, I can't get enough!! So far, Baby's character development is fantastic, completely to my liking. The system is also adorable, haha, a little arrogant and jealous.
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