Mystery Lover: Nonexistent Summer

Mystery Lover: Nonexistent Summer is a supernatural mystery and romance visual novel set in an imagined world. In a city divided into three parts by a great river, urban legends and online rumors can take on the force of reality when enough people repeat them. The story follows young people navigating adventure and life in the 2020s.

Gu Wei’s investigation

Apple Lake student Gu Wei’s life seems to be falling into place after he moves on to further education. His “younger sister,” Gu Zhenzhen, brings him into the club Non-Daily Club, his capable friend Zhong Qibei helps him overcome problems, and he starts dating the cute and independent Su Banxia. Their relationship grows quickly over a few months.

Then Gu Zhenzhen tells the club about an urban legend: the performer behind a virtual idol has become involved in a disappearance. Gu Wei assumes it is another false story distorted through rumor. He and Su Banxia track the reported location to 33 Chanling Road and enter the decaying building to investigate, where lies and illusions conceal something else.