Chapter 55

Attention: The description is misleading, there is no pregnancy in this novel!

Cute teenager/jung adult omega (with over sensitivity to pheromones) x mature, steady, gentle, reliable, solemn adult alpha (10 years older as MC)

ML is a person who has great difficulty talking about his thoughts and revealing his heart. Their marriage starts as a business relationship only, but slowly develops into something more as the little insecure omega starts to open up to his solemn, but very caring newly wedded 'fake' husband.

Comment from Kleep: (I hope she doesn't mind me quoting her comment)

"I love that ZXM (ML) is the perfect combination of doting, caring, responsible, possessive and h**ny. I'm so ready. Also, I really enjoy the tacit understanding they've developed."

Mating/bonding in chapter

I like how this omegaverse has a more serious approach to mating, the darker parts are also explained for example: alphas lose control during (estrus/) mating and it will be like assault until the omega submits. ML has intense s*xual desire, is very clingy, possessive, carefull and emotional (afraid of hurting MC or being hated) after mating. MC has a few bruises is tired, clingy and happy. He trust ML very much.

Tong Yan suspected that he'd been infected with 'skinship hunger' disease. But ML wasn't better of. Tags: carefree, neglecting families, extremely pampering ML, childish MC, sweet fluff,

Exactly my cup of tee, I love this novel!♡

Very lovable story! Dream husband! Perfect match! I can recommend this story 100% and I should reread it again some time.

The story is basically about marriage of convenience. The omega MC suffered from some trauma that made him oversensitive/ pained by alpha's pheromone, but it could be healed after as long as he get used to alpha's pheromone. The process was too intimate, so mc's family asked ML to help MC. ML agreed since:

1) his mother asked for him to helped

2) it would be beneficial for his family project

... more>> 3) the marriage is just temporary.

The two met, get along together, add in some pheromone. Boom. You got your relationship. The characters aren't two dimensional, which is a good sign. I got a feeling this will be filled with drama tho, considering his illness and his tendency to be overly sensitive. As of ch 42 it's still mainly fluff. <<less

Personally, I found this novel rather mediocre. Nothing was particularly bad or good. There were a lot of morally gray spots, but despite being talked about a lot, these moments still failed to leave a deep impression.

Neither of the leads was relatable, both were so perfect that even their flaws were specifically chosen to make them appear more attractive. I didn't care much about any of the characters.

Some people might be concerned about ambiguousness of consent (spoiler of the 'marking' process)

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When they did it, the alpha was 'uncontrollable' and unable to stop for days, no matter what. It was not a r*pe, because omega knew it would happen and agreed to it before it happened and later confirmed that he was OK with it through the whole process. However, if he did want to stop, it would turn into r*pe and his feelings would be ignored, since alpha looses rationality and is completely controlled by desire during the process. This idea of uncontrolled possession did not feel romantic to me and I can see some people repulsed by it.

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Keywords : if you are into them then read it.

Healthy Relationship

Communicative couple

Mature and understanding ML

Sensitive and smart MC

Consent

Lovey-dovey couple

Slice of life; nothing complicated

I always ignored this novel because of negative reviews but then one day I thought of giving it a go as it only has 55 chapters.

And it was good. It's not extraordinary but married couple is one of my favorites so plus point for that.

Recommend for a light read.

I have no say about this novel tbh, this novel is fluffy and drama-free. But the second pairing is really........ unlikable somehow, especially the gong, Tong Yang, MC's older brother.

I've tried many times to be tolerant with how Tong Yang interaction with Tong Yan (MC), but still annoyed.

And the second shou too (ML's lil bro), he's somewhat kind of pitiful since like, his big bro (ML) care much about MC more than him, and his lover, Tong Yang, is MC's older brother, so he kind of envious and teasing MC,... more>> but I know he means no harm, but still, he's annoying lol.

The relationship between second gong and second shou is annoying, and both the shou and gong is annoying too. Perfect. HAHAHA

Okay, the main pairing is better than the 2nd haha. I love them, they're cute.

Honestly yeah, Xuan Gui (housekeeper robot) is more likable than Tong Yang and ZJS lol, no lie.

Absolutely recommended! 9/10

If you feel pissed of by how MC and ML treated by their each family, just endured it for awhile. It's not like the family is the antagonist. They mean no harm to the MC ML.

Update c 33:

f*ckING TONG YANG IM REALLY ANGRY OKAY?! He didn't even answer Tong Yan (MC) call but he chatting and spamming happily with ZJS f*ck this kind of gong who cares more about love than his own family. Is not like Tong Yan demanding something hard, he's only want to talk, want to chat a bit. f*ck brother like him.

Fortunately, ZJS is more caring to MC right now (seeing that he's giving advices and listen to MC's problem about ML).

Update c 55

Okay it is heartwarming and really light. AND SO FREAKING SHORT AAAAHHH I WANT MOREEEE. The main couple is reallly goodddd ahhhh whatever I will re read this later I guess.

I will say it again, my rate is 9.5/10 <<less

Oddly, the ML is more relatable than the MC and honestly, I don’t like the MC as much. The lovey dovey part are so-so, my heart is aching more for what the ML has to put up with.

The MC is your typical omega. He seems shy out front but he’s a little tiger. The way he’s described clashes a lot and you have much contradictions at times, but... it is what it is.

Only being about 1/4 of the way in, trying to keep it optimistic—but it seems like it’ll end... more>> up more of a disappointment due to the MC’s personality (really hope that there’s some really big growth coming soon).

p.s. Thank Kaz for their great translation~! <<less

Very positive 3.5 stars from me.

A short preamble:

There's a stereotypical danmei couple (or even BL generally) which matches a taciturn, doting and somewhat overbearing gong with a gentle, innocent shou. I think how much you like this particular type of couple will influence how much you enjoy this story and possibly how you perceive the MC's character (i.e. Unrealistically childish or not).

For me, I'm not the biggest fan of these couples unless the power imbalance they typically show is significantly lessened, so this perspective will influence what I say about... more>> the story. If you're someone who really likes this type of couple, bear this in mind as your perspective will be somewhat different.

(Also very light/unspecific spoilers ahead.)

So, this story is a fairly sweet and mild slice-of-life showing the developing relationship of a pair of nice people who have married for reasons other than love. They expect it to be temporary but instead find the other provides them with a kind of love and support they didn't quite realise they were missing.

Their relationship progresses neither quickly nor slowly, which is something I appreciated. Their communication and willingness to acknowledge when they're wrong is refreshing compared to many stories that rely on poor communication and misunderstandings to create drama.

Their families are the story's main supporting characters and I appreciated the way the author wrote them moderately - flawed and sometimes troubling, but not without any nice qualities. Not the greatest relatives, but certainly not the trope-filled drama creators you find in many danmei novels.

I mentioned at the start that the main couple fall into a type that many danmei authors love to write. The aim seems to be making the shou character one that can stand in for the stereotypical female in similar CN het romance novels: The shou is weaker, the shou is more emotional, the shou needs protecting and the shou will be swept away by the gong's overbearing passion (always saying "no, no, " but being ignored and not truly hating it). Meanwhile the gong is powerful enough in intelligence, age, finance, position and physicality to get his way whenever he wants. He frequently doesn't, because he's a doting gong who will indulge his shou, but he can and will whenever he really wants to, and that's intended to be romantic.

The couple in this story basically fit that stereotype, although luckily their characters have been given enough depth and reasonableness to make this a sweeter and more palatable version than many. The main character is written to have grown up sheltered and loved and yet somewhat neglected. The author uses this background to write him as in some ways a little innocent and inexperienced, but with a high EQ, awareness and pragmatic positivity that comes from having had to cope with many things independently. And yes, he is often rather babyish in his interactions with the ML; this is supposed to show how much he can let go of his usual constraint and be indulged by the ML, but unless you really enjoy the doting gong x indulged shou couple dynamic, this gets a bit much sometimes. Not enough for me to give up on the story, but I perhaps might have if I hadn't known it was fairly short. The thing I appreciated about this mildly complex characterisation is that it allows him to be sensible and aware when it comes to communicating and reflecting, which is one thing that redeems what would otherwise be an extremely imbalanced relationship. (Just the same, I had to quash those "it's just dependency" thoughts with "it's just a romance novel" sometimes.)

What I appreciated about the ML is that the author has written him to be taciturn but inherently kind and not reluctant to communicate, even if he's not as good at it as the MC. The author has also given him an imperfect upbringing that manifests in this and some other ways in his relationship that saves him from being always perfect or in control.

One thing I didn't enjoy as much was the way the whole story emphasised that the ML was dating a "child." He might have been somewhat sheltered and inexperienced, but the MC is a self-aware 18yo who is supposed to have started university if he hadn't had to take a year away from high school because of his health problems. Yet the story constantly shows all the characters thinking of him as "the child, " and treating him as such. There's even one point where a doctor is talking to the ML about the MC and consistently uses terms such as child, children, young children when talking about his health.

Finally, we have the ABO aspect and I'm going to be blunt here, I see the use of the ABO world as an excuse for the author to get the main couple together initially, and then to make them into a weak shou and overbearing gong couple. The MC isn't really childish, the MC is an omega and omega = girl, and girl = weak, emotional, clingy, spoiled etc. Furthermore, an omega MC fits the accompanying physical ideal - thin, pale, pretty, not hairy, soft-skinned, almost childlike.

For the most part, the ML isn't particularly overbearing (just parental), and tends to listen to the MC seriously, try to please the MC and reflect on his own actions. He's a very nice and very sincere ML. Except he's an alpha, which gives the author the excuse needed to make him act out of character when it finally gets to the bed scenes. Because pheremones. So the author gets their sweet and reasonable ML as well as their overbearing ML who ignores the MC's pleas to stop. And it's OK because it's the fault of pheremones, so the MC and the reader can forgive him every time. I'll give the author credit for making the ML genuinely concerned about this.

Overall, it's a sweet, somewhat thoughtful, very lightweight short read. It's easy to read and is a nice way to kill some time, and especially nice if you're a fan of ongoing fluff in your novels, although this occasionally suffers from having little else to break it up and stop it from becoming monotonous. If you're not a fan of a weak, sweet, babied shou x older, indulgent gong, you might struggle a little, but for me it is definitely one of the more tempered examples of this couple dynamic. I enjoyed the healthy communication and generally happy relationship. <<less

Fluff fluff fluff !!!

Teeth rotting sweet. God so fluffy and heartwarming !!! Really loved this !

They are so cute together, , , discovering each other and falling in love. Really made me happy reading this

The story is okay... It just need more intense scenes LOL... The MC and ML are cute they are just lack of experience ???

I also wish to see the love progress of little bro and big bro of the couple if they have...

I'll give it a three star for now...

I really enjoy slice of life. It would have been okay even if there wasn't any drama but my point is its so boring. Both MC and ML are so bland.

1. Overall a light read for ABO verse. Nothing really major happens.
2. ML falling was abit sudden and unfounded. He went from not interested in a partner at all, only meeting his wife-to-be at the altar to somehow looking at his partner as a wife all along.
3. MC is an innocent child-like 18yo who loves wholely.
4. Spoiler

   Both ML and MC have childhood abandonment issues. Thus they connected well inna way due to this.

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5. Couple of rushed arcs here and there with insufficient development before it was over.
6. Spoiler

   Can be seen as ML is super duper possessive of MC as he is deathly afraid of being forgotten and abandoned again.

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7. Spoiler

   Like typical bigger age group couples, ML is afraid of holding back and inflencing MC's decisions, got into abit of a spat between them due to this. ML's tendency of being afraid to even try keeping what he wants due to being overly disappointed as a child made it worse.

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8. Overal a good read if you want to see a father-child like couple. Author seems to keep putting the label of child on 18yo MC's head and ML's certain actions and doting is more like between father-child so read only if you are okay with this.

10/5, A WELL WRITTEN ONE!!

To say in a line : Two people who grew up good by themselves without much love and attention from their families ended up being in love and for each other.

The ML is the best. He is so good as well as has his own flaws. Their way of getting along and their relationship is just so good, how they overcome difficulties involving in couples, their mutual trust and understanding, feeling distressed for each other, everything is beautiful.

There are many parts that's so realistic. Especially when... more>> it came to ML's way of handling MC. MC is a teenager, so ML teaches him regarding life and decisions I liked it so much.

I originally thought Pei Shoaze from Accidental Mark was the most understanding and mature ML. But Zhou Xiang Ming just straight up on par with him or even more better than him in some aspects cause their partners are of different personalities. Cheng Xia from Accidental Mark is also a teenager, but he is proactive and had a happy family with lots of love and sunny and bright On the otherhand here, Tong Yan is a precious treasure who grew up with no attention and no love from his family, he is full of love but noone is outlet for him until he met ML and learns give and take love.

When he fell in love, he learned that when someone got caught up in their emotions, they would always panic. Perhaps one second they would be full of affection, but the next second, they would feel anxious and insecure. This feeling was unpleasant but, Tong Yan thought, this was probably the taste of love

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

I don't know why people say MC is not good, in fact he is better than anyone who is in their 18, he grew up without much love, grew up so good by himself, what's wrong if he is childish with ML? In my point of view, he is not unreasonable he is shy and awkward sometimes, later he always apologize or explains to ML why he was acting like that. That's a good point, don't always complain. The author wrote their characters deep and profound. <<less

It is a cute, fluffy, no angst, no drama novel. Though it takes me some concentration to read because the author doesn't really pay attention to details. Like a flight from China to Los Angeles is 6 hours or just something impossible details were written. Overall it is a cute story and the seme is super gentle, understanding and kind. Also, no smut besides kissing so I'm thirsty and can only imagine huhu.

Cute and relatively light hearted. The best part is definitely the communication between the MC and ML. Way more consensual than your average ABO story.

The MC is babied a bit, there is definitely some cognitive whiplash where one moment the MC is being treated very much like a child with the ML in a guardian role, and the next moment they are making out. But it's not actually that bad--and really shouldn't be surprising in an ABO setting. And more importantly, a) the MC is of legal age, and b)... more>> his youth is acknowledged but not sexualized. (Unlike all those BL stories that wax poetic about dumpling cheeks and hairless legs and tofu lips among other things).

If I had to find something to criticize:

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It would be how towards the beginning of the story, in an interview with the press, the ML corrects someone calling the MC his wife, and there is a comment about how referring to male omegas as wives is kind of insulting.

But then the ML proceeds to refer to the MC as his wife multiple times throughout the rest of the story. I guess the author forgot? I wouldn't have even found it annoying, especially considering it being an ABO world so the MC really is basically female, but it was s*upid to establish doing so as rude and derogatory and then have the ML do it.

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But really, it's not a bad story. There isn't much drama but there is plenty of cuteness. Because there isn't much conflict, the story is pretty short which is nice. Also, for a short ABO world story, there is a fair bit of depth to the side characters. There isn't a huge cast, but everyone definitely has their own personality and back story which smoothly integrate.

Four stars, worth a read! <<less

Compared to the many r*pey novels on here this one is more mellow and is being labeled boring in the reviews.

There are no dramatic plot twists neither are the MC’s completely different by the end of the novel compared to the start which often happens in other stories and to me those are unrealistic. I can’t understand why people have to have dramatic character growth.

This is one of those slow burn relatable novel which can be a relaxed read.

4.25/5*

This story was much better than I expected!

I thought MC would be a childish character, as the summary hints that ML is raising a child. However, I think MC is written in line with what it is to be expected from a 18y boy and sometimes he acts even more mature.

... more>> The relationship between the couple is beautiful. Lots of respect and care. Personally I love age gaps, it always is a bit kinky imo. And I don't mind that at all in novels.

ML really dotes on MC, so do expect lots of fluff! Though it is slowburn, it is not that awfully slow. I love how they slowly explore their physical relationship. As a reader I could feel their attraction and s*xual tension building up. At least this story has a few good smut scenes, super satisfying after so much cuddling and rubbing. Love that MC

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gives ML bl**jobs!!That is rarely really mentioned in Chinese BL. So I was pleasantly surprised. It was hot!

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Too bad the Extras aren't translated (yet). The pregnancy only occurs in Extras. I still need to read that. I MTL'ed, but found it very lacking (But

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rest assured if you are afraid if MC will be a teenage dad. Nope, they only get pregnant few years later)

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. I'm going to use the read aloud function for the raws as my Chinese listening skills is much better than reading Chinese. I will update my review accordingly after finishing the Extras too. <<less

As much as I love the fluff, good communication between the couple and the way how the ABO Universe has been explained in a unique and almost thorough way, there were however a few things that made me feel a bit uncomfortable:

• AGE GAP - It really isn't that bad and considering that the MC is 18 is already an okay sign. But the fact that this was stressed upon SO MANY TIMES was really irritating. Even a novel I've read a while ago {Your Distance, if you're interested... more>> I highly recommend, the character development is great} with a much bigger age gap didn't really stress about this. 🤔 Then again it could be that the author has a thing about that, who knows╮ (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) ╭ • THE CONTRADICTORY RELATIVES- I can see why this was done to give them another trait to make them have a bit more depth but it still didn't make me feel empathic towards them. (⌐■-■) <<less

First of all, the translation was really well-done. Thanks very much to the translator for their hard work.

I don't particularly hate the story but I guess while reading, it just felt a little bland. I didn't feel anything while reading it, and a lot of times I was just struggling to get through the chapter.

The MC seems very immature and the ML feels more like a father figure to me instead of a lover so when they started dating, it felt a bit awkward to me...

A cute and relaxing read. There's no major drama, misunderstandings, or anything of the such. It did get a little boring in the middle, but the rest of the novel was really heartwarming. But I wouldn't recommend this to people who want a plot since the whole story is just them falling in love with each other and nothing else really happens.

Just made a novel update a/c to write review for this piece of goodness.

Idc about readers who called the uke too immature and said people around him treating him like a 10/yo. All I know is this is an ABO novel with the most consensual relationship and respect and brilliant communication between the MC and ML (there's no way to differentiate, both of them have equal role in the novel).

This novel totally pointed out the HE that could have happened if many miscommunication did not take place in many many... more>> other shoujo/bl novels. The protags were absolutely respectful to each other, and yet kind and understanding to each other. The best thing was the doses of realistic advices and life lessons put in between brilliantly.

Yes uke Tong Yan is only 18, but he's more mature than many 28 yo out there. And yes Zhuo Ming is older than Tong Yan, but he rarely patronized Tong Ya using the advantage of his age.

Main reason why many people called it "boring", because there's no evil mother/sister/brother/classmate making shitty conspiracy and ruining the protags' life. The problems faced by them are more realistic, something we face sometimes when we are in a relationship, or even with our family members. This novel is NOT melancholic, melodramatic, heartwrenching. It's heartwarming and a novel of two people with abandonment issues being the support of each other's life.

So those who are looking for pain inducing drama, this is NOT for you, go somewhere else and don't leave 1 star in this novel. This novel does not deserve so less. Σ (ಠ_ಠ) <<less