What Should I Do After Falling for My Aloof Roommate Online?

Si Jin wanted to move out. He felt like his new roommate didn't like him.

When Si Jin greeted him in the morning, his roommate didn't even look his way, acting as if he hadn't heard.

When Si Jin shared some local specialties, his roommate was as cold as ice, as if he found them disgusting.

Too shy to bring it up, Si Jin wanted to ask a friend for help, but the friend showed up first, dropping to his knees to apologize.

A few days earlier, at his friend's suggestion, Si Jin had signed up for a dating app to practice socializing online.

Worried that Si Jin was too naive and might get scammed, his friend logged into the account to screen potential chat partners, but got hooked by one particularly enthusiastic user.

"I don't know why, but he matched with you as soon as he saw your profile and photos."

"After chatting for just a few days, he figured out I wasn't the account owner. When I admitted it, he threatened to tell my coworkers and family."

As someone who had never dated, Si Jin couldn't understand: Wasn't this supposed to be a dating app?

His friend silently opened the other person's profile and zoomed in on the photo of his sharply defined, irresistibly sexy abs.

"He's so handsome! Could he really only want to be ordinary friends with him?"

Si Jin looked at the room in the background of the photo. It seemed strangely familiar.

His friend broke down in tears under the threat and could only beg Si Jin to step in and stall for time, hoping to lessen the other person's resentment.

Si Jin owed him a favor, and was also moved by the other account's undisguised enthusiasm and affection, so he agreed.

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On the first night after taking over the account, he tried messaging the other person at his friend's urging.

The other person: You say you're the real owner. Prove it.

At a loss, Si Jin foolishly snapped a selfie and sent it.

The other person replied instantly: Baby, you're so adorable.

-

Si Jin had very few friends in real life. After growing close to the person behind the account, he finally had someone to confide in about his troubles at work and the pressure from his family.

But strangely, sometimes after he sent a message, he would hear his roommate's phone chime at exactly the same moment.

-

Once his friend decided enough time had passed and the other person had probably forgotten about getting revenge, he told Si Jin to stop.

Looking at their chat history from the past few months, Si Jin felt reluctant to let go and decided to come clean.

But just two minutes after he sent the breakup message, his bedroom door was shoved open.

His usually aloof roommate, who normally couldn't be bothered to talk to him, stopped him, anger in his eyes.

"Baby, you can't just lead me on and then run away. That's not nice."

[Sweet, innocent, naturally airheaded bottom x cunning, tsundere, master-of-disguise top]

[People-pleasing personality x hot-tempered two-faced man]

▎Both leads have significant flaws and are not perfect.

▎The top fell for the bottom before they ever started chatting online, and has never loved anyone else.

▎The blurb's timeline differs from the story. No need to look too closely.

● Seeking follows for Don't Covet the Evil God's Pretty Treasure ●

There is a legend that when you are in dire straits, the strength of your longing can attract a mysterious guardian deity.

He will slip in through the window on a dark, windy night and quietly leave a good-luck doll by your pillow.

Once the doll arrives, every misfortune will be turned around.

Those who have received a doll say the guardian deity who delivers it is always cloaked in black, with a hideous, terrifying face.

But legends are just legends. People scoff at the story, dismissing it as a ghost tale made up by someone with an overactive imagination.

Fu Liuye was one of them. But when his company was on the brink of financial collapse, he spent a sleepless night leaning against his desk, half-asleep, when he caught the rich fragrance filling the room.

In a daze, he saw a cloaked boy climb in through the window on tiptoe. As the cloak lifted, it revealed a pale calf, its soft flesh squeezed by a long sock.

The next morning, he woke to find a soft, fluffy lamb doll on his desk.

Then the phone rang: the company had secured financing, and the business was back from the brink.

-

Shen Yue was the concertmaster of an orchestra. After objecting to giving up his place to someone who had connections, he was kicked out of the orchestra and blacklisted across the entire industry.

Desperate, he sat by the river, drinking until he was dead drunk.

Through his hazy consciousness, he felt a soft, warm hand put something in his arms.

Along with the fluffy dinosaur doll came an invitation email from a world-class orchestra.

-

Gu Lueying, the real young master who had been switched at birth, was still unloved after returning to his wealthy family, and was insulted and bullied by them every day.

That night, someone climbed in through the window, holding a little penguin doll in long, slender fingers.

But before the visitor could set it down and leave, the lights suddenly came on. Gu Lueying swiftly grabbed the person's slender, pale wrist and saw the startled eyes beneath the mask.

"Caught you!"

It turned out that after hearing the rumors, Gu Lueying had secretly laid a trap, all so he could force the legendary guardian deity to stay by his side.

The hideous mask was forcibly removed, revealing a beautifully sculpted face beneath.

The boy's features were enchanting, his eyes filled with bewilderment and helplessness.

Gu Lueying had never imagined the face beneath the mask would look like that. Just as he was overcome with joy, the golden threads embroidered on the boy's cloak suddenly lit up, gathering into a towering black shadow that lunged at him.

"Who said you could touch my treasure?"

Black fog engulfed the room. Before the audacious man could cry out, he was brutally pinned to the ceiling, his filthy hand dangling in the air.

Only when the room fell quiet did the dark shadow turn coldly toward the corner.

"Learned your lesson?"

Wrapped in his cloak, Wu Yi gave a soft snort, cheeks puffed up in anger.

After glaring at each other for a long while, the little guy's legs grew tired, and tears welled up in his eyes.

The shadow let out a soft sigh, turned into a fluffy black ball, and nestled in Wu Yi's arms, lifting him up and nuzzling his soft cheek.

As it turned out, even guardian deities have their own good-luck dolls.

[Brave and bossy at home x loyal monster]

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