The Pitiful Male Insect Gives Up His Disguise [Insectoid]

Blurb:

After being reborn, Jian You discovered that living a normal life wasn't easy.

First, he was a test subject. The researchers drew his blood and scanned his entire body every day, and even tried to stimulate his weak mental power with high concentrations of female insect pheromones...

He couldn't take it, so he blew up the research base.

Next, he was captured by a band of space pirates. Their leader was always forcing himself on Jian You, hoping to make him give birth to little insect cubs...

He couldn't take that either, so he wiped out the entire pirate gang.

To stay alive, Jian You sent a distress signal to the Empire.

As a precious male insect, no insect Empire would let him remain stranded beyond its borders.

*

A band of space pirates active in the gray zones of the border planets had been wiped out overnight, and a distress signal had been sent. Major General Qiao Si of the border defense forces went to investigate and unexpectedly found a living male insect among the pirates' corpses.

The male insect was weak, pitiful, and helpless. He blinked his big, watery eyes and timidly glanced at Qiao Si...

Qiao Si's pheromones stirred violently, and he took the male insect away.

The male insect had no family, no friends, and could not even be found in the Empire's male insect registry. With no other option, Qiao Si kept him by his side and cared for him attentively.

By the time the male insect had grown clean, plump, and tall with long legs, Qiao Si began to feel something was off.

Why did this male insect look more and more like that famous yet short-lived male insect general from the Empire's history?

*

The Empire issued an S-rank wanted notice:

Wanted: an escaped male test subject.

Charges: Destroying a research base and murdering researchers by cruel means.

Description: White hair, violet eyes, skilled at pretending to be weak.

Qiao Si stared at the notice's adorable, dazed face, identical to his own male insect's, and fell into deep thought...

His delicate, helpless male insect was a test subject???

A test subject skilled at pretending to be weak who blew up a research base???

Wasn't he supposed to be the short-lived male insect general reborn???

[Adorable human-weapon male insect gong x warm, considerate, devoted female insect shou]

Notes:

1. The gong was abused while he was a test subject, though not emotionally.

2. One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending.

3. Short story, under 200,000 characters in total.

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A friend recommends this plot-driven power fantasy:

After Inheriting a Monster Plant Nursery, I Got Rich

Author: Rou Ruan De Mao Du Zi

Novel ID: 6758719

Blurb:

Shen Nian'an had reached thirty without accomplishing anything. Unemployed and newly single, he planned to return to the old country house his grandfather left him for a long vacation, and sell some local specialties on the side.

But on the very first night, he sensed something strange. There were always eerie noises coming from the abandoned backyard in the middle of the night.

He worked up the courage to clear it out and discovered that the dry well in the backyard connected to a magical plant nursery, where a group of strange little spirits lived.

The spirits said, "So you're the person the old man said would come take care of us."

*

The short-tempered young man with red hair immediately took advantage. "The old man promised to buy me an electric guitar. Hurry up and get me one."

Shen Nian'an didn't even look up. "I'm broke."

The red-haired young man pouted, brought over a plate, and started plucking out his hair. Once he'd gathered some, he handed it to Shen Nian'an. "Take it and sell it."

Shen Nian'an looked disgusted. "Ew."

A few days later, Shen Nian'an got a comment on his Taobao shop: This is top-grade Dahongpao tea! I used to get only two liang a year at most. Do you have any more, shop owner? I'll take it all.

A delicate, fair-skinned young man followed close behind. "Big brother, I want a DSLR camera. I hear it's an essential accessory for an artsy young man."

Shen Nian'an said, "Yours costs more than his."

The fair-skinned young man took out a glass, then started spitting into it.

Shen Nian'an was horrified. "What is wrong with you people?"

A few days later, Shen Nian'an's Taobao shop listed real tea tree essential oil. It was excellent for inflammation and acne, and could flatten even a pimple the size of a fingertip overnight.

A top-tier star posted an angry message from her main account: I have less than half a bottle left, and I feel so insecure. There are so few, I can't get any. Please restock!

A boy with a high ponytail came out holding a handful of little red berries. "Big brother, big brother, I've grown seeds~ My seeds are amazing."

Shen Nian'an thought the little red berries were cute. He picked one up, put it in his mouth, and crunched it.

The boy reached out like a distressed young master in a melodrama. "Don't! If you eat my seed, then, um, you'll get pregnant."

Shen Nian'an gulped it down.

The boy: ...

Shen Nian'an said gloomily, "Oh well. It's not like I'll get that chance in this lifetime."

The boy said, "Then I want a game console."

*

Later, a landslide in the mountains swept an old acquaintance to them.

Shen Nian'an took one look and thought, Oh, wow. Isn't that the little CEO who knew nothing, treated him as a cautionary example in front of the whole staff, and fired him?

Now the little CEO was eating his food, drinking his drinks, and living under his roof. Shen Nian'an was going to make him pay through the nose before he left!

But one night, Shen Nian'an got very drunk. The next morning, he nervously asked the ponytailed boy, "If a man eats your seed, he'll, you know... get pregnant too?"

The boy was absorbed in his game and didn't look up. "Of course! The seeds from my Hundred-Child Gourd don't care about gender!"

[Reading Guide]

Older money-minded, capable, and domestic shou + X + younger wolfish CEO gong

One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only

Mainly about getting rich. The romance is light; a plot-driven power fantasy.

Theme: Life doesn't have to shine brilliantly, but please don't stop shining.