I'm numb at this point. You can tell from the pace of this book, one chapter every week or two for ages, that I never planned to apply for a ranking spot. With so few followers, and losing one or two every day, I wasn't expecting much anyway. I was planning to update slowly until it was finished, but then it got a yellow warning. I'm speechless.
In an age of deep snow and frozen lands, beastfolk and wild beasts run rampant, occupying most of the planet. Humans don't accept beastfolk, and show their honeyed words and hidden daggers to perfection.
Sheng Qiao is humanity's anchor, but he's also famous for leaving everything to others.
He keeps to a detached villa beyond the snowline, and outwardly never gets involved in the Alliance's conflicts.
But during an expedition to rescue people, he nearly dies and is unexpectedly saved.
At the same time, he discovers the turmoil hidden beneath the iceberg:
In this remote little city, cruel experiments on beastfolk are taking place.
"Humanity isn't content with the power it currently possesses."
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Before losing his memory
Chen Yu: Stick with me. Anyone I play with is my playmate!
Sheng Qiao, who somehow became his playmate (?): ...
Chen Yu eyed someone's legs with a dangerous look. "If I break your legs, will you stop running away and stay here for me to play with?"
Sheng Qiao, already deaf and blind to the world: ...?!
Sheng Qiao: Doesn't understand and doesn't approve.jpg, constantly on guard.jpg
After losing his memory
Chen Yu doesn't know where he came from. His memories begin with escaping from the Beastfolk Rescue Center.
Then he meets a handsome, kind-hearted angel who takes him in.
Chen Yu clasps his hands together: Grateful to have you.jpg
Chen Yu secretly vows to repay his benefactor properly.
But...
Is this how you're supposed to repay someone?
Is this right?
Chen Yu, utterly confused: Doesn't understand, but respects it.jpg
Later, Chen Yu looks up at the person who keeps holding him tight even while asleep.
Didn't you say you had insomnia?
Didn't you say you didn't like people getting close to you?
Didn't you say you planned to be alone for the rest of your life?
Sheng Qiao: Three questions straight to the heart.jpg
Sheng Qiao: Turns around and refuses to own up.jpg
Sheng Qiao: What's a face? Is it more important than a wife? Clings on and won't let go.jpg
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The blizzard finally stopped after three days, and sunlight broke through the clouds, scattering flecks of gold across the snow.
Chen Yu, who'd been forced to stay in bed for more than three days, finally got angry!
He kicked someone in the thigh and rasped out a threat: "You've gone too far! Don't make me repay your kindness with evil!"
In Sheng Qiao's eyes:
Mm, adorable!
His smile of satisfaction reached the corners of his eyes. "Mm?"
Chen Yu snorted and retreated under the covers. "Whoever wants to repay you can do it!"
Sheng Qiao thought for two seconds, then reached out and pulled Chen Yu close, erasing the distance he'd struggled to create. He gave him a loud kiss. "That works too."
Chen Yu was so surprised by the easy answer that he stopped wriggling away.
Then Sheng Qiao continued, "You don't want to repay your debt to me, but you can't stop me from repaying mine to you, can you?"
"You wouldn't do that, would you, my benefactor?"
Chen Yu: ...I'm not human, but you really are a dog ^_^
Chen Yu decided he couldn't go on living like this. He'd made up his mind: he was going to fake his death and disappear!
Let that dog of a man search all he wanted.
Tips:
1. Both are devoted to each other, both each other's first love, 1v1, established pairing, no breaking up or switching the ship. Chen Yu (bottom) x Sheng Qiao (top).
2. Plot-driven. In a nutshell, it's a story about a dog saving the world.
3. No misunderstandings, stand-ins, or missed chances. The dog from his memories and the dog in the present both appear because our dog is going to fake his death and disappear!
4. The memory loss is a side effect of faking his death, so it won't last long.
5. Since the dog loses his memory, there'll be a little more of Sheng Qiao's perspective at the beginning. As the plot unfolds, there'll be more of A Yu's perspective.
Please check out the upcoming stories on my profile, everyone.
Forced to Become the Director of the Anomaly Bureau
Chen Qingyu is sure he's transmigrated, even though he has no memories of his previous life.
Still, Chen Qingyu is quite pleased with this transmigration.
Anyone who suddenly owned several buildings and could afford to buy another house every month just by collecting rent would grin from ear to ear.
He could stay home forever without going out.
But...
How did he end up being inexplicably "invited" out of his room and brought somewhere after less than two years of the good life?
Chen Qingyu looks at the tall, imposing crowd before him, then at the man surrounded by them. The man is very handsome, but Chen Qingyu can't understand a word he's saying.
"Starting today, you're the director of the Anomaly Bureau."
Chen Qingyu, a fine young man of socialist China, stares blankly: ...Bro, do you want to listen to what you're saying? What's the Anomaly Bureau? What did I do to become its director?!
It turns out that beneath this world's calm surface, there are hidden surges and dangers: anomalous zones.
That's right, all kinds of extremely dangerous places keep appearing in this world, and almost everyone who enters them barely makes it out alive.
The Anomaly Bureau is the department responsible for dealing with these zones.
The man who said Chen Qingyu would be the bureau's director starting today is the previous director, Lu Sui.
Lu Sui calmly continued, "It's just an honorary title. You won't have to manage anything. You'll get a government position and a salary."
Chen Qingyu hesitated. Was there really such a good deal?
But looking at the crowd before him, all wearing fierce expressions and seemingly capable of slapping him to death,
Chen Qingyu's hesitation vanished, and he nodded quickly.
It was just an honorary title, right? He could do that!
A government department couldn't just run off. He trusted the country's strength and prosperity to let him enjoy an easy sinecure!
After the handover paperwork was complete, Chen Qingyu ventured to ask, "Could I ask why you made me director?"
The former director beside him chuckled. "It was determined by divination. You becoming director will help us deal with the anomalous zones."
Chen Qingyu stopped in his tracks and couldn't help arguing. "Don't be so superstitious! We're good young people raised under socialism. We should believe in science."
The new director, Chen Qingyu, who'd planned to be the Anomaly Bureau's good-luck charm, left the bureau to buy a few things before going home to lounge around and wait for death.
He stopped when he saw a road suddenly rise up before him and stretch into the sky... What a miraculous road to heaven!
Ahem!
Chen Qingyu rubbed his temples and quickly composed himself.
What?!
Weren't they supposed to let him ignore everything?
They'd barely finished saying it, and now a job had shown up at his door?
Could the former director have been a good-luck charm too, someone whose words meant nothing?
Later.
Chen Qingyu looks at his nearly maxed-out performance score.
So when they said him becoming director would help solve the anomalous zones, they meant he'd have to solve every single one?!
The completed sweet romance on my profile: What Does It Matter If the Cat Takes an Extra Year to Graduate?
Currently updating, a plot-driven story nearing its conclusion: Forced to Become a Genius Freshman
Theme: Animals are humanity's good friends