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This story didn't have enough character tension, so I'm ending it early.
I'll prepare the outline properly for my next book so I won't let you down!
Ling Yi is the eldest son of the Ling family, but his family sacrifices him in a marriage alliance with the Xu family, rulers of a business empire.
The hypocritical Lings persuade him:
"You can pick any eligible girl in the Xu family. Isn't that great?"
"You'll even get a bride price when you marry into their family. Isn't that great?"
Forced to attend the engagement ceremony, Ling Yi discovers that things can get even worse. His fiancée hasn't even been chosen yet.
Looking over the candidates provided by the Xu family, he waves a hand and declares, "I choose Xu Heng."
Xu Heng is a man.
And he's in a vegetative state.
Everyone's expression changes, but Ling Yi is delighted. "Xu Heng, how great!"
Xu Heng, the plant, has three great qualities: rich, quiet, and dead soon.
Ling Yi develops games for a living. Every VR game he designs and releases becomes a hit.
He sometimes plays an NPC to test them.
In one quest, he's pushed into a substitute marriage, and his husband is a paralyzed, abusive man.
But this NPC has a bug. He's not only gentle, but understanding, and becomes Ling Yi's confidant.
Ling Yi vents all his real-life frustrations to the NPC husband.
Including how his marriage to Xu Heng is nothing but a transaction.
After falling into a coma from a car accident, Xu Heng enters a strange world. There, he marries someone.
That person says a lot of bad things about him.
Then one day, Xu Heng finally wakes up and sees the person who was always badmouthing him.
Theme: Optimism is the key to wealth
Traveling through time and space, it's 2022 now⊙?⊙!
I really like it. Come on, come on, come on.
I like it so much. Come on, come on, come on.