the funniest moment was during Gu Yaos wedding, Father Zhang was the only one who didn't know and even The groom's family knew about MC and ML. I laughed at that part cause, clearly, the old man didn't know while everyone was looking at him with cold sweat

The MC deals with being broke, trying to find a job in an industry that is declining, failure, thinking he’s not good enough and comparing himself to others, wanting to give up, questioning his life choices and many more. The ML helps him overcome these hurdles together.

where ML called MC disappointing for no reason AT ALL, like imagine you have a huge ass crush on someone and they have been constantly ignoring you, you don't have money and you have to move out, your work life isn't going as good as you think and then your crush calls you disappointing. Yes, ML don't know the full story but like he keeps calling MC childish but then freaks out when MC acts childish ?!!!

You know how there's always that one effortlessly cool person whose presence always makes a social gathering more fun? I'm thinking ZSY is like that. There was a reason why he was beloved among his coworkers and considered the company mascot, so I think GY was initially interested in his talent, attracted by his good looks, and drawn in by his magnetic personality.

There are definitely times when they are celebrating the relationships of their friends and family that I really feel bad for them, not being able to openly express their love and show the same commitment as other couples. They are happy being together though, and they make you feel satisfied as well.

Side Note: There is a bit of NSFW here and there throughout the story. Fairly descriptive at certain times, and low key at others. Good or bad, you can decide.

I only have a very small issue about the whole top/bottom stereotyping and why MLs are always portrayed forcing their 'bottoms' to have a lot of s*x and why 'bottoms' can't also take initiative or look for s*x ??

Other parts of the novel were depicted so carefully and with so much research, this one part just stuck out quite a lot as being cliche and unrealistic.

he was trying to get a job for Su Yuan (his friend) and Gu Yu (ML) tells him he can't pull strings just because they're dating, Zhang Siyi (MC) blows up. He expects preferential treatment quite a bit, which makes me angry. He also blew up when he found out that he couldn't share a room with Gu Yu on the Japan trip. Sometimes, he behaves like an utter child which ruins things for me.

Zhang Siyi -- before he moved into Gu Yu's house -- was going through a lot. He was incredibly jealous with no outlet for his emotions, he was gonna be kicked out of his house, his hard work in a project amounted to nothing, his best friend had left and his family doesn't know the sh*t he's going through. So when he blew up and told Gu Yu he'd quit, Gu Yu should've tried to calm him down or something rather than calling him a disappointment. The boy is clearly suffering, but wow. It is not unprecedented for Gu Yu to be disappointed, but acting like that was just awful on his part IMO. And of course it was glossed over as Gu Yu being right, as always.

Also when they have s*x, Gu Yu needs to stop pressuring Zhang Siyi when he doesn't want it. Siyi isn't shy about wanting s*x, but he's explained time and time again that it affects his work the next day and that he's incredibly tired if they do it so often. Gu Yu does not pay attention to any of that.