DANMEI Reading List (RAW)

199. I Have Paid Too Much for this Home

Translator: WhiteMoon x BlackSun

Chapters: 69 + 2 Extras

Tags: modern, farming, older ML, magical space(?), angel MC~~

Synopsis:

Su Xingchen inherited a house, where a rare spatial overlap occurred inside.

The person who 'cohabited' with him was a young and handsome entrepreneurial elite. This president was very pitiful. Everyday, he didn't eat well or sleep well, and even had nightmares at night.

Since they happened to live 'together,' Su Xingchen also helped the other person cook and clean in passing.

For example, when eating glutinous rice chicken with scallops for breakfast, he shared some. When eating beef stew with carrots and shredded cucumber salad for lunch, he shared some. When eating bitter melon scrambled eggs at night ... Oh, don't like bitter melon? Ok, have pork stir-fry with black fungus instead!

One month later, Su Xingchen was pleased to discover that the president had been fattened up by him (don't you think?)!

However, what Su Xingchen thought was a mutually harmonious companionship, somehow turned into the other person's 'white moonlight'.

Impressions: From the translator of The Reborn Otaku's Code of Practice for the Apocalypse. This is consistent with translator-sama's taste. Another lighthearted, easygoing, no drama BL with farming MC ^_^

So MC went back to their magical house in the countryside. The reason why this house is 'magical' is because the 2nd floor 'overlaps' with another space, which is ML's house. Basically, its connected to ML's house and MC can freely come and go there and use ML's things (if he wants) but ML won't be able to see him. So MC begins his countryside farming life~~ His house has no electricity so he would often go to the 2nd floor/ML's house to use ML's kitchen and take a bath. He sees ML which is dead tired from work, also not eating his meals on time, having nightmares and getting sick etc. so he takes care of him as 'rent' XD He would cook healthy meals for ML and leave it there for him to notice.

ML notices of couse, and he tries to catch MC/get to the bottom of this sudenly-appearing-delicious-food phenomena, but when the meals stopped coming, he also stopped looking for MC XD XD XD Basically, he just accepted that some invisible person was feeding him. XD MC & ML weirdly get along and they start exchanging notes, what to eat for dinner etc., or reminders for each other. Until they determine that they are now 'friends' and they meet in real life. ML is surprised cos he has already met 3 times (although he didn't know it was MC at the time) so they can really say that they have Fate with each other. They naturally get along cos they're used to each other's presence from their 'cohabitation' life. ML cares for MC as an elder first then finally notices his feelings. But MC is too young and too innocent so he decides to cook the frog in warm water by being MC's Brother first. MC also falls for ML but he thought that ML is a straightman cos he had an ex-girlfriend so he just keeps this secret love. Laters, MC got angry with ML cos MC said he was too young for love and that he will probably forget his so-called 'love' in one month or semester and became rebellious. ML had no choice but to fetch him and he also confessed cos he was afraid that MC would really fall inlove with someone else. Laters, they roll the sheets (ML is a beast!!!) and officially got together. Extras is MC & ML University life + MC bringing his dogs and chickens from the countryside to ML's house.

I like this, its pretty short and has a nice pacing. MC & ML both have problems (ML his family and MC his depression), but it was only briefly touched in the novel. I'm glad author-sama didn't add any dogblood. And although MC has depression, he was often shown as being positive, his life in the countryside helped improve his condition and he really wants to get better. MC & ML are basically two lonely people who got support from each other. Especially ML, he thinks that MC is a human angel cos he's so good to him XD XD XD It's pretty slow romance cos both MC & ML  are dense. It's mostly about their friendship at first, until ML notices his mind and decides to be a big-tailed wolf posing as BIg Brother~ The misunderstandings from ML subordinates are pretty funny too and adds comedy to the sweet fluffy life of the two.

This really helped lift up my mood from Turns Out I'm Crazy. Two MCs with depression, but our MC here is very warm and the novel went to the fluffy healing route instead ^_^ Read this for fluffy pastoral life in modern times~~~