Why Can't NPCs Fall in Love with Other NPCs?

My next book opens for preorders on May 3: Why Don't You Smell Good Anymore? A beastman male, a natural straight man, as the bottom x a haughty, blond-haired, blue-eyed mixed-race top.

Blurb: Qi Zhuoling had always been popular, especially after turning eighteen. There was no shortage of people who wanted to date him every day.

It drove him crazy.

His exciting life continued until he was twenty-five.

On an otherwise completely ordinary day, Qi Zhuoling suddenly discovered that he was an NPC in a dating sim, and that the world he lived in was fictional. He was nothing but a string of data.

And all those people who he thought were chasing after him because they had a crush on him were actually players trying to win him over!

Qi Zhuoling was shocked. Qi Zhuoling was devastated.

Before he could even settle down, something even more shocking happened: As one of the NPCs who had never been won over, he was put up as a bounty by players in the real world. The reward for finding a way to win him over was one hundred million.

As soon as the news broke, countless male and female players swarmed in like wolves scenting meat.

Seeing this scene, like a zombie invasion, Qi Zhuoling panicked and quickly put his intelligence to work, coming up with a solution: find someone to pretend to be his lover!

But finding a lover wasn't easy. After looking everywhere, he ended up giving the title to his good friend, who was also an NPC who had awakened to his own consciousness.

At first:

Qi Zhuoling: "Be my boyfriend!"

Ji Hanci replied coolly, "Have you lost your mind?"

Qi Zhuoling: "Let's fight those players together!"

Ji Hanci said flatly, "No."

Later:

Ji Hanci wrapped an arm around his waist, pressing their bodies together. Leaning close to his flushed ear, he said, "Kiss me, or those players will get suspicious."

Qi Zhuoling pressed a hand to his chest, his body trembling as his eyes darted around. "Don't take this too far."

"We have to do this to dispel their suspicions. This little request isn't too much, is it? You're the one who said it, Zhuoling..."

His deep, teasing voice drew closer.

In the distance, the players following them saw the scene and let out anguished shrieks.

"Damn! They kissed!"

"Aaaah! My bounty!"

"Bug! Bug! This is a bug!"

Preorder blurb for Why Don't You Smell Good Anymore?

In the beastman world, only males who can smell a female's natural scent have a chance of finding a mate. Feng couldn't smell that scent, so everyone looked down on him, and he became an "old bachelor."

After transmigrating to the modern world in wolf form, he found himself facing a mob of villagers. That's when Feng realized there were no beastmen who could transform into wolves here.

To survive, Feng kept his secret identity under wraps and diligently followed the village elders to the construction site... to haul bricks.

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Sikas was Chinese-American, with blond hair and blue eyes. Standing at 193 centimeters, he towered over others, and his privileged background made him popular. But the hypocrisy hidden beneath the polished appearances of the people around him left him fed up.

During an inspection of a construction site one day,

he spotted a man with tanned skin, broad shoulders and a slim waist, sharp features, and a pile of bricks in his hands.

The man's gray, drab clothes couldn't hide his ruggedness. With every movement, his lean, powerful waist caught Sikas's eye.

Like a love-at-first-sight moment from a fairy tale, Sikas fell for the man before him.

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Feng had never imagined he could find a female in this world. All he wanted was to earn enough to support himself. But just as he bent down to lift another stack of bricks, a fresh fragrance suddenly reached his nose.

The scent was crisp and cool, like standing in a refreshing breeze. Feng had never smelled anything like it. One breath was enough to dispel the heat in his body.

He marveled at the scent's effect and was about to sneak in a few more sniffs when the clan leader's words came back to him.

[Feng, remember: only females have a scent. And when you can smell that fragrance, she will be the mate you must protect for the rest of your life.]

All the bricks in Feng's hands fell to the ground. He stared blankly at the person in front of him, then noticed that the other man's body was even taller than his and that he had a prominent Adam's apple.

Feng tilted his head, confused.

There seemed to be something wrong with his female...

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Short scene 1:

Sikas ran out of cologne. He didn't think much of it and quietly wrapped his arms around the man's waist. Suddenly, the man asked in confusion, "Why don't you smell good anymore?"

Sikas: "..."

Short scene 2:

Feng often told Sikas about his hometown, always ending with, "Don't worry, Sikas. When we go back to my tribe, there'll be lots of males for you, too."

"..." Sikas couldn't explain how he felt. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Baby, polygamy is illegal."

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