The Male Insect Transmigrated After His Contract Marriage Ended

Originally titled "The Insectoid World: Waking Up Three Years Later," the title was changed at a friend's suggestion. [Complete and ready to binge. Bonus chapters will drop from time to time.] [This is an entirely fictional setting with no connection to reality. Please don't compare it to real life!] Blurb: To consolidate his power, newly appointed Imperial Major General Lance Nott takes a hapless male insect and makes him sign a marriage agreement. The two are to part ways after one year. The puppet male insect is required to fulfill his domestic duties and obey his female spouse, Lance Nott, in everything. During that time, he must not make mistakes, interfere with Lance's work, or have anything to do with other female insects. Disobey, and he could be exiled at best or beheaded at worst. Meanwhile, Lance Nott can discard this male insect whenever he wants after falling in love with someone else. It's practically a world without insect rights. And this hapless insect is none other than Nord, who transmigrated after dying from overwork during a late-night shift. ...This is so miserable. Is there really no one who'll speak up for him? Luckily, Nord falls in love at first sight with the cold, handsome female insect. He's not at all opposed to marriage. In fact, he looks forward to it. He hopes to use the year to nurture their relationship, extend their marriage as long as possible, and naively dreams that Lance will eventually return his feelings. Lance Nott is like a machine without emotions, while Nord is like a lovesick puppy who never gives up He dresses up, only to be ignored. His dates get stood up as a matter of course. He comes down with a fever in the middle of the night, and no one checks on him. He's left behind all alone on a desolate planet... The list goes on and on. After secretly crying pearls in the middle of the night one time, the miserable little male insect resolves to lock his heart away. He finds a beautiful, tranquil planet and plans to move there once their marriage ends. Their year-long marriage is about to end. Nord packs his bags, ready to travel to another planet alone. But who could've expected that after falling asleep, he'd wake up in a bizarre future three years later? And why is he lying in Lance Nott's arms?! Even more unbelievably, when the arrogant female insect hears him say the word "divorce," her face darkens. She places a loaded gun in Nord's hand and says, each word sending a chill down his spine, "Male spouse, if you want a divorce, shoot me in the heart first." What happened? His nominal female spouse seems to have gone mad three years later. [Reading guide] #Heartbreak and physical suffering for the top in the early story. The bottom behaves terribly at first. If you don't find it angsty, it's probably because the top has a good attitude. Those with fragile hearts, beware! #Beautiful and powerful, weak and strong. The top will act cute with the person he likes. #Whether the bottom changes is undecided. An alternate-universe route may appear in the bonus chapters. #Mountains of authorial headcanons. The author has eaten the logic, so don't overthink it. Everything serves the romance. #Angsty, bittersweet, melodramatic, slow-burn, and full of self-indulgent prose. The author loves this stuff. If you're uncomfortable while reading, swipe left. There are countless good stories on Jinjiang, and your happiness matters most. Please support the official release. Those reading pirated copies, stay away. If you read pirated copies and still post annoying comments below, don't make me curse you. *Check out the new story next door: "After Becoming the Fall Guy at a Noble Academy" Lu Yan opens his eyes and finds himself a nobody at a noble academy, the kind of assistant student everyone can bully. Not only is the original character used as free labor by rich kids, he's also secretly in love with a high-ranking villainous bottom, making him the laughingstock and a prime target for bullying across the school. In the end, he's expelled for framing the protagonist and dies miserably on the street. Lu Yan is so hungry he's seeing stars. When a young master once again tries to get free errand-running out of him, Lu Yan turns around and holds up a QR code: "Iced Americano: 85. Errand fee: 8,500. Cash or QR code?" The rich kid: ???? #A new path to wealth: Making money off the bullies# Play games for hire, buy things for people, catch mistresses, fix pipes, walk Tibetan mastiffs, sell freshly braised pork intestines at the school gate... Lu Yan will do anything as long as he gets paid. Insult him? That's fine too, but he'll charge you emotional damages by the word. #Think bigger: Turn everyone who bullies him into a customer# The bullies go from furious to shocked to numb. Then they realize they can't beat Lu Yan, can't outargue him, and can't outdo him at shamelessness. Enraged, they go complain to Shen Yufeng: "Young Master Shen! Lu Yan is out of control! He's extorting us and ruining the academy's reputation! Just say the word and make him leave!" Lu Yan is so brazen, he dares covet the second young master of the Shen family. Shen Yufeng must have wanted him dead for ages! But in the shadowy corridor, Shen, the second young master, is usually flamboyant and stunning, with an imposing presence. Now, though, he's curled up in Lu Yan's arms, his voice full of intimacy and a hint of lazy annoyance at being interrupted. "I told you I'd keep you. You were the one who refused. Wouldn't taking care of me be easier than putting up with those losers?" !!?? Everyone freezes, their eyes trembling in shock, their worldview shattered. Lu Yan, whose face Shen Yufeng is holding as he forces a kiss on him, falls into deep thought along with the others: Why has the villainous bottom, who used to be obsessed with the protagonist's top and considered Lu Yan trash, latched onto him? Reading guide: 1. Main character is the top. Strong x strong. Lu Yan is the top. 2. The bottom is Shen Yufeng. He has a brief one-sided crush on the original story's top early on, but there's no substantial relationship between them. After the top transmigrates into the story, he only has eyes for one person. Theme: Cherish the people you love