(Coming soon: After the Delicate Heartthrob Becomes a Beautiful NPC. The blurb is below this one. Visit my author page to find it!)
【Comments are closed because I don't have the time or energy to manage them. Content warnings are below the blurb, so proceed with caution.】
Your appearance is delicate and frail.
Your constitution is extraordinarily sensitive.
Your personality is gentle and kind.
Your beauty turns heads wherever you go.
Your tear ducts are unusually active.
One day, you discover that you're the beloved heartthrob in a novel where everyone loves the shou, and your only purpose is to highlight the contrast when your universally hated older brother becomes the new heartthrob.
Your brother will be reborn in the future and steal your heartthrob aura. The men who once adored and obsessed over you will turn against you. On top of that, you're the fake young master who was switched at birth, and all your wealth and luxury will disappear.
You decide to take your fate into your own hands.
#
The supporting characters you usually didn't think much of have no idea how the story is supposed to go. All they want right now is to spend a fortune just to see you smile.
The refined, elegant Stock Pick No. 1 will give everything up for your brother in the future, but right now he's just an admirer you haven't even considered.
He says, “Just smile for me, and that villa by the river is yours.”
And so, you naturally end up with property of your own.
The sickly, sinister Stock Pick No. 2 will do whatever it takes for your brother in the future, but right now he's just a lowly simp who can't even get a word in with you.
He says, “Just pay attention to me. I'll give you anything you want.”
And so, you smoothly make your way onto the Forbes rich list.
The cold, unfeeling Stock Pick No. 3 will brave fire and water for your brother in the future, but right now he's just another backup who can't win your love.
He says, “Just look at me, and all my power and wealth are yours.”
And so, you naturally end up owning shares in a publicly traded company.
Later, when your identity as the fake young master is exposed, you prepare to leave in triumph and enjoy retirement. But everyone cries and begs you to stay.
Your adoptive parents: “We raised Deng Deng as our own son.”
Your brother, at least in name: “Deng Deng is my precious baby.”
#
You're an extremely self-centered, manipulative green-tea beauty, and everyone loves you.
Content warnings:
1. No splitting the gong into multiple characters, no competing for a love interest.
2. “The gong is c” means the shou isn't. The shou is more beautiful than the gong, meaning he's the most beautiful character in the book.
3. A gorgeous, manipulative heartthrob shou x a gloomy beauty gong.
4. The gong is Xie Qi. Don't get them mixed up.
5. Everyone gets their just deserts.
6. Thank you to my lovely wife for making this gorgeous cover.
7. No unsolicited writing advice.
8. There are countless great stories out there. If this one isn't for you, move on. If anything makes you uncomfortable, please stop reading. Readers with strong character preferences should proceed with caution.
After the Delicate Heartthrob Becomes a Beautiful NPC
“This is a pure horror survival game. The survival rate is extremely low, and the NPCs are savage.”
“To escape, you need an off-the-charts strength stat and spiritual power stat.”
Chi Ying was timid and frail. His beautiful face was so gorgeous it was practically a sin, but it earned him no sympathy, and he died as he was supposed to in the beginner dungeon.
“The game pities its players, so every time someone clears a level, it gives one player the chance to come back to life.”
“Dead players are assigned to dungeons as NPCs.”
Chi Ying became that lucky player. He was reborn as an NPC, with a different physical disability in each dungeon.
*
At some point, players noticed a stupid, clumsy NPC in the game who was easy prey for everyone.
In a castle basement, they toyed with the NPC's slender, disabled legs in a coffin.
With his eyes wrapped in white cloth, he searched for a murder target on campus, only to be pinned in a corner and bullied by players.
At a ghost-marriage ceremony in an ancient village, the NPC who was supposed to take people's lives was held by the waist and forced by a player to make the mute boy say embarrassing things.
*
The game creates dungeon videos to entertain the evil gods of higher realms.
The players' fear and suspicion, and their slaughter of one another, are the most entertaining diversion in the gods' endless lives.
In one beginner dungeon, a pretty, timid little unlucky one became a new interest for an evil god.
But the unlucky little one died on the first night.
Later, the game introduced a guest-appearance event. Players, ghosts, and NPCs were all a source of amusement for the evil gods.
After being harassed by the tentacles of an NPC coworker for the Nth time, Chi Ying complained softly, “You say the game is merciful, but I think I'd be better off dead.”
Before he could finish saying “dead,” vines slipped into his mouth.
Content warnings:
1. The gong is an evil god split into multiple forms.
2. The shou is a silly little saint.
3. The shou has the highest beauty stat.
Theme: Don't give up, even when you're in a difficult situation