I Refuse to Pursue the Protagonist, So Why Is He Making the First Move?

A gentle, upright top who refuses to do conquest missions * A darkened ghost bottom who treats everyone as a plaything, except the top

[Top's Perspective]

Xu Chen, people's lawyer, was accidentally kidnapped by System 07 and taken to another world. His mission was to win over the world's protagonist, then betray him cruelly and ruin his life. If Xu Chen completed it, he and the System would be able to control the world and turn everything upside down from then on.

Upright citizen Xu Chen declared: "I don't approve of this mission, so I refuse!"

After years of resistance, he was still sent to the protagonist's side. Fortunately, a new System came online and kicked 07 away. "Host, you are exactly the good person we need! We sincerely invite you to work with us, lower the protagonist's corruption value, and help this world, which has strayed from its path, return to the light!"

Xu Chen had planned to raise the protagonist like a child, but the missions kept getting stranger. He was told to accept flowers from the protagonist, stop others from confessing to him, and agree to the protagonist's request to stay over on a stormy night...

Then, at a banquet one day, Xu Chen was drugged by mistake and taken away by the protagonist. The protagonist kissed his flushed skin unhurriedly. "A Chen, I'm very good in bed. A Conqueror and his fated protagonist are made for each other."

Too dazed to hear the System's alert that the affection value had hit its limit, Xu Chen thought: ...Oh. A perfect match, huh? That could work. What time does the marriage registration office open?

[Bottom's Perspective, More Serious]

In endless cycles through the same world, the people around the protagonist, Yun Cang, gradually became fixed NPCs, while each new Conqueror was like a new toy.

Yun Cang paid no heed to their schemes and ambitions. He simply manipulated their conquest values, making them rise falsely, so that when they celebrated their success, they would plummet into hell.

But this time, the newcomer seemed a little different.

Yun Cang had thought his interest came only from hearing Xu Chen stubbornly refuse 07 again and again. But the closer they got, the more an inexplicable longing welled up inside him. He didn't want to examine the reason. Lazily, he thought: Since he's not bad, why not keep him by my side?

Even after exhausting every scheme and laying countless traps, his lover, whose place at his side was already secure, was still forced to leave before his eyes. Only when his sealed memories awakened did he understand why.

A few things to know before reading:

1. The main tone is sweet. Both are each other's only partners, and the bottom pursues the top. Essentially, they dote on each other, with a slight bias toward the top. Readers can keep this in mind early on.

2. There is no angst in the romance, but a warning: in the middle and later parts, the top dies and the bottom goes mad. The top's death is unintentional. The painful part is brief, and it is definitely a happy ending. All storylines end happily.

3. Wishing all my lovely readers an enjoyable time. The author has simply done their best to tell the story they wanted to tell. Please forgive any shortcomings.

Theme: Those who refuse to exploit or betray sincere hearts will find true love.