He thought he was playing a BL otome game. Although, he treats his real life like a game as well.

His life and his family in the game are much better than reality. If it weren't for some bugs like the man-eating tr*sh can and the cherry tree, he probably would have been content to stay in that world for the rest of his life.

He believes he is merely a game NPC and a substitute for MC's childhood friend "Qin He."

He refuses to do anything with MC when he goes back to reality because he's in "Qin He's" body, while inadvertently making himself seem like an unemployed, uneducated, loser bum.

Jokes on him, he's Qin He. He c*ckblocked himself.

Poor ML's sister, she was so confused. She had to walk in on them doing some bondage play and thought ML kidnapped MC, oh dear. Awkward.

MC's best friend found a man who loves him, drag queen and all. He got to wear the biggest, most fab wedding dress when they got married ~~

The ML has no experience in bed so he goes really rough and all in all, has bad techniques at the start which was hilarious and funny. I appreciated it since well, if you're inexperienced, of course you'd be bad in bed. Not many are Adonis s*x Gods. I just thought it was funny because he thought he was actually doing well- a rather common thought for inexperienced men - it was funny how the MC even considered that maybe he wasn't a homo because of the horrible experience.

Chapter 18. It's as funny as the summary told but not without consequences.

He Zhou and Little tr*sh are the same people if you wanted to know. Kind of like 061 in Don't Pick Up Boyfriends From The tr*sh Bin, they lost their memory and were the MC's first love.

I mean, he did start liking MC, because MC was willing to die for him. Which is by no means normal or healthy. And he was even heartbroken to learn that was not the case. So I think he deserves what he's got. At least for now.

I particularly liked how author described that period of time when the game crushed. MC might look selfish or shameless, but he's trapped in a game that has been out of service for 3 years. The last person who played it died. Of course, he feels scared out of his mind since his life is on the line. And he tries his best to survive. Yes, he makes shitty decisions but he's convinced that ML is just a string of code.

ZYX was so goodhearted, and despite that LC tried to drug him to further take advantage of him for his own purposes. Disgusting scum, ZYX deserves way way better. Not to mention how he could be the third party in a relationship, sleeping with both his gold backer AND his gold backer's partner. When he's at the end of his rope, ZYX saved him, and yet LC STILL tried to drug & r*pe him after they got along.

And this was AFTER LC realized that ZYX is a genuinely good person and LC realized he liked ZYX. And after LC realized ZYX has helped him from beginning to end.

White-eyed wolf, piece of sh*t. If you wanted to be kind, you could argue "character development", but ZYX took care of him and was genuinely good to him for months yet LC could still scheme to drug & r*pe the guy (and he wouldn't have known it was a drug).

Fortunately, at least all this struggle means he'll definitely treat ZYX well. That is, unless something big happens where he'll have to choose between himself and ZYX.

The setting is a VR game, in which the MC is a player and the ML is the MC's chosen capture target. And this clearly colors the MC's whole perception of the ML. He doesn't really see the ML as a real person, but more like an objective of the game, even if he sometimes has a soft spot for the ML.

Unfortunately, because of how the game's currency is and how the MC chooses to play the game, the MC tends to put the ML into some pretty sh*tty situations, and as he doesn't see the ML as more than an NPC, the MC doesn't really give much consideration towards the ML as he would to an actual person. He even realizes that his actions are over-the-top but also excuses the whole thing as this only being a game.

But, admittedly, I don't blame him for thinking or acting this way because he's in a situation where regular ethics and morals don't really apply. It's just a game to the MC and he treats it like one because it is one (or so it seems). And reminding myself that he's acting out as a player in a game makes his more questionable actions much more tolerable to read.

The MC actually has a much better relationship with his friend and family figures in the game since he doesn't see them as objectives of the game and is just fond of them because of how they are like (they are much nicer than his real life parents and he lacks real life friends).

It's clear that there's something weird going on with this game. Despite the MC being the player, the game seems to keep playing outside of the MC's areas of influence. At least, the ML, despite being an NPC, seems to be having some sort of self-awareness, in that he views some of his actions to be OOC or forced. He can also tell that this feeling is most prominent when he's with the MC, so the ML is reasonably distrusting and wary of the MC.

Plus, with everything the MC puts the ML through, it's completely understandable why the ML would despise the MC, even without the uneasy feelings he gets when around the MC. So, I don't hate him for being mean to the MC at times.