My Husband Is a Bottom, and I'm a Top

* Sensitive, lovesick snake-demon husband gong x flirtatious, shameless, sharp-tongued human shou Shui Lian is a snake demon. When he was eight, the eldest young master of the Lin family, Lin Yuzhou, took him home. Lin Yuzhou was a lunatic who was obsessed with performance art. He didn’t learn much about being human. He mostly learned performance art. That was why Shui Lian always gritted his teeth at Lin Yuzhou. He was used to silently standing behind him, spreading his arms to measure the width of a human’s shoulders and hoping he’d grow bigger, preferably big enough to swallow Lin Yuzhou whole. Until he came across the idea that humans could equate the most intense love with appetite. The snake who didn’t understand humans asked himself, “If I want to eat him, does that mean I love him very much?” * On Shui Lian’s eighteenth birthday, as he made a wish, Lin Yuzhou asked, “You’re an adult now. What do you wish for?” Taking advice from various other demons, Shui Lian said to Lin Yuzhou, “I want to marry you.” Lin Yuzhou sprayed wine all over the candles. Lin Yuzhou: “Are you serious?” Shui Lian was very solemn. “I’m serious.” He wanted to figure out the difference between love and appetite. * Lin Yuzhou had always enjoyed performance art. He doted on Shui Lian like a darling, so if his darling wanted to get married, they would get married. On the first day of their marriage, Shui Lian abandoned his usual bitter attitude and sweetly called Lin Yuzhou “hubby.” Lin Yuzhou broke out in goosebumps. At noon, Shui Lian forbade Lin Yuzhou from eating before him, because he had to deliver a lunchbox to his beloved husband. When Lin Yuzhou opened the lunchbox at work, he found a fist-sized serving of plain rice with one plum, two shrimp, one fried egg, and three florets of broccoli. Lin Yuzhou thought he was going to starve to death at the office. That evening, Shui Lian demanded his phone, claiming he wanted to check up on him. Lin Yuzhou handed it over and watched as Shui Lian searched through his entire phone. At the end, Shui Lian magnanimously declared, “As a good husband, I won’t interfere with your social life, but remember to come home.” Lin Yuzhou: “…” The eldest young master Lin swallowed the “you little dumbass” that was on the tip of his tongue and gave him a nauseatingly affectionate look. “As long as you’re happy.” But when Shui Lian pinned him to the bed and demanded they fulfill their marital duties, Lin Yuzhou couldn’t laugh anymore. Wasn’t this game of pretending to be married getting a little too serious? * Shui Lian knew their marriage was fake, but he liked seeing Lin Yuzhou look awkward and troubled, sometimes even on the verge of a breakdown. It was far more fun than arguing with him. He still couldn’t tell appetite apart from love, and he always wanted to eat Lin Yuzhou. But that was all right. Lin Yuzhou loved him. He would agree. Reading guide: 1. Updates between 9 and 11 p.m. 2. More or less a love story set in an urban fantasy world. A couple of lunatics fall in love, and both the gong and shou are crazy. Their relationship develops like a runaway horse, and the setting is just as fantastical. The story starts off a little slow. 3. The romance begins once they’re adults. The gong and shou are not related by blood and are not registered in the same household. 4. This is purely a work of self-indulgence. I have no triggers. If you feel uncomfortable while reading, please stop. Reading should be fun, so don’t make yourself suffer. Your health matters most. Wishing you good health. Theme: Love others like you’re tending a garden, and love yourself the same way.