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林助理有话要说
身为万筑集团的第一助理，林辉无疑是相当优秀的——总经理信任他，员工依赖他，合作伙伴也时常对他赞赏有加。就在他以为生活会永远这么下去的时候，一不小心，他和总经理……林回决定辞职，放下一切开始自己的新生活，但是却被拒绝。
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Published May 1, 2023
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October 3, 2026
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4/5 ★
tw: attempted SA, adultery, suicide
I'm always drawn to stories with secret, unrequited love. The angst of loving someone silently for a long time without even expecting to be reciprocated, only to unexpectedly have that love returned, is such a bittersweet feeling. In stories like this, I always love it when the person who fell second reciprocates the feelings not because they know the other person has loved them all along, but because they simply fell in love naturally, without the complicated feeling of returning a favor. If the person who fell first is being loved in return, they deserve to be loved wholeheartedly.
In this story, we start at a point where the MC and ML have already been working together for eight years. There is already an established dynamic between them, along with little details in their interactions that have become habitual to them but require a bit of context for us as readers because we're not yet familiar with how they usually interact. Through sporadic little flashbacks, we get to see how they met, how they initially interacted, and how the MC fell in love.
The sudden flashbacks are connected to what's happening in the present. For example, when they are meeting with a collaborator at a golf course in the present, there's a quick flashback to something that also happened at a golf course, giving the feeling that everything is being tied together. Sometimes, it can be a little jarring because there isn't any clear indication of where the flashback ends and the present begins. But I loved how the author used flashbacks effectively to show us the connection between the MC and ML without keeping us in the past for too long.
I also appreciate that the author didn't make the ML's family into villain-type characters. They are flawed, and the ML might have a strained relationship with them, but they are ultimately good people.
Overall, I enjoyed this novel a lot.
tw: attempted SA, adultery, suicide
I'm always drawn to stories with secret, unrequited love. The angst of loving someone silently for a long time without even expecting to be reciprocated, only to unexpectedly have that love returned, is such a bittersweet feeling. In stories like this, I always love it when the person who fell second reciprocates the feelings not because they know the other person has loved them all along, but because they simply fell in love naturally, without the complicated feeling of returning a favor. If the person who fell first is being loved in return, they deserve to be loved wholeheartedly.
In this story, we start at a point where the MC and ML have already been working together for eight years. There is already an established dynamic between them, along with little details in their interactions that have become habitual to them but require a bit of context for us as readers because we're not yet familiar with how they usually interact. Through sporadic little flashbacks, we get to see how they met, how they initially interacted, and how the MC fell in love.
The sudden flashbacks are connected to what's happening in the present. For example, when they are meeting with a collaborator at a golf course in the present, there's a quick flashback to something that also happened at a golf course, giving the feeling that everything is being tied together. Sometimes, it can be a little jarring because there isn't any clear indication of where the flashback ends and the present begins. But I loved how the author used flashbacks effectively to show us the connection between the MC and ML without keeping us in the past for too long.
I also appreciate that the author didn't make the ML's family into villain-type characters. They are flawed, and the ML might have a strained relationship with them, but they are ultimately good people.
Overall, I enjoyed this novel a lot.
May 19, 2026
very soft very tender but not overly sweet
yet describes a very accurate dynamic between workaholic CEO and his likewise workaholic assistant
both of them really Work a lot in this one
describing working environment, responsibilities and constant stress and pressure to excel in ones work, as mundane as it seams, it's not something a lot of authors remember to include it this kind of stories
also
CEO is a very strict but kind type of a person
while his assistant is very skilled at his work and has persistent personality to which his boss can't say no :)
it just takes them a few years to understand where they stand with their feelings
yet describes a very accurate dynamic between workaholic CEO and his likewise workaholic assistant
both of them really Work a lot in this one
describing working environment, responsibilities and constant stress and pressure to excel in ones work, as mundane as it seams, it's not something a lot of authors remember to include it this kind of stories
also
CEO is a very strict but kind type of a person
while his assistant is very skilled at his work and has persistent personality to which his boss can't say no :)
it just takes them a few years to understand where they stand with their feelings
August 1, 2025
Short, sweet, and stable. Lin Hui and He Jianshan are both hardworking and earnest.
Haven't read the extras yet!
Haven't read the extras yet!
February 20, 2026
DNF@41% I was hoping to read it to the end but half of the book is already up and there was no progress "romantically" between the couple.
April 21, 2026
OH, HOW I LOVE YEARNERS WITH EVERYTHING IN ME.
July 29, 2026
3.5 tuve flashbacks de reply to keats
dulce y conmovedora
dulce y conmovedora
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