Zhangzhang

Zhangzhang is a young woman in China who has turned to virtual dating as a response to the frustrations and risks associated with heterosexual relationships. She plays the romantic video game 'Worlds Beyond,' where she engages with a character named Gu Shiye, whom she finds more emotionally fulfilling than real-life men. Zhangzhang has embraced this alternative dating experience, finding comfort in the simulated affection and understanding that virtual relationships provide, which she finds lacking in her interactions with real men.