Gods and You is a full-dive romance simulation game. It took the internet by storm upon release and quickly claimed the top spot on every major game chart.
Male Lead No. 1: Moon God. A cool, fragile, gentle beauty with an irresistibly chaste face, but deep down he's a dark, damp-feeling masochistic yandere. Slap him and he's liable to lick your palm.
Male Lead No. 2: War God. A walking natural disaster who could slaughter a city with a single thought, yet as innocent and sweet as a puppy. He returns covered in blood, still protecting the rose he wants to give you in his arms.
Male Lead No. 3: God of Light. Kind and righteous on the surface, but actually a scheming, sweet-talking green tea who draws you in and plays you like a fiddle.
Male Lead No. 4: Evil God. A chaotic evil troublemaker and the ultimate thrill-seeker. The more you hate him, the more he enjoys it. The more you cry, the more excited he gets.
Players on the game forums screamed about the male leads' good looks every day, spending tens of millions just to make one of them smile.
Every morning, Xia Zhui woke up, looked at the forum screenshots and comments, and couldn't stop grinning.
What wonderful male leads.
What a great story.
What a thrilling...
revenue stream.
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The rising profits were wonderful.
But bad player reviews were a major obstacle to making money.
Looking at today's hottest forum post, Xia Zhui sighed in frustration.
It was a ten-thousand-word complaint from a player named "Fall."
Thousands of players had signed it. The language was incredibly crude, and it tore into all four male leads from head to toe, saying the developers were brainless and anyone who played the game was an idiot.
The post ended with a five-character review:
Screw you, give me my money back!
He could put up with people insulting the male leads. He could even put up with them calling him brainless. But a refund? That was too much.
He contacted the player and politely tried to negotiate. "I'll give you all the diamond bundles. Tell me what needs fixing and we'll change it. Could you withdraw your complaint?"
Fall refused point-blank and sent him a game account.
[Fall: Why don't you log in and see for yourself how badly you've made it!]
A few months later, as Xia Zhui lay in a male lead's arms, his limbs weak from being pursued by all four male leads in turn, he still wondered: Wasn't the game good enough?
So realistic! Such an immersive experience!
What was there to refund?!
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■■■ gently bit his earlobe, warm breath brushing his ear and sending a tingling, ticklish sensation through him.
"No more refunds," the god murmured, licking Xia Zhui's trembling canine. "The one god who's been missing has already descended into the game."
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One-on-one pure love. All the gods are secret identities played by the top.
Scheming, devious, shameless master hacker x short-tempered, money-loving, beautiful young master
Theme: The wise stay out of love and build a prosperous, powerful life