Ting Li was the only koi in eight hundred years at Wanhua Temple to attain human form, but his merit could never be fulfilled.
The abbot advised him to go down the mountain and explore the world. Ting Li agreed.
The first thing he did after leaving the mountain was rent a luxurious apartment in the city center... a second bedroom.
The landlord was a haughty young master who often said strange things to him.
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After Jiang Qiyuan's family cut off his allowance, someone contacted him as soon as he posted an ad for a tenant.
The new tenant was handsome, with red lips and bright white teeth, but he kept staring at Jiang Qiyuan's bedroom with a heated gaze.
Jiang Qiyuan suspected the guy was gay, and had a crush on him at that!
Jiang Qiyuan frowned. "I'm warning you, don't think about any weird stuff in my home, and especially don't get any ideas about me!"
Ting Li swallowed as he looked toward the master bathroom and interrupted him. "Um... can I borrow your bathtub?"
Jiang Qiyuan: "..."
Of course, Ting Li didn't just like using his bathtub. He'd also sit shirtless in the living room late at night watching Journey to the West, stumble into Jiang Qiyuan's arms early in the morning wrapped in a bath towel, and even sneak into his room in the middle of the night.
When asked, Ting Li would only say he was looking for something.
The young master's ears turned red. Tugging at his sleeveless T-shirt, he wondered what the guy could possibly have left in his room. He wasn't even trying to hide it anymore.
Then one day, Jiang Qiyuan skipped class and came home to hear water running in the bathroom.
Ting Li had definitely sneaked in for a bath. Who knew what that guy was doing in there!
Jiang Qiyuan rushed in, but the young man who should have been bathing was nowhere to be seen. A red-scaled koi was in the bathtub, blowing bubbles around his little yellow duck.
In his shock, Jiang Qiyuan was splashed all over by the koi's flicking tail.
Later, Jiang Qiyuan paid to replace the bathtub with a round, two-person tub and specially invited the koi to bathe with him at night.
Five minutes later.
Jiang Qiyuan tried to bargain. "Baby, why don't you turn back? Having a fish swimming under me... feels weird..."
The koi poked its head above the water. "Didn't you invite me to take a bath with you?"
"Yeah." Jiang Qiyuan cleared his throat, keeping a straight face. "We humans bathe differently from you koi. I can teach you."
The koi: "?"
Jiang Qiyuan raised an eyebrow. "Try it and you'll see."
A few minutes later, the duped koi tried to escape, but someone's arms held him firmly in their embrace.
Naturally flirtatious, free-spirited koi bottom x haughty, sharp-tongued, pure-hearted young master top
[Reading Guide]
1. A silly, sweet story. 1v1, younger bottom, happy ending.
2. The top has an unusual way of thinking and loves to talk himself into things.
3. Set in a fictional world. Don't overthink it.
Theme: Striving for a better life