[Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Dream of the Red Chamber] You Call This a Dating Sim?!

Admission-to-VIP Announcement: This novel will become a paid novel on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The author promises to update 10,000 characters on the day it goes VIP, and to maintain three chapters a day, aiming for six after that. Thank you all for your support and love. Sweet Romance is a highly open-ended, highly realistic, and highly thrilling full-dive role-playing dating game based on Dream of the Red Chamber and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. There are two ways to clear the game during the testing phase: 1. Achieve the sweet 1v1 romance ending to receive an extra mystery prize. 2. Trigger a bug ending to receive a regular prize. Lin Hu, lucky winner and full of confidence, had read and memorized Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio and Dream of the Red Chamber, worn out his handbook on gentlemanly conduct, and was handsome and fit. He was sure he would love only his wife and have a sweet 1v1 romance. Instead, he became Uncle Lin Daiyu, and Dream of the Red Chamber turned into a total wipeout. His game progress was stuck on main quest one. To clear a dating game, first of all, you need a wife! * Don't panic. There's still something I can do. * If I just study hard for the exams, someone will surely pick me as a husband after I pass! (×) Once I come first in the imperial exams and the emperor asks whether I'm married, he'll surely arrange a wife for me! (×) After a whole series of maneuvers, Lin Hu successfully unlocked the ending: Ten-Lifetime Virgin, Excessive Yang Energy, Unsuitable for Marriage, Better Suited to Cultivation. Lin Hu: This can't be right! Maybe he should try the monsters-and-ghosts route. It was Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, after all. Marrying a monster would be perfectly normal. He encountered a female ghost sucking yang energy at night and stepped forward to offer himself. The ghost shrieked and ran away: His yang energy burns ghosts! (×) Lin Hu found a Daoist priest to solve the problem, and once again unlocked the Better Suited to Cultivation ending. Full of confidence, Lin Hu set off again. He came across a lonely girl begging for help. Lin Hu kindly helped her and encouraged her. She went on to become a teacher. (×) As Lin Hu watched the wooden-headed girl he'd gone to so much trouble for, the achievement Deserved to Be Single slowly appeared with a question mark. Respecting, understanding, affirming, caring for, and complimenting women is the right thing to do, isn't it? Teaching women to respect, love, and strengthen themselves is fine, isn't it? None of that is wrong, so why did the result say I deserved to be single? * High-ranking minister, pioneer of women's education, women's ally, champion of equality... Looking at this row of strange achievements, and himself still being single, Lin Hu: This can't be right!! Lin Hu: You lousy dating game, just give me a wife already!! Here's a wuxia fanfic recommendation: My Four Fiances [Wuxia Crossover] A little context: The male leads fall head over heels and convince themselves they're in love, while the girl is simply kind, protective, warm, and wonderful. She's single-mindedly convinced that she chose Yidianhong only because he came first. She doesn't get it unless someone confesses, and when they do, she turns them down immediately. The men are the ones who go crazy and get jealous in the romantic rivalries. The girl, who can't read the room, doesn't pick up on any of it. If they want her heart, they'll have to win her over and move her. Do your best, gentlemen. · Xie Qingyi's master ascended to the heavens in broad daylight. Worried he'd taught her to be too naive, and that she might be lonely living alone in the mountains, he sent her to find her fiance, carrying a keepsake. Xie Qingyi stared blankly at the four keepsakes in her hands. What kind of family hands out fiance tokens wholesale, four at a time? After coming down from the mountain, she somehow gained the title of the most beautiful woman in the martial world, but Xie Qingyi remained unmoved. She was innocent and single-minded. She only wanted to find her fiance and have a home of her own in this martial world. · Then her fiances came looking for her. Number one was an assassin known as Yidianhong of the Central Plains. That token was his calling card. He'd left it with her master when he first entered the martial world, promising to grant one favor unconditionally to whoever held it, as long as he was alive. Number two was a constable, Fourth Master Leng of the Divine Constabulary, who had the whole world in his heart. Number three was a boy who called himself A Fei and only wanted to make a name for himself. Number four was a psycho: Jing Wuming, the deadly swordsman, who looked at her as though he wanted to carve her up like a roast duck. The important thing was that whenever anyone asked what the keepsakes were, she honestly said they were tokens left by her fiances! Master, oh Master, what were you thinking? Now they're fighting. What am I supposed to do? Xie Qingyi had no choice. She drew her sword and joined in on the spot. · At first, because she had a fiance, the men kept their feelings tightly reined in. Later, when they found out she had four fiances, they thought: If they can do it, so can I! · Yidianhong: What's she done wrong? She hasn't even come of age emotionally! She's just too lonely. The only ones at fault are the men trying to seduce her! Leng Xue: They don't even have fiance number tokens. Arrest them all for making baseless claims. A Fei: If you don't like this, we can retire from the martial world. Jing Wuming: I'll go kill them all. Fine, fine. If they all stand together against outsiders, they won't keep asking her which one she'll choose. Pairing: Yidianhong A crossover with The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng, Chu Liuxiang, and The Famous Five Constables. Everyone loves the heroine. Self-indulgent fanfic. If it's not your thing, please click ×. A wuxia story I'm saving for later: Truth Lies at the Tip of My Sword [Wuxia Crossover] Synopsis: Ming Lai got her hands on an ancient-style wuxia game. If she was going to roam the martial world, of course she'd max out her strength, physique, and insight. She didn't have enough points, so everything else had to be mediocre. Her physique, insight, and looks were all top-tier, but her family situation was a disaster. She became an orphan whose parents were both dead, forced to live under someone else's roof. No problem, as long as she's strong! Her aunt and mother had once arranged a childhood betrothal for her, but her fiance, Li Xunhuan, wanted to give her to his sworn elder brother. Ming Lai: ??? First of all, I'm an independent person with a mind of my own. No one gets to force me to do anything. Now, let's fight. The winner gets to decide! The lousy martial world looks down on women. In the end, Ming Lai destroyed the Money Gang, wiped out the Divine Blade Hall, took over the Ten-Thousand-Horse Gang, and united the martial world. No one dared to leave women out of the rankings ever again. Then the imperial court joined forces to hunt her down, forcing Ming Lai to rebel. · After her first life, Ming Lai decided she couldn't give up on having a good family background. At the very least, she would raise her bankrupt family's assets into the ten-digit range. She became a disciple of the Divine Water Palace whose parents' identities were unknown. No big deal, as long as she's strong! Every four years, a man would come to see her and cling to her, crying. Ming Lai: Can't you stop being annoying and let me practice my sword? Later, a flamboyant bald monk invited her to discuss Buddhist principles (romance). Ming Lai: Can't you stop being annoying and let me practice my sword! The sect's treasure, Divine Water of Tianyi, was stolen. Senior Sister Gong Nanyan accused Ming Lai of stealing it, and the sect leader, Water Mother Yin Ji, wanted to put her under house arrest. Ming Lai: I'm not falling into the trap of having to prove myself innocent. First, I haven't done anything wrong. The one making the accusation has to provide evidence! Now, let's fight. The one with the stronger fists gets the final say! In the end, she tore away the fig leaves of Shaolin and the Beggars' Guild, destroyed the Stone Forest Caves, took over the Silk Road, and united the martial world. Then she found herself on the road to rebellion once again. Ming Lai: ??? Wait, why am I rebelling again? · In her third life, Ming Lai decided that having a good family background wasn't all that important. She stood firm in her commitment to strength and became an orphan struggling to survive with her disabled younger sister. Whatever. As long as she's strong! She beat up everyone who tried to steal from her, got a master for free when he came right to her doorstep, and eventually became the Grand Mistress of the Flower Palace. Great, this was the right way to play the game. Then she met the most beautiful man in the martial world, who couldn't understand plain speech. She'd been kind enough to save him, and then this guy decided she was in love with him. He got together with the maid who cared for him, broke the rules of the Flower Palace, and even tried to elope with her. When the palace rules were enforced, he acted as if she were a rejected lover trying to harm him and the maid's child. Then his sworn elder brother showed up to defend justice. Ming Lai: Excuse me? Where does he get off? And he dares to spread rumors about me! Forget it. Let's fight. If I win, I'll take Yan Nantian as compensation! Later, she became an empress. · Ming Lai: Wait, wasn't I playing a game about fighting in the martial world? Oh well. The martial world is rotten, and everywhere else is just as bad. Guess I'll have to unite the whole world. A love story like a home invasion, with one pairing per world: Jing Wuming, Yidianhong, and Yan Nantian. The Empress: I came, I saw, I conquered. Some more stories I'm saving for later: The Days I Fought Monsters with Li Bai and Huo Qubing Synopsis: Ding-dong! Welcome to your first visit to our history-reviewing, future-looking knowledge quiz game. Your friendly AI would like to remind you: Please choose carefully and answer cautiously. If you die in a game instance, you die in real life too. The Dazexiang Uprising is underway. You choose: A. Join without hesitation. B. Refuse without hesitation. Su Weiyi: When in doubt, choose A. The current emperor sends twelve urgent golden decrees summoning Yue Fei. You choose ______. Su Weiyi: That's easy. Melt down the gold and sell it. * This world is covered by an infinite escape game. Everyone who turns sixteen has to participate. The escape instances fall into two main categories: Storytime and History Gathering. Su Weiyi doesn't know how to do either. On top of that, her only talent, [A Good Memory Is No Match for Taking Notes], has no offensive power whatsoever! This hopeless world should just blow up tomorrow! * Li Bai: A scholar can kill with nothing but a brush. Huo Qubing: Exactly. Look how sharp this brush is. Xin Qiji: Scholars can kill without a brush too, but I don't think that's what he meant, Huo Qubing. Du Fu: Are you even a scholar? Yue Fei: Why wouldn't I be? Su Weiyi: Teachers, don't argue. You'll hurt your friendship! Story 2: Do Workers Ever Not Go Crazy? [Investiture of the Gods] Synopsis: I'm Su Li, a nine-tailed fox from Xuanyuan's Tomb. I transmigrated with the inhuman golden finger called the Hatred Furnace, and then I ran into an inhuman boss. Above all, the boss only promised that I'd receive my share of good fortune once the job was done. He said nothing about pay or benefits. It was all empty promises! I flew into a rage, then got angry for a moment. The other side was genuinely powerful, so when a fox lives under someone's roof, she has to bow her head. I went to King Zhou. King Zhou was a workaholic who especially loved launching campaigns in every direction. That was great. The boss hadn't paid me, so I hadn't shown up to work either. That's perfectly reasonable, right? * The boss nags me every single day. I don't want to work another day at this damn job! Come on, let's hurt each other! Your Majesty, the Shang Dynasty is doomed. The Saintess sent me to ruin your court! And you, poor Tongtian Jiaozhu. Your brothers teamed up with outsiders to beat you up. The Dao Ancestor locked you away for ten thousand years, your disciples of the Jie Sect died or scattered, and your entire Biyou Palace was gone! Oh, and your brothers didn't get off easy either. In the end, the two Western Saints stepped on all three of you brothers to rise to power! Saintess, don't get mad just yet. What's one lewd poem? In the Age of Dharma Decline, everyone dares to write fanfiction about you. Every man in the world has been paired up with you at some point. Want me to read you some? Told in third person. Story 3: My Ability Is World Restart Synopsis: Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kami Chiyo, I live in Yokohama, and I'm an ordinary high school student at Rikkaidai. My ability is World Restart, and I only like to beat games in one life, so I've never used my ability. That is, until I started high school. Now I've been a first-year high school student three times. Let me find out which little bastard keeps resetting the timeline. I'll bury that thing alive with all the homework I've done over these three years! * Dazai Osamu, the ultimate counter to supernatural abilities, remembers clearly that his best friend has died three times. Will it be useless again this time? Save him, and then return to the starting point once more. Don't save him, or perhaps this will be the final loop, and watch him die with his own eyes. The numb coward doesn't dare gamble, and secretly searches for the reason behind the time loop. Completely unaware of all this, Saiki Kusuo sneezes. Is someone thinking about me? When will this volcano on the verge of eruption finally be dealt with? What a pain. Told in third person. A crossover with The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Conan with its similarly chaotic timeline, and Yokohama with its mix of all kinds of supernatural abilities. Please note: 1. This is my take on fanfiction, with heaps of headcanons, heavily altered characters, and original characters. Whenever anything differs from the source material, please treat the source material as canon. Everything in this novel is the author's subjective invention! 2. No shipping investment. The wives all belong to the readers. The male lead can focus on his career. 3. Don't eat wild game. 4. If you don't like it, let's part on good terms. We can go our separate ways and each be happy. Thanks to all the fairies who descended to earth and came to read my work. Sending hearts~ Theme: Every girl is a treasure of the world.