Wen Fei clicked on each option in his mind, pulling up more general details as well as a recent photograph of each person. As expected, from the photos alone, four out of five were clearly men!
'TangTang!? What is this?!' He shouts in his heart.
'Ah..' The Side CP system's voice seemed to shrivel under his host's panicked tone, losing his usual coquettish lilt. 'Well, you see, most readers interested in more romance are females so of course the men are paid more attention to naturally. Besides, BL is getting increasingly popular these days…' As the system continued his voice slowly got softer and more awkward, almost to a whisper.
Wen Fei felt a headache coming on. It's not that he was against homosexuality. As a counterattacker who had experienced many worlds he had long accepted many strange settings and pairings. He's worked in BL worlds including the strange one known as ABO, met all sorts of people, raised children who entered the path of homosexuality and has even participated in literary films that had LGBT themes.
However accepting it is not the same as being an active participant of it. At the very least, Wen Fei had never really considered a male partner, he had only been tasked into people who were straight, sometimes already coming with a wife, girlfriend, or, if they were really scummy, both.
Generally as long as he was single and didn't have the added mission of making a woman romantically happy he would usually just focus on his career to faceslap and counterattack.
If he was tasked with a love related task Wen Fei would genuinely do his best to fulfill it. After all even if the feelings were not necessarily real, in his opinion sincerity will breed sincerity. As long as the people involved are truly happy, well supported and cared for all their lives then even if it's a lie, it might as well be real.
Of course, such a way of life was a little exhausting after a while. The satisfaction of counterattacking, faceslapping scums and reaching the peak of the career line was also dulling over time. So Wen Fei, after a lot of deliberation, wanted to try focus more on love rather than work. And what better way than to make his love his work?
The Side CP system offered freedom and options, in that way Wen Fei felt he could figure out the joy of letting himself really fall in love with someone, seducing and being seduced. Maybe to some people it felt scummy, but not everyone gets the opportunity to have one true love, just like how not everyone gets to experience as many lives as him.
His worldview has long been tempered, and his heart is neither big nor shallow. Therefore it is enough to try live a lifetime to love one person, and it is a blessing to have this opportunity again and again.
Thinking like this, it doesn't seem unacceptable to try seeing how he feels to be with a man. After all, love is love. And it wasn't an idea Wen Fei was disgusted by.
Wen Fei once again looks at the photos of his options. Seeing the row of good-looking men, each more handsome then the other with their own special tastes, the experienced host who had seen many winds and waves inexplicably felt a bit timid and shy, his previous self-assurances curling in on themselves.
…Well, he can always try it next time. It was still too big of a change to handle for now. _(:3」∠)_
Bypassing the four men, Wen Fei refocuses on the only female Ye Lan.
To be honest, Ye Lan was really beautiful in her photo. Wen Fei wasn't blind and inevitably was moved by the gorgeousness of her face alone. She was the regal, cool older sister type beauty with high cheekbones, thin lips, and a hint of delicateness in every detail of her features that softened her appearance enough to not be so intimidating.
He also had a good impression of her character from the information given. She was independent, breaking away from her prestigious family to be a beauty blogger, and only going back to reclaim her seat on the throne of the Ye family to help others. And finally she seemed to love boldly and bluntly, liking and disliking what she liked and disliked, which amassed a group of very loyal fans to her name.
While there's definitely more to her, after all the worth and character of a person is hard to comprehend in just a few words, it's enough to pique Wen Fei's interest.
However… he stares deeply at her photo and can't help but feel something is wrong the more he looks. He just can't pinpoint what.
Well, either way, whatever comes, comes. As long as it isn't a penis he's sure it'll be fine. ╮(╯∀╰)╭
'I pick Ye Lan.'
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Little Theatre:
Ye Lan: Hehe