Playing a Vicious Cannon Fodder in an Infinite Game

Pre-release: My Patience Has Its Limits! and Can an Honest Straight Guy Have a Love Rival Showdown?, blurbs at the bottom

[At this school, there was a well-known outcast. He was bullied by many people, and eventually, he died.]

[And you were the one responsible for his death.]

[Later, he became a ghost and set out to take revenge on everyone who had bullied him.]

Tang Yu was pulled into a strange place. As he listened to a voice that seemed to come from nowhere, he came to his senses and realized he was standing on a soft, limp hand. Its owner lay on the ground, black hair falling across his pale cheek. Bruises covered every patch of exposed skin.

[Yes, that's him.]

The mysterious voice spoke again.

Tang Yu snatched his foot back and stumbled away in a panic. His little face had gone white with fright. "I-Is he dead now?"

[Yes. He's dead.]

Tang Yu was even more scared. His fawnlike eyes brimmed with clear tears as he asked in a trembling voice, "Then what should I do now...?"

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Late at night, a pale arm reached out from the far side of a narrow dormitory bed and wrapped around the slender waist of the person lying with his back to him.

The pretty face was turned outward, completely unaware of what was happening behind him. The evil spirit leaned close to his fair neck and greedily breathed in his sweet scent. It seemed he had found an even more wonderful way to feed.

Pretty, delicate sweetheart wife X fragmented mad-dog seme, both virgins, 1v1

There is more than one arc, it just isn't mentioned in the blurb. The cover is a template purchased from an artist, so it may be used by others.

My Patience Has Its Limits!

Formerly homophobic, straight, bad-tempered, cold, and severely germophobic seme who becomes a lovesick stalker X beautiful, sweet, flirtatious sweetheart with a nasty personality and a grudge against anyone who wrongs him

As T University's universally recognized pretty sweetheart and campus treasure, Jiang Zhiyu had enjoyed smooth sailing ever since he started school. He'd never met anyone he truly couldn't stand, except for Ji Wenchao from the finance department next door, who always wore a sour expression as if the whole world owed him a fortune.

Oh, and Ji Wenchao only acted that way whenever he saw him, which made him even more irritating.

Whenever they happened to cross paths, Ji Wenchao's first reaction to seeing Jiang Zhiyu was to frown, put on a cold face, and ignore him. Jiang Zhiyu never backed down, either, and responded by rolling his eyes at Ji Wenchao.

One was an openly gay campus celebrity with a flamboyant personality, and the other was intensely homophobic. Their hostile relationship, with both of them loathing the sight of each other, was practically common knowledge. Fortunately, the art and finance buildings were at opposite ends of campus, so they rarely crossed paths.

After an earthquake cracked the load-bearing walls of two buildings at T University and left the dormitories teetering, the school reorganized classes and dorm assignments for the students' safety. By an absurd stroke of luck, Jiang Zhiyu and Ji Wenchao ended up in the same dorm room.

The dorm assignment list caused an uproar across campus. Thread after thread appeared on the forum, and everyone thought that putting these two sworn enemies together would bring the whole university crashing down on their very first day.

But on the first day, T University was peaceful. On the second day, T University was peaceful. On the Nth day, T University was still peaceful.

Then everyone watched in horror as Ji Wenchao, the legendary homophobe, scowled while wiping down their sweetheart's desk, taking notes for him, opening his bottles, and shielding him from the sun. A question mark slowly formed above their heads.

Later, students passing by the art studio with its floor-to-ceiling windows watched in shock as their sweetheart's paintbrush slowly traced the man's bobbing Adam's apple, only for the man sitting there to grab him by the nape and pull him down.

#Who are you calling homophobic? Huh? Me?#

#The homophobia was definitely a scheme by that scheming dog!!!#

#The cold-faced underwear-washing trope has come to life (smile)#

#If he really washes them, he must be having the time of his life!!!#

Bonus scenes:

1. Jiang Zhiyu couldn't stand seeing someone he hated around all the time. After a little thought, he came up with the perfect way to get revenge. So he kept dancing all over Ji Wenchao's boundaries in increasingly creative ways, wearing a smug expression that said, "What are you going to do about it?"

After saying "My patience has its limits!" countless times, Ji Wenchao finally snapped. He grabbed the slender waist he'd been coveting for ages and threw Jiang Zhiyu onto the bed.

2. Posts about the campus sweetheart were always a hit on T University's forum. But one day, the same user began commenting under every photo and fanfic about him.

"That's my wife. My wife is so pretty. Kisses her."

"That's my wife. I'm going to cuddle with her when I get back!"

"That's my wife. I'm holding her like this today. Making a note of it."

The comments were so frequent and the fantasies so shameless that the sweetheart's fan club could hardly stand it. They vowed to track down the perverted stalker and bring him to justice. But after investigating, the account ultimately led to one name

Ji Wenchao from the finance department.

Can an Honest Straight Guy Have a Love Rival Showdown?

Lately, Shi Qiu had noticed something strange. His belongings kept disappearing. Sometimes it was an ordinary ballpoint pen, sometimes a T-shirt, and sometimes an even more private item of clothing.

His usually peaceful life had also changed dramatically. It all started when three outstanding suitors suddenly appeared around the younger brother he loved most, and Shi Qiu became their only way to learn what his brother liked.

The warm, sunny campus heartthrob loved asking him about his younger brother, then taking his hand and asking whether doing this or that might make his brother uncomfortable.

The accomplished, aloof upperclassman also approached and chatted with him to learn more about his brother. Every time they parted, he gave Shi Qiu a polite hug, though the difference in their strength made Shi Qiu feel a little smothered.

Then there was the gloomy, unsociable supervisor at the company where he was interning. To better impress his younger brother, he had Shi Qiu, whose build was similar to his brother's, help take measurements for custom-made clothes. But why did they need to measure even that tiny piece of fabric?

Come to think of it, those things seemed to have started disappearing around the time these people showed up.

They all had perfectly good reasons for spending time around Shi Qiu, but for some reason, he couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right. So he told his younger brother about everything that had happened lately.

His younger brother listened, his eyes curving with a smile. He wrapped his arms around Shi Qiu's waist and rubbed his chin against his shoulder. "Big Brother, they're trying to pursue me. Learning what I like, knowing my measurements, and making me comfortable are the bare minimum. Otherwise, what right would they have to be with me?"

His younger brother continued, "Big Brother, they're practicing on you so they can treat me better in the future. I'm all you have, Big Brother. You want me to be happy, don't you? So you'll personally choose the person who's best for me, right?"

Then he added, "Big Brother, it's okay if you're straight. Help me keep an eye on them, so I don't end up getting taken advantage of without realizing it."

Shi Qiu still felt that something was wrong, but he wanted his younger brother to be happy. So even though he wasn't entirely comfortable, he continued to cooperate.

But

After waking up in the dorm, he would find small red marks on his body.

After drinking the milk his upperclassman gave him, he would become extremely drowsy.

The underwear his supervisor bought for him always felt a little damp, though he couldn't figure out why.

When his rivals met, they fought over his water bottle and coveted the half-eaten popsicle in his mouth. The looks they gave one another were practically murderous, and their hostility seemed impossible to control.

Even as a straight man, he could tell that these changes were seriously wrong. He fearfully told his younger brother about his unease. His brother handed him a glass of milk, and Shi Qiu fell into a fantastical, twisted dream.

In the dream, his younger brother was no longer pure and innocent. Something strange seemed to writhe behind him as he gritted his teeth and cursed the three familiar figures beside him:

"Idiots! Big Brother almost figured it out!"

Shi Qiu saw four pairs of identical eyes, cold and vicious, yet filled with overwhelming obsession and desire whenever they looked at him.

The next day, he woke up in the school dormitory. His younger brother said he hadn't gone home the previous night, but Shi Qiu found proof in his room that he had.

Now even his younger brother was acting strangely.

Shi Qiu stumbled away in a panic and accidentally fell into the arms of the newly appointed head of the Lu family. The man was gentle, elegant, and dependable, and carefully soothed his distress. The four figures haunted him like nightmares, and only by Lu Jingbai's side could he feel safe.

Until one day, he accidentally saw the man's shadow as he showered in the bathroom, and four familiar figures writhed within it.

Theme: We must move forward bravely.