After the Heartthrob Is Targeted by Monsters

Qian Linwan is a failed novelist.

Because the nonhuman harem novel she wrote was so awful, full of melodrama and angst, and even ended in a bad ending, her readers filed complaints against her.

Unfortunately for her... she transmigrated into a book, becoming the pitiful protagonist she herself had written.

And what she has to face is:

A cruel-wolf young lady modeled after her roommate, whom she hates.

A venomous-snake novelist modeled after her yandere neighbor.

A mermaid artist modeled after her reclusive senior.

A tentacle-monster star modeled after her gloomy junior.

When these nonhuman characters really appeared before her, Qian Linwan was utterly despairing. It was over. She was really done for this time. She was going to die!

Just as she thought she was about to die, the System's voice rang out.

The System told her:

As the author and mother of every character, you gave the characters in your story no souls. You only made them suffer for the sake of angst.

So...

Please give every character... [love].

The System activated an affection-detection system for her. She could not leave until she filled the affection meters.

After hearing that, Qian Linwan felt the world had finally gone mad. Did it mean she had to give her [children] a home first?

Was that even right?

To survive, Qian Linwan chose to weave among the monsters, deceiving them with her utterly innocent acting and playing the perfect heroine of their dreams.

Later on,

Her young-lady roommate wanted to keep her as a treasured pet.

Her yandere neighbor sister said she wanted to rekindle their old romance.

Her reclusive senior said she wanted to be her girlfriend.

Her gloomy junior thanked her in her acceptance speech, talking about nothing but her.

Until one day...

The affection meters were full, and Qian Linwan was ready to run. But she saw the monsters standing at the door, fingertips tracing her neck. Their voices were amused, yet sent a chill down her spine. "Mother, we've given you our [love]. Now it's your turn to stay with us forever."

*

In an apocalyptic world, mutated monsters hide among humans. The existence of monster containment facilities maintains a semblance of order, until... that day, when all the monsters received the same message and went berserk.

A delicious meal has arrived.

Every monster hungered for her.

Qian Linwan, an SSS-rank containment officer, used herself as bait and contained every monster.

[Reader's Note]

1. The story features one-on-one relationships in different stages. She will not be involved with multiple people at the same time.

2. The characters aren't perfect. It's melodramatic and written for fun, so just enjoy the ride.

3. The relationship dynamic leans toward her being the bottom.

4. I'll add more if I think of anything.

----Upcoming Novel

After the Love Gu Stops Working, Senior Sister Regrets It

Today is Senior Sister's wedding day.

I've confessed to her several times, but all I ever got in return was: The Great Dao is indifferent. I have no interest in romance or marriage.

Who knew that one day she'd write to tell me she was going to marry someone else?

I hate it so much. I hate it so much. I hate it so much.

A voice has always been roaring in my heart. A creature calling itself the System shrieks at me to hurry up and destroy her foundation, break her wings, and make her belong to just one person from then on.

Unfortunately, I didn't.

On her wedding day, my inner demon took control of me. I took the place of her fiancee, and in a haze of passion, I made love to her.

After that day, my mother passed away. I willingly became her cultivation cauldron. I trusted her, respected her, loved her. It happened once, twice, three times... countless times.

At last... one night in bed, I couldn't stop crying. A glimmer of clarity returned to those cloudy, lifeless eyes.

The next day, I vanquished my inner demon and destroyed my own cultivation. My body had always been frail. Without my mother's and Senior Sister's protection, I became a stray dog, hiding wherever I could.

Mortals don't live long. I hid deep in the mountains, but before I died, I saw Senior Sister standing before me in a brilliant red wedding dress. She was radiant and elegant, while I was old and frail.

I heard a short sigh. As I lay dying, a Gu worm crawled out of my heart.

It was a Love Gu.

After dying and starting over, I finally understood that the inexplicable love I'd felt had all been caused by the worm. When I was reborn and saw Senior Sister again, we were at that familiar wedding. I...

I don't want to fall in love with you again.

Theme: Cherish the present