Blooming Romance

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After receiving his terminal illness diagnosis, Chu Xun could finally let go of everything. The most important thing of being alive is after all, one’s own happiness.

Dumping a jerk, getting back at his as*hole colleagues, firing his dumbass boss, staying in a luxurious house, enjoying a feast and bedding a young, energetic and handsome guy—Chu Xun very coolly did what he didn’t dare to do in the past!

All his savings were spent and as he laid down waiting for his death, the doctor apologetically told him, “I’m so sorry, we misdiagnosed you.”

“…” Chu Xun felt faint.

He did another checkup and thought, he did feel unwell recently though?

The doctor looked grim.

Chu Xun’s heart skipped a beat. “Don’t tell me it wasn’t a misdiagnosis after all. Am I sick?”

Doctor: “You do not have a terminal illness, but you are… You are pregnant.”

Chu Xun: “???” Ermm, he’s a guy?

And later, the child’s father, that young, energetic and handsome man, who also happened to be a 26-year-old billionaire, Lin Yanchen, appeared and handed out a marriage certificate already signed by him. “I’ll take responsibility. Let’s get married.”

Chu Xun only realised now that his 30-years-late love life, as though blooming blossoms, was flooding in.

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桃花汛
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Latest Release

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12/01/19 shokotranslates c32
11/21/19 shokotranslates c31
11/14/19 shokotranslates c30
07/02/19 shokotranslates c29
06/22/19 shokotranslates c28
06/09/19 shokotranslates c27
04/28/19 shokotranslates c26
04/20/19 shokotranslates c25
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04/01/19 shokotranslates c23
03/22/19 shokotranslates c22
03/20/19 shokotranslates c21
03/06/19 shokotranslates c20
02/28/19 shokotranslates c19
02/23/19 shokotranslates c18
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popbampop
popbampop
December 8, 2021
Status: Completed
My gosh this was perfect!! As a sucker for mpreg and marriage stories this novel was right up my ally! + Add a rich but puppy like CEO gong to the relationship I love it! I liked how the book took time to explore all the relaitonships between families and friends and was realistic how it showed the difference between marriage and love lifes. The baby is just adorable!!!! Anyway if you are debating on giving this a try you definitely should!!
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insomniacchayneeze
insomniacchayneeze rated it
August 16, 2021
Status: --
The translation was great. Thumbs up for for the translator.

I can't say the same thing with the story though. I started reading on the premise of wanting to understand how the author would turn this trope - suddenly diagnosed of terminal illness. The beginning was okay - it was the turning in MC's life. I thought it was good that he smarten up. Sadly, it spiraled down after a few chapters. Though it's a fictional world, still, I can't grasp the MC's action at all.

It was painful to continue. I... more>> had to drop it before the story ruins my interest in danmei novels. <<less
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Icesyh
Icesyh rated it
January 9, 2021
Status: c79
This one started nicely, but eventually, after MC made his decision to leave ML,

It makes me feel disappointed. Originally, he had lived his life enduring every troubles he faced. When he knows about his impending death, he wants to be free. Then he met ML, and the sweet moments ensues. Well, gotta say that I feel bad for ML.

He had given his best effort for MC. So, I think that it's very unnecessary for MC to ghost ML. A very unnecessary drama, where did those stubbornness to enjoy life... more>> went to? What make it worse is that he ghosted him for years. I've only seen ML's effort to mend this relationship that he didn't even know what went wrong. When he didn't do anything wrong!! MC raised the baby himself without telling his partner that loves him about their child. He doesn't look the least concerned about ML, we didn't even see a montage where he went searching for ML, or went to the ML's vacation house or something. I understand that MC experience anxiety from being diagnosed with illness/death and insecurities can happen since they are from different standings, but, you can still just message/inform them about the baby and continue to ghost them if they didn't accept it. Afterwards, they've met and all, but I seriously couldn't feel anything since I'm affected from my sentiment above.
Fuh, enough rant.

But yeah giving it a 3 because I enjoyed it at first eventhough their reunion made their interactions seems to be bland compared to their initial sweetness. <<less
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coldsoba12
coldsoba12 rated it
December 18, 2020
Status: c90
I loved this novel!

The way I hooked in by the summary and I actually liked the MC and ML relationship in the beginning. All of the fluff of them falling in love was so fun to read. Don't get me wrong the novel does have a lot of parts with angst and drama that made me wanna cry...

BUT PLEASE READ you won't regret it :) their relationship is very much full of love that my heart clenched for them so many times.
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1Sami
1Sami rated it
November 4, 2020
Status: c88
This novel is one of my new favorites. It doesn't leave you with horrible cliffhangers most of the time but it still captures your attention. I cried way too much while reading it and laughed enough to hurt my cheeks. It's the perfect balance of sad and sweet! I love it!
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GhostXit
GhostXit rated it
June 15, 2020
Status: c70
at the beginning the novel seems promising but as time goes on the MC just keeps on being irritating and by the time he and ML finally united he just became full on irresponsible with his little bun :// like how h**ny and irresponsible can you be that you shove your little bun for your old parents to take care of and go on a mini honeymoon with your husband?? Rather than take your baby with you and have family time with each other??
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Axvii
Axvii rated it
May 25, 2020
Status: --
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Blooming romance can't be put on the category of interesting as it focuses more on two characters who falling in love and even end up settling with each other. So its a very common modern slice-of-lice plot.

There's not much angst in the later parts and the misunderstandings was basically told in the summary, dog-blood means overly cliche or embarrassing so maybe it has some part of it. But it actually works well, if you want to spice things up so your work doesn't get boring, but it is also considered a double edge sword if you don't know how to use it right.

The characters are very aware of each other and aren't just there to stand and go 'hey were just background' they really move and have emotions and past that made them who they are.

In conclusion, it's a common and average story but thanks to the characters it has made it slightly fun (for me that is.)

4/5 ?

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Spoiler Above was my previous review, edited as of 2023.

I'm glad this site allows you to edit reviews, if it didn't I would have wallowed in sorrow for bad I was at giving a review hahaha.

Now on the topic. BR is a cliche, filled with misunderstandings and wacky tropes. Its definitely sweet but unnecessary angst as well. For me, I don't recommend this novel if you want a purely wholesome story. It definitely has it sweetness but its just lacking in many areas besides the sweet.

2.8/5
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RoseAmethyst remembrance
RoseAmethyst remembrance rated it
April 7, 2020
Status: c65
This novel was pretty enjoyable up to the around the 40th chapter. In the beginning, the novel was very down to earth and the MC's emotions were so relatable. But afterwards, it takes a huge turn and the character's behaviors starts making less sense. It starts with the mpreg, but everything else crashes down too (when it comes to resolving strained relationships)

When you look at the MC's situation at the beginning, he's a hard working and career-focused man who's hopelessly in love with a scum gong and being mistreated... more>> at work. The illness crashes in and forces him to take a different perspective on life. It's a pretty shaking moment when MC becomes decisive in taking control over his life. He completely abandons the stringency of his former life to spend his remaining days leading a life of complete self-indulgences (having casual s*x with the ML, Las Vegas, Skiing, etc).

After that, the novel takes a huge turn (for the worst, in my opinion) and everything just seemed very scripted. Their behaviors starts looking more forced and they stopped emulate human behavior as realistically as it did in the beginning.

The whole mpreg thing is a huge joke: This is not an ABO world. This is supposed to be a normal world with the genders having their conventional reproductive role. The MC's pregnancy case is supposed to be an abnomaly, yet all the characters accepts it within a few chapters which is so unrealistic. The concept of a normal male suddenly having the ability to give birth should have been a huge struggle for the MC to accept. He should be having lots of questions as to how it's even possible. He should be panicking over how he should explain the situation to the other characters.

Yet he's already saying things like this (spoiler box below) :

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This quote from ch. 53 emulates just how incredibly unrealistic the MC's attitude towards mpreg is:

"It's not your fault. It was me who didn't have you wear a cond*m. But I didn't know I could get pregnant at that time. I also didn't mean to get pregnant."

  • Logically, the MC should've struggling to accept that he's the only male capable of giving birth. Yet here, he's talking as if mpreg is normal part of life and that birth control was something he should've been conscious about
  • if this was an ABO world where mpreg is normal, this quote would have made sense. However, the summary and novel made it clear that it's not the case
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BeanieRoro
BeanieRoro rated it
September 2, 2019
Status: c29
This story is just incredibly sweet and the characters are just lovely. That's about it really. I love it so far!
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Eliestra
Eliestra rated it
July 16, 2019
Status: Completed
Thank! It is very nice! This is too cute! So sweet ~
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applebeans
applebeans rated it
June 6, 2019
Status: Completed
Stability of writing and nice characters that kept their brains earned it 4+, but the dramatic points dragged it down to 3.5+. Bit bumpy in the beginning-middle part but the characters will keep you coming back.

Slight spoiler:

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(+) story is fresh and fluffy, the setting of the world is realistic.
Even if the mpreg is not explored much it was handled pretty well, not just used to make MC/ML have babies and then forgotten completely.

(+) Interesting and not Sue characters.
Younger sweet doting ML and there's my favourite mentor-mentee relationship (pity it only appears once/twice). Mature and thoughtful relationship between main couple, such a delight to read~
Interaction with their child is cute without being overly showy. They are mature parents who doesn't spoil their child mindlessly, and we even get to see the kid grow up and learn about the world. The child's love future is left open, a peaceful HE. (I like this too! I don't want to think about babies getting married after I had just read about their parents TBH)

(+) Ending is written well, quietly beautiful like fluttering petals!

(+) Supporting characters have their own lives and thoughts, and capable of changes. I don't often like --everyone is gay--plots because it's easy to make it cheap.

(+/-) A lot of drama, but each progression still make sense in terms of cause and the characters involved. I only don't like that it's so heavy with sad, like I'm being spoon-fed telenovela. So much crying, so much self-imposed angst.....

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AerynJay
AerynJay
October 1, 2023
Status: --
A lot of ninjas were cutting onions during the reading of this novel... Even if I knew what will happen, the onions were there. Liked, the fluff too, the bun was super cute but the best was their entire family. I’m so envious, I want a family like that too! -will shout everyone reading this 😑. Characters were unique, gong was super cute, shou not typical and family was there for them. All in all good reading, only if left me with a headache after those ninjas passed through lol
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mikumiku_100
mikumiku_100 rated it
December 19, 2022
Status: c110
The first half is bitter...

And the latter half is sweet.

I f-ing cried buckets on the first few chapters TvT. But probably, to compensate for that, the succeeding chapters were full of tooth-aching sweetness and fluff with sprinkles of comedy.

... more>> I somehow felt like I'm watching a good romcom, melodrama TV series in a form of danmei..

Anyways, this kind of stories usually isn't my cup of tea (I usually move away from novels that smells of angst and drama, thankfully this novel only poured a dose of that at the first part) but I do think that this was written pretty well. <<less
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puririnpa
puririnpa rated it
November 24, 2022
Status: Completed
This story is so light and fluffy. 10/10 recommend if you want something to relax.
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CJchan092
CJchan092 rated it
October 12, 2022
Status: c113
Although it's already written in the plot, I bawled so much in the first chapters. I was embarrassed crying in the bus omw from work.

I really love it so much but my only complain (as usual) is there's no smut. Also, I understand MC's insecurities but I wish he treated ML a little much better. I'm honestly not satisfied how MC's character developed on that part coz the ML is GOLD! But that's just on me, you might not think the same. Nonetheless, it's worth reading.

I finished the main story.... more>> I stopped reading the extras coz the MTL was really too much for me. It's enough for me to know that it's HE and will patiently wait until translator finally finished it. <<less
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Fisukisuki
Fisukisuki rated it
September 21, 2021
Status: c108
It's So much Better than I expected. And in every chapters it gets better and better. So I Love every moments and every fluff precious moments.

The story doesn't make unnecessary drama. It has Dramas, but written in reasonable way and written very well. They had miscommunication moments, but didn't played too fast or too slow. Seriously, the novel might not be perfect, but it's very Good and Enjoyable and Absolutely Wonderful.

The Characters all are Great except of course the actual Bad people.

I'm praying that rest of the story is Satisfying... more>> and won't dissapoint us! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 <<less
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Abbyleri
Abbyleri rated it
August 22, 2021
Status: --
3.5/5

It's decent writing, not the best, but passable.

I don't really like stories that you could summarize as 'I slept with a rich CEO when I was drunk' but this is different.

... more>> At the beginning, the author makes an effort developing relationship between MC & ML, so when the time to say goodbye comes it doesn't feel ' forced ', you can understand why MC left ML. He's gonna die and doesn't want to make ML suffer.

Then it comes that MC was pregnant and whatever and I got bored.

I mean, it's not really bad, but it could be better. MC isn't dumb, he usually hides his thoughts and feelings to himself. And the other and, ML is always saying what he feels, he's concerns, etc.

You can understand why they act the way they act, but at some point maybe you can get bored and it's pretty understandable. Some situations are not credible (I'm not talking about MC pregnancy) and dog blood, dog blood everywhere.

English is not my first language, sorry if there are mistakes. <<less
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fakeluff
fakeluff rated it
May 29, 2021
Status: Completed
Don’t be afraid of tears. The fluff is worth it. The wee babe also grows up very well.
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Evesneon
Evesneon
April 15, 2021
Status: c85
Not bad! Currently 2/3 of the story read and I do love how there’s no unnecessary drama. Based on the summary, I thought it might be tragic tragic tragic, learned the good news, get together, happy ending, The End.

But it’s more like happy happy crazy; tragic, sadden, learned the good news, are you serious?, happy, dog blood all the waaaaaaay.

Can’t wait for the finished translations
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