The Noble Academy’s F2 is a Dark Moonlight

[Harem rivalry and a battle for the shou's affections. All the gongs are clean. 70% anti-piracy protection; chapters unlock after 24 hours.]

Wen Jue learned that this world was actually a melodramatic novel on the day Gu Zheng (F1) had his authority challenged by the honor student Lin Yu.

In the novel, the protagonist shou and his childhood friend are both specially admitted to Slott Noble Academy. He is strong and brave, unafraid of the powerful, and soon attracts the attention of the F4 members, including Wen Jue himself. After going through many hardships, he and F1 end up together.

Wen Jue is F2 of the novel's F4, its gentle male supporting character, and the protagonist shou's moonlight.

How boring.

Wen Jue has no intention of getting caught up in the drama, so he finds himself another source of amusement: the protagonist shou's childhood friend, Shen Xubai.

The first time he sees him, he knows they are alike. Beneath his cool exterior lies a shadow no one else knows about.

Wen Jue mocks him in words only he can understand, waiting for his mask to crack.

The game doesn't last long. To his surprise, the others, who should have been revolving around the protagonist shou, turn their attention to him.

F1

Gu Zheng rests his head on Wen Jue's lap and looks up at him, his breath scorching through the fabric. "Who's more important, me or him?"

Wen Jue winds a finger through his hair and chuckles. "Why is our Young Master Gu so insecure?"

F3

Pei Qingyan holds Wen Jue's fingertips and presses them against his ear stud. The cold metal sinks into his skin.

"Does it hurt?" Wen Jue suddenly presses down hard, twisting the stud between his fingers.

Hearing him grunt, Wen Jue chuckles. "Want to try my tongue stud?"

F4

Xie Xun throws himself into Wen Jue's arms, biting his collar with his canine teeth as he whimpers, "Don't throw me away, big brother."

He presses his head against Wen Jue's neck and refuses to let go.

Shen Xubai

Shen Xubai suddenly pins Wen Jue against the wall. "Isn't it exhausting, pretending to be gentle?"

Wen Jue raises his knee between Shen Xubai's legs and chuckles. "Not as exhausting as being you."

F1: Dominant and used to getting his way, but surprisingly easy to soothe.

F3: A playboy on the surface, but secretly a masochist.

F4: A little lunatic who only listens to Wen Jue.

Honor student Shen Xubai: Cool and aloof on the surface, but secretly a sinister ghost.

vs

Wen Jue (F2), a beautiful, wicked man who is good at hiding his true self and loved by all.

[Reading Guide]

1. None of them are good people.

2. A feel-good story, beloved-by-all fiction.

3. All intimacy is in line with Jinjiang's requirements, and each gong belongs to the protagonist in both body and heart.

Next novel:

Luo Yu is a top-tier playboy, unrestrained and carefree, who's been through countless women without ever getting attached. One day, he transmigrates and becomes the scumbag ex-boyfriend destined to be cannon fodder in a melodramatic noble academy novel.

In the original, this scumbag is a notorious playboy known throughout the academy for his fickle ways. Taking advantage of the protagonist shou's recent arrival and ignorance of his sordid romantic history, he uses his good looks and sweet talk to win him over, only to take him for granted and betray him time and again. In the end, he becomes a tool for perfectly catalyzing the protagonist shou's relationship with the F4, and winds up with his family bankrupt and everyone turning against him.

To complete the System's mission, he must establish the character from the novel before the story begins. For Luo Yu, playing a playboy is practically second nature, and he can even go above and beyond.

So when the unlucky System, which had been busy loading its program, finally returns, it's shocked to discover that the rumors about Luo Yu at the academy have already changed completely.

He's no longer the despised playboy. He's become an irresistible dream of romantic possibility.

No one can truly claim to have had him, but everyone longs to be the exception.

He'll whisper against your cheek during a brief romance. He'll gaze at you with his tender peach-blossom eyes, looking at you as though you're his whole world, then slip away at the height of passion, leaving behind a beautiful dream.

Knowing you can only have him for a moment doesn't stop you from wanting to get close, like a moth flying into a flame.

This scumbag ex who was supposed to be a laughingstock has become impossible to ignore.

One casual glance from him is enough to stir the waters of a placid heart.

There's an unspoken secret at the academy: no one can keep Luo Yu for more than three weeks.

Except for one time, when he made an exception that no one but the two of them knew about.

The other man sits in the quietest corner of the banquet hall, his profile pale and handsome, a hearing aid resting on his ear.

Luo Yu is captivated by a face that perfectly matches his taste, and makes a move based on looks alone.

This time, he doesn't make a grand announcement. Instead, he walks into that quiet corner.

He learns sign language for him.

In a secluded corner, his fingers move swiftly, telling him things more intimate than words of love.

For the first time, a focused warmth appears in Jiang Xu's calm eyes.

Their relationship is a secret affair that no one knows about. They embrace and kiss in a silent world.

When passion takes hold, Luo Yu personally removes Jiang Xu's hearing aid, then mischievously slows his speech, watching Jiang Xu intently read his lips in silence.

Then the System returns, and the protagonist shou arrives. Luo Yu slips away.

So there was never an exception after all.

When they meet again, the System screams in a breakdown: [Why hasn't Gong One's hearing recovered? Why is he still wearing a hearing aid?]

Only then does Luo Yu realize that the secret relationship he started on a whim because of Jiang Xu's looks was with Gong One, the cold, powerful, and highly vengeful character from the novel's blurb.

When the two of them are once again swept up in passion and Luo Yu sobs, begging him to stop,

Jiang Xu simply removes his own hearing aid.

The world falls silent. Every struggle and whimper is swallowed up.

Hearing-impaired gong × true playboy shou

[Reading Guide]

1. The shou is a genuine playboy, extremely self-interested in relationships, with flexible morals.

2. A full-on beloved-by-all story with a harem rivalry. Everyone has an unrequited crush on the shou, and he responds according to his mood.

3. All intimacy is in line with Jinjiang's requirements, and each gong belongs to the protagonist in both body and heart.

4. Jiang Xu is the official partner, but the shou has romantic storylines with the other gongs too, including kisses and other flirtatious acts.

Don't Covet the Pretty NPC

In the future, the supreme AI "Eden" permeates every aspect of people's lives.

In the game Deep Tower, created to develop humanity's potential, every character is controlled by "Eden."

There is only one exception: Ning Ci, a special wandering NPC. Unlike other NPCs, who are confined to one instance or the location designated by a quest, Ning Ci can travel between instances and roam across the game's many continents.

He is the beautiful, fragile "bride" of a duke, forced into a marriage in the Bloodstained Castle instance.

He is the priest in the Silent Temple instance, devoutly worshipping the gods even as darkness corrupts him.

He is the seemingly cold and heartless scientist in the post-apocalyptic survival instance, who risks his life to test things himself.

His code exists outside "Eden." He is an anomaly in the entire game.

Countless players go mad over his beautiful face and place their faith in his gentle salvation.

[Reading Guide]

1. A beloved-by-all story. If you don't like this trope, please avoid it.

2. The gongs include the main System and a variety of players, but everything is in line with Jinjiang's standards.

3. Plenty of rivalry scenes.

Theme: Self-redemption