[1v1] [Both leads are sexually inexperienced] [Mean top x innocent bug bottom]
(The plot leans toward space opera, while the cover has an ancient-style look because the author wanted to boldly experiment when commissioning it... I won't do that again next time.)
Roaming across countless worlds without ever losing, Lu Wen'nan took a major fall.
He transmigrated into a male bug who refused to marry a female lord or take female servants, insisted on pursuing male-male romance, and ultimately ended up in an asylum for mad bugs.
Lu Wen'nan: System, you piece of *****
But the insect race would never abandon a male bug! Not even one who pursued male-male romance!
So they forcibly matched him with an S-rank female general from the capital planet to be his female lord.
Lu Wen'nan: ?
That might not work out.
But no bug cared about his protests. After all, he was a male bug who had defied his ancestors' wishes and pursued male-male romance!
Lu Wen'nan: ...
All right, stop rubbing it in.
The worldline was wrong, and the mission was even more monumental: rebuild an equal society for the insect race.
So he had no choice but to act crazy and play dumb in the asylum during the day, then return to the insect race of 1,028 years ago at night to reconstruct the worldline.
The insect race in the past was actually monogamous?
Wait, why was his female lord, who had traveled thousands of miles to visit him at the asylum, here?
System: He stood by your bed in the middle of the night and accidentally got dragged along.
Lu Wen'nan: You really deserve to die...
The nth time he returned to the past
Lu Wen'nan looked at the bug who followed him every time. "? Female lord, don't you think something's off?"
The tall, upright general looked away and said sullenly, "Every time I see you, my heart beats so fast. Does that count?"
Lu Wen'nan: ...You might have a heart condition.
To complete his mission faster, he rescued the insect race's ancestors and brought them back with him.
All these male bugs were single, each more heroic and lovesick than the last!
Shocking! Why were more and more male bugs appearing at the asylum for mad bugs?
The female bugs demanded a thorough investigation.
But all they did was investigate the asylum and free the pampered male bugs.
And the accusation that he pursued male-male romance was confirmed.
Si Mingqianlu: "He doesn't."
The female bugs: General, you've been deceived!
The female and male bugs joined forces, and the splendor of their age shone once more.
Lu Wen'nan turned to the bug who had always been there and said softly, "In the past, General Si Mingqianlu was Wu Zhunmu's female lord. Now, will you be my, Lu Wen'nan's, beloved?"
A hard mouth but soft heart, seemingly cold but deeply compassionate human top x outwardly cold but inwardly warm, steadfast insect race bottom.
Warnings:
1. The top is extremely, extremely, extremely cold and unfeeling at first. (It's foreshadowing, there's a reason, and it will be explained.)
2. The bottom deliberately tempts the top. (The bottom may seem extremely, extremely, extremely pitiful, but he's doing it on purpose.)
3. Neither pursues the other. The one who gets tempted is the one who confesses.
4. Plot-focused.
5. The worldbuilding is entirely made up! Entirely made up!!! I wrote the setting on a whim! Everything serves the plot, so don't read if that bothers you!
6. The author isn't on either lead's side. I love every one of my characters and believe a little angst is good for the soul.
7. Egg-laying is possible, but whether they have eggs is up to them. I won't write about it.
The genre, setting, characterizations, and so on were finalized on 2025/6/1 and saved as a screenshot on 2025/6/21.
Theme: You and I breathe as one, our pulses intertwined