[A snarky, dramatic heroine x a cunning, sharp-tongued hero, happy ending]
After Shen Zhaoli enters a palace intrigue game, she dies 101 times before finally making it out of the beginner village, only to discover that nothing is right.
Apart from the sidelined NPCs, almost everyone can tell at a glance that she doesn't belong in this world.
Chu Yuhuai and the other NPCs: That's right. We've awakened.
Shen Zhaoli: Wait, is this how it's supposed to work?
The System is out of ideas and can only tempt her: “Player, please work hard to flesh out the plot. There are rewards...”
The male lead, Chu Yuhuai, lives by a routine that goes eating → sleeping → working. He can even get lost in his own imperial garden.
When he's sent out on a mission and wants to get something to eat, people stream in and out of the restaurant, but inside there's nothing except the building itself.
Most NPCs mutter to themselves in their own little worlds. They only give different answers when a plot event is triggered.
Short stories:
1. Red Leaves Carry Longing: Lin Mo x Gu Mingshen (siblings' revenge arc)
Even in the darkness, vines can grow up and up from rotten, filthy earth.
The moon shines high above, but it does not shine on me.
2. Searching for Him Through the Crowd: Xu Zheng x Shen Jibai (happy romance arc)
A mischievous girl vs. an aloof, untouchable beauty (happy ending).
Though I can't see you, I hear you amid the world's clamor, as if you've always been by my side.
3. Saving a Crumbling Empire: Qin Yiyi (career success arc)
4. Friendship arc
