Rosmei revealed the cover for their English release of Vodka and Mandheling, a modern-day slice of life danmei by Yu Dao Qiao. No artist has been publicly credited by the publisher at this time. [Source: Twitter/X, Bluesky]
Rosmei initially revealed their English license for the series in November 2025. The work will be released as a single standalone volume, and the publisher estimates on their Progress Report that preorders will go live in the latter half of 2026. Rosmei also promises a new chapter exclusive to their release.
Vodka and Mandheling
伏特加与曼特宁
[Synopsis Provided by Rosmei:]
A simple yet complicated romance between two men whose worlds could not be more different.
Zhu Jingru, the charismatic owner of a bohemian bar, lives like a wandering spirit—bold, restless, here one second and gone the next. Bai Qinglin, the reserved barista of the elegant café across the street, is his opposite in every way: disciplined, distant, and content within the quiet walls he’s built around himself.
Their paths cross on an ordinary morning over coffee, but something in Bai’s careful stillness sparks a fascination Zhu can’t shake. What begins as curiosity turns into deliberate courtship: calculated encounters disguised as coincidence, small gestures that accumulate like falling snow. Zhu coaxes warmth from a man who seems untouched by desire, one whose acknowledgments come only in glances held a moment too long, in silences that say everything.
Yet Bai is not unmoved. Beneath the ice lies a hunger he’s spent years suppressing, a longing sharpened by Zhu’s persistence. The more Zhu pushes, the harder Bai tries to hold his ground—until resistance becomes impossible.
A story of patient pursuit and the slow unraveling of emotional defences, Vodka and Mandheling shows how love arrives where it’s least expected—and transforms everything.
Vodka and Mandheling (伏特加与曼特宁) is a danmei novel by Yu Dao Qiao. It began serialization on SoSadFun in 2024 and ran for 61 chapters (plus 3 Extras).
The series has received an audio drama adaptation.
You can learn more about Vodka and Mandheling in the DanmeiNews catalog.
