The Horror Bosses All Compete to Dote on Me

Zhong Tian recently got hooked on a game-making app where you can freely create characters' faces.

This face-creating game was pretty magical. Once you finished making a character, you could sell its design, and even create a story for your little darlings for players to explore.

She made all kinds of adorable little darlings, but cute characters weren't popular in this horror game-making app, so she could only amuse herself with them.

Zhong Tian was broke, so out of necessity, she followed the trend and started making all kinds of bizarre little darlings.

Abyssal plant monsters, a cunning and devious fox who was a shrewd merchant, a crow monster that brought endless calamities to people, a dark Destroyer of Worlds husky monster, and an aloof, taciturn white wolf monster with an extraordinarily high IQ.

She threw in every kind of nonhuman, mutant, and corruption setting, then cooked up some dark plotlines of her own. The darlings controlled the whole world, wreaking havoc wherever they went, while players struggled to survive in the darkness.

Sure enough, the game was a smash hit as soon as it launched.

Players all said they'd never seen such terrifying darlings, and that the creator's mind was way too dark.

Zhong Tian: No, no, no, that's not it at all...

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One day, Zhong Tian dreamed that someone was interviewing her. The interviewer introduced themself as the System.

"Ms. Zhong, what do you usually like?"

Zhong Tian: "I like anything cute!"

The System fell silent for a long while.

"Could you be more specific?"

Zhong Tian: "Dolls? Not necessarily. Pretty-colored flower tea? Roses are wonderful... Oh, I like gemstones, too. Red is best..."

After several days of these strange interview dreams, the System said, "Here's the situation, Ms. Zhong. Your darlings have become so popular that they've gained an extraordinary amount of faith."

"But every darling's wish... is to have you."

The System explained tactfully, "So, regrettably, you'll have to go live in their world."

Zhong Tian: "???" Wait, what?

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Zhong Tian transmigrated into the world she'd created. Every day, she put on her secret identity and struggled to survive in her own horror world.

She wanted absolutely nothing to do with those darlings.

No one knew better than she did.

Every last one of those darlings was a wicked fiend hiding behind a human face. Sob.

And yet the withered flowers planted outside her window were now blooming luxuriantly. The clingy little fox she'd happened to pick up showered her with soft, fluffy bills every day. After dark, the crows sang her love songs, only to get pinned down and beaten by a handsome dog. Meanwhile, the aloof little white dog made her tea every day, with a reserved, sweet Shiba Inu smile and a little after-dinner snack thrown in.

Zhong Tian: "..."

This world seemed so cute. It wasn't scary at all.

She gazed blankly at her teacup.

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The Abyssal Plant boss, who used to hang countless people every day, had recently started growing all kinds of fafa every day.

The fox merchant, always so crafty and sly, bought the most expensive ruby in the world and had it carved into a vivid rose.

The crow, who used to bring people calamity, learned to sing sweet little songs of blessing. Everyone who heard one received an extraordinary bit of good luck.

The super-destruction fanatic learned to handle small furniture with care, and even learned how to brew a hundred kinds of flower tea without breaking the teacups.

The hyper-intelligent white wolf, who controlled the entire empire, figured out ten thousand ways to solve math problems and presented them to his Imperial Consort.

A Thousand Ways to Be Cute and How to Become Cute sold out everywhere. They say every important person had a copy.

The people no longer tormented by the terrifying bosses were stunned, then overjoyed: My lord, times have changed!

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Adorkable heroine x ?

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Sweet and satisfying daily life in a horror game, with a hint of a love triangle.

The blurb may change at any time.

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2021.5.30

Theme: Find the little joys in life.