Gold-Leaf Rose

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1.

On a wooden rack beneath an old tree at Qi'an Temple, countless blessing ribbons flutter in the wind.

Ruan Taotao once tied one there too. It had just three words on it: Zou Jiayue.

2.

Ruan Taotao has always felt that the person she pursued so passionately as a girl liked her too.

But he refused to admit it.

He said, "I have no plans to date while I'm still in school."

He also said, "I was only encouraging you back then."

Then one day, Ruan Taotao happened to come across a book.

She flipped through it casually, then her eyes lit up. She tossed it down in front of Zou Jiayue, chin raised, looking thoroughly pleased with herself. "Care to explain?"

Zou Jiayue lowered his eyes to the book he'd read countless times. Before he could speak, she hooked a finger under his chin.

He heard the girl's certain voice: "You liked me back then. You've always liked me, Zou Jiayue."

[Upcoming story blurb: Sweet Dreams]

"In this world where I am the creator, you are my one and only honored guest."

+1.

Wen Li joins the beta test of a 3D online game, where a handsome male NPC singles her out.

After the first phase of beta testing ends, Wen Li drags her exhausted self to the game company to submit her feedback. There, she unexpectedly discovers that the game's director looks exactly like the jerk who drove her up the wall in the game.

Even stranger, he seems to know her.

When they meet for the first time, he raises an eyebrow and says lazily, "Trying to run away again this time?"

Wen Li, utterly confused: "?"

Hey, handsome. Who are you?

2.

In college, Zhou Fangyi once played an online game. The day before his in-game wedding, his bride abandoned him without warning or explanation, then vanished into the vast sea of humanity.

Luckily, heaven takes pity on victims of love.

Years later, Zhou Fangyi becomes a game developer. During the beta test of the game he is working on, he meets again the cruel woman who once toyed with his feelings, and discovers that she seems to be a queen bee with a whole harem of admirers.

At that moment, two plans occur to Zhou Fangyi:

1. Swim into her pond.

2. Flip it over and rid the world of her.

Later, while putting his plan into action, he revises it:

1. Swim into her pond.

2. Drive out the other fish and become the one she loves most.

Once he'd completed the first step, Zhou Fangyi stared in bewilderment at the empty pond.

*+ IMPORTANT!!!

The female lead is not a queen bee. She's a lone peony, and she never toyed with the male lead's feelings years ago.

Theme: Be brave and pursue love.