Your Majesty, Your Golden Finger Is Online

Feng Yan noticed that a pitiful little figure, bruised all over and on the verge of death, had suddenly appeared outside her in-game home. Had she triggered some hidden NPC event?

Delighted, she brought him home and took good care of him. The poor thing recovered. He was so pretty. He blinked at her and thanked her, and Feng Yan's heart melted. But then he disappeared, and the game gave her no quest reward.

A few days later, Feng Yan returned from an outing with a basketful of wildflowers on her back and found another person outside her door: a young man covered in blood, with an arrow wound in his shoulder. Delighted, she brought him home and took good care of him. The young man recovered. He was very handsome, and seemed to bear some resemblance to the pitiful little one. He rose and bowed to thank her, so gentle and refined that he felt like a spring breeze. Feng Yan clasped her hands to her cheeks, eyes sparkling. But then the young man disappeared, and the game gave her no quest reward.

A few days later, Feng Yan returned home drunk and found yet another person outside her door... a young gentleman with a grievous wound in his abdomen and purple lips.

Feng Yan: ...So this is some kind of series of random encounter quests?

She brought him home too, taking good care of him and using up precious medicinal herbs she'd spent years collecting on her travels. The gentleman recovered. He was elegant and handsome, with the bearing of a true gentleman. He wrapped his arms tightly around her from behind and murmured, "Yanyan, I've missed you so much."

Feng Yan: ??? Do the new NPCs also get romance routes with players? Is this a dating sim? But what if I'm actually falling for him?!

Until one day, while she was riding and shooting lanterns at a lantern fair with her friend, she suddenly fell into an old-fashioned street. A man in fine clothes, riding at full gallop, looked exactly like the gentleman she had saved.

From the male lead's perspective:

When the little prince was ten, he was bullied and thrown down a well. He thought he was surely going to die, but when he opened his eyes, he had arrived at a fairyland-like manor. There was a young lady there who carefully tended to him and healed his injuries.

When the little prince was fifteen, the frontier was under threat. He charged into battle with his maternal grandfather, cut off the enemy general's head, and won great merit, only to be gravely wounded by an arrow from one of his own soldiers. He thought he was surely going to die, but when he opened his eyes, he was back in that fairyland, and the young lady hadn't changed at all.

That year, he finally overcame every obstacle and won the struggle for the throne, becoming the crown prince. But under his guards' protection, he never again faced a life-or-death moment. So he drank a cup of poison, raised a knife, and stabbed himself in the abdomen. At last, he lay on the verge of death.

Theme: The best way to end conflict is through strength; build a powerful nation through economic prosperity.