The Female Insectoid [Insectoid]

11/18: No update. Minor typo fixes. Coming soon: "Why Does the Villain Keep Getting Bullied!!" From the top's perspective. Please add it to your list. Lieutenant Colonel Kaimier woke one night to find himself in bed with the blind date he'd been flirting with for two months. The male insect was gentle, a skilled flirt, and someone Kaimier was very attracted to. But Kaimier had no desire to enter into marriage. For a military female, marriage was not only unnecessary, but also like a grave. And yet, he couldn't control himself. It was like standing at the edge of an abyss and being unable to stop himself from sliding down. - Lu Chengqian, heir to the Lu family, had built a company into an empire spanning the insect world through his own efforts, all at a young age. He was restrained and courteous, and his feelings for Kaimier had already gone beyond what he expected. It had started ten years ago. When they met again ten years later, he was still drawn to him. Lu Chengqian wanted Kaimier to enter his life and become his female partner, but Kaimier wasn't willing. Lu Chengqian didn't mind waiting. Ten years had already passed, and he had all the patience in the world. - Kaimier had once prepared himself to spend his whole life alone. He never expected to meet Lu Chengqian, who accepted him, cherished him, and waited for him. This male insect became the light that saved him. What he didn't know was that he was someone else's light, too. Free-spirited military female bottom x gentle, refined CEO top Notes: 1. Insect-world setting with many females and few males. 2. Bottom's POV, mutual devotion, both fall for each other from the start. 3. Slice of life, not very logical, with plenty of authorial worldbuilding. Coming soon: Can a Stepmom and Her Stepson Really Not Be Together? After the college entrance exams, at their class's final get-together, Xie Yan confessed to the boy of his dreams, only to receive a polite rejection: "I don't have feelings for you." Devastated, Xie Yan decided to turn his sorrow into motivation and get a summer job early to save up for tuition. But after he posted the results of his hospital checkup, the boy of his dreams showed up at his door in a daze and said, "You and him won't have a happy ending. Even if you're pregnant, marry me. I can be his dad, at least." Xie Yan: ? Though he had no idea what was going on, being together had to be a good thing. Somehow, Xie Yan ended up with a "baby in his belly" and its "stepdad." - Yu Yu saw the class's famous top student, the one who made his heart race, confess to him. His head went completely blank. He stumbled over his words, trying to let him down gently, but after hearing only half a sentence, the top student said knowingly, "You're not interested in me, so I'll be going," and walked away. Pride kept Yu Yu from trying to win him back right away. He was still wondering how to find the right moment to confess properly when his father joyfully announced that he'd found love again. The announcement included a photo of two clasped hands and a pregnancy test form. Yu Yu couldn't mistake that hand for anyone else's: it was the top student's, a hand that looked like it belonged on a piano. Yu Yu panicked. Yu Yu was dumbfounded. Then he tried to appeal to Xie Yan's feelings and reason, but no matter how much he talked, all he got was Xie Yan's bewildered gaze. Yu Yu thought his dad was too irresponsible to raise a child properly. He himself was proof of that. Gritting his teeth, he decided he couldn't let such a tragedy befall an innocent child. (Mostly because his dad was the person he had feelings for.) So he accepted the situation, ready to welcome a new "child" onto his household register ten months later. - Ten months later, Xie Yan nudged the "child's" dad beside him and whispered that their son was hungry again and wanted barbecue and milk tea. Yu Yu: Sure. Before, it was our daughter craving fruit, unable to sleep in the middle of the night unless she had a fruit platter from a green train. Now it's a son. Is he going to tell me it's twins next? Xie Yan: Maybe it's triplets. Yu Yu: ...Fine, I'll buy it. Slow-to-catch-on top student bottom x rich heir (top who'd become the other man for love x) Coming soon: 1. In his previous life, Yu Jingnian had it all, yet ended up all alone. Rumor had it that he was born with a curse, driving away his relatives and even losing his arranged-marriage partner after just one year of marriage and a recent divorce. He himself died in an accident, too. After being reborn, Yu Jingnian realized he was merely the cannon-fodder real young master in a book, there to serve as a foil to the protagonist, the fake young master, and make his life look happy and successful. Yu Jingnian: Forget it. I'll just lie flat. Unexpectedly, he ran into his former arranged-marriage partner again. In his previous life, he had thought the marriage was purely for mutual benefit. But the other man said: You look like the person in my dreams. Yu Jingnian: ...Seriously? 2. Fang Qing was the only heir recognized by the stern, old-fashioned head of the Fang family in An City. He was cold and obsessive, with impossibly high standards. He looked down on mediocre people who could do nothing but brag. So when he first heard about Yu Jingnian's playboy reputation, Fang Qing said: Never heard of him. The useless brother who can only rely on men? Is he worth wasting my time on? Later: He's destined to be my arranged-marriage partner. 3. In his previous life, Yu Jingnian died in an accident caused by overwork. He didn't want Fang Qing to meet the same fate. But Fang Qing was a workaholic. In his previous life, he had worked late into the night handling business on the very day they divorced. So, hoping to put a stop to the cause of Fang Qing's premature death, Yu Jingnian went to him the morning after he'd once again worked himself to the bone over something unnecessary. He opened the curtains, faced the morning glow, and asked mildly, "Want to keep going?" On the bed, the Fang family's exhausted head of household, worn out after a whole night, cried until his eyes were red. Holding his aching waist, he said, "Not anymore. Any more and I'll be ruined." #The Right Way to Bully a Villain as Cannon Fodder #Why Does the Dignified Villain Keep Getting Bullied by Cannon Fodder? #Can Someone Please Respect the Author? He's the villain, for crying out loud. Also known as "The Days I Bullied the Villain" (not really), "I Thought You Only Cared About Profit, Who Knew You Were Devoted?" and "The Days Two Powerhouses Flirted With Each Other" Mature, steady real young master (top) x obsessive, cold villain (bottom) 1. Mutual devotion, equally matched, each other's only one across two lifetimes. 2. If you're overly particular about these tropes, this isn't for you. 3. More to come. Theme: Join hands to build a better life.