On the day before the Spring Festival, the Golden Sun Sect became busier. It turned out that even cultivators celebrated this event. All the outer-sect disciple classes had been cancelled for the week, but Sun Fuyu was still training.
Wen Zhihao found him in a corner of the outer sect training grounds. Sun Fuyu wasn’t the only one training, but Wen Zhihao didn’t know the others so he ignored them.
With a convenient talisman, Wen Zhihao conjured a self-heating chair and sat near Sun Fuyu. It was almost a game to see when Sun Fuyu would notice. Sometimes it was extremely quick, but other times Sun Fuyu was so immersed that he wouldn’t even realise that night had come.
Today’s Sun Fuyu was highly focused. On the last day before the break, Sun Fuyu had beaten Wu Qingqing in a duel using the techniques from Wen Zhihao’s sword manuals, and with Wen Zhihao’s lucky stone tucked in his pocket. To his surprise, he hadn’t cared much at all about Wu Qingqing’s shocked face; instead, he felt proud that he hadn’t let down Wen-shixiong. There were only a few days left in the year, and so Sun Fuyu wanted to push. He could feel that he was so close…
Wen Zhihao noticed things first. The qi in the air started to tremble and shift, breaking away from its usual smooth flow across the grounds. The qi started to swirl towards Sun Fuyu, faster and faster, to the point that it dragged the wind with it. It all culminated in a sudden whoosh! as the air rushed outwards from Sun Fuyu.
Sun Fuyu’s movements stopped, his sword glinting sharply, his cultivation robes fluttering in the leftover wind. With an exhale, he completed the closing sequence and sheathed his sword. He could feel power pulsing in his dantian. Sun Fuyu’s head tilted down, trying to contain his feelings.
Clap clap clap.
Sun Fuyu’s head snapped up, eyes alighting on Wen Zhihao. His eyes brightened like miniature suns. “Wen-shixiong!”
Sun Fuyu hurried to Wen Zhihao’s side. “When did you arrive? Why didn’t you tell me? I was…”
Wen Zhihao looked at Sun Fuyu’s face, looking like he wanted to boast, but also too hesitant too. Wen Zhihao smiled, rubbing his shidi’s head. “How can I interrupt such a diligent shidi? You worked very hard. Congratulations on advancing.”
Sun Fuyu beamed. “Thank you, Wen-shixiong!”
“What are you thanking me for? It’s all your own work.” Wen Zhihao fiddled with his sleeves. “I was going to wait till the Spring Festival, but I’ll give this to you early as a gift for advancing.” He pulled out a plain jade ring and presented it to Sun Fuyu.
Sun Fuyu looked up at Wen Zhihao. “This…Wen-shixiong…”
“This is a spatial ring, take it.”
Over the last few months, Wen Zhihao had saved all his spiritual stone allowance in order to buy this for Sun Fuyu. It was a real shame that Sun Fuyu was poorer than the other outer sect disciples—through no fault of his own. It wasn’t Sun Fuyu’s fault that he didn’t have any family members who were also cultivators, and it wasn’t Sun Fuyu’s fault that some of the other cultivators stole his spiritual stone allowance because he had no backers.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Qfc Itltjb qtsrlmjiis qijmfv la bc Vec Mese’r qjiw, jcv qgfrrfv tlr olcufgr mibrfv bnfg la. “Frf la tbkfnfg sbe klrt, Vec-rtlvl. Tbe kbgxfv tjgv.”
Vec Mese’r tfjga ofia rbeg jcv kjgw. Lf jmmfqafv atf rqjalji glcu. Lf atbeuta jybea qeaalcu atf uibklcu rabcf atja Qfc-rtlzlbcu ujnf tlw lcrlvf atf glcu, yea vfmlvfv jujlcra la. Vec Mese ilxfv atf mjiwlcu dl atja atf rabcf fwjcjafv.
“Now, are you going to cultivate some more, or will you accompany your shixiong to town?”
Sun Fuyu’s eyes brightened. “Accompany!”
“I haven’t seen how the mortal towns decorate for the Spring Festival. Does your family have any traditions? My parents are dead…”
In the memory of the original ‘Wen Zhihao’, his parents had died, and his uncle dropped him off at the sect, basically using the place as a dumping ground. The original ‘Wen Zhihao’ was lucky in that he did have some ability for cultivation, and therefore was able to stay. Unfortunately, ability did not equal talent, and there were many, many talented cultivators.
Sun Fuyu’s face immediately became cold. “My family is still alive.”
Wen Zhihao’s eyes softened. “Forget about them. Relations by blood are overrated anyway.”
All Wen Zhihao needed to do was think about all the families that fought internally, all the families that kicked out children who didn’t follow their rigid ideas of ‘normal’… Wen Zhihao rubbed his smooth chin. “Hmm, why don’t you call me Zhihao-shixiong? Wen-ge?”
Sun Fuyu’s eyes widened. “Ge…ge?” His cheeks flushed red.
Wen Zhihao laughed, patting him on the head. “Don’t push yourself if you don’t like it. Shall we head out?”
“Yes…Wen-ge.”
“Or Zhihao-shixiong is fine,” Wen Zhihao said.
Sun Fuyu pursed his lips, acting a little spoilt. “But Wen-ge said I could use Wen-ge.”
Wen Zhihao wasn’t fussed either way, and ‘Wen-ge’ was shorter and easier. “Let’s go, Xiao Yu.”
With that, Wen Zhihao took out his sword and went into the air.
Sun Fuyu stared at the flying Wen Zhihao, dumbfounded. He called me Xiao Yu! Ah, he’s flying away! Sun Fuyu quickly took out his own sword and flew after him.
“Don’t like it?” Wen Zhihao guessed as they flew through the air.
“Like,” Sun Fuyu admitted. He didn’t meet Wen Zhihao’s eyes.
Wen Zhihao’s lips curved up, but he didn’t tease Sun Fuyu anymore, even though it was so adorable…He changed the conversation, asking Sun Fuyu’s about his cultivation instead.
They spent the rest of the evening strolling around a mortal town that was vibrantly decorated in red. Wen Zhihao took out copper coins whenever something took their fancy.
At midnight, fireworks and firecrackers went off around the town and in the Golden Sun Sect. The two watched from a high vantage point on their flying swords. Then, Wen Zhihao pulled out a red pocket.
“Unmarried youths receive lucky money,” he said, handing it to Sun Fuyu.
“Wen-ge!” Sun Fuyu protested. “But you’re unmarried too! I…I have some spiritual stones back in my room…”
“Xiao Yu.”
Sun Fuyu stopped talking.
“Just work hard, and remember me, okay?” Wen Zhihao said. Not that he needed a future golden thigh to hug. Wen Zhihao felt that he was doing pretty good for himself, and he had no intention of climbing.
But of course, Sun Fuyu took it seriously. “Thank you, Wen-ge! Happy New Year. Wishing Wen-ge peace and prosperity!”
“And wishing Xiao Yu a smooth path in cultivation.” Wen Zhihao patted Sun Fuyu. “Now it’s both our bedtimes.”
“Yes!”
Later, upon returning to his room, Sun Fuyu checked his new spatial ring and the red envelope. The red envelope had a crisp bill of mortal money. And there were more items inside the spatial ring: glowing preserved flowers and smooth jade filled with Wen-ge’s gentle qi!
Sun Fuyu’s head bowed, his heart hot in his chest. Calling him Xiao Yu, giving him these precious things…did that mean that Wen Zhihao liked him?
Elsewhere: Wen Zhihao sneezes.
Wen Zhihao: Huh, must be the onset of some cold weather…
Author: hehehe
This author has something else to say: Many people have asked about who the ML is, and who is gong and who is shou. At this point, I can safely say that Sun Fuyu is the love interest~ As for some of the other handsome looking cultivators that we’ve seen, they’ll appear again later~
As for who is gong and who is shou… I hadn’t originally planned to have sex so the question was N/A. But I know the feeling of wanting to know, so if you press me (…and if you want me to write sex scenes…), I’ll say that [click]
Wen Zhihao is closer to the gong and reversible side of the spectrum.
So cuuuuuute!
Thank you!
Well if you don’t want to write then don’t write. I sometimes feel that our MC is the shou cuz then he don’t need to do much work 😂
Thanks for the Chapters!
Tops can be lazy too though!! 🙈🙈🙈 But we’ll have see what I end up doing… 😅
Imagining Wen just lying in bed while Xiao Yu moves as a self driving car~
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I snorted. That is too much of a salted fish 😂. Being manhandled yet remain unperturbed lol.
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Like hehehehehe
+1 to both
Hahaha yes that would be like him.
Wait… is he the gong…? All this time I’m pretty sure he’s the shou…?
wait- wait- wait! wdym gong? I thought he was a shou…. QAQ, truth be told… I might drop was never a big fan of gong mcs but I’ll see where I go….
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I’m seriously getting Accidental Mark vibes 🥴🥴❤
😏😏😏 not surprising~
I’ll say that????
Say what ahhh Author we’ve been wondering for so long who will be 1 and 0 go tell us bah
But,
But I prefer a 1 Sun Fuyu 😅🤭
Lastly thanks for the chapters 💕💕
You can click on the paragraph to reveal the spoiler XD
Oh sorry there’s a function like that thank you keke and reversible sounds tasty , I I mean satisfying 🤣🤭
….still thinking about ‘reversible’….
It’s such satisfying feeling when 0 notification changes to 5 notification in a moment
thanks for the chapter~
I used the term ‘reversible’ because I imagine that’s more familiar than the term ‘switching’ XD
Thank you for reading!
have my love for writing these four chapters andalsothepsabutwedonttalkaboutthat ♡♡♡♥♡
even if sun fuyu is the ml, i still feel like wen zhihao was leading him on with the names~
as for the 1 or 0 or 0.5… i think i’d like 0.5 best (∕•∕ω∕•∕) although, if you don’t feel up to it, that’s fine too! i’m already enjoying the novel as-is!
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I can totally write smutty scenes~ I do it all the time for fanfic 😏 If it’s 0.5, then that’s double the scenes to enjoy 😂
Wait wait, what’s this I hear about our lovely author writing fanfiction? What fandoms? What platforms?
The audience needs to know! (but only if you’re comfortable with sharing, ofc)
I write mostly drarry, you can find me on AO3 under bafflinghaze!
Sensei! I frequent ao3 as well! I searched u! Thank you ! 😋
…. Why have I just now realized that I’ve read some of your fanfiction??? 😅
Please do it <3
0.5 💗
Author Sama, a little snu snu scenes don’t hurt hehe he. Thank you for this awesome novel 💋
Honestly, reversible has enough freedom for our mc, so lazy yet strangely proactive (with both talisman work and unwittingly seducing SY) so I have no complaints.
Also, the mass update was so satisfying to see (and read!) it felt like a very calming and refreshing read for the night, so ty very much author!
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+1 😏😏😏😏
Definitely agree with you about Wen Zhihao in the spolier. Thanks for the chapter!
glad you agree 😏
The story is so fluffy and cute (and relaxing!), I don’t think you need to worry about smut. (Not saying that you shouldn’t write it if you feel like it 😋 there’s always extras to consider as well…)
Thanks so much for the plentiful (harvest) update, honestly made my day ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! makes a notes in my outline for the extras
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Thanks for the updates! Ahhh~
There are two options for Wen ge to spend his sparce money: he either likes Xiao Yu or he’s raising a hamster
And I want a spatial ring too! It can even be a neon green plastic one, I just don’t wanna carry a bag arround.
Thanks for the chapters 😌
B-both? XD
I think the arguably best part about xianxia are the spatial rings….so good!
El Dorado Both Is Good.gif 😏
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J’ai eu le pressentiment qu’il serait le gong ☺️
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I definitely loved the updates.
Certainly in favor of the papapa scenes!
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takes notes 😏😏😏😏
Author-dada, sometimes I wanna fight you because your chapters are so short and so cute….. But then I remember that u still gotta write…..wipes tears
Thanks for the chapter~
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From experience, I find writing short chapters are good for that slice-of-life, episode feel…and they’re less stressful too 🙈
Thanks for reading!
Okay, I’ve learnt well
Ahhhhhhh!! 🤭
“I hadn’t originally planned to have sex so…”
Oh-kay 🤭🤭🤭✌️✌️♥️♥️♥️
Enjoy~~~
😏😏😏😏😏😏😏 the good thing about not pre-writing the entire story is that I can add new things~
Thank you very much for the updates!
Tbh, I feel like I was brainwashed by all the shou MC novels, hahaha. Thought that WZH was a shou, but let’s be honest, he’s way too OP and doting for a stereotypical shou. Also, he’s older and, I’d assume, will be taller than SFY.
That salted fish attitude he’s got, though….
I can see him telling SFY to take the lead in the bedroom (or outside, ahem, horizontally) when he got too lazy, lmao
No worries about not writing smut, though! You can always do fade to black if you’re not feeling it, or write extras if you feel like writing it.
I-I read and write a lot of seme MC novels/stories so my viewpoint is skewed 🙈🙈🙈🙈
Yes, Sun Fuyu is probably more proactive, whether it be bottoming proactively or topping proactively XD
To be honest I could see them with or without smut. Neither seems like they would know how it would work between two men and with one innocent and one lazy I could see them never feeling the need to advance past cuddles. Plus that would just be adorable like their current relationship
Their relationship does have some slightly ~asexual~ feels, doesn’t it? [more on it in the future~ 😎]
I agree! Author-Laoshi! I just can’t 😍
For his talisman cultivation stamp idea, would he try things like injecting the ink with qi and then putting the stamp in it? Or inking the stamp then attaching the qi but following the paths(like tracing a finger along the path while injecting qi)? Or using the sun qi for practice because it’s free? Just needed to get those out
You may have predicted something 😏
I play a lot of RPG games with my friends and occasionally DM myself, I tend to think creatively and have more ideas for the supernatural. I like being able to actually talk to the author about their characters because I think of so many things they could or maybe should do but can’t release them otherwise. I’m sure you get the feeling if you’ve watched something and the characters don’t do something you think they can.
Oh my 🤭
Wen Zhihao is a gong for me☺ he kind of reminds me of president Pei ehehehe 🤭🤭
Thanks for the update 💕
but unlike president Pei Zhihao is a salted fish,
Ahh yess, when the partners like to be in different servers and say stuff which becomes two different meanings for both.
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(President Pei is so cool!!)
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Th anks for the chapter! I’ve been having this thought that if the Dao of the Salted Fish ever becomes a legitimate dao it would be extremely nice instead of the super painful ways that a lot of protagonists do to get stronger, like taking a bath and giving yourself so much pain for strength. I also like the f act th at the t alism ans doesn’t h ave to be the ex act s ame or eleg ant-looking with the MC , especi ally for consum able t alism ans th at could only be used for a h andful of times, doesn’t m atter how it looks as long as it gets the job done, also less time consuming. Im agine the w asted time, effort, p apers, ink and qi if you redo it so m any times to get the perfect looking ones even if it c an be done with minim al effort ). I’d like to think the MC and ML as reversible bec ause I c an’t find th at much reversible CPs. Once ag ain th ank you for the ch apters , h aze -l aoshi (/ω＼)
oh gosh what happened ;-;
❤️❤️ I’m so glad you like it so far!
Thanks for the chapter!
Did I just read Reversible, fufufu? I kind of like the idea of cutie pie SF being all bashful & usually enjoying the attention, but sometimes jumping in enthusiasm to take a bite of his beloved ge. & on the opposite side of the medal, I like the idea of a top who also enjoys youthful enthusiasm!
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why have one when you can have it all…
Author-same, by which chapter can we expect the relationship?? 😏
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Sa fait vraiment du bien du lire cette histoire, elle est simple et elle stresse pas sa fait vraiment du bien 🤩
Thank you, I’m glad you find it peaceful!
“Calling him Xiao Yu, giving him these precious things…did that mean that Wen Zhihao liked him?”
and the misunderstandings begin (pfftt so adorable)
Now, i could see traces of a gong. Mc keeps repeating that sfy is cute, and indulging him. Maybe him becoming a gong shows that he is special, since he is willing to work hard kyaaaa! 😆😆😆 but as a sword cultivator, xiao yu definitely has stronger body than our salted 🐠 hahaha.
Xiao Yu definitely has actual combat ability unlike Wen Zhihao hahaha
Loving this story I can soo relate to WZ 🤣!
The idea of reversible is cool, I have to say sometimes it’s nice when both sides of the relationship get to be top, I’ve sometimes found it unfair when both the gong and shou are really powerful( in many meanings) yet only the gong is allowed to use his ‘bird’ even if the shou also wants to and is equally capable.
As for smutt, you could always ambiguously imply that they did it, if you don’t want to write smutt for it.
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I’ve read stories where the top says that the shou can top later…but never lets it happen at all…
I’ve read some too, the only one that really let it happen (though not in as much detail as when the gong does the shou) out what I’ve read was ‘Are You Addicted?’ – one of my favourite BL’s 😉
Majority of the time when that happens they make the shou ride them saying that they are now on top.
I think I have only read Golden \age with a reversible couple.
Hm Heavenly Soul has a reversible side couple, and I think that Waylaid, by the same author also has a reversible main couple?
Wen salted fish is the gong !!! I totally like it.. I’ve been wanting to read a story where the transmigrator is the gong.. Almost all the time the MC is the shou.. Ahhh… feels good.. 😍
I actively search for Seme MC’s everywhere. We have so less books about Seme MC. The novel “Let’s Talk about the guy who transmigrated to pursue me” has a seme MC.
I’m gonna give it a try then.. 😃 .. Thanks buddy.. 😘
More and more Seme Protagonist stories are getting translated, you can check them out on NU~
I remembered more so I am here againAccidental MarkJunior Brother wants to bend meFaking Straight My Favourite Manly Husband
The Transmigrated Li JIn’s Daily Farm life
Home of the Zerg
The only favourite ugly husband
Transmigrating into Ancient times with Lu’s convenience
The spiritual PLant master transmigration
I ran away after the rich old man was pregnant with my child
That came out weird-
Accidental mark
Junior Brother wants to bend me
Faking straight
My favourite Manly husband
I understood though.. lol.. 🤣..
Already read accidental mark..
Others, I’ll read them later for sure.. 😊
💙💙💙💙💙 💙 Accidental mark is my favouritte followed by Transmigrating into Ancient times with Lu’s convenience~
I’ve always thought of MC as a shou. He’s so lazy that shou seems like the best position. I think he would feel bad if ML was the shou and had to do ALL of the prep and work and then have the strain on the body (especially for a sword cultivator). Plus, it gives MC another reason to sleep all day. Also, I feel like ML would want to have a turn pampering his dear Wan-ge.
That can happen too! The beauty of reversibility~
Thx for the chapter!!!! 😊
Thank you for reading!
Can’t wait for the next chapter!
So cute~~!! (ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ
Thank you!
He he he~! Don’t worry bafflinghaze-sama we have great imagination for these things! And while I don’t know who is who, i can totally picture them and even reverse the roles! Mwuahahaha~
Thank you for the chapter!!
Hahahah thanks!!! 😘
Fair enough! Everyone has their preferences! I’m also a bit picky about my preferred relationship dynamics hahahahah, though I’m more picky in reading than writing I think 🤔🤔
I really do encourage you to write how to envision them. Novelupdates is full of fiction written the way I like it most. It’s really rare for me to have to avoid a story based on it being tagged MC gong or reversible couple (I actually think I’ve only ran into 2 stories tagged this!) so diversity should be encouraged when encountered. You folks have to be starving for them!
I feel YuYu is more gong-like, but i do prefer reversibles, And as for the smut… if you can integrate it into the story smoothly then go ahead (though I personally feel something too explicit won’t match the tone of the work), otherwise you can just put it in the extras; for me just the small moments of quiet intimacy between lovers seem far more exciting, touching, and beautiful than any sex scene possibly could 💖💘
nods to self
Thanks for your comment!
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Although it never is written a versatile couple that dual cultivates… that’d be awesome. Cause I’m real life versatile couples exist!
I mean “in real life” lol
exactly~
I SMELL ML (ʘ言ʘ╬)
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Although I would like Sun fuyu tone be the gong (maybe the switch?) it doesn’t matter, what matter is that my dearest child is ML (//∇//)\
Thank you~
Oh my, oh my~ A quiet and calm creek – gong and little beautiful boats – shou, what a nice picture 🌸
Thank you for reading~
For some reason I want versatility 😳 it would be interesting
It would be~ 😎
sex schenes are always appreciated but if you don’t like it then don’t force yourself as long as there is some smut I think most of us will be happy:D Thanks for your work
😏😏😏😏 we’ll see what the extras will hold! Thanks for your support!
gasp! See this is why you don’t give stray puppies gifts. They follow you home and then take over half the bed!
but this puppy is so cute!! too cute! Wen Zhihao likes cute things! 🤣
Sun Fuyu finally caught on. Or more like he figured it out before his Wen ge? Since Wen ge seems to not really think about such matters. 🤔
Wen-ge is a bit oblivious about some things 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When author said WZ is top
Me be like: 🎉🥳🤘🤸
🙈🙈 these are like personal headcanons, nothing is actually canon
Well, lazy and pampered shou x cute and pure gong is also delicious. 😚
it’s ALL very good~
Actually (as a queer person) I like it when there’s no specified gong or shou or when they are flexible about it… like real people. It gets a bit old when straight people are all asking “Who’s the husband who’s the wife?” about gay relationships like they think the way straight people organise themselves is the natural default.
I’m glad you like that there is no specified gong or shou! I really didn’t pre-set them as I wrote, because….I was more focused on the actual character/personality~~~
Just wishing there was a “like’ button I could mash XD
huggggs
It will be fun if the eager shidi presses his shixiong down instead :p
I’m not saying that it can’t happen XD
I do see WZ as the shou… “it’s less strenuous. And I can sleep afterwards.” 😉. Thank you
I mean, sure ;P
I… I thought it will be Zhang Wu 😔😔
….in an alternate universe XD
 i’m now on chapter 84, and fully cheered on SunxWen pair 😁😁… as I now think Zhang Wu and Wang Li Wei as better pair 😅😍😍
ohhhh Zhang Wu and Wang Li Wei as a pair together sounds fun hahaha
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Aaah, was hoping MC was the shou tbh but we’ll see how it goes—
🙈 there is nothing explicit in the main text!
Sun Fuyu is the love interest?
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I hope that’s a misleading statement, as in, he’s the love interest of someone, just not the MC. The vibe has seemed so “younger brotherly” to me that the idea of him being the love interest just feels wrong. I was betting on the (probably) demonic cultivator the MC rescued.
😅 yes, Sun Fuyu is indeed the main love interest. The demonic cultivator is part of another pairing…
Please write sex scenes in the story.
(Shameless voice.)
;P see the extras~
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I really hope Sun is the gong even though it’s not very likely. Love the novel btw
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Thank you!
What does it mean to be called Xiao Yu?
In this case, ‘xiao’ refers to 小, which means little. Calling him ‘Xiao Yu’ is an endearment ^_^
I assumed it meant something like that but Google did not give me enlightenment when I tried to search it up, thanks for clarifying ☺️
Congratulations to sfy for advancing!
Did I ever mention that I love how the character that’s more capable of combat in this story is treated as a sweet and “innocent” person.
Usually there’s a fighter and a support and the fighter has the personality to match. Idk it’s just so neat that you chose not to give sfy a more fiery disposition,,he feels like his own person and not like a copy pasted trope
😆😆😆 I’m glad you liked Sun Fuyu’s character haha. It’s a big of a gap moe at this point 😆😆😆😆
fist pump I’ve read your thoughts in the comments but I’m glad you stuck to your guns 😀 anyway since you’re still replying I’m here again to say how are they so dang cute 🥰 been loving all of this so much 😀
😆 😆 thanks! Wen Zhihao and Sun Fuyu just have the cutest dynamic in my heart~
nah, wen is a shou for me
I see 😄😄😄
Thank you for the chapter!
Thank you for reading 🥰
First of all, I would like to say that…. Author please stop being so cute at the end of your chapters!! Why are you competing for cuteness with your characters??!!!!
And most importantly, thanks for the update 😀
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you hahah