The Protagonist Can't Die [Infinite]

Also known as “Keep the Protagonist Alive.” A supernatural escape game with mild horror.

Tsundere bottom x shamelessly flirty top

Rules of the “Protagonist” game:

“The protagonist” is the core of the game. Find them, protect them, and don't let them die.

If “the protagonist” dies, then all of you will be buried with them.

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It all started when Jiang Zhiying happened to kiss a beautiful NPC in a game. From then on, the two were forcibly bound together and became the game's permanent married couple. Jiang Zhiying was forced to play along every day.

The beautiful NPC was great in every way: strong and flirtatious. But she was also cold-hearted, calculating everything, even her wife. Jiang Zhiying couldn't stand it anymore and tried every possible way to break things off with her.

After repeated attempts came to nothing...

Jiang Zhiying, who had no feelings to spare: “Why not just take her out?”

She was just an NPC, a pile of data anyway.

As it happened, Jian Yayi was thinking the same thing on the other side.

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Jian Yayi, who seemed harmless: “Darling, let me ask you something. How would you like to die?”

Jiang Zhiying, who had no feelings to spare: “I'll send you to your death.”

And so this fake married couple began their “You set me up today, I'll poison you tomorrow” sweet, lovey-dovey daily life in a death game.

Coming soon: “After Becoming the Empress Dowager's Favorite Minister”

In the fifth year of the Empress Dowager's regency, she approved women taking the imperial examinations for the first time. The first female top scholar since the founding of Great Yan was Xi Zhao.

At the Qionglin Banquet, Xi Zhao wore a brocade robe, her pretty face radiant with pride. The ministers praised her talent and beauty, wondering which young master she would be matched with, and eagerly recommended their own sons.

Xi Zhao merely smiled politely and declined them one by one, admitting that she was already engaged.

The ministers could only sigh in disappointment, lamenting that their sons weren't lucky enough to win her hand.

But what they didn't know was that night, in Fengluan Palace, amid red candles and painted screens, Xi Zhao stood with her head bowed. Her scarlet brocade robe hung loose, and someone clutched the belt at her waist, leaving her completely disheveled.

The Empress Dowager lowered her eyes and toyed with the belt in her hand. “How come I didn't know you were engaged?”

Xi Zhao lowered her gaze and dared not speak.

Xi Zhao had never told anyone that she had once served the Empress Dowager.

Nor would she tell anyone what kind of passionate, tender entanglement had once existed between her and the Empress Dowager.

Theme: Grow through setbacks and survive adversity