Hi, I'm looking for BL novels with poor mc and ml. I've had enough off domineering CEOs and overbearing emperors and would like to read something different for a change. The mc or ml don't need to be dirt poor, but they shouldn't get rich quick. A nice example is Marketplace 市井 by 刘水水 Description: The long-distance trucker Qin Chuang encounters the trafficed Qiuqiu on his way back from Laos and decides to take him along.
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/transmigration-of-mian-reluctantly-becomes-his-man-wife/ https://www.novelupdates.com/series/transmigrating-to-the-ancient-times-with-lus-convenience/ Most of these are mpreg if you are ok I can send more.) https://www.novelupdates.com/series/fierce-husband/ This one is not mpreg but adopted kids ….. https://www.novelupdates.com/series/one-useless-rebirth/ This one is showbiz I have to check for more MC is poor in the begin. ML is in Showbiz.
None of them are poor, but they all have just normal amounts of money: The Daily Life of Being the Campus Idol’s Fake Boyfriend Agreement of Being Gay for 30 Days Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating Green Plum Island Love Stops Rumours Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our Marriage I’ll Have My Seatmate Beat You Everyone Thinks that I Like Him They are both actors, but they both have normal amounts of money to start, and it's not really a wealth story: Great At Acting, Now I’m Reborn
Thanks for your recommendations, I'll look them up. If you know any more that are similar to Marketplace please post them.
Saye, is super good! ML is poor, and the MC is a LITTLE better off in the beginning, but then plot happens, and now they both help eachother out with part time jobs!
Thanks for your recommendation, but the mc/ml don't seem to be poor according to the description. You Zhengping spends all day fretting: how can he tell Yu Hua that he has a few million in private savings without giving anything away?
I know, right?! The novel is of 2005, it was different time. I searched through the author's page yeasterday and there are some other works dated up to 2013, so you can try to read them (though they are not translated).
Hi there! I saw that translations are still not finished here in NU. Was it dropped and you had to read the raws/MTL or are the translations hidden from NU? Like password-protected or carrd or something?
Saving the Tragic Adonis MC, still in school, from ORDINARY Family, Trying so hard to Feed Poor ML as secretive as Possible! MY HEART ACHES Remembering this pain! MC works so hard feeding ML with His Own Money!!! In non OP/Badass whatsoever. Yes, it has Wealthy Character tags, but it was Very Very Much Later!!!
there are a number transmigration+farming stories that are like this and i usually appreciate the no golden finger and humble life as it is indeed a refreshing alternative away from golden thigh/CEO/Prince trope. Tho most stories i know in similar vein are ger /mpreg + farming. here are the ones that i like. these stories mostly start from zero and may(or may not) get rich but it's still through their own hard work (tell me if you want raw links) https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-only-favourite-ugly-husband/ https://www.novelupdates.com/series/do-you-want-to-hold-your-wife/ - what i like about this is ML's family were sort of lower mid-class and they actually live humbly. the twist tho is the MC transmigrated from a rich family and there are mixed reception with his attitude. but IMO it's understandable. https://www.novelupdates.com/series/begging-you-to-break-off-this-engagement/ i like this because it's so rural. very simple and the couple were not extravagant. also, it was the ML who is poor. https://www.novelupdates.com/series/husband-and-wife-are-of-the-same-mind/ countryside life with an MC- gong that likes living a simple life https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-sweet-little-fulang/ - story started out as the mc marrying to a gong with a poor family that every single gers don't want (bcos they are poor) but they slowly improve their life quality and the MIL is awesome and supportive (which i think contributes to their later success).
Sorry for the late reply, I read Saye a while ago and remember switching to the raws after I caught up with the translation. If you, or anyone else, has any recommendations for a poor couple novel please post them!