Author: 请叫我山大王
Chapters: 93 chapters
Publication: 2018
Summary from JJWXC:
Copy 1: Recently, there is a rumor spreading at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
The Flower of the High Mountains of Yangmei can be seen from a distance and cannot be played with. It is a standard abstinence department, and Zhuang Yan, who has been coveted by no mathematician sister for four years in college, has not been captured since then, and has been encumbered!
There are pictures and truth. The woman drove Zhuang Yan to school in a luxury car, and extended her hand to touch Zhuang Yan's head. Zhuang Yan's face in the photo was forbearing and submissive, which broke the hearts of countless school sisters who admired him, and even raised a crowd . Raising funds to save Zhuang Yan from the clutches.
The roommates who have lived with Zhuang Yan for four years are determined not to believe or spread rumors.
Until one day.
The roommates who waited ten minutes in the cold wind and waited for the dormitory door to open saw it with their own eyes.
Zhuang Yan hides a woman behind him.
A woman five or six years older than Zhuang Yan.
The roommates looked at Zhuang Yan's red, unnatural mouth, and suddenly felt that the sky had collapsed, and Zhuang Yan had really fallen!
The rich woman was like a wolf and a tiger, and she couldn't help but commit crimes against Zhuang Yan in the dormitory! It made Zhuang Yan's mouth swollen!
Zhuang Yan pulled out Yu Wanwan, who was hiding behind him, and said calmly, "Let me introduce, this is the rich woman in the rumors."
Faced with three heartbroken faces that were jealous of evil.
Yu Wanwan denied Sanlian: "I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense!"
Copy 3: Zhuang Yan likes Yu Wanwan since he was twelve years old. For the rest of my life, I will be unswerving.
Copy 4: Yu Wanwan: "I wanted to give my boyfriend (ex-boyfriend) a birthday surprise. I turned off the lights and sat on the sofa with a cake and waited for him to come back. My boyfriend and her best friend started gnawing at each other after entering the door. Should I? A friendly reminder that someone is in the room? Waiting online, it's very urgent.
The best Zhuang Yan in the world, the world only likes you.
The heroine is super poor.
4 STARS - I REALLY LIKED IT
MY REVIEW:
This was a much more realistic slice of life romance between an older woman and her younger boyfriend.
I think I enjoyed this book so much because of how relatable and admirable Yu Wanwan was. She dated her boyfriend for two years and found out that he was cheating on her with one of her previous classmates that she introduced each other to and immediately decided to breakup with him even though they were about to have their engagement party and get married the next year. She was so quick and decisive to get over him and move on even with everyone constantly reminding her that she's already 28 and implying that it would be difficult to find someone else better than her ex.
Because of her poor conditions and giving up going to college to help support her younger brother to go to college instead, Yu Wanwan already knows her social standing and is content with staying in her own lane and enjoying the little things in life. She has an inferiority complex that really rears its head when she gets together with Zhuang Yan who is young, handsome, and rich. She doesn't even think they're gonna last long at first, but she can't help falling for Zhuang Yan's persistent efforts and is constantly trying to give themselves a way out because she's always planning for the worst.
It was frustrating when it kept on happening, but it was also realistic. When you grew up as humbly and sensibly as Yu Wanwan, it's hard to change your low self-confidence when reality keeps on telling you that you're not super beautiful, you're way older than your boyfriend, you're only with him because he's rich, you guys don't match, etc. There was one section that really got me:
Yu Wanwan didn't think she was such a good girlfriend .
But she has the confidence to be a good ex-girlfriend.
If the other party proposes to break up, she will never entangle.
She's actually a very nice person.
She can't say a word of retention, for fear of becoming humble and pitiful.
I think this section really sums up just how sensible and humble Yu Wanwan has become from her upbringing and life experience.
That was also when I felt that Yu Wanwan was the most relatable for me. Her whole breakup with her ex and being a good ex-girlfriend thought process resonated with me, because I also am like that. If we breakup, my feelings for you are gone, and I don't want to waste time trying to get back together. There's no point in spending time and energy on someone who didn't want to make it work when we were together. That's why I was rooting for her to gain some confidence and get her man wholeheartedly!
But it's hard struggle to overturn your previous thinking that's pretty much become ingrained in your life. For example, not long after that earlier section, this scene happens with Yu Wanwan and Zhuang Yan:
Zhuang Yan didn't speak for a long time.
After a while, Yu Wanwan heard him ask: "What if... yes?" His voice was deep, and he couldn't say the word "break up", and asked with some difficulty: "What are you going to do? ?"
Yu Wanwan felt a dull pain in her heart without warning, but her tone pretended to be relaxed: "What can I do? If you really want to break up with me..." She paused, feeling a little uncomfortable, and helplessly smiled a little bit and said, "I can't help it either."
There was a dark silence in the room.
Yu Wanwan's chest became more and more uncomfortable, she forced a smile, and said, "I let you down again, didn't I?"
"I'm just glad." Zhuang Yan finally spoke, with a low voice: "Fortunately I will never separate with you."
Like, my chest was also hurting when I read this scene! Yu Wanwan has been trying to surpress her growing emotions for Zhuang Yan because she doesn't think they'll last. She's trying to give them an out in case they breakup even though her heart is already breaking just saying it out loud.
Zhuang Yan was also great. This guy was a straight ball since the beginning, which was exactly what Yu Wanwan needed. He was blunt and clear about his feelings, didn't play mind games, didn't hide his feelings, and constantly communicated his affection and anger with her. For someone with such low self-esteem like Yu Wanwan, Zhuang Yan's constant love and even domineering actions helped Yu Wanwan improve and want to be better for him.
Of course, there was a breaking in period as they got used to each other's personalities, but even that was natural. There are always some friction occurring as you get along with someone intimately. It's just that working through those problems helps strengthen your relationship as you get along with each other.
Overall, this was a great realistic romance between adults. It was real, raw, and heartbreakingly sweet.
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