Bound to a Heretical Virtual Boyfriend

[Beautiful and obsessive x mature and secretly flirtatious] [Volume One Complete]

Tang Huan is a botany researcher and the untouchable star of his field. His greatest strength is his calculating nature.

When anomalous plants are discovered in the city, Tang Huan joins the investigation at once.

Following the clues, Tang Huan eventually discovers that a world of supernatural beings is trying to take over Blue Star, and their base is the research institute where he works.

The forces of another world make their entrance one after another, and strange incidents keep finding Tang Huan.

The good news is that the villain has run out of ways to deal with him.

A mysterious heretic is drawn to a petri dish Tang Huan finds.

The heretic lurks in Tang Huan's phone, delivering tools and providing clues. From then on, Tang Huan uncovers one after another of the people around him whose identities are shrouded in mystery, including his boss and colleagues.

Tang Huan is devoted to his work, but he still thinks back to that incident from years ago.

He saw an anomalous plant when he was little, and accidentally saved this heretic back then. He never expected the heretic to return years later, grown up and consumed by a mad love for him.

Tang Huan admits that he and his city need this person.

But he's almost thirty, and while he puts on an act of effortless composure, he really can't quite handle it. Fortunately, the heretic is patient with him, and is just as inexperienced in love.

So Tang Huan decides to take things slowly.

Tactically, keep him occupied.

Strategically, take him in as a dog.

**

The moment Lu Chixiu saw Tang Huan through a rift between dimensions, he kicked apart the executioner's platform and resolved to leave his homeland.

But none of the villains can understand:

Why would Lu Chixiu, a supernatural being who strikes terror into people's hearts, pursue a Blue Star native eight years his senior just to be his virtual boyfriend?

Lu Chixiu is like a different person in front of Tang Huan: considerate, accommodating, and well-behaved. When he goes too far, he takes advantage of being younger and begs for forgiveness.

But Tang Huan is too hard to handle. Before long, Lu Chixiu can't keep his true nature hidden. At last, his plants, each with their own peculiar abilities, get to work on Tang Huan.

"Short scene"

Lu Chixiu [battered, blood at the corner of his mouth]: My powers have been fluctuating badly lately. Don't tempt me. Keep your distance.

Tang Huan: All right. (Licks the blood from Lu Chixiu's lip)

Lu Chixiu: Cough! (Spits blood)

Tang Huan: ?!

Calmly wipes the blood off his face, then turns and leaves.

He's decided to stay as far away as possible.

"Short scene (recently posted)"

Lu: (Pulls Tang Huan onto his lap) When we were kids, some of my power got into you. It's dangerous, so I'm taking it back now.

Tang: You can give your powers to people?

Lu: Sure.

Tang: (Wraps his legs around Lu's waist) Then give me some more?

Couple: beautiful, obsessive supernatural being x mature, secretly flirtatious, sharp-tongued researcher

Reading guide

1. Serious story, strong younger seme x strong older uke, both are each other's first, happy ending.

2. Half plot, half romance, a touch of ensemble cast, no angst in the romance.

Next book: ★★ Don't Take In Your Down-on-His-Luck First Love ★★ Contemporary setting

Couple: stubborn, tsundere seme who turns a good hand into a dumpster fire x straightforward, unpretentious ordinary uke

Chu Dong runs into his first love, Yin Xiangchen. Three times in five days.

The first time, Yin Xiangchen catches him on his way to a blind date.

The second time, Chu Dong is rushing to catch the subway when Yin Xiangchen is kicked out of a luxury car by his parents. It makes the headlines that very day.

The third time, Yin Xiangchen comes to look for a rental, and ends up renting the apartment across the hall from him.

Chu Dong remembers the awful past they shared.

In their senior year of high school, Chu Dong passed a love letter to Yin Xiangchen for a classmate. A few days later, Yin Xiangchen matter-of-factly pulled him into a car and kissed him, scaring him into running away.

The whole school knew about their relationship, but Chu Dong was confused from beginning to end. Yin Xiangchen was a pampered rich kid. He was passionate at first, but later seemed to think Chu Dong wasn't proactive enough, and they drifted apart.

After the college entrance exams, Yin Xiangchen broke up with him. Chu Dong only said one word: "Fine."

*

The young heir to the Yin Group returns from studying abroad. Rumor has it he'll soon inherit the company, and he's practically a walking trending topic.

But everyone at the Yin Group is worried. They've spoiled Yin Xiangchen rotten, and now that he's back, he won't stay put and is always running off.

After a lot of investigation, his secretary finally figures out what's going on.

That day, as the rain poured down, Yin Xiangchen complained to him about a scumbag.

The scumbag confessed to Yin Xiangchen. After Yin Xiangchen accepted, the scumbag kept stringing him along and barely reacted to his advances.

The secretary is puzzled. "Did he really confess to you?"

Yin Xiangchen pulls out a love letter and points at the two characters at the end. "See for yourself."

The secretary takes a look.

Oh, so the scumbag is called Chu Dong.

Then he gives a mental thumbs-up. Anyone who can make Yin Xiangchen this miserable is doing them all a favor. How satisfying!

But now that things have come to this, the secretary decides to soothe Yin Xiangchen. "Let's forget about him. You're so rich, and he's too blind to see your worth. A nine-to-nine-to-six grind doesn't deserve you."

Who could have guessed that this would be the thing that finally "woke" Yin Xiangchen up?

*

Three months later.

Yin Xiangchen formally knocks on Chu Dong's door. A man who's never lowered himself in his life tries every trick he can think of. "I don't even have enough money to rent a place anymore. You're the only one who can take me in."

Looking at his first love in such dire straits, Chu Dong only says one word: "Fine."

Then Chu Dong lets him in.

Short scene

[Their first date]

Yin Xiangchen: (Leaning against the sofa) Hey, I'm straight. I don't understand all that complicated stuff you guys do. Since you like me, I'll give you a chance. Why don't you show me how much?

Chu Dong: ???

[After they start dating]

Yin Xiangchen: (Leaning against the headboard) Hey, I only just turned gay. I don't understand all that complicated stuff you guys do. Since it's our first time, I'll give you a chance. Why don't you show me how much?

Chu Dong: Do I have to sit down and do all the work myself, too? (Gets out of bed and leaves)

Yin Xiangchen: (Desperately holds on to him) (Cuddles up) No, you don't!!

Theme: Pursue the truth, and never stop