Translated stories I like enough to recommend. I review them so expect some spoilers (I try not to spoil major events.)
(Please read the novels on the original translator's site which can be found on novelupdates!)
The time she is thirteen years old, Sang Zhi secretly has a crush on a man. That man looks cold and sluggish, he can be described as someone that is careless and casual. He frequently comes to her house.
One afternoon, he stays at her Ge Ge's (Older brother, 桑延) room to play a game. Once in a while when he sees her come inside the room to bring a plate of fruits and snacks, he will smiles like an evildoer: "Kid, what are you doing? How can you blush so hard every time you see me."
--This novel narrates the story of the young Sang Zhi and Duan Jia Xu. Sang Zhi gets to know Duan Jia Xu, who is seven years older than her, through her Ge Ge (Older brother, 桑延).
During their several interactions, Sang Zhi starts to develop a crush on Duan Jia Xu. It happens from her young age till she is an adult. After the graduation, Duan Jia Xu goes home and works hard. They have cut down their contact.
Sang Zhi and Duan Jia Xu begin to contact each other again after Sang Zhi attends the university in the city he is in. In their day by day intimate and close interaction, Sang Zhi notices the source of Duan Jia Xu's burdens. With Sang Zhi's companion, Duan Jia Xu also starts to let it go, he starts to have new relationship with her.
Thoughts:
Another fluffy and funny novel!
I really liked FL's comebacks in this one, especially with her brother (their relationship is a show stealer.) I loved the two's dynamic! The bickering is hilarious, but the way they secretly care for each other just screams siblings!
FL was kind of naive when she was younger (I don't understand how a 13 year old could be that childish), but will mature as the story goes by (except when she's with her brother. They are both petty af.) Even so she was already witty, smart, and funny before she grew.
So yeah! A lovable female lead. And shit-- she made me cry. Not sob though, but tears silently falling down.
ML, on the other hand, is a natural flirt. He is also kind and helpful, so it was inevitable that FL fell in love with him. He is the standard I tell you.
I really really like the fact that he started to like her when she turned 19 and that they weren't in contact for years prior. Atleast there is no underage shit going on, especially since this was during modern times. I can accept that during the ancient eras, but not modern.
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So yeah try it! But be warned, the translator for this is the same one for Waiting For You in a City so it's not very fluent. Like MTL, understandable but confusing.
There is also a manhua adaptation and holy shit, the art is so good!
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It stays loyal to the original source and the comedy is really on point! Reading it solidified the fact that I really liked her relationship with her brother. He's my bias wrecker fr.
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The drama adaptation titled Hidden Love is also out now!
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Btw there is a shared universe story named Hard to Deceive/First Frost which is about FL's brother and his lover. Go check it out if you want (I haven't read it yet.) It also has a manhua and my gosh, FL's brother is so freaking hotԅ(♡﹃♡ԅ)
