Chapter 430 - 268: Cohabiting in the Game? (Happy New Year to Everyone)

Yang Dong knows a lot of things.

But he can’t quite figure out what Ba is thinking. After all, people have different constitutions—some can slide tackle a tiger, while some end up paralyzed from a slide tackle...

"Forget it, just do whatever you think is best! Anyway, my deal is almost done; just wait for the wedding candy."

Wow, so soon?

Chen Ba was a bit surprised, not expecting Dong to move so fast. Didn’t he just get over his ex-girlfriend?

That’s too ridiculous!

Just the other day he was reminiscing about lost love, saying goodbye to the past and embracing the future, and today he’s talking about wedding candy. How did it happen so fast?

"It’s not that fast, actually!"

Yang Dong was a bit resigned to Chen Ba’s surprise and explained: "All these years, while I’ve been waiting for my ex, my parents also set me up on a few blind dates..."

Nothing to be surprised about!

He’s been single for years, and his parents and relatives have introduced him to many suitable matches. Among them, there’s a girl he’s kept in touch with.

But he wasn’t stringing her along; he clarified during their blind date that if they couldn’t become lovers, they would just be friends!

A woman pursuing a man is like a layer of gauze.

The reason Yang Dong could quickly move on from his ex and let go of the past is mainly because of this girl who’s seven years younger than him.

"I see..."

Chen Ba was learning about this girl for the first time. After Yang Dong’s explanation, he finally understood why Dong was having a "flash marriage."

It turns out they’d known each other for a while and had been interacting as "friends" for one or two years, so their emotional foundation wasn’t shallow.

It’s just that for the past two years, Yang Dong couldn’t let go of his ex and hadn’t given her a definite answer, so their relationship never progressed...

"Seven years younger, huh?"

Muttering about what Dong just said, Chen Ba sarcastically remarked, "That girl must have poor eyesight! So many young hunks out there, yet she chooses you, an old cured meat."

He was so envious!

Seven years younger than Dong, just graduated from college two years ago. This girl must be so youthful! How could she be blind enough to choose Dong?

"No personal attacks!"

"So what if she’s seven years younger? She just likes a mature and stable big brother like me. If you’re not convinced, go find one yourself!"

Yang Dong said smugly, "Some people should stop saying grapes are sour just because they can’t eat them. They should play more ’Love Advisor Department’; it’ll help a lot..."

Bullshit!

Hearing this, Chen Ba couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

He’s almost played ’Love Advisor Department’ for 5,000 hours, yet still got nothing. So Dong’s words didn’t convince him at all.

The matchmaking system is dog crap. It’s so friendly to players, but for him, the game developer, it’s filled with malice. It’s inhumane...

This lousy game should just shut down!

Chen Ba harbors a lot of resentment towards ’Love Advisor Department’, especially its matchmaking system, which he deeply despises. But ordinary players have a completely different opinion of the game and its matchmaking system.

Rave reviews?

No, no, no!

Ordinary rave reviews can’t even begin to describe the superb reputation of ’Love Advisor Department’.

Take the largest Steam Platform for example—tens of thousands of player comments and reviews, almost all thumb-ups, out of 376,000 reviews, less than 100 are negative.

That’s right, this is the god-like ’Love Advisor Department’, the game with the highest overall positive rate on the internet, repeatedly praised by official media, repeatedly praised by civil affairs departments—a truly unique social dating game!

"This game should be updated..."

Now that it’s mentioned, Chen Ba remembered that ’Love Advisor Department’ hasn’t been updated in almost a year.

That’s quite a long time!

If it were a game about to die, not updating for so long would be understandable, as who would care about version updates if the game is almost dead?

But ’Love Advisor Department’ isn’t dying; players remain active, and the number of concurrent online users is stable.

Not updating for almost a year is unreasonable and a disservice to players, especially for a well-received online multiplayer game.

Look at ’Star Emperor’ next door!

This game is "older," released even before ’Love Advisor Department’, yet it still maintains regular updates every week.

Although it introduces new characters slowly, regular updates for character balance by nerfing some and enhancing others have never stopped.

"How to update?"

"Add some content and slightly change the existing mechanics and gameplay!"

Chen Ba thought it over and finally had an idea.

’Love Advisor Department’ has multiple versions, but let’s not talk about the mobile or cut versions. Just the full PC version’s mechanics and gameplay are somewhat outdated.

For example, the dating scenarios...

Conventional spots like cinemas, amusement parks, cafes, and restaurants are a bit outdated and need new dating content for ’Love Advisor Department’.

"You’re not adding hotels, are you?"

Yang Dong felt a chill at the thought of something terrifying and couldn’t help but quip, "Are you letting players book hotel rooms in the game? What would that turn it into?"

"Hotels..."

Chen Ba’s eyes lit up, saying, "I hadn’t thought of that aspect—cyber hotel bookings sound interesting!"

You call that interesting?

Yang Dong was at a loss for words. Regardless, he was firmly against adding "hotels" to ’Love Advisor Department’.

Don’t ask why; just know it’s too "immoral"!

Although in love, couples booking rooms and living together is common, and many see it as an important part of "dating."

As a "realistic" love simulation game, including booking rooms and living together in ’Love Advisor Department’ seems logical—after all, it’s all about realistic simulation!

However...

Cyber hotel bookings and in-game cohabitation sound too perverse! Just thinking about it gave Yang Dong the chills.

Moreover, it could stir up public opinion issues.

’Love Advisor Department’ has an excellent reputation and image, considered a representative of "positive energy" games!

Adding such "unmentionable" content might cause the "positive energy" image of ’Love Advisor Department’ to crumble instantly.

"You’re right..."

Chen Ba agreed, acknowledging that adding gameplay like hotel bookings and cohabitation would indeed invite criticism and trouble.

He was only joking and didn’t intend to do it.

The content that really needs updating is actually about dowries, cars, houses, jobs, and family situations—things that "enhance understanding."

’Love Advisor Department’ is essentially a marriage and dating platform. It’s just that this platform recommends partners who are relatively reliable and compatible.

Given this, to achieve a higher success rate in matchmaking and matches, adding content that reflects "reality" in-game becomes very reasonable.

Other dating platforms may have beautified or even false profiles...

But in ’Love Advisor Department’, player profiles that are "publicly available" are absolutely genuine and valid, and Chen Ba won’t allow any loopholes for false information.

Of course!

If you feel you have nothing impressive to show or want to keep a low profile without attracting suitors with material wealth, you can choose to "hide your profile."

No matter what you choose, the system will match you with like-minded advisers, and the so-called public or hidden profile is based on "successful matches."

In other words,

Successful matches are the foundation. If you can’t be matched, whether the profile is public or not is meaningless.