Don't Bring Your Ex Along When You're Running for Your Life

Mad scientist (gong) x tech giant executive (shou) Cold on the outside, crazy within x sharp-tongued but soft-hearted Broken up and reunited | Two equally powerful leads They clash early on, then flee together later When Qu Yicheng had just started working as a janitor at his new company, he received a message from his ex, Yu An: "Hope you drown in experimental waste soon~" Qu Yicheng was deeply moved. His ex was the director of the company's technology department, yet he was showing concern for a mere janitor. What a kind, approachable leader. So Qu Yicheng pushed his luck and replied: "Would you be willing to start over with me?" Start over? Yu An and Qu Yicheng had known each other for over a decade. As teenagers, they had shared the same ideals, right up until they graduated from university. Yu An got his wish and joined the world-leading energy conglomerate, Shanjun Technology. But Qu Yicheng suddenly went mad, openly supporting the spacetime repair project that would cost thousands of people their lives, and parted ways with him. Would a lunatic like that rekindle an old flame? Absolutely not. Yu An watched his ex through a hidden security camera as he tried to force open the lab door, then sneered and slowly set his finger on the alarm button. In the Alliance Era, countless spacetime rifts appeared on Earth without warning. Shanjun Technology was the first to harness the rifts, making it possible to recycle energy without any loss and permanently solving Earth's resource crisis. It was hailed as the greatest engineering achievement of the century. However, a group of insane researchers insisted that the spacetime rifts must be closed and launched the spacetime repair project. They claimed that dangerous monsters were incubating inside the rifts, and an even more terrifying disaster was about to strike. No one believed the researchers. Their protests were silenced in a trial. Now, the young scientist who alone escaped that trial stands outside the sealed entrance to an abandoned lab, dressed in a janitor's uniform. His ex points a gun at the bridge of his nose. "You can choose to be killed by me, or go out there and confess." Qu Yicheng smiled, took hold of Yu An's wrist, marked with strange wounds, and pressed his own head against the gun's muzzle. "I'm willing to die by your hatred. But before that, would you help me escape?" Please note: Two powerful leads, 1v1. Plot-heavy, old-school dystopian sci-fi. 26.2.05 Blurb screenshot Manuscript completed: 8% Theme: The hymn of humanity is a hymn of courage