I'm an NPC, and Someone's Got Their Eye on Me

[Taking a break to focus on work. I won't abandon this story, and I'll finish it eventually o3o] [Not updated daily, and it's not very long. Thanks to everyone who's following along~] Jing Xu plays the NPC Jianghu Scholar in the full-dive online game Jianghu Wanderer. Recently, he's realized someone is following him. Whether he's by the riverside, in the streets and alleys, or even in the red-light district, whenever he looks up, he can always spot that person. What's more, whenever players gang up on him, that person always comes to his rescue. Before long, rumors begin to spread across the martial world: That player called Mo Hengjun seems to have fallen for the NPC Jianghu Scholar! Jing Xu: "...Huh?" Shang Hengzhi recently discovered something: the Jianghu Scholar is different at different times of day. He became fixated on the one who always straightened his scholar's headscarf as soon as he logged in. Later, he noticed a little player who had the same habit as the Jianghu Scholar. When the master of a certain manor went berserk and began slaughtering everyone, Shang Hengzhi scooped up the little newbie and dodged the master's attacks. Here's what they said: Little player: "Why didn't you save the Jianghu Scholar?" Shang Hengzhi: "Why should I save him?" Little player: "...But he's the Jianghu Scholar!" Everyone in the martial world says you fell for the Jianghu Scholar, and that you'd even defy all the other players to protect him. Was all of that a lie?! Before you read: ※ I'm awful at writing blurbs, so give the story a try! ※ Younger gong, with a four-year age gap between gong and shou. ※ Neither lead is especially powerful. They're both ordinary people. ※ The game is made up, so please don't nitpick. Thanks. Theme: Love the work you do