Beneath the Moonlight

[My next novel, Nothing More Than an Ordinary Dating Game NPC, is currently serializing. Synopsis below.] 1. After dating for six months, Jiang Yu's boyfriend brought her to meet his friends. At the dinner table, she saw Bian Ze. He had once almost become her stepbrother. From then on, Bian Ze was everywhere in her life. 2. In her senior year of high school, Jiang Yu's mother was about to remarry, and Jiang Yu moved with her into a luxurious villa. She gained a stepbrother. He was aloof and clearly belonged to a different world from hers, so Jiang Yu avoided him whenever she could. But living under the same roof, it was impossible to avoid crossing paths. Their relationship was like two straight lines gradually converging. In the end, it still snapped apart. 3. Later, someone asked Bian Ze how he had turned his friend's girlfriend into his own, and whether he'd been plotting it for a long time. Bian Ze curled his lips into a smile. "Yes. I'd been plotting it for ages, scheming and doing everything in my power." Tips: 1. Includes pseudo-step-siblings, but the male and female leads' parents never actually get together. 2. The male lead really is scheming. He stirs things up and pushes the female lead toward breaking up. 3. ... 4. A laid-back, everyday-life kind of story. Upcoming novel, Nothing More Than an Ordinary Dating Game NPC, synopsis: "The latest version of the romance game, Uncertain Promise, has just been updated! The one who makes your heart flutter is waiting for you. A sweet campus romance is about to begin. Download now and start an unforgettable romance with him!" * Jiang Ru had never thought there was anything strange about her life. She went to school, came home, watched her best friend get tangled up with handsome guys, and then said the same lines in the same scenes. Then one day, she suddenly realized she seemed to have repeated the exact same sentence countless times. Underclassmen, classmates, upperclassmen... Whenever they appeared in the same scene as her best friend, she would uncontrollably say different yet fixed lines and perform actions she had no control over. Oh, so she was an NPC who moved the romance game's plot along. The reason she said different lines in the same scenes was that the game's heroine had chosen different routes to pursue different male leads. Bzzzt The data glitched, and Jiang Ru, the romance game NPC, awakened. Now that she had become self-aware, Jiang Ru decided to leave the storyline behind. Who wanted to be an NPC anyway! Tips: 1. A fictional country. Everyone is set to be at least eighteen and free to date. 2. The heroine will become romantically entangled with several of the game's male leads. 3. Mary Sue, male leads competing for the heroine, and a battlefield of romantic rivals. 4. There will be looping playthroughs. Theme: Break through prejudice and arrogance, and face the future together.