Webnovel Review: I Just Want to Be in a Relationship by Lian Shuo

Title: I Just Want to Be in a Relationship 

Author: Lian Shuo

Chapters: 96 chapters + 6 extras
Publication: 2017

Summary from Novel Updates: 

In the last life, Movie Emperor Yu listened to the company and listened to his manager in order not to expose his sexual orientation. Until his death, he never had a relationship.

Yu Qing Huan didn’t want to be a money making machine in his current life. He wanted to travel to the best place, see the best scenery, eat the best food and then find the best man to live a happy life together.

Hou Qu is a genius savant who can easily learn chemical formulas just by glancing at them. One day, he gets lost in the busy streets and Yu Qing Huan helps him.

Little does Yu Qing Huan know that his wish to stay out of the limelight may not ever be granted as he had unknowingly been locked on by a hungry wolf hidden in the shadows because of his single act of kindness…

4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT

MY REVIEW: 

This book is just so soft and fluffy. Like, if you had a bad day and needed something sweet to cheer you up, I highly recommend this book.

Yu Qing Huan reincarnates after he dies trying to save someone, so he decides to live his life differently the second time around. Because he was a huge film emperor in his last life, he wasn't able to come out and start a relationship, so this time around he doesn't want to be a big actor and instead focus on finding a partner!

Then he meets Hou Qu and helps him get home, thinking that Hou Qu is mentally challenged and lost. Little does he know that Hou Qu is actually a science savant who doesn't know how to do most menial tasks. 

What happens next is a series of interactions that makes them go from strangers to friends to lovers. It's so wholesome and cute and heartwarming. Hou Qu hardly even interacts with his family, let alone strangers, so all of his interactions with Yu Qing Huan are so naive and sweet. He's always trying to listen to Qing Huan's words and but also slowly comes out of his shell to understand others and how to communicate. Meanwhile, Qing Huan originally is his friend and likes spending time with Hou Qu because he's so nice and interesting, before realizing his feelings and trying to make them go away because he doesn't want to dirty Hou Qu with his feelings. It's just so sad but sweet!

Because he's an actor and because Hou Qu is famous in the science community for being so young but with so many achievements, you see how their interactions are viewed from social media, which is also hilarious. 

The extra was also so sad but heartwarming and puts a whole different spin on the story!

If you must die of diabetes, let it be by this book. That's all I'm saying lol.