Fall Asleep with You

Depressed ASMR sleep-aid streamer and tenant VS loyal, dog-like, autistic insomniac landlord

It was another sleepless night when Li Kaiyang accidentally found an ASMR livestream meant to help people sleep.

The streamer was sweet and cute, speaking softly as she simulated ear cleaning.

Li Kaiyang put on his headphones. A tingling sensation spread through his ears, like an electric current running over his scalp, and before he knew it, he'd fallen asleep.

From that day on, he entered the livestream at the same time every day, sending gifts and requesting his favorite sleep-aid segments.

Until the day his tenant knocked on the door. The moment Li Kaiyang opened it, he was so startled he nearly dropped the spatula in his hand.

The person who accompanied him to sleep every night was standing right in front of him.

Anmian had recently been looking for a place to live, and she was lucky enough to find a room in a shared house at a very attractive price.

The catch was that she would be living with the landlord, who was pretty fussy. For example, everything in the shared areas had to be put back after use, he went to bed after eleven, and tenants weren't allowed to make noise.

As long as the rent was low enough, none of that was a problem.

It was just that the landlord himself was a little strange.

The first time he saw her, he nearly dropped his spatula, as if he'd seen a ghost.

Whenever they crossed paths, he always looked as though he wanted to say something but didn't dare.

She was just a little gloomy. It wasn't as if she ate people. Her landlord was so socially anxious it was unbelievable.

Still, that suited her. It meant she could avoid pointless socializing.

But the landlord's "social anxiety" seemed to be getting better little by little.

After she finished a livestream while sick with a cold, he just happened to have made extra snow fungus and pear soup, and gave her a bowl.

When she got her period and didn't feel like cooking, he just happened to have made extra guobaorou, her favorite dish, and brought her some.

She'd misjudged him. The landlord was actually a pretty nice guy.

Recently, Li Kaiyang had been breaking his own rules again and again.

Instead of going to bed at eleven, he stayed up until Anmian ended her stream.

Instead of eating lunch at noon, he waited for Anmian to wake up.

But he didn't feel uncomfortable about breaking his routines as he had expected. Instead, he felt as if life were so wonderful it had to be a dream.

He was just a little worried about Anmian's health.

In person, she was completely different from the woman in the livestream. She was gloomy and gave off an air of "stay away," as if simply being alive was already a struggle for her.

Li Kaiyang never knew how to get along with Anmian.

There was another question that had been bothering him: He'd missed his chance to come clean at the start. How was he supposed to tell Anmian that he was the top gifter in her livestream without making her think he was a creepy stalker?

# I'm willing to break every rule for you

Reading Guide:

A slice-of-life romance focused on the relationship.

The male lead is autistic and highly intelligent, but the female lead doesn't know this at first and thinks he's "socially anxious."

His condition doesn't seriously affect his daily life, but he does have some "special" behaviors, such as strongly disliking it when his routines are disrupted.

Also, in the male lead's eyes, most men and women are no different from one another: they're all strangers who have nothing to do with him. The female lead is the exception, of course.

Theme: No matter what kind of person you're born as, you can live a life that's uniquely your own.