[Content warning] Multiple male leads, all dangerously unhinged; every one of them has a serious mental illness, and the heroine is gentle but has a sharp edge. Includes imprisonment, infidelity, and online harassment. The heroine turns things around through her own efforts. Find sweetness among the heartbreak, but the sweetness is poisoned. Not for the faint of heart.
To ease the burden on her older brother, who was preparing for graduate school entrance exams, Wen Mian joined a platform recommended by her roommate.
There was no need to meet anyone. She just had to pretend to be in an online relationship and split the earnings fifty-fifty.
When she softly asked, "Are we... a couple?"
The reply came instantly: "Of course."
She used her "pay" to buy her brother a shirt for his interview, telling him she'd earned the money from a part-time job.
Later, a stranger's number contacted her: "Did you buy the skirt?"
Her jilted online boyfriend hounded her relentlessly, again and again pressuring her to do things that crossed the line.
She was terrified, but didn't dare call the police.
With nowhere else to turn, she started livestreaming. Her captivating voice and unbelievably bad gaming skills made her infamous online, and she finally earned clean money of her own.
P.S. Her childhood friend, an esports player who had been out of touch for years, suddenly showed up in her livestream;
the refined, scholarly senior who excelled in everything lurked darkly where she couldn't see him;
the man who tied her up and put her on his private plane smiled through the glass and asked, "What if there's a next life?"
And then there's the best older brother in the world.
The year he became successful, he held her close, his eyes bloodshot. "We're not related by blood."
Wen Mian raised her hand and slapped him.
