The Poker-Face Upstairs

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From mere lust to “I love you”,

From mutual disdain to mutual confession,

This is a light-hearted and down-to-earth tale of pursuing love.

Qi Shen, a poker-faced man standing 185 cm tall, works in finance, is a fitness enthusiast, and rents a room to win back his ex-boyfriend, but ends up being berated by the landlord due to being too much of a fuss.

Ji Xinchen, a versatile youth also standing 184 cm tall, is first put off by Qi’s handsome face and good physique, but later finds himself drawn to Qi and decides to chase after him.

This is a story of a calm, poker-faced top and a sunny, affectionate bottom.

Qi Shen (top) x Ji Xinchen (bottom)

A joyous pair of frenemies: the gong (top) has a stunning physique, while the shou (bottom) is easily swayed by looks.

Associated Names
One entry per line
住在楼上的扑克脸
Related Series
N/A
Recommendations
Hope You’ve Been Well (1)
Recommendation Lists
  1. Completely translated novels 5 (higher ratings)
  2. DONE (BL-2)

Latest Release

Date Group Release
12/17/23 LilNovel c1
Review
1 Review


Karamel Makkiato
Karamel Makk
Feb 23, 2024
Status: Completed
This novel is way cuter than I thought it would be.

The pace of novel is not too fast nor too slow and I like all the characters--I don't really think any of the characters are too shameless or unredeemable.

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Spoiler

The ML rented MC's B&B which is across the tower from his ex-bf who cheated on him and broke up with him. The interactions between ML and his ex are not ambiguous--the ex does not try to get back with ML and ML stopped pursuing the ex after a few attempts. MC initially got attracted to ML due to his pecs lol but later became more serious after he saw how serious ML was when trying to reconcile with ML's ex.

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ML and MC's relationship progressed rather maturely and naturally. Both parties know when to pause and step back when either of them was about to cross the line. MC is straightforward and sincere and good at communicating his thoughts and feelings to ML, which makes their relationship steadily improve.

Spoiler

I actually don't hate MC's ex. He was acting annoying for a bit but at least he knew what he did wrong and actually tried to redeem himself just to clear up some bad aftertastes with MC, and not in order to get back with MC

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The side couple is OK--I didn't really care much about their story but their story only takes one extra chapter.

I think there are probably 2 versions of this novel--one is a shounen ai and the other has the smut portions. The smuts are really pretty spicy <<less
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