On a Lover's Self-Cultivation [Quick Transmigration]

A little promo: My upcoming Quick Transmigration story, The Scum Top's Unconventional Guide to Self-Rescue, is at the bottom. [Monster x Researcher] Gu Ximiao is the chief researcher at the Nanxun Research Base. Everyone who works with him gives roughly the same assessment: exceptionally capable but lacking empathy, a complete madman. Even his name sounds cold. Ten years ago, an experimental subject escaped from the research institute, and the Nanxun Base suffered catastrophic losses. Gu Ximiao, then fifteen, was the only researcher who survived. Those who were there said he was covered in blood, his pitch-black eyes eerily calm. The only time he showed any emotion was when he touched the white egg, about twelve centimeters long, in his arms. In the apocalypse, where strange creatures roam unchecked, humanity's habitable territory has shrunk drastically. People fear and revere Gu Ximiao, but they have no choice but to place all their hopes in him. But they forgot that Gu Ximiao is a madman. Experiments are all he cares about. A collection of stories, with the following planned: [Nonhuman] Monster caretaker top x deep-sea creature bearing a golden finger [Complete] [School] Young top still in school x older man who has quietly built up his strength [Complete] [Ancient] Restrained, taciturn bodyguard top x sickly, unstable young prince [Complete] [Period] Quiet, frail, refined top x rough, rugged big shot bottom [Complete] ● Upcoming story: The Scum Top's Guide to Self-Rescue [Quick Transmigration]. Same kind of story. If you're interested, check it out and add it to your favorites! Blurb: Story One: [Disfigured] At twenty-five, Qiao Shouyu was beautiful, proud, and from an illustrious family. He was always the most admired young man in Nancheng's elite circles. The only stain on his record was that he'd been blind enough to fall for a pretty boy. Later, the pretty boy got involved with someone else. On his way to meet him, Qiao Shouyu was in a car accident. He survived, but was disfigured and left disabled. Qiao Shouyu failed to catch up with the pretty boy, who pocketed a huge sum of money and fled abroad to live the good life. Five years later. At thirty, Qiao Shouyu had become someone whose name made people tremble. His beautiful looks were gone, he always wore half a mask, and he leaned on a cane, his moods impossible to predict. They said he now had a substitute for the pretty boy at his side. Meanwhile, the pretty boy overseas finally ran out of money. On the verge of ending up on the streets, he found the courage to return home after receiving an email from China. Clearly, according to the most popular story endings these days, the substitute would take the pretty boy's place, the pretty boy would be humiliated over and over, and he'd meet a miserable end. This was the most obnoxious Host 1678 had ever met: unmotivated, all smooth talk, fraud, and deceit. Fortunately, 1678 had arrived. Its very existence was meant to help Hosts like this turn over a new leaf. "Have I been scamming people?" Su Meng wore a plain white trench coat and a gray-and-white scarf. The wind at the airport blew the hem of his coat about, and he calmly used one hand to smooth it down. A smile lingered on his lips as he lowered his long, narrow eyes, every movement languid and unhurried. Su Meng was beautiful, like a work of art. The newly created 1678 blushed and went along with its Host. "N-no... you haven't." Someone as beautiful as this couldn't possibly be the smooth-talking, deceitful type. The file had to be wrong. Theme: Keep striving and never give up to build a wonderful life.