is this it???

Is It over?

huh is this the end

I was not expecting the old "they had a thing long ago which at least one of them has forgotten" schtick.

It feels like it's trying to be deep...but doesn't really stick the landing, especially if this is the actual end. The art is nice and the character dynamic is interesting, I just wish it was a little more grounded and explored the relationship a bit more thoroughly. Anyways, thanks for the translation!

well, didn't see that coming, didn't expect the tenant to be a real creep but whatever

also, i re-read everything because i didn't remember and look at this long ass neck lol
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_flirty_tenant_and_the_pretty_landlady_ch03#3

The chapter almost feels like a soft reboot with an entirely different premise

The chapter almost feels like a soft reboot with an entirely different premise

Yeah something doesn't entirely mesh here, it's a bit off unfortunately.

[I deleted the rest of this response due to being informed of an error I made, and posted an updated version in a following comment]

last edited at Jul 24, 2025 6:02AM

Yeah something doesn't entirely mesh here, it's a bit off unfortunately.

Is the new roommate a stalker? A yandere? Does the MC care? Oh you forgot about me years after I vanished from the face of the earth and never gave you contact my information, let me have great sex with you as revenge! I mean...I guess...? Not sure why she wouldn't show up and say, oh hey we used to go to school together, like a normal human being. There's this whole sinister vibe throughout the story...but then the MC seems to simply react in a way that's along the lines of, oh well the sex is really good!. Maybe I'm crazy but the writing is weird to me lmao

It's the mc who vanished without giving contact info not the tenant

last edited at Jul 24, 2025 5:28AM

Yeah something doesn't entirely mesh here, it's a bit off unfortunately.

Is the new roommate a stalker? A yandere? Does the MC care? Oh you forgot about me years after I vanished from the face of the earth and never gave you contact my information, let me have great sex with you as revenge! I mean...I guess...? Not sure why she wouldn't show up and say, oh hey we used to go to school together, like a normal human being. There's this whole sinister vibe throughout the story...but then the MC seems to simply react in a way that's along the lines of, oh well the sex is really good!. Maybe I'm crazy but the writing is weird to me lmao

It's the mc who vanished without giving contact info not the tenant

Thanks for the correction, I re-read the chapter after reading your comment and I see I made a mistake. I think I was already confused and then further confused myself by getting the characters mixed up towards the end of the flashback.

With that said, let me re-work my previous response:

From the looks it the roommate saw the MC on the street and decided to...stalk her I guess? Until she could find an opportunity to move in with the MC. I'm not sure if the roommate is a Yandere. The MC vanished from the face of the earth and never gave this roommate her contact information when they were in school together. Now the roommate's response years later seems to be, I'm going to take revenge on her forgetting about me by having amazing sex with her!. I mean...I guess...? Not sure why she couldn't show up and say, oh hey we used to go to school together, like a normal human being. There's this whole sinister vibe throughout the story...but then the MC seems to simply react in a way that's along the lines of, oh well the sex is really good!. I think the series is interesting but the writing is strange to me and the whole vibe feels off.

^ I don't think she's trying to get revenge or anything of the sort. She's just interested in the MC and was disappointed that she wasn't recognized. I'm unsure about the stalking as well. She was introduced as a friend of a friend basically, so she probably talked about her to her friend?

On an unrelated note, I don't understand why this chapter was posted in a long strip format, when it was clearly intended to be separate pages? This made the reading experience a bit frustrating at times.

^ I don't think she's trying to get revenge or anything of the sort. She's just interested in the MC and was disappointed that she wasn't recognized. I'm unsure about the stalking as well. She was introduced as a friend of a friend basically, so she probably talked about her to her friend?

That's a fair way to look at it, it's entirely possible I'm reading into it. There's a lot that's missing in terms of context and motivations, so I'm trying to understand it through the general sinister tone of the series. I can't tell if the MC is an unreliable narrator with how she thinks the roommate is this sexy vampire-like predator, coming in to ultimately harm and/or destroy the MC. Something about a rotting apple. The main thing we get is that the MC has a very active imagination, has a tricky time with her job, they briefly knew each other in the past, and they have a lot of great sex that involves tons of biting lol

On an unrelated note, I don't understand why this chapter was posted in a long strip format, when it was clearly intended to be separate pages? This made the reading experience a bit frustrating at times.

The raws were posted as long strip, although formatted with the intention of printing it out as a mini zine. It's just that each strip is slightly too long or too short which makes splicing them into equal pages impossible, unfortunately.

Something about a rotting apple.

Try re-reading the extra, but imagine that the apple is a metaphor for their relationship/Huang Qi's feelings. From budding leaves, flowering, bearing fruit, and so on. Might make the story direction slightly clearer.

Something about a rotting apple.

Try re-reading the extra, but imagine that the apple is a metaphor for their relationship/Huang Qi's feelings. From budding leaves, flowering, bearing fruit, and so on. Might make the story direction slightly clearer.

I do understand the whole idea behind the apple being metaphorical and seemingly also literal here as they find an actual apple, I was saying "something" because it only serves to make the story and the tone more confusing in my opinion. The issue I have with the apple is that it's trying to show their relationship rotting, but they're not actually dating/romantically involved. It feels like the apple metaphor is trying to be full of artful angst, displaying how the relationship is bad and toxic, yet we don't see enough of their relationship for that to actually mean anything or matter. Their entire relationship is roommates that have sex. There's not enough writing focused on the characters and their personalities to get deeply attached to them, or what they have between them. They have an intense sexual connection, the roommate is a muse, but nothing about what's displayed tells me that it would be a bad separation if they moved on after a couple of months. At least for me the characters and this artful angst feel like two separate things that exist on different planes that aren't meshing here.

Edit: I want to say though that even if it doesn't fully work for me I found it to be an interesting read, a lot of ideas that I think if expanded on or handled differently could work better. It gave me at lot to think about. I also appreciate the translation, thank you!

last edited at Jul 24, 2025 2:05PM

On an unrelated note, I don't understand why this chapter was posted in a long strip format, when it was clearly intended to be separate pages? This made the reading experience a bit frustrating at times.

The raws were posted as long strip, although formatted with the intention of printing it out as a mini zine. It's just that each strip is slightly too long or too short which makes splicing them into equal pages impossible, unfortunately.

Thanks for clarifying. I did consider that the author may have also posted it as long strip, but I didn't convey that in my first comment. Sorry if I came off as rude. I still think this was a weird choice on the author's side, though (unless the raws are posted somewhere that doesn't really support the page-by-page format? Or perhaps they wanted it to stay somewhat consistent with the rest?).

On an unrelated note, I don't understand why this chapter was posted in a long strip format, when it was clearly intended to be separate pages? This made the reading experience a bit frustrating at times.

The raws were posted as long strip, although formatted with the intention of printing it out as a mini zine. It's just that each strip is slightly too long or too short which makes splicing them into equal pages impossible, unfortunately.

Thanks for clarifying. I did consider that the author may have also posted it as long strip, but I didn't convey that in my first comment. Sorry if I came off as rude. I still think this was a weird choice on the author's side, though (unless the raws are posted somewhere that doesn't really support the page-by-page format? Or perhaps they wanted it to stay somewhat consistent with the rest?).

Some creators make content intending to realise in multiple formats. I think this one works either way, and that might have been intentional.

last edited at Jul 24, 2025 2:09PM

^ Yes, I understand that this was the author's intention, I just didn't think this worked very well in this format.

^ Yes, I understand that this was the author's intention, I just didn't think this worked very well in this format.

Yeah, that's fair. It had one awkward moment for me when it required shifting reading perspective but otherwise it seemed alright. I get what you're saying, though.

So is this the last chapter?

Yeah, is there more, or is this it?

The end was sudden but I hope they can grow to become real lovers and that maybe one day Huang Qi can tell Bo He about their past. Cuz the end was kinda bittersweet.