The Villainous Male Insect Can't Be Bothered

[There are N completed works, short stories, and loads and loads of idea-filled upcoming works in my collection. If you're interested, come take a look, cuties! OwO] [Before you read: This story is strange and adorable. If all you lovely, super-duper, utterly invincible readers feel that way only about the first half, please stop reading in time~] Blurb: Question: If you were a villain in a novel and one day learned everything about the story, what would you do? Make friends with the protagonist and cling to them, or seize the initiative and turn your fate around? Joey: Thanks for asking. I'll lie flat, so don't bother me. After getting another chance at life, Joey seems to have lost the ability to feel happy. He's gloomy every day and can't muster any interest in anyone or anything. His take-it-as-it-comes attitude earns him the title of the "strangest male bug" in the Tania Empire. Other than that, everything seems to be unfolding as it did in his previous life, and the "protagonist," whose arrival was fated, shows up right on schedule. But this time, things are different... The novel's protagonist falls for his fiancee, so he casually waves him off and sends her over; The novel's protagonist falls for his prospective concubine, so he spells it out and lets him have her; The novel's protagonist falls for his cold and distant father, so he is deeply surprised and wishes them well; Once he stops caring about those female bugs, they change. One after another, they come to him to declare their devotion. Joey is fed up with it all. But before he can deal with those pests, he needs to figure out what to do with another guy he has a deep connection with... Notes: 1. Insectoid setting, with many females and few males, plus some original worldbuilding. 2. A gloomy male bug who thinks everything is a hassle x a short-tempered female bug who's curious about everything. The gong dotes on the shou without limits, and the shou has an extremely strong possessive streak toward the gong. 3. The main couple get together quickly. This is not a healthy relationship, but in their world, they have only each other. The whole story is a little over a hundred thousand characters, a short-to-medium-length work, and it'll be updated to completion quickly~ If you're interested, please add it to your favorites~ 4. No children appear in the main story (though the descriptions are brief, I saw from the comments that this might be a dealbreaker for some readers, so please take note); extras 1, 2, and 3 have angst, so beware if you don't like that~ 5. The blurb is trash and the writing is lousy. If you still like it, thank you so much! 6. Updates begin January 12, 2023, one chapter a day, usually at 6 p.m. If an already-updated chapter is revised without any special note in the author's comments, it means I'm fixing typos~ ------Upcoming------ Next up: "Reborn: The Best Cosmetic Surgery for a Stand-In" Qiao Fei's life was filled with words like "compromise" and "give way." As a teenager, he compromised and gave way at his parents' request, giving up the chance to change his fate through education. When he first fell in love, the burden of his family made him compromise and give way, and he missed out on a young, beautiful first love. As a young adult, his seriously ill younger sister made him compromise and give way, turning him into a casualty in a game of love. By the end of his life, he had nothing and nowhere left to retreat. He thought, If there's another life, I don't want to give way anymore. Darkness descended, then light returned. When Qiao Fei opened his eyes again, he found himself in a world similar to, yet different from, the one he'd lived in before. This time, he had nothing. This time, he had everything. * Qiao Fei discovered that the new world was a little strange. The domineering CEO who used to summon him at a whim and dismiss him just as easily confessed his true feelings; The sworn enemy who used to dislike him now obeyed his every word; The white moonlight who had always seen him as a lowly little ant tried every means to seduce him; The friend who had once cut ties with him was now utterly devoted to him; Besides them, the junior in his department, the doctor next door, his business partners... Everyone looked at him more and more strangely. Qiao Fei thought hard about it, and could only conclude: "Being reborn really is a stand-in's best cosmetic surgery." Theme: Live optimistically, and never give up hope.