An Old Farmer Stumbles into a Conquest Game

She Yu is a hardworking corn snake and a moderately famous farming-game streamer. One day, he transmigrates into a wildly popular dating sim, where he has to raise his target's affection enough to be allowed to leave.

She Yu is an old-fashioned farmer who can mend fences, feed poultry, irrigate crops, and research postpartum care for sows. The person he has to conquer is the most popular male character in the entire game.

Whenever Lu Cuo comes up, most players have the same first thought: How can such a foul-mouthed, sinister guy even exist in a dating sim? What kind of game protagonist goes out of his way to attack players who make sarcastic remarks?

Lu Cuo is incredibly popular. He's 193 centimeters tall, works as a writer, and has a model so flawless it's almost unfair. But he's arrogant and picky, his character route is a mystery, and his affection score is hidden. He's always been the hardest character to conquer, and no one has managed it yet.

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Every so often, Lu Cuo gets a new neighbor who tries to conquer him. They go to great lengths to please him and find things they have in common, but Lu Cuo couldn't care less.

One day, a handsome young man with a parasol hat and work pants showed up. He introduced himself with a bright smile as Honest Country Boy.

Lu Cuo: "…"

On the first day after She Yu moved in, he plowed the field. On the second, he repaired the fence. Lu Cuo felt like he had finally met a worthy challenger. This mysterious guy, who wouldn't even reveal his name, seemed ready for a long campaign, though he probably wasn't very educated, since he called him Lu Cha.

Playing hard to get? Interesting.

Lu Cuo watched him for three months. Honest Country Boy really did spend all three months solemnly farming. During that time, he even shared some freshly laid eggs from his chickens with Lu Cuo, arranging them in the shape of a heart.

Lu Cuo: "…" How tacky.

Lu Cuo watched through binoculars as She Yu, sweltering in the heat, rinsed his face and hands with a hose in the yard. In the sunlight, his thin shirt clung to his body. Sunlight, lawn, and She Yu lifting the hem of his shirt to wring out the water, revealing the lovely lines of his abdomen.

Lu Cuo gritted his teeth. What a calculating man! At last, he'd met his match.

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She Yu had never done a conquest task before, so all he could do was stick to his old farmer's ways and share his fresh produce with Lu Cuo. But Lu Cuo always said he wasn't interested, and thought She Yu was too tacky.

She Yu felt pretty down about it, too. He just couldn't learn the ways of city people. Besides, sometimes Lu Cuo said things that She Yu had only ever seen in Q/Q Space profile signatures. It seemed they really had nothing in common.

She Yu had planned to leave before winter arrived, but now he had no choice but to spend the winter here. Who knew that while he was hibernating, he would hear someone crying nonstop in his room?

The sound of someone crying went on and on.

Old-Fashioned Farmer vs. Pensive, World-Weary Literary Top

Theme: Hard work is the only way to win.