One day, when Xiao Tang read a semi-autobiographical book that smeared his male god’s name, Xiao Tang angrily threw the book and ended up passing through.
A book separates the two worlds, on one side is the 5G era, and on the other side is inside the book named “Thank you, for your love in 1999.”
Tang Jinyu, a 17-year-old high school student, has shrunk to a small toddler. He tries to step on a small stepping stool to see the world outside his front door, but he ends up seeing his male god carrying a schoolbag passing by…
This was such a wonderful fluffy story, perfect for such horrible times (covid, racial tensions, war). It's wonderful to read a story about a family that most parents and children hope for. One where the parents can give their all to their child and be appreciated for it. One where the child can expect consistent support from parents. One where neighbors become almost family, and kind strangers become grandparents.
I love the idea of parallel universes and second chances, and this author does such a beautiful job of highlighting what is most likely to happen in reality, and what can happen given enough caring people working together to amplify kindness.
The translations sometimes make the story a bit confusing, but never to the point you can't understand the general plot, and you can tell the translator is trying (translation is very hard work, especially if you aren't familiar with idioms)
It starts cute and wholesome, the relationship between the male god and the protagonist is warm and brotherly. But the romance starts creeping in after 100 chapters more or less. I say creeping in, because there's a 9-10 years difference between the male god and the protagonist and the MG starts to feel attracted when the protagonist is around 14 years old. The MG even decides at that point to wait until the protagonist is "old enough", I find this extremely creepy. After that, even brotherly interactions felt sour to me, because there were second intentions.
It would've been different if the protagonist felt attracted and pursued the male god when he was an adult and the male god started to see the protagonist in another light at that point. But the whole being attracted to an underage boy and treating him well and waiting feels like grooming to me.
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