An NPC in a Dating Sim

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[Blurb]

Wen Ling is an NPC in a romance game, saddled with a script that makes things difficult for the heroine while throwing herself at the male lead.

Her mission isn't going smoothly, because all the male leads like her, greatly reducing her mission completion rate.

But Wen Ling doesn't feel that their affection for her is real.

She's not the protagonist. The status, wealth, and affection she has will eventually vanish like a bubble. Sometimes she can even dream of parts of the game's plot. The people who like her, and the people she likes, all leave her behind.

What she doesn't know is that even in the original game storyline, they would break free of their predetermined roles and love her without hesitation.

Later, she learns that she was actually the original heroine, the heroine of the original comic. During the adaptation, someone maliciously changed her into an unpopular NPC.

(The main story is told in third person. The plot differs quite a bit from the original version.)

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"A Little White Flower with Thorns"

Xie Yuan, holding a black leather book, watched Li Zhuyi below. His amber eyes held a hint of coldness.

Li Zhuyi was Xie Yuan's stepsister. In his eyes, she was a girl with a pure, innocent appearance and a deeply calculating nature.

He didn't want to admit their relationship to others, and he hadn't told his best friend, Xu Zeyu, either.

Then, on the very first day Li Zhuyi transferred schools, she charmed Xu Zeyu.

She sent him a message in a coy, affected tone: "Your friend is really so nice, brother. So nice that I want to be friends with him too."

From then on, there was a third person between him and Xu Zeyu: Li Zhuyi. And he even had to be ordered by "simp" Xu Zeyu to peel shrimp for her.

At first he was forced to do it, but eventually it became second nature.

After his father and Li Zhuyi's mother divorced,

he told Xu Zeyu darkly, "I like Li Zhuyi too."

He meant it! It wasn't revenge!

He and Li Zhuyi had lived under the same roof for so long.

Clearly, he was the one with the home-field advantage.

Tips:

1. There are more important male characters than the three mentioned in the blurb.

2. The order of events in the novel differs from the order in the blurb.

3. The original game's heroine is not vilified. Their relationship is purely platonic.

4. The male leads aren't perfect, but they are all sexually inexperienced. The men are strong and the woman is comparatively weak. The heroine is gentle and beautiful, but has her own ideas.

5. This is a fictional setting. Please don't compare it to real life.

6. The anti-piracy setting is currently at 80%, with a 72-hour delay. I'll announce it if I raise it later.

7. The revisions are complete.

The major changes are:

1. The time-reversal arc is gone.

2. Wen Ling didn't accept the younger twin brother's confession.

3. In one route, Chen Yizhou is only Wen Ling's fiance.

Message: Don't treat the world like a game.