I Heard You've Been Telling Everyone I'm Dead

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As soon as he gets off the plane, Duan Laiyi calls an old friend, planning to ask him to come pick him up.

To his surprise, his friend is shocked. "You're alive?!"

Duan Laiyi, who had merely gone abroad for two years of advanced music studies: "?"

His ex-boyfriend hates him, and rumors about him are flying everywhere. Unfortunately, some people believe them, causing plenty of trouble for Duan Laiyi as he tries to rebuild his band.

Okay. If he can't solve the trouble, then he'll deal with the source of it.

Duan Laiyi turns around and joins his ex-boyfriend's band, giving him a little shock.

"You..."

"Dude, it's fine to lie to other people. Just don't start believing your own lies."

His ex is furious and immediately starts wrestling with him.

Duan Laiyi whistles.

Nice try, kid. I can pin you down with one hand.

And then, in the middle of the fight, they end up in bed.

Their old feelings reignite, and the sparks threaten to burn them both to ashes. His ex-boyfriend still stubbornly tells him to get lost.

"No way." Duan Laiyi insists on kissing him, insisting on pulling him toward the bed. "I died. Can't you cut me some slack?"

"Say something. You don't like having a living husband, but you hate your dead husband, too?"

Immature, sharp-tongued, teasing-cat-toy top x Short-tempered tabby bottom who blows up at the slightest provocation

Duan Laiyi x Jiang Xu

Tips:

1. Bassist and lead singer, ex-boyfriend romance. Told mainly from the bottom's perspective, starting with ex-boyfriend Jiang Xu

2. A bittersweet romance, with both leads each other's first love. Every misunderstanding is a stepping stone on their path to love

Coming soon: Oh No, the World Has Entered Hell Mode

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As an ordinary person who is useless at physical labor and knows nothing about farming, Qi Zhou's transmigration was perfectly unremarkable. In this twisted world, crawling with monsters and mutants, he obediently follows the orders of the base that has always sheltered him, living carefully and diligently.

Until one day, his boss makes a terrible mistake and is dismissed by his superiors. Qi Zhou becomes even more cautious, but one day his supervisor still calls him in for an all-night talk.

"I know your job isn't easy, and you've worked hard all these years. But given the situation we're in, sometimes staying alive is harder than dying. I called you in because I've realized you're a capable young man who gets things done. That makes you the best person for this undercover mission."

Qi Zhou agrees without a second thought. In his heart, he tells himself he's going to contribute to the base. But what he sees before him is this:

Beneath the yellow sunset, the cross atop a huge church is blood red. On the ground, an octopus with a dozen tentacles feeds frantically nearby, blood and flesh flying everywhere. In the sky, enormous birdlike creatures, as big as pterosaurs, dive and attack one another, tearing each other apart. The feathers they shed are as sharp as steel, embedding themselves in the colorless mud.

A writhing heap of flesh, an angelic halo covered in eyes and wings, a giant sea monster with a fish's head and a human body... They are all far more terrifying than any monsters he has encountered before, beyond anything he could comprehend.

Qi Zhou finally understands. This is the legendary Divine Cross Mountain.

The home of every source of contamination and mutation...

A month after joining the church, Qi Zhou can't help complaining to his supervisor. "They're way too messed up. I can't take it."

"Hang in there, Xiao Qi. It's all for the base, for humanity."

Three months after joining the church, Qi Zhou cries his eyes out. "Can't we talk about switching jobs? I'll admit to all those things you mentioned. I'll agree to anything, okay?"

"Oh, Xiao Qi, you've already gone. You've got to hang in there. The higher-ups said that when you come back, they'll let bygones be bygones. And that's not all: the base will give you a promotion and a raise. You'll have proper benefits and pension contributions from now on, and you won't have to live in fear anymore."

A year after joining the church, Qi Zhou gets on the base's dedicated line from a rooftop, a line he hasn't used in a long time.

"How's it going, Xiao Qi? Did you get the experimental materials the base needs?"

Qi Zhou takes a drag from his cigarette. A scarlet tentacle winds up from his ankle and rubs against his palm, as if affectionately.

He chuckles. "Excuse me, sir, do we know each other?"

"Please don't contact me again. Your voice is loud, and you might scare the children in our family."

Handsome, strong, fierce top x Genius bottom who plays the pig to eat the tiger

Ryan Vette x Qi Zhou

Theme: If you persevere, you will see hope