The Insect King’s Standards for a Mate

Ji Xian was transmigrated into the body of an Insect King who had taken two hundred years to hatch. His only mission was to reproduce. His insect attendants thoughtfully arranged a selection of mates for his bedchamber: three thousand candidates, every one of them unconventional in appearance. Ji Xian said sincerely, “I can't do this. I really can't.” The attendants replied, “Then die.” Ji Xian: ??? (Are you really that cold-hearted?) To stay alive, Ji Xian had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree. After carefully selecting among them, he finally found a “defective insect” that would never molt. Ji Xian made his decision on the spot: “That one!” He was a “filthy thing” who had crawled out of a corpse pit. The greatest stroke of luck in his life came on the day he was gravely wounded and near death, when he made his way to the magnificent palace where the Insect King lived. “I am your human.” For you, I am willing to abandon my species, my surname, my life, and even my very existence. Next story: "Becoming the Background Character Big Shot's Benefactor [Interstellar]" Blurb: Luo Xiaobai died saving someone, and the Good Person System rewarded him with a lifetime of comfort. Who knew the System's transport would go wrong and send him twenty years too early? When Luo Xiaobai opened his eyes, he was at a garbage dump, his umbilical cord just cut, without even a swaddling cloth. Luo Xiaobai: ...“A life of comfort.” … But since he was already here, Luo Xiaobai endured hunger and hardship, worked hard, and managed to scrape by until he was twenty. At last, he had a little house of his own. On his twentieth birthday, Luo Xiaobai finished tending his vegetable garden, hung up colorful flags, and got ready to celebrate. But just after he hung the flags, an escape pod suddenly fell from the sky and smashed a huge crater into his garden. A floating arrow above the escape pod had been highlighted in bold red by the System. ↓ (Comfort-providing errand boy) [This is an escape pod] Luo Xiaobai: ... Forget about a comfortable life. Unless this errand boy replants his garden, he's not going anywhere. A lighthearted slice-of-life story full of eating, drinking, squabbling, and fun. Lie-flat, easygoing shou (Luo Xiaobai) × bandit-style domineering CEO gong (Fu Yunchuan) Theme: Be the master of your own life