Fight the Landlord, Fall in LoveCh41 - Extra: Proposal

One day in May, 5 minutes to 9 P.M.

When Sun Zinan came out of the shower, he noticed his phone vibrating. He glanced and saw that the caller was Tang Kai, so casually picked it up. “Hello?” j FRBT

A hesitant female voice came across. “…Hello?”

Sun Zinan: ?

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The voice stumbled, sounding very unnatural as if it was struggling to fight back a laugh. “Excuse me, are you Professor Tang’s…um, sweetheart baby fruit?”

Sun Zinan, “…” Hfmx1h

Tang Kai, this shameless sand sculpture. Forget about him secretly giving him this shameful nickname, he even put it in other people’s hands. If Sun Zinan hadn’t know what kind of person he was, he would have labeled him some kind of internet troll.

“I’m Tang Kai’s boyfriend.” Sun Zinan forced himself to push away this page from the past and feigned calmness as he said, “Why is his phone with you?”

“Oh, oh…” The woman said hurriedly, “It’s like this. Our colleagues had dinner outside tonight at a hotel and the male employees all had a little too much to drink. We don’t know where he lives, could you come pick him up?”

Sun Zinan gave a small sigh. “Okay, I got it. Give me the address and I’ll be right there. We’ve troubled you.”

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The female teacher hung up the phone and locked it before giving it back to Tang Kai, who was so drunk he couldn’t even open his eyes. With a helpless face, she continued to call the family members of the next male professor.

Tang Kai clutched his phone and stumbled against the back of his chair to sleep for a while. Maybe because he was uncomfortable, it wasn’t very practical to sleep. He shook his head irritatedly and squinted his drunk eyes. He tapped away at his phone and somehow magically managed to hit Sun Zinan’s name in the call records.

“Hello? ”

Sun Zinan’s voice came from the handset. Tang Kai dizzily held up the phone in front of him like it was a video call. “Nan Nan…en? Where are you?” DnUpS

“I’m driving,” said Sun Zinan. “Did you drink too much? Wait a moment, I’ll come pick you up.”

Professor Tang had a strong sense of safety procedures. “If you’re driving don’t drink, if you’re drinking don’t drive…darling, stay there obediently, don’t drive. Your husband will come pick you up.”

Sun Zinan, “…”

He had to admit that although Professor Tang was quite dumb at the moment, when he was drunk, he lowered his voice until it was even more magnetic and deep. It had quite the killer strength; even the hairs on the back of Sun Zinan’s neck were standing up. XM8tJk

Fortunately, the hotel was not too far from their home and it was only a short drive away. Sun Zinan went directly into the private room. This group of people really seemed like they had drunk too much; some were lying down while others were sprawled all over. The only person sitting upright in this entire scene was his family’s Professor Tang.

Sun Zinan walked over, bent down, and put a finger up in front of him and shook it. He smiled. “Can you still recognize who I am?”

Tang Kai lifted his eyelids and looked at him, seemingly recognizing who he was. Without saying anything, he opened his arms and hugged him into his embrace, murmuring, “Don’t be afraid, don’t bother with them. I’ll take you home.”

Sun Zinan almost fell over on him. He steadied himself against the back of the chair with a great amount of effort. “I shouldn’t tease you…let’s go, can you stand up?” jX BZ8

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Sun Zinan pulled out a coat from the back seat and threw it into his arms, pushing Tang Kai into the shotgun seat. “Put some clothes on, don’t catch a cold.”

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There was the hint of perfume on the coat. The two of them had lived together for a long time; the clothes in their closet had been tinted with the same scent and it was difficult to distinguish between their clothing. Tang Kai held the coat and intently stared at Sun Zinan, as he concentrated on driving, as if he were using his eyes to trace the sight of a rare treasure. This directness made Sun Zinan uncomfortable, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Why are you looking at me?”

Tang Kai said honestly, “You’re attractive.” PfvQTM

Sun Zinan, “You’re not allowed to look, shut your eyes.”

Tang Kai, “What, does it cost money to look at you?”

“It doesn’t cost money for you.” Sun Zinan turned the steering wheel and couldn’t resist smiling as he said, “But you’re distracting me from driving, so you’re not allowed to look.”

Tang Kai ‘hmphed’ gently and turned his head to mutter to himself. “Why am I not allowed to look at my wife?” xQYh7p

Sun Zinan didn’t hear him clearly. “What?”

Tang Kai shut his eyes childishly and ignored him.

The car drove into the small garden. Sun Zinan woke up the drunkard and took him back into the apartment. The two of them had moved places at the beginning of the year. Wisteria Road Number 22 was a single-family garden villa. It wasn’t as close as the original little neighborhood, but it was only half an hour’s drive from both Tianhai University and Sun Zinan’s new company.

Sun Zinan had wanted this house for a while. The renovations were complete, and they had just moved in this May. There was a large bathroom in the new house. Tang Kai was stripped clean and left soaking in the bathtub. Sun Zinan was afraid he would accidentally fall in and drown, so accompanied him with a towel to wipe his back. MFQCfG

The heat was dense; the bathroom warm. Tang Kai’s muscular, strong upper body was exposed. His long and slender legs soaked in the water like a big merman. Beauty was beauty, but it just wasn’t very obedient. It kept splashing the water like a naughty child. Sun Zinan was splashed all over and about to have a mental breakdown. “Stay still.”

Tang Kai turned over towards Sun Zinan and clutched his head, looking at him with pitiful eyes. “Si…it hurts, how can I stay still?”

“…” Sun Zinan had no way to deal with this drunk childish brat and had to surrender. “I shouldn’t have teased you, I was wrong, okay? Come here, husband will give you a massage.”

Tang Kai blinked. “Want hug.” N8zhpw

“Okay—” Sun Zinan laughed to himself, pushing his sleeves up and opening his arms. “Come, husband will hug you.”

Before his voice landed, Tang Kai tugged him and he fell into the water with a splash.

Sun Zinan wiped the water off his face and gritted his teeth. “Tang. Kai.”

Tang Kai held him steadily and pressed fluttering kisses from his cheeks to the corner of his eyes. “En, husband hug.” 7KvseQ

“How much did you drink…” Sun Zinan had no other options left. He wiped the water drops from his brow. “What good thing did you chance upon?”

“I want to become a full-timer.” Tang Kai said suddenly, “Okay?”

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“En?” Sun Zinan thought about it for a second and realized he was talking about becoming a tenured professor from an associate professor. Since the beginning of the year, Tang Kai had been busy with papers and writing application materials. It seemed to have been for this matter. “Okay, why not?”

“Really?” R5kVdh

Sun Zinan thought to himself, it doesn’t matter if I say so, go ask your school. But for now he could only pet this drunk’s hair and say casually, “Really. Your boss has approved it. You’ll get a raise tomorrow, okay? Okay, don’t sit here for too long, you’ll faint.”

He got up from the bathtub, dried the water on his body, and found a large towel to wrap around Tang Kai. While he dried his hair, he found that Tang Kai was staring at him unblinkingly with burning eyes. The eyes suddenly became very gentle, and he abruptly grabbed both sides of the bath towel to wrap Sun Zinan into his arms.

“Oh my god.” Sun Zinan was almost angered into laughing. “How are you so clingy after just a bit of alcohol? You won’t let go after hugging…be good.”

Tang Kai buried his head into the crook of his neck like a big, spoiled cat. He said elegantly, “Boss, I will perform well, trust me.” a8EU4K

Sun Zinan, “…”

He must have gone crazy too; he actually thought this dummy was rather cute. So he raised his hand and stroked Tang Kai’s back as he said jokingly, “Yes, Professor, get dressed quickly—do you still want to be the Archimedes of biology?”

The next day, Tang Kai woke up with a splitting headache. He sat up from his blankets and covered his head as he tried to recall the various floating gibberish in his fragmented memory. Just as he was going insane with his mind full of paste, Sun Zinan pushed the door open and gave him a glass of warm water. “You’re awake?”

“En.” Tang Kai took the cup and drank half the water. “Last night…” e8PYQp

“Yes, it’s exactly what you think.” Sun Zinan said with a serious expression, “Isn’t this scene very familiar? Wait for me to light a cigarette while you stay in bed.”

Tang Kai suddenly seemed like he had been struck by lightning and issued an incredulous sound. “Ah?”

Sun Zinan, “Hahahahaha.”

Tang Kai feebly fell back into bed. “I knew it…you've been plotting against me for a long time. Boss, give me a score. How did I do yesterday?” Jk7Anb

Sun Zinan had laughed enough. “Actually your alcohol tolerance is okay. You didn’t go crazy, but you pulled me around all night talking about full-time.”

Tang Kai was puzzled. “What?”

“Full-time, you said it yourself. You were as excited as a middle-schooler.” Sun Zinan suddenly bowed his head and leaned over, repressing his voice and saying, “But when you become a tenured professor, if you act like your colleagues did last night, I will end you.”

Tang Kai tried to argue. “I don’t…” doSqj4

Sun Zinan feigned a sinister expression and asked aggressively, “Remember?”

Tang Kai was shocked by this big brother’s vitality and immediately bowed his head and said obediently, “I remember.”

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Summer came quietly, imperceptibly.

One evening, Sun Zinan received a phone call from Tang Kai on his way home from work. He asked him to help him find a book in the study, which was one of the most important materials for his tenure. Sun Zinan, afraid of delaying his business, went straight to the study and pushed the door open, but was overwhelmed by a large pile of rose petals blowing towards him. o3UWck

Tang Kai was dressed in a formal suit and wearing golden-rimmed glasses. He looked like he was attending an international academic conference. He got up from the chair behind his desk and walked through the rose-covered red carpet. He took Sun Zinan’s hand and led him to a tall bookshelf.

Sun Zinan was faintly aware of what Tang Kai was going to do, but he was caught off guard by the theatrics, and turned his head a little dazedly to look at him.

“There’s a very important book here.” Tang Kai stood behind him, one hand around Sun Zinan’s waist, one hand passing by the books. He tapped a book with a light gray cover. “Would you like to see it?”

Sun Zinan stretched his hand over and pulled the book out. It was called RNAi Basic Theory and Application. tW2 CM

The book was not flat; it seemed to have something in between its pages. Tang Kai took Sun Zinan’s hand and turned to the first page. He said slowly behind him, “This book is a compilation of some of my previous papers by a publishing house. This is my first published book. They sent me a sample today. They wanted me to write a postscript but I asked the editor if I could write a thank you note at the beginning. They agreed.”

Sun Zinan heard the words and looked down at the page of white paper, which had a note written neatly with a fountain pen—

Dedicated to my partner Mr. Sun Zinan. You are my world outside of this world.

Tang Kai said, “I didn’t drink, so now I have the courage to ask you while I’m sober. Are you okay with your name being written in this thank you note?” OpYBNG

This proposal really fit Professor Tang’s personality. Sun Zinan stroked the line of writing through the back of the paper, thinking of the spring breeze not long ago and that intoxicated night. He suddenly realized that Tang Kai’s “full-time” wasn’t just some drunken mumblings, but this meaning.

He continued to flip through the pages of the book, and two platinum rings fell into his palm. One of the rings was smooth, and the other ring was embedded with a small diamond, engraved with their initials.

T.K & S.Z.N

The last piece of the domino finally fell, and it happened so naturally. He seemed to have been waiting for many years. His heart had met many sour emotions, but at this moment, the marriage proposal became a cocoon protecting him from the wind, dust, ice and snow, revealing a new heaven. nO6wGe

“Haven’t I already told you—” Sun Zinan grabbed one of Tang Kai’s hands and slowly pushed the ring onto his ring finger. “The boss has already approved of your full-time position.”

“Of course, yes.” He put his arms around Tang Kai’s neck and gave him a light kiss. “I do.”

You are my emotion outside of reason, my exception outside of convention.

You are an unpredictable fate. You are a brand-new world outside of this world. Z17GD3

I will thank your sincere intentions for the rest of our lives.

t/n: and so ends fight the landlord, fall in love. thank you so so so much for reading and thank you everyone for commenting and following me through this journey. in a world full of heartbreak, pain, and loneliness, i hope everyone can find a solace within themselves and the support to find happiness, just like sun zinan did 🙂

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159 comments

  1. Oh my gosh!! WHY AM I CRYING?!

    “You are my world outside of this world.” CRIES

    Thank you so much for sharing this story with us. I have enjoyed it greatly! <3 <3 <3

  4. Thank you for translating this novel! You’ve worked hard. I really enjoyed reading this novel. Thank you once again~ ❤

  5. Thank you, Nao!

    The last few chapters has been so sweet! I’m glad after that tough situation at home, SZN finally found his permanent home with TK!

    🤗

    • Thank you for reading and following all this time!! Really appreciate it and happy you like the ending!!

  8. SO CUTE 😭😭😭 I can’t believe it’s already done!!!!

    Thanks a bunch for translating this! It was awesome!! ❤

    • I can’t believe it’s done too!! Although my fingers have been happy with the extra rest 😂 thank you for reading and following along~~

  9. … Well… I have no words left to say…

    Thank you for the hard work I’ll surely miss this lovely couple…~♥~

  10. Thanks for the chapter! Ah, I loved this novel… wish there were more chapters of this relationship! Happy Holidays!

  13. I read this last night and cried and fall asleep in the middle of it 😭 and now i just finished reading everything and i must say the fluff is a goal 😍 i mean they are just so smooth from the start 😌 so thank you for all the hardwork and time you took to translate this 👍😘

    • Thank you for reading don’t cry though haha 😭 I’m glad you liked it so much!!

  14. Aww, that proposal was so Professor Tang but romantic and heartfelt too 🥰

    I’ve loved reading about this couple and gonna miss them 😭

    Thanks for the chapter and for sharing this great novel 💕

  15. THANK YOU FOR TRANSLATING THIS NOVEL!

    GOD THIS COUPLE FISHED ME

    what a proposal, now they’re forever engraved on history and I’m sure Tang Kai’s book will be a best-seller

    all points are connected only we didn’t get to see the other in-laws meeting…

    thank you so much!!

  16. Thanks you so much translator!!! ❤️❤️❤️ It was very sweet ❤️❤️❤️

  17. I’ve been a silent reader because I waited for the translations to be finished first so I can binge-read lol. Thanks for the translations, it’s very beautiful!! The translator notes are also very helpful as well, I learned a lot of new idioms/slangs lol

    I came here after Golden Stage (my ultimate favorite!!) and CWBB surely doesn’t fail in giving us fluff and a cp with healthy communication ❤️

    • Thanks so much for reading!! And I’m really glad the tns helped ahhh yes haha cwbb is one of my fave authors she never fails with the fluff and healthy communication 🙂 Glad you enjoyed!

  18. Great story! Thank you for the translation❤️. I only wish it were longer. I will miss these two… 😭

  19. I’m so glad I found this beautiful piece of work, happy endings always makes me smile!

    Thanks for all your hard work and happy new year everyone! 💕✨

  21. I start this yesterday and now… thanks for the translation I really loved this couple. Happy new year

  22. AAAHHHH really love the emotional rollercoaster feels of this novel QAQ so glad i read this~ thank u so much for the great translation!! hopefully i can see more of your work ;>

    • omg lol my ENTIRE dashboard is just your comments 😂 thanks for all your insights on every chapter!! i’m really glad you enjoyed haha you’re welcome to check out any of the other works i have in the link 😉

  23. I enjoyed this so so so much!!! ❤❤ thank you so much for translating, i finished this in one seating!!! Thank you for your hard work ❤❤

  26. uwaaa this novel was really good my heart is overflowing with fluff thank you so so much for translating this T^T

  27. That was beautiful. Thank you for the translation! ^_^

  28. If this is your first novel then you’re really good. I do not know any Chinese language but I can feel that nothing has been lost in translation

  29. Ah ah ah…. so sweet so tender…. makes me wanna fall in love too…. ah ah ah….. thanks for your hard work….. 😍😍😍😍😍😍

  31. Thanks Nao for translating. I love the ending very much. TK & SZN a great couple especially how they support each other.

  32. That proposal was really touching! And This novel was perfection. I really enjoyed it!

    Thanks so much for your Hard work!!

  33. That was so good! I really love how they compliment each other, how they found their homes in each other’s arms. I’m just curious on how Tang Kai’s parents would feel when they meet Sun Zinan.

    Thank you for your wonderful translation nao-san! This story is really lighthearted, it is so adorable. I’m just glad they found their happiness. Love love love

    💫

    • Thanks so much for reading and really glad you enjoyed! I’m sure Tang Kai’s parents would love Sun Zinan 🙂

  36. STOP MAKING ME CRY OH MY GODY’ALL, WE LITERALLY STARTED OFF WITH ROTTEN TOMATOESAND NOW I HAVE BEEN SMOTHERED BY A COMBINATION OF ROSE PETALS, DOG FOOD AND A HUGE DOSE OF SWEET, SWEET MATURE LOVE AND A DASH OF VINEGAROH MY LOUIS VUITTON RICE COOKER- collapses and faints

  37. Sweet proposal. (´▽`ʃƪ)♡

    Loved these two and sad that there aren’t more chapters with them. I also wanted to know more about the side couple… Still it’s a beautiful story~~!

    Thank you for translating this novel ☺️💜

    • my entire dashboard was covered in your purple hearts for a few days haha thank you so much for all your comments and for reading! glad you enjoyed!

  39. Really sweet although short story but i quite enjoyed that. The pacing was nice and calming i feel fulfilled now. And what sweet romantic wording at the end.

    Thank you for translating

  40. Ahhh they are soo sweettt, thank you translator Nao for sharing this beautiful piece of artwork with us.😭🤧 This novel made me so comforted and I LOVE A-Xie too. I feel like hugging translator-sama so here u go Nao-san loads of hugs (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

  42. ILL MISS THIS NOVEL AAAAAAAA THE ENDING SO SWEETTTTTTTT UGHHH ILL MISS THIS TWO SO MUCH :,))))))) thank you for the translation 😭💕💕

  43. Thank you for translating this sweet novel! Their dynamics are so cute and wholesome. I wish we’ve seen a meet-the-parents scene with Tang Kai’s parents.

    This was lovely <3

  44. Dedicated to my partner Mr. Sun Zinan. You are my world outside of this world.

    This is sweeter than candy. This chapter is so good and sweet, but why am I sad? After all the dog food I’ve eaten, I also want my own. 😭

    I’m sad that this has to end, but I’m even sadder for my single since birth soul.

  46. throw flowers to Nao

    Thank you so much for your hard work!

    This is so so beautiful and heartwarming story :))))))

  48. You are my world outside of this world.

    Some one come and revive me. It’s toooooo much ahhhhhhhhhh this sweetnessssssssss

  49. Omg I binge read this in a day… I can’t believe how far they have come. Thank you for the translation!

  51. ???

    its over!

    T-T

    this was so great and so wholesome. The support in their more mature relationship, so awesome… coupled with these childish partners their romance was so funny. love this balance of fluffy and realistic family content.

  52. I can’t believe this beautiful story has ended 😭😭 I’m so happy they both got their happy ending. Thank you so much for your hard work in translating this novel💖

  53. Thank you for translating! That was very cute and sweet, I loved to see their development! So glad my babies got to have their happily ever after~

  54. im gonna have to start following my sisters recommendations more often-

    amazing novel, thanks translator-san!!

  55. I didn’t think that it was already the end 😭😭 I was actually hoping for more extras of their daily lives and the side cp (╥﹏╥)

    Thanks for the chapter (-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩___-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩)

  56. Thanks so much for this wonderful piece. I have always enjoyed power couples, tinged with a touch of fluffiness. Enjoyed this read tremendously!

  59. SUCH A VERY GOOD STORY! THANK YOU FOR TRANSLATING THIS NOVEL! THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT AND HARDWORK, TRANSLATOR(nao)! this story, short yet wholesome, so cute, full of fluff!!! i just wished there was extras on the side cp, but this is great too💘!

  61. WHAT ARE THOSE PAST THREE PARAGRAPHS????!!!! ZKHSKFJSKZHSK I am tearing up like fr. I am overwhelmed with the amount of emotions I am feeling at the same time because of this masterpiece. I FREAKING LIVE THIS NOVEL(-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩___-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩) thank you thank you thank you for translating this novel

  62. The author is my favourite, her novel golden stage has my heart, my beautiful memories and now this one too. All the sugary sweetness wholesomeness in this novel melt my heart. Im satisfied i have no regrets

    They are one of those couples who I’ll remember for a long long timeThank you so much 💜

  64. This was a bit syrupy for my taste, but overall mellow and pleasant. A pleasant contrast to the harsher stories I usually prefer.

  67. I binge read the whole thing and I love it! It’s so wholesome, ugh!

    Thanks for translating this wonderful story!

  69. omfg this was such a good book i really enjoyed it a lot !! im gonna miss my babies so much

    thanks for the great translation you’re amazing

    💞

  73. Thank you for the adorable extra! This couple is pure gold <3 This novel has been a light in my life for the past few days, I love it so much! And can I just say how fantastic your translation is? Thank you so much for all your hard work in bringing this gem to us!

  74. QwQ…

    ｡ﾟ( ﾟஇ‸இﾟ)ﾟ｡ it’s over… it was so good tho.. thanks for translating this ♡