Who Bent the Medicine Researcher's Top?

Coming next: Gogo Becomes the School Hunk’s Sidekick [Reborn]. The author loves the straight-to-gay romance trope, hehe.

[Cold, robotic top turned clingy and devoted] x [Cowardly office worker transformed into a fiery CEO]

Nian Fangjie had a pretty pathetic life.

He pretended to be straight and worked hard, only to have a female supervisor pin a scandal on him. Unable to clear his name, he could only resign.

Just as he was worrying about making ends meet, renowned multinational pharmaceutical company H hired him as a BP. His main job was to work with their most difficult research and development hotshot, Ni Tujun.

Ni Tujun was an overseas Chinese pharmaceutical sciences PhD who had met his yearly performance targets in just six months. He focused solely on advancing new drugs, planned his days down to the minute, and was a zero-socializing overtime machine.

Nian Fangjie: "Director Ni, did you forget you’re human?"

Ni Tujun: "You’re right to remind me. I did forget."

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After working with him for several months, Nian Fangjie realized Ni Tujun wasn’t all that hard to deal with. He was just a handsome robot who was cold on the outside and warm on the inside.

Did he like him? Yes. Everything about him hit Nian Fangjie’s buttons. Did he want to turn him gay? No, no. They could just be friends. He was straight, after all.

Just as Nian Fangjie had finally found his footing at Company H and was ready to focus on his career, that handsome robot overtook him on the inside.

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Ni Tujun didn’t like owing people favors. But the new BP was so enthusiastic, helping him again and again in exactly the ways he needed. He wanted to return the favor.

Ni Tujun: "The subway’s stopped. I’ll drive you."

Nian Fangjie: "No need to trouble yourself. I’ll get a ride."

Ni Tujun, incredulous: "You’d rather trust a rideshare driver than me?"

Ni Tujun grew intrigued. If he added this variable, what kind of chemical reaction would his interpersonal experiment produce?

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The first time Ni Tujun saw Nian Fangjie laughing and chatting with a woman, he felt so annoyed it was like catching a girlfriend cheating. Thinking he must be going crazy, he kept his distance.

The second time he saw him laughing and chatting with a group of women, Ni Tujun realized he had to make an effort.

After he confessed...

Nian Fangjie asked, "Have you ever liked a man before?"

Ni Tujun: "No."

Nian Fangjie, giving him a kiss: "Can you accept it?"

Before he could see Ni Tujun’s expression clearly, the other man was kissing him again.

Ni Tujun: "Can I park here?"

Nian Fangjie: "What about your plans for tonight?"

Ni Tujun: "They’re a mess. Everything’s a mess now."

Research conclusion: The reaction was too intense. The original system crashed, and a new System has rebooted.

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For Company H’s LGBTQ+ group event, Ni Tujun volunteered to give a talk titled:

"An Analysis and Discussion of Same-Sex Attraction from a Biological Perspective"

Nobody thought anything of it.

On the day of the event, two men’s hands clasped tightly together appeared on his presentation slides.

"Yes, my partner and I are the same gender."

His coworkers were stunned. He came out? Ni Tujun came out?!

The livestream chat exploded: [Who? Who did it? Who turned the pharmaceutical research genius gay?]

Down in the audience, Nian Fangjie tried not to cry so messily. No, I didn’t turn him gay!

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1v1, happy ending

MBTI nerd pairing

* Neither lead is inexperienced. The bottom has a past, while the top comes from an elite family overseas and was preparing for an arranged marriage, so he also counts as not inexperienced. They are each other’s one true love.

* The female supporting characters include both good and bad people, and so do the male characters.

* A multinational pharmaceutical company, with lots of English names coming your way.

* Professional knowledge in the story is exaggerated and made up in places.

* A romance-focused story with a solid plot. The nerd pairing is ridiculously sweet!

Blurb for a new upcoming novel

Du Huai’s life was a total mess, and he had two regrets:

One: Even though he could easily have scored high enough in the mock exams to get into a top university, he never took the college entrance exam.

Two: He used his relocation compensation to open an expensive fashion boutique instead of buying a home. In the end, he lost everything and landed himself in a heap of trouble.

One day, deeply in debt, Du Huai was dancing for money at a nightclub when an old classmate called him into a private room. That was when he learned that Jiang Ruoyu, the effeminate guy who had secretly loved him, had died by suicide in his third year of college, possibly over heartbreak.

What could Jiang Ruoyu have been troubled by? He wore new sneakers every day, came from a good family, got good grades, and was only a little less handsome than Du Huai. What heartbreak? Could it have been because of me?

I should’ve gone to him for help!

Du Huai had just added another regret to the list.

"To Jiang Ruoyu!"

After they clinked glasses, his head spun, and he was Reborn.

So Du Huai made a decision to repay his debt of gratitude: save money, lie flat, and make sure Jiang Ruoyu didn’t die.

I’m counting on you for the rest of my life, bro!

Du Huai’s underlings were dumbfounded. Their boss wasn’t cool anymore.

The former campus celebrity now never arrived late or left early, always finished his homework, and had become Jiang Ruoyu’s shadow.

Du Huai: "Jiang Ruoyu, are you in a bad mood? Who upset you? I’ll make him pay!"

Jiang Ruoyu: "...You."

Du Huai: "Huh?" He gave him a wicked smile. "That’s impossible. I’m already the most handsome guy around."

Everyone thought Du Huai had gone crazy, including Jiang Ruoyu.

At first, Du Huai followed Jiang Ruoyu around every day.

"Jiang Ruoyu, aren’t you secretly in love with me? I like you too, so go out with me."

Jiang Ruoyu: "...You’re sick."

"Jiang Ruoyu, I like you today too. Do you love me even more now?"

Jiang Ruoyu: "...You’re nuts."

"Baby Jiang, come over to Daddy~"

Jiang Ruoyu: "Get lost!"

Later, Jiang Ruoyu pinned him against a wall and kissed him until he could barely breathe.

"Don’t you like me? Come on!"

"Done joking around as a straight guy?"

Seeing Du Huai frozen in place, Jiang Ruoyu smiled sadly, then turned to leave.

Du Huai came to his senses and wiped his mouth. He... was way too good at kissing!

Later still, Du Huai lay around bored, waiting for Jiang Ruoyu to finish cutting up some fruit and feed it to him one piece at a time.

Du Huai: "See? If I’d known you’d spoil me, I would’ve let you take care of me for the rest of my life."

Jiang Ruoyu, smiling: "Sure."

Du Huai: "You believe I really like you now, right?"

The fruit knife in Jiang Ruoyu’s hand paused. Without saying a word, he nodded firmly.

That’s right. He’d given him his life, so of course he really loved him.

1v1, happy ending

Theme: Two people choosing each other and saving each other