Opening a Shop and Raising Kids in an Infinite Game

Xia Lin first enters an infinite game at eighteen. Luckily, he isn't a player facing a life-or-death crisis, but an NPC with a safe job. He earns money every day at the item shop and raises a group of ugly-cute little monsters. Over four years on the job, Xia Lin raises every one of them from a baby to adulthood and maxes out their affection for him. When his contract ends, Xia Lin leaves the infinite game and loses all his memories of it. Afterward, he often dreams of feeding a nine-headed bird, massaging a zombified little wolf, untangling the twenty-eight legs of a little octopus, and telling them that they're the cutest little things in the world. Xia Lin: ...What's wrong with my taste?! - Later, his younger stepbrother, who has hated him for years, shoves an invitation into his hands. Xia Lin is suddenly dragged back into the world of the infinite game. His stepbrother smiles maliciously, eager to see Xia Lin, who can't fight or kill, die a horrible death in the game. Then he sees this: The ultimate boss, the Zombie Wolf King, has just dealt the players a devastating blow. But when he sees Xia Lin, he flops over, rolls around, and exposes his belly, whining for pets. His movements are so practiced, you'd think he'd done it ten thousand times. - On the day Xia Lin returns, the mission announcements, once cold mechanical countdowns to death, suddenly become emotional cries of "Daddy!" "Daddy!!" "Daddy!!!" Every player struggling to survive stops in shock. But amid all those cries of "Daddy," nobody hears a faint sigh... "Xiao Lin, now that you're back..." "I'll never let you leave again." - CP: Xia Lin is the bottom, and the top is a black cat with one eye and two wings - Theme: Persevere through adversity and work with your own hands to create a happy life