For instance, sleeping posture. Novels always like to make it sound like it's so romantic to be cuddling each other, but it's highly unrealistic and leads to numb arms, aching backs, and sore hips.

Another issue that is rarely seen in BL novels is the problem of "too old, back hurts, too tired to have sex, " which constantly plagues the gong.

It's actually funny, because despite being the highest paid and most popular dom in their area, the gong has only had 4 romantic partners. Au contraire, the shou has had 17 and they all still want to get back together with him. Cue death by vinegar as the gong's vinegar ocean proceeds to flood the land.

Most relationships start off with the couple dating and finding the best in each other. They then get married and go off on a honeymoon, before returning to a normal life and discovering each other's flaws, leading to many domestic disputes and their love for each other not as passionate as before.

This story does not follow that formula. Instead, the author skips the honeymoon phase and plops the two main characters right into a domestic life. In the beginning, it is evident that there is a gap in the relationship or missing something that truly bridges the both of them together. They don't try to hide their flaws nor afraid of confronting each other's problems, and it is through overcoming these challenges that trust and love flourishes between the two.

Despite the title, it is not a BDSM-centric heavy smut novel, but a slice-of-life novel. The story is told from the perspective of Xia Zhi, a man in his late 20's who is desperate for a reliable, life-long partner. Many parts of this story follow him as a third-party observer of the BDSM practices as he tries to understand and come to terms with his partner Ye Qia, and by extension his partner's identity as a s*x worker

There's this chap where the silly MC get's his shaft wrung with a ring - an indirect gift from ML - cause he's super silly all the time. Well yeah it was an accident on his part, but only cause he's super silly. Anyway, he got so scared that the ring will break his lil D so he got up and called his bf (ML) to help him which he (MC) never does cause he knows his bf's work and doesn't usually bother him with a call but just sends him an sms. So as expected his bf doesn't answer the call, on like on the third try his bf even cuts off the call. So he's like so desperate and scared silly, puts on his clothes on, decided to head over the hospital w/ a dejected pitiful look. When he goes to open the main door to leave, he came face to face w/ the ML going through his (ML) bag fishin for his keys. ML asks him why he was calling and so MC tells the gist by pulling off his pants and showin it to the ML. Lol, I keep imaginin myself as the ML at this point, the stranger my expression became the more I keep at it. I swear why would such a silly guy ever do anythin remotely fishy to his treasure. Anyway, the only pity I feel is for the ML for having to suffer to live with such a beyond silly bf. So back to the story, the ML helps him out by callin his work friends to deal with it. This was also the first time that the ML refers to MC as his boyfriend. BOYFRIEND, not wife. Which is a breath of fresh air. Barely any ML refer to their uke or partner as boyfriend. Anyway, the MC is super scared and anxious at this point and the ML gets ridiculed by his work friends by this hilarity cause this event have never happened to any of his clients but unexpectedly happens to his own boyfriend. So the ML explain how it happened to his bf in a way that seems to imply it was not the ML's fault but the MC's fault for being recklessly silly. While the ML's friends helps MC get his lil D free, the ML also comforted the MC before and after the 'medical treatment'.

Ye Qia pulls his dominant act on Xia Zhi, and it doesn't work; Xia Zhi only laughs because all he can think of is Ye Qia's dazed face waking up, or when he's on the dunny 😂

the main couple fail epically everytime they try to do BDSM sexy times 😂😂😂

The political sub-plot with Ye Qia's biological family was quite poorly developed, and much less grounded than the rest of the story. I also thought that the heavy involvement of this sub-plot made Ye Qia's decision to give up his work anti-climactic.

the characters's personality is so unique and lovable... mosly about Ye Qia... so YQ is a calm, unperturbed, couldn't care any less and so... (he's a boyfriend who Xia Zhi found and confess right after their 10 mnts of meeting, so there're a long period from being just a roommate to finally confessed their true feeling, and during that period so many things in their little life happened and it was always so funny, so YQ towards XZ start off as 'you can ask, but doesn't mean I need to answer it' to their current situation 'ask whatever you want or let me coax you~'

XZ is a dumb or could be said slow wit that make people want to played him or deceived him... and YQ is often tease him and deceived him too bc XZ is really easy to deceived... (of course it's only about trivial things)...

not until on one occasion where XZ once again felt he was being played by YQ and his friends he become enraged and declare a breakup with YQ, at that time he's shouting so hard, and at that moment I think the first time YQ being so nervous and shouting back! that he's not planned that stuff at all... (which is he never before, bc he's always calm and calm right?) so it show how much he loved XZ right? (as you know XZ has lose temper that he can easily throwing fist at anyone)

and YQ's cutest moment is when he called XZ's exes... his reaction and action during each call is just so cute beyond compare! so after the confession that I think YQ is a little twist and has psycho tendency... (kidding!)