Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating

Volume One:
When Jing Huan’s cousin is left heartbroken and cyberbullied out of the MMO game Nine Heroes due to her online romance with top player Yearning For, Jing Huan swears revenge.

He may not be strong enough to directly kill Yearning For in-game, but leave him heartbroken and broke? With the help of a top-notch voice changer and a female Spirit Fox Den character, he should be all set!

Unfortunately, Yearning For is a stoic man who seems impervious to his flirting and cute stickers.
Such an annoying scumbag, not at all like the kind, quiet senior Xiang Huaizhi who saved Jing Huan’s life, even if they seem to share the same voice…

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Volume Two:
On a trip to a hot springs resort, Xiang Huaizhi figures out that flirty female Sweet Little Jing is actually in real life his snarky, cheerful, and decidedly male underclassman Jing Huan. After struggling with this revelation, Xiang Huaizhi decides that this is fine; even if he’s not attracted to guys, better that Jing Huan direct his furtive gay longing toward him than anyone else who might react badly to this catfishing. Whenever Jing Huan finds a man who can truly love him, Xiang Huaizhi will-

He’ll figure things out when the time comes.

Except Jing Huan definitely can’t pick Bishop Wood; Xiang Huaizhi isn’t jealous, he just doesn’t like Sweet Little Jing throwing away the arena points they earned together. And it’s fine if their entire university forum is busy shipping the two of them in real life. And when Jing Huan says he’s tired of chasing after his online crush because he isn’t getting anywhere with them…

Well, obviously Xiang Huaizhi has to do something big to keep him, right?

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Volume Three:
Jing Huan spent months crafting the perfect revenge plot, but when supposed unfaithful playboy Yearning For makes a shocking announcement on their virtual wedding night—which wasn’t part of the plan—he’s left with a horrible realization.

He’d been catfishing the wrong guy.

Consumed by guilt and panic, he’s determined to right this wrong, or at least dig himself out of this hole without breaking any hearts, but everything he tries only pulls Yearning For closer.

Meanwhile in real life, he can’t seem to shake his aloof upperclassman, Xiang Huaizhi, whose way of speech seems oddly familiar somehow…

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Volume Four:
Jing Huan realizes his revenge plot backfired spectacularly when he catfished his own crush, and now the truth is exposed!

Convinced he’s permanently disqualified from Xiang Huaizhi’s dating pool, he dials himself back, tiptoeing around Xiang Huaizhi and treating every interaction like a test he’s determined not to fail.

Despite that, Xiang Huaizhi’s reaction is… odd. Even after they file for in-game divorce, married life seems to go on as usual for him, which leaves Jing Huan conflicted. The question is: is Xiang Huaizhi just being nice, or is he waiting for Jing Huan to ask him what he actually wants?

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