For Su Meng's eighteenth birthday, her biological older brother gave her a full-dive dating game called Heartbeat Online, then used cheats to set everyone's affection level to 100. He claimed it was:
“Preparation for all the sweet talk men will use on you, so you won't get fooled and swept off your feet later.”
And so, what should have been a normal dating sim turned into a chaotic parade of lovesick stalkers.
Then Su Meng got trapped inside the game. The System told her all she had to do was find a lover who was “popular with the masses” (good-looking, kind, and fit) and “approved by the powers that be” (prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious...) to return to her original world.
Su Meng: “Easy! Wait here. I'll just grab some random guy off the street!”
And then: ...EXM???
Even if we're not related by blood, you can't be my guardian! You're handsome, sure, but why do you come with the evil setting of having an ex-girlfriend?! Yes, I confessed to you, but you never told me you worked in the underworld! No, no, you're too young. I can't wait. We can't have a legally happy ending together, so wake up! Multiple personalities are basically 3-beep, that's not halal, no thanks, we're not interested! Humans and demons belong to different worlds, brother, there's no happy ending for us! I'm sorry. If I'd known you were the villain, I never would have flirted with you...
You, you, you, and you! None of you could possibly be the male lead I'm looking for!
[Just rambling]
[1] Dedicated to my bestie.
[2] This story is so sweet it gives you cavities.
[3] Don't ask who the male lead is. I don't know.
[4] It will go premium once it has enough data.
