[Male-male romance + 1v1 + mutual salvation + irresistible chemistry] Single-minded, unhinged top × sharp-tongued, softhearted bottom
Pei Shiqi is an unhinged killer who clawed his way out of an interstellar prison. He lives by three ironclad rules: if he wants something, he gets it; nobody can make him follow the rules; and he must always be the one in control.
When he learns that the SANE Group's open audition game has barred Karsol Turan Prison from taking part,
he hacks the system to force his way into the competition, then locks both the system and its long-winded beginner's guide, all 208 pages of it, in a black room.
On his first day in the game, he spots the silver-haired, blue-eyed man at once.
Perfect. This must be his future wife, whom he hasn't met yet.
But when he uses his usual forceful approach to “invite” the beauty into his territory, the man doesn't even bat an eyelid.
“We're both tops.”
The whole place falls silent, but Pei Shiqi just laughs, bold and dangerous. “Two tops. Whoever's stronger takes control. Want to bet?”
It turns out the beauty is harder to win over than he'd imagined.
He wants commitment, a medical checkup, a trial marriage and cohabitation, and might even want a platonic relationship.
Pei Shiqi thinks, “The meat's right in front of me, and I'm supposed to leave it alone? What would that make me?”
Later, the beauty coolly helps him clean up his messes.
He doesn't say a word about it, but secretly fills three pages with notes about the man's likes and dislikes.
Later still, the man he'd once pinned in a corner, blindfolded, and explored inch by inch finally grabs his hand in a moment of lost control and asks in a low voice, “Pei Shiqi, do you even know what it means to like someone?”
For the first time, Pei Shiqi is stunned, because he realizes that he actually...