The NPC Refuses to Be Wooed

Next book: [Resentment] 1. SK is a leader in the gaming industry. The company has always developed competitive games, but suddenly announced it was making a romance game billed as the most playable and realistic ever. To that end, they recruited a hundred special employees, with no educational requirements. As soon as SK released the announcement, the company inbox was flooded with resumes. Heng Rong was one of the applicants. After all, an offer from a major company was hard to resist. After submitting his resume, Heng Rong, an asexual man with a low sex drive, was fortunate enough to pass the gaming giant's tricky second-round interview and become one of its employees. But he had never played a romance game, so he had no idea what he would actually be expected to do as an NPC. It was only after he started working that he learned the truth: his job was... to date the players? 2. Although Heng Rong was taken aback when he learned that dating the players was part of the job, he was a conscientious worker and still dutifully did his "work," striving to play his role well and let the players win him over. Since employees weren't allowed to use their real names, Heng Rong went by Song Yiyan in the romance game. Heng Rong was cool, aloof, and distant. Compared with the other NPCs, he was among the hardest to win over, because his affection level was incredibly difficult to raise. He was also more passive than most NPCs. He would never seek out the players himself. He would only stay coldly at his assigned location and wait for them to come to him. So Heng Rong often thought that, compared with the other NPCs, players probably didn't like him much. 3. One day, a friend sent him a screenshot. It showed comments people had posted on SK's official game site. [I'm Song Yiyan's dog: Aaaah, when are they releasing Song Song merch!!!] [I want to sleep with my husband Song Yiyan: Me too! Can we get a body pillow? One without clothes!!!] [Song Yiyan, hold me and call me your wife: Sob, can you let my Yiyan do a livestream?] [Yiyan, slurp: Who wants to see the other NPCs? I only want to see my husband!!] [Baby Yiyan: ...] Heng Rong stared at the screenshot in silence. [Pure-hearted top x chaste, cool bottom] [Slow burn] [Though the bottom is a heartthrob, he isn't fond of being adored by perverts... er, netizens] Next book preview: [Resentment] 1. I went to prison for six years for attempted murder. Who would have thought that, on the day I got out, I would be in a car accident not long after leaving prison? When I opened my eyes again, my identity had changed from a convicted felon who had served his sentence to Zhuang Yan, the famous young heiress of the Zhuang family. 2. Zhuang Shengxu was the eldest son of the Zhuang family. Born into privilege and exceptionally capable, he was refined and noble, a shining star beyond reach, like the moon in the sky. Six years in prison had taught me how to read people's expressions. The first time I saw Zhuang Shengxu after becoming the Zhuang family's heiress, I understood one thing clearly. He hated me. Worse, he regarded me as garbage. But that had nothing to do with me. Because I wasn't Zhuang Yan. 3. Ridiculous. Zhuang Shengxu had actually said he wanted to marry me. *The main story is not told in first person *Not an incest story. The leads are not related by blood *Both are sexually inexperienced *Gloomy, ruthless heroine x cool, devoted hero Theme: True love cannot be shaken by outside forces