The Heartthrob NPC in a Holographic Game

**Lin Qinghen is an out-and-out pitiful wretch.** His birth mother died early, he has a scar on his face, and his cultivation aptitude is poor. Unfavored by his family, he learned from a young age to be cautious and live a low-profile life. Even after suddenly binding with an alchemy system, he didn’t dare attract attention—just content to tend his plants, refine medicine, and support himself quietly. Until a ridiculous, melodramatic substitute marriage plot landed on his head. His legitimate elder sister, Lin Qingshuang, was a heaven’s favorite who despised her down-and-out fiancé. Unable to break off the engagement, she had a sudden brainless impulse—to send him as a replacement bride. Her fiancé was the Yin family’s Yin Jiuxiao, who was once dazzlingly brilliant in his youth, born with innate Sword Bones. But tragically, a technique backlash destroyed his cultivation foundation and left him blind—now a complete invalid. Before the wedding, Lin Qinghen met the man and found him kindred in suffering, seemingly decent and easy to get along with. *"I’m ugly, and you can’t see—we’re a match made in heaven,"* he said on their wedding night, patting his new husband’s shoulder. *"Don’t worry, I’ll grow vegetables and take care of you."* Lin Qinghen had no idea that his world was the setting of a *"revenge after divorce"* novel where the male lead overturns his fate. His seemingly pitiful, taciturn husband was that very protagonist. Moreover, this was already Yin Jiuxiao’s second life. **From the top’s perspective:** In his first life, after his downfall, Yin Jiuxiao endured endless scorn and the humiliation of abandonment. Awakening his Demon Bone in adversity, he surged back to become a peerless master of both blade and darkness. Everyone who had wronged him groveled at his feet, and all debts were repaid tenfold. Reborn, his supposed decline and blindness were all an act—just to watch those around him reveal their true ugly natures. When the Lin family tried to back out of the marriage like before, he wasn’t surprised. But what he didn’t expect was how drastically different this arranged marriage would be. Instead, coming into his life was a meek little duckling who hugged him and murmured, *"Don’t be afraid, we’ll live well together."* How interesting. **Notes:** 1. A possessive, scheming top (reborn) x a gentle, resilient bottom (transmigrator). Mutual pampering. Daily updates. 2. A sweet romance. The bottom is more brains than brawn, with a **heavy focus on alchemy and farming.** (Yes, this is essentially a farming-focused progression novel!) While falling in love, he grows stronger—and his scarred face slowly heals into a breathtaking beauty! ---