Infinite Escape

Synopsis:

Su Weixi is an escape-room enthusiast. When he gets an online invitation to take on a challenge billed as the hardest escape room ever, he eagerly accepts.

Other escape-room fans have come along too. Everyone thinks this is just an ordinary game: all they have to do to win is escape the room before time runs out.

But can someone explain why his ex-boyfriend, Gu Xuanwang, is here? The same guy who once locked him up, disdained every kind of entertainment, and cared only about studying and work!

And why does a mistake in the game actually get people killed?

System: "Welcome, everyone, to this game. Find the key to the room and escape. Break the rules or fail to escape, and you really will die!"

Everyone: "Why are you saying something like that in such a cutesy voice?"

Gu Xuanwang: "Aren't you a homebody? When did you get into escape rooms?"

Su Weixi: "Oh, remember when you locked me up? After I escaped, I realized the whole process was pretty fun."

Gu Xuanwang: "Great. Then let's go into this very interesting room that you can't escape 'unless you do XX' together."

Su Weixi: "What does 'XX' mean? Is it a clue to finding the key?"

Gu Xuanwang: "It means something that wouldn't get past the censors!"

Su Weixi: "Eep..."

A ruthless, calculating, control-loving romance maniac gong X a gorgeous shou with sky-high intelligence and zero emotional intelligence

Gu Xuanwang X Su Weixi

Escape-room scenarios: the library, a central hospital, a European castle, a remote mountain village, a giant ship at sea, an animal hunting ground

Content warnings:

1. There will be secondary couples, and the story has a large ensemble cast. No couple will split up or switch roles. The little couples are locked together, and I'm swallowing the key.

2. This is the current order of the scenarios, but it may change before the story begins.

3. The point of view may seem unclear because the story follows the plot, and everyone's perspective will be written. The gong and shou are set: Gu Xuanwang (gong) X Su Weixi (shou). They will not split up or switch roles.

Upcoming novel: "I Keep Myself Alive by Being a Simp"

Tang Nianbai loves Cheng Jisong so much it hurts, and everyone knows it. He has confessed so many times he can't count them on both hands. He thinks of himself as Cheng Jisong's stepping-stone, always rushing in wherever he's needed.

Once again, Tang Nianbai stands amid candles arranged in a heart, holding a huge bouquet of roses as he confesses to Cheng Jisong.

Cheng Jisong frowns, anger in his voice. "Tang Nianbai, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm not going to be with you." Then he turns to call the school administration and ask them to put out the fire.

The people around them are all there to watch, mocking and humiliating him.

But Tang Nianbai refuses to listen. He pursues Cheng Jisong with complete devotion, even coming back to buy him breakfast after getting into a car accident.

This time, even his best friends can't take it anymore. They all think Tang Nianbai is beyond saving.

Only Tang Nianbai knows that this is the only way to save himself.

The fire extinguisher puts out more than the candles: it extinguishes Tang Nianbai's love for Cheng Jisong too. Even the most devoted simp will get tired one day. There are plenty of men out there. If this one doesn't work, find someone else! Just as Tang Nianbai is getting ready to live his life properly, he gets into a car accident. The accident also brings him a system.

[Congratulations, Host. Your simp score for this round is 15%. Your lifespan has been extended by three months.]

[Congratulations, Host. Your simp score for this round is 45%. Your lifespan has been extended by nine months.]

[Congratulations, Host. Your simp score for this round is 100%. Your lifespan has been extended by twenty months.]

Given a new life, Tang Nianbai decisively disappears from Cheng Jisong's life.

At a nightclub, his best friend asks him, "Want me to introduce you to someone like Cheng Jisong?"

"Cheng Jisong?" Tang Nianbai swirls his drink with a nonchalant air. "Forget it. He's a walking iceberg. I must've been hit on the head with a block of ice to fall for him in the first place."

That night, the dance-floor lights sweep across the swaying crowd. Tang Nianbai is surrounded by people, smiling brightly.

Upstairs in a private room, Cheng Jisong watches the crowd below and crushes the glass in his hand.

The next day, Cheng Jisong stops Tang Nianbai at school and pins him against the wall, eyes red. "Why did you stop pursuing me? Didn't you say you'd always like me?"

Tang Nianbai rubs his bedhead. His voice is a little hoarse from the hangover. "You can't trust what a man says."

A proud and aloof gong who is actually patient and gentle, with a secret to hide X a sunny, goofy shou on the surface, but a calculating, ruthless flirt underneath

Cheng Jisong X Tang Nianbai

University setting, 1v1, happy ending

Content warnings:

1. The gong is not a scumbag. He has his reasons for rejecting the shou at first.

2. The shou is not a scumbag. His later behavior is just a kid's way of sulking.

Upcoming novel: "I'm Number One in the World"

Ling Youxin is a genius AD with a face to match. In just one year, he goes from the academy team to the S Championship, winning countless fans with his outstanding skill and good looks. But because of his poor coordination with his teammates, he loses the CN team its chance at another consecutive championship.

"Coach, honestly, losing this game isn't surprising. Just look at the garbage strategy you came up with."

"Top laner, why are you saving your teleport? Are you planning to use it to teleport back home?"

"Mid laner, you're a pro, and you still managed to flash into your own grave. I'm speechless."

"Jungler, why didn't you take the dragon? Is it a protected animal or something? Is hitting it illegal?"

"Support, I'm not even going to comment on you. Are you really Song Yisen, the AD who won consecutive championships? Did your support used to carry you?"

After the match, a video of Ling Youxin getting a "pentakill" leaks. He could have solved everything by lowering his head and apologizing, but his short temper sends his reputation crashing. Fans from every corner call him out, and only Song Yisen stands up for him.

Song Yisen holds the record for consecutive championships and is a key figure at HCN. With his former support, he was an unbeatable force in the bottom lane. After that support left HCN, everyone wondered who would be lucky enough to become his new support. To their surprise, he chose to stop playing AD and switch roles to become Ling Youxin's support.

No one knows why he did it. Not even Ling Youxin can figure it out.

"It must be because Song's old support left. He felt no one could take his place, so he changed roles. I'm shipping them so hard."

"Song has had so many supports, but he chose to start over and become Ling Youxin's one and only support. They have to be true love."

"Come on, Song and his old support made it through the unknown together. No relationship could be more real than theirs."

"Please, Song Yisen was never unknown. He and Ling Youxin were both prodigies who drew everyone's attention the moment they debuted. They're a perfect match!"

Watching people online argue over the red and white roses, Ling Youxin is thrown into confusion too. He doesn't know how Song Yisen really feels about him. "Song Yisen, during those thirty seconds when the match was paused, were you thinking about the glory you once shared with him, or the heights you're about to reach with me?"

A hard-edged, few-words AD who switched to support, a champion with consecutive titles X a pink-haired, hot-tempered, sharp-tongued AD who takes on the world and loves AD calcium milk, a natural-born talent

Song Yisen (Song) X Ling Youxin (S.cream)

Esports, 1v1, enemies at first, lovers later. The gong and shou have eyes only for each other.

Content warnings:

1. The gong and his former teammate are just ordinary friends. The former teammate has a wife; everyone is just imagining things.

2. The tournament schedule will be loosely based on real-world events. Any differences in the competitions or game mechanics are my own personal inventions.

3. None of the characters in this story are based on real people! None of them! None of them!

4. This is a hot-and-dog-blood esports story: hot-blooded and melodramatic. I'm a country bumpkin, and I'll say it first.

Theme: The only thing that can imprison a person is their own thoughts.