Wen Qing was bound to the White Moonlight System.
A white moonlight is an unreachable presence in the protagonist's memories, the one they long for but cannot have, the irreplaceable person in their life.
But that only applies when the white moonlight is dead.
Once the white moonlight comes back to life, they become a speck of rice stuck to someone's clothes.
They might become a “jealous ex,” a “hypocritical good person,” or a “third party who comes between a couple.”
They're no longer the white moonlight, but a stepping stone in the protagonist's romantic development.
And now, Wen Qing had become that “returned” white moonlight.
He had to frame his love rival, anger the protagonist, and meet a bad ending by being tortured to death.
Wen Qing: ...
He stared at the pages and pages of records detailing how he was supposed to get himself killed, utterly baffled.
Wen Qing: Do I really have to die?
System 996: Of course, Host. Our mission is to become a stepping stone in the protagonist's romance.
Some time later.
996: Wait, Host. Your love rival's feelings for you seem a little off.
996: Host! Why are you getting together with your love rival?!
Wen Qing calmly gazed at the love rival beside him, whose affection for him was growing deeper by the day.
He pretended to hesitate. “Sorry, but I've fallen for him.”
#A little casual flirting, and now they're actually together#
#Didn't expect my love rival to be a big shot. Well, guess I can't die now#
World One: The Frail White Moonlight Who Died Young
You are the frail, sickly white moonlight who spent the protagonist's youth by their side, until you were forced to go abroad for treatment as a child.
You were supposed to die of your illness, but you dragged your frail body back to the protagonist, only to discover they had broken their promise and found someone new to love.
Yet, as their white moonlight, you still held a special place in their heart.
Their tenderness toward you gave you hope. Resentful and jealous, you began to target your love rival.
But after each attempt to frame them, your rival remained unscathed, and the protagonist grew to hate you. In the end, you were thrown out of the house and left to wander the streets.
Gravely ill and with nowhere else to turn, you knocked on your love rival's door in the pouring rain...
World Two: The Sacrificial, Tragic White Moonlight (ABO)
You are a beta who once disguised yourself as an omega to infiltrate the protagonist's side. You fell for them, and became a hostage sent to a foreign country for their sake.
But when you returned, someone else was already by their side.
Years of torment had long since twisted your mind. Consumed by jealousy, you began framing your love rival. You even drugged the protagonist and tried to trap them by pretending to be pregnant, but your scheme was mercilessly exposed.
After one failure after another, you were abandoned by everyone and left to die in the slums.
Then one day, the love rival you had framed passed by. Weak and trembling, you crawled to their feet...
World Three: The Kind White Moonlight in the Memories (Apocalypse)
In the apocalypse, you are the white moonlight the protagonist saved after being reborn.
You had already fallen for each other, and this should have brought you closer. But then the protagonist suddenly distanced themself from you and began caring for another man instead.
As the only ordinary person on the team with no special abilities, you were already the target of criticism. After losing your family, even the protagonist left you.
Your heart began to twist. Wearing the mask of a saint, you won people over and ostracized your love rival. You even attacked them amid a horde of zombies.
After doing every manner of evil, you were eventually caught by the protagonist and cruelly thrown to the zombies.
But you were lucky enough to become a zombie who retained their sanity. You wandered aimlessly among the horde until you came face-to-face with a team sent to eliminate the zombies.
At a glance, you spotted your love rival at the very front of the team.
When they went off alone, you, starved until you were skin and bones, carefully emerged from a corner and grabbed the hem of their clothes...
World Four (To be decided)
World Five (To be decided)
Theme: Break free of constraints and forge a new future