After Repeatedly Faking My Death in the Game, I Was Exposed

[Full story complete~(●v●)~] Coming soon: "The Tragic-Novel Heroine Sees the Comments Section" and "Everyone Around Me Is a Protagonist Except Me." Blurbs below~

Qin Yi entered a palace-themed full-dive romance game, where she was tasked with unlocking the villain's storyline and completing his redemption route.

On her first visit to the game, she adopted the villain when he was still a little boy living in the Cold Palace. After showering him with warmth and care, the now less wary boy looked up at her and asked, "Will you stay with me forever?"

"Of course!" Qin Yi replied without hesitation, then turned around and immediately faked her own death to leave.

On her second visit, Qin Yi met the villain as a bullied teenager. After flirting with him and sticking up for him a couple of times, he held her hand and asked quietly, "You won't leave me, will you?"

"Probably not..." Qin Yi said, her eyes wandering. The very next day, she faked her own death and left again.

On her third visit, the game had descended into all-out chaos, and the great villain was about to seize power and conquer the world.

Qin Yi, forced to land right in front of him: ...Let me think. How else can I soothe him?

But she never expected that the moment the great villain on the throne saw her, his eyes curved with delight, though his gaze was dangerous. "Ah, you're finally back..."

Qin Yi: ?

"This time, I won't ask you." The great villain stepped down from the throne and leaned close to her ear, smiling softly. But his words dripped with bloodlust as he enunciated each one: "You. Are. Not. Going. Anywhere."

Qin Yi: ??

He rested his chin against Qin Yi's neck and smiled lazily. "It's been so long. I want to have a 'good' long catch-up with Big Sis."

Qin Yi, "escorted" to his bedchamber to "catch up": ???

Wait, what are you doing? How did all my secret identities get exposed?!

*

Qi Yao wanted to keep someone by his side.

That person had appeared in his life three times: protecting him during his hungry, freezing childhood, standing up for him during his bullied teenage years, and keeping him company through the perilous struggle for the throne.

But she refused to stay. Each time, she left him in a way that was almost unbearable to witness. At last, one day, she came back.

How wonderful. After all these years of heart-rending agony... someone would have to reminisce about it with him.

[Little Bonus Scene]

"Are you going to leave again this time, Big Sis?" Qi Yao lay obediently across her lap, gazing up at her with shining eyes as he asked softly.

"..." Qin Yi looked down at the ends of her hair, gathered in his hands as he gently toyed with them, and sighed deeply.

Stop pretending. Let go of me first, then ask that question. You might actually sound sincere that way (:3_ヽ)_

[Reading Guide]:

1. The heroine comes from a future interstellar setting, with psychic powers. The hero is from an ancient-era full-dive game setting.

2. My first attempt at a romance-focused story, ovo~

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Coming Soon 1: "The Tragic-Novel Heroine Sees the Comments Section"

As a princess of the Xi Dynasty, Cui Ying was unloved by her father and had no mother by her side. She grew up in the inner palace, living like a nobody.

But one day, after she fell into the water and woke up, she discovered that she could see a strange thing called the "comments section."

She ran into her eldest sister, who was in the middle of a fit of anger. Cui Ying was about to quietly steer clear when a comment suddenly appeared above her sister's head:

"Aw, poor thing. She only throws tantrums because she wants someone to play with her. Why not befriend her, sweetie?"

When she encountered her Crown Prince brother striding along with his sword drawn, Cui Ying wisely decided to dodge him. But then an urgent comment flashed by:

"He's hurt! Yingying, hurry and help him. This is the perfect chance to raise his affection for you!"

The heir to a marquis's estate, a classmate of hers, stopped her among the flowers and smiled as he confessed his feelings. Cui Ying blushed and lowered her eyes, about to respond, when an enormous comment splashed across his face:

"Trash man, get lost! He looks for a substitute when he can't have the real thing. What a piece of garbage! Sweetie, run!!!"

She met the eyes of a hostage prince from an enemy state, who was being beaten by a crowd, and stopped in her tracks. The youth wore a careless expression, a nonchalant smile on his lips. Several comments drifted by in succession:

"He's so handsome (not that that matters), and so pitiful. Yingying, save him?"

"Save him, sweetie! Dump the scumbag and raise a cute puppy boy!"

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Later, her eldest sister lifted her chin proudly and declared, "I've dealt with everyone who bullied you. You just need to stay with me."

Her Crown Prince brother stroked her head and promised gently, "As long as I'm here, A Ying will never have to worry about anything."

The young heir who had treated her as a substitute regretted it bitterly. "A Ying, don't leave me. I was young and foolish back then. You're the one I truly love..."

There was just one problem... Cui Ying turned to look at the hostage prince from the enemy state, whose gaze at her was obsessive and feverish.

A huge, bold comment was hanging above his head: "He's actually the mastermind villain! His danger level is off the charts. Sweetie, run!!!"

Cui Ying: QAQ. If I run now... is it still in time?

#I Was Supposed to Be the Tragic-Novel Heroine, But the Comments Section Made Me Overpowered#

#Don't Mess With a Gloomy Guy Too Lightly, Because You Never Know if He's Also a Total Psycho (:3_ヽ)_#

[Sunny, Optimistic Ray of Sunshine x Gloomy, World-Weary Cynic]

A sweet, everyone-loves-her story, probably something cute and lighthearted~ ovo

Coming Soon 2: "Everyone Around Me Is a Protagonist Except Me"

As the youngest daughter of the Minister of Rites, Zhu Mian was sweet, delicate, gentle, and adorable. She was everyone's darling and should have grown up carefree, if only she hadn't recently been plagued by nightmares.

In her dreams, her refined and elegant eldest sister was the heroine of a body-double romance. The Prince of a Different Surname deceived her in the name of love, and after breaking her heart and ruining her health, she died young.

Her lively and radiant second sister was the heroine of a tragic romance. She fell in love at first sight with the top scholar in the imperial exams, but their families were sworn enemies. After years of tormenting each other, they both ended their lives in Buddhist temples, by a solitary lamp.

Even her ever-wild and rakish cousin was the hero of a romance story. Oh, right, his was the kind where the man has to grovel to win his wife back. Later, he was tormented so badly even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.

Worse still, the events of her dreams were coming true one by one in real life.

Zhu Mian: !!! She woke from a nightmare in tears, sitting bolt upright. So now she had to save everyone, too?

Today she thwarted the Prince of a Different Surname; tomorrow she'd secretly trip up the top scholar. She also had to find time to befriend her cousin's fiancee...

Exhausted, Zhu Mian went to pour out her troubles to the young lady next door every day.

The young lady was beautiful and kind-hearted, and always had excellent advice, if only she could rein in her gaze just a little, just a little, and stop staring at Zhu Mian like she was rooted to the spot. QAQ

With her family's lives peaceful and happy, Zhu Mian felt satisfied and prepared to get a good night's sleep. But that night, she had another dream.

This time, she was the heroine.

The candles had burned halfway down, and the red bed curtains hung low, revealing the silhouettes of two people entwined together. Someone leaned close to her ear and breathed seductively, "Mianmian, you're mine..."

Desire swirled.

Recognizing the familiar figure, Zhu Mian trembled, her fingers shaking.

Aaaah!!! Her sweet, soft young lady was actually her male lead, and this was a @#&*... forced-marriage-and-conquest story!

[Soft, Adorable Sweetheart x Naturally Dark Yandere]

Theme: See things through to the end