I Think My Boyfriend's Been Possessed [Dating Show]

[Upcoming: One Hundred Kisses to Escape the Instance~☆ Please add it to your favorites! Synopsis below]

[Synopsis]

If real life were a novel, Yao Fangliu figured she'd be the villainess who would stop at nothing to get the male lead.

She was obsessed with Luo Yingxing, so she schemed and pulled every trick in the book to force him into a publicity pairing with her, making him her "boyfriend" against his will.

Even though Luo Yingxing was always cold and indifferent toward her, and the entire internet called her shameless and underhanded, she was perfectly happy with it.

To make Luo Yingxing spend more time with her, Yao Fangliu dragged him onto a dating show. But then, as if possessed, Luo Yingxing did a complete 180, treating her with every possible kindness and practically acting like her servant. He was the very picture of a lovesick puppy.

Netizens: ?

Yao Fangliu: ?

The netizens weren't the only ones who thought Luo Yingxing had been possessed. Yao Fangliu thought so too.

Could someone have transmigrated into this novel to complete a conquest mission, just like in the stories?

Looking at her completely obedient boyfriend, Yao Fangliu didn't feel happy at all. She gritted her teeth, burning with anger.

A boyfriend like this wasn't fun anymore!

She had to drive out this usurper and get her original boyfriend back!

So...

During a date mission,

Yao Fangliu ignored Luo Yingxing and even mocked him, doing everything she could to get under his skin and make him give up and go back to his original body.

Luo Yingxing: "Are you tired? Is something bothering you? Want something to eat? If insulting me will make you feel better, go ahead and let it all out!"

Netizens: "Poor Luo. He must be doing this against his will. Who knows what kind of tricks this woman is using behind the scenes?"

During a punishment mission,

Yao Fangliu folded her arms and watched from the sidelines as Luo Yingxing worked alone under the blazing sun, digging the ground, planting trees, harvesting crops, and looking after her, too.

Luo Yingxing threw himself into the farm work with gusto. "Would you like an iced drink or some fruit? Both? No problem! I'll dig up sweet potatoes and buy them for you!"

Netizens: "You don't have to worry so much about being a gentleman. We won't blame you! Don't let this woman bully you!"

During a haunted house mission,

Yao Fangliu finally lost her patience. Dressed as a vampire queen, with two sharp fake fangs showing, she cornered Luo Yingxing.

"Are you going to get lost or not? Give me my boyfriend back!"

Luo Yingxing pressed his lips together slightly, his gaze sincere.

"I'm me. I really do like you."

Netizens: "...Forget it, we can't talk him out of it. Good luck!"

Under his girlfriend's cold, suspicious stare, Luo Yingxing's expression twisted slightly. He couldn't get a word out.

Heavens knew, he hadn't been possessed. He'd just been bound to the "When Facing Your Girlfriend, Your Actions and Words Must Come from the Heart System."

He'd known all along that Yao Fangliu only liked men she couldn't conquer. He'd never planned to reveal his true self!

(Hot on the outside, cold on the inside, bad-tempered heroine × warm, affectionate, lovesick puppy hero)

(1v1, both leads are virgins; the hero's first love is the heroine. The heroine has some personality issues and only likes men who disdain her, but she changes later~)

(The leads' names come from the line: "Spring blossoms shine on flowing snow; deep at night, stars gleam.")

(Synopsis written on 2022-06-04)

[Upcoming: One Hundred Kisses to Escape the Instance~☆]

As the only daughter of an ancient family of exorcists, Yin Shuilian has always followed the family rules, working hard under her father's strict guidance to become the strongest exorcist of her generation.

She has given up all entertainment and pleasure to devote herself to ascetic training. At a young age, she earned one of the ten spots reserved for the academy's top students, and became known among the other geniuses for being cold-hearted, rigid, and mature beyond her years.

Then an accident sends her and several other super-geniuses at the academy into a strange instance. As soon as they arrive, they see a huge line of text floating in the air:

"Kiss one hundred times to escape the instance."

Everyone: "..."

Her teammates fall silent for a moment. They sneak a glance at someone's usual icy expression, then look away in disappointment and glare at one another.

"Who would kiss whom? We're all guys. I don't want to."

That's right: there are seven people present, and all six besides Yin Shuilian are men.

After failing to come up with a plan, they fight monsters in the instance's eerie, suffocating atmosphere, hoping to find another way out.

Yin Shuilian, wearing a grave expression as she thinks something over, fights like an emotionless battle robot. She charges in with her blade and strikes like lightning, successfully cutting down a monster, though she accidentally gets its blood on herself.

"Wait... This is bad."

A teammate frowns, but can't stop her in time.

"It's a dream demon. If you get its blood on you when you kill it, you'll be cursed," says a gentle-looking, handsome teammate, his expression serious. "Until we leave the instance, you'll be forced into a state of total honesty, revealing your true nature and unable to control yourself."

"Phew."

Another teammate whistles nonchalantly and teases, "Even if she can't control herself, she'll probably just go on a rampage killing monsters."

As soon as he finishes speaking, Yin Shuilian beside him suddenly begins twisting her fingers shyly, her cheeks flushed as she peeks at them.

"??"

Her teammate is dumbfounded. "What's wrong with you?"

In her state of total honesty, Yin Shuilian is completely frank.

Her gaze passes over the group. There's a rough-and-tumble type, an ethereal type, a gentle type, a cold and stern type, a cute type, and a hot-tempered type... They have quite a variety, don't they?

She blinks and bashfully voices the problem she's been thinking about.

"What should I do? Shuilian wants all of you~ But there are six of you, and one hundred kisses aren't enough to split evenly~"

"...??!!"

Her teammates' eyes nearly pop out of their heads.

After a long silence, they pick their jaws up off the floor and begin to reconsider. "So that's what you're really like, Yin Shuilian..."

A silent undercurrent seems to ripple between them. After countless subtle exchanges of glances, one of them finally shrugs. "How about this? I'll take the short end of the stick. I get twenty kisses, and you each get sixteen."

"??" The other five laugh coldly in unison. "Dream on!"

After finally escaping the instance and regaining her senses, Yin Shuilian (wearily lighting a cigarette): Don't just say my true nature is surprising. You six are way more outrageous than I am!

Theme: Be brave in pursuit, and face your true feelings