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Chusan’s Liuyi Children’s Day
A trama se passa em um ambiente inspirado no Hong Kong dos anos 1980, um submundo dominado por gangues e corrupção. A história começa quando a facção criminosa Xiaoqi Tang decide usar a indústria cinematográfica para lavar dinheiro, mas precisa de um roteirista.
É aí que entra o protagonista, He Chusan, um estudante universitário com uma vida limpa, que é laçado e forçado pelos subordinados de Xia Liuyi (o gangster) a escrever o roteiro para o "filme-laranja" da gangue.
A convivência forçada desencadeia uma série de conflitos internos e, eventualmente, sentimentos profundos entre o estudante e o gangster. O drama atinge o ápice quando o chefe da gangue morre misteriosamente, e Xia Liuyi é culpabilizado.
Ele é forçado a fugir, buscando limpar seu nome e descobrir a verdade, com a ajuda de He Chusan.
É aí que entra o protagonista, He Chusan, um estudante universitário com uma vida limpa, que é laçado e forçado pelos subordinados de Xia Liuyi (o gangster) a escrever o roteiro para o "filme-laranja" da gangue.
A convivência forçada desencadeia uma série de conflitos internos e, eventualmente, sentimentos profundos entre o estudante e o gangster. O drama atinge o ápice quando o chefe da gangue morre misteriosamente, e Xia Liuyi é culpabilizado.
Ele é forçado a fugir, buscando limpar seu nome e descobrir a verdade, com a ajuda de He Chusan.
2175 pages, ebook
First published August 23, 2018
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July 28, 2026
English title is Sammy’s Children’s Day/Chusan’s Liuyi Children’s Day, 111 chapters and 19 extras. Hong Kong 80’s triad/gangster novel that is somehow cute, sweet, funny and violent. If you enjoy mafia/noir/crime/corruption novels like Gold Class Fighter 金牌打手 I cannot shove this in your face any faster. This novel did not let me breathe and I’m excited to watch the drama now (MC/ML are perfectly cast IMO). I think Rosmei has licensed it?
He Chusan 21, incredibly smart college student, trying to get out of Kowloon Walled City which is ungoverned and run by gangs, not as passive as you think, matches Xia Liu Yi wit for wit, doesn’t understand his attraction towards him, wants to protect him as someone who isn’t in the position to protect him, can see right through XLY, knows exactly what kind of person he is through the façade, dramatic, and can put on an act
Xia Liu Yi 24/25, triad leader, vicious but loyal, fierce, intense, in complete denial about his feelings, bullies HC like a boy bullying his crush in middle school, really tough on the outside but once he falls, he is completely in love, needlessly violent but that’s all he’s known, does not have a domestic bone in his body
⚔️Opposites attract-chemistry is incredible and I laughed way more than I thought I would in a triad novel-mostly at XLY’s reactions. HC fell so quickly and then XLY fell so freaking hard
⚔️ Realistic for the most part. It does have a HE but there are consequences and it almost makes it bittersweet. But definitely a HE
⚔️ Complicated pain/jealousy of competing with memory of someone who has already died (reminds me of Given, Rebecca and another one I cannot think of right now!)
⚔️ Gangs and territory wars. A lot of violence, mentions of SA, suicide, and of course all the stuff that comes with triads- prostitution, murder, drug trafficking, gambling, torture, etc
⚔️ Fantastic writing. I was really able to visualize the fights with this author‘s writing, loved the foreshadowing, the character development, and mostly realistic plot. The translation I read was amazing IMO (although I’ve seen some gripes about it so take my opinion with a grain of salt)
⚔️ Humor- author did a wonderful job weaving funny moments throughout the brutality of gang violence and death
⚔️ Foreshadowing had me so stressed about betrayal!
⚔️ So.Many.Couples. FIVE couples and I loved them all. Vers couples too
⚔️ Lesbian and trans rep but LOTS of homophobia and transphobia (takes place in 80’s Hong Kong)
⚔️Side characters (almost all of them!) were engaging and I was never bored when the focus was on them
⚔️ Most satisfying extras, nothing left undone- all couples got the attention they deserved
⚔️ Most crescendoing ending I’ve read in a long time. I couldn’t put it down but also kept having to put it down because my heart needed a break from the fear and anticipation of coming events
⚔️ When the sacrifices don’t match your lover’s love language 💔It was somehow sad and funny when XLY misunderstood what he thought would make HC happy
⚔️ 🌶️🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ Spicy!
MILD spoilers for character not plot…
-HS was nothing like I thought he was going to be! The top! So refreshing that he knows what he wants, smart, willing to sacrifice, puts in all the effort and does not give up.
-XLY: He was hard to love at first but I ended up crying over him the most. His disconnect with how to love or be loved was so endearing and cute- watching him navigate his way in love and having a home life for the first time was everything. Finding out why he avoided relationships and sex was heartbreaking. Seeing him give everything to HC is just so special. And his subordinates were so supportive. I just loved their mafia family
-Xie Jia Hua and Lu Guang Ming: I LOVED THEM BOTH SO MUCH
He Chusan 21, incredibly smart college student, trying to get out of Kowloon Walled City which is ungoverned and run by gangs, not as passive as you think, matches Xia Liu Yi wit for wit, doesn’t understand his attraction towards him, wants to protect him as someone who isn’t in the position to protect him, can see right through XLY, knows exactly what kind of person he is through the façade, dramatic, and can put on an act
Xia Liu Yi 24/25, triad leader, vicious but loyal, fierce, intense, in complete denial about his feelings, bullies HC like a boy bullying his crush in middle school, really tough on the outside but once he falls, he is completely in love, needlessly violent but that’s all he’s known, does not have a domestic bone in his body
⚔️Opposites attract-chemistry is incredible and I laughed way more than I thought I would in a triad novel-mostly at XLY’s reactions. HC fell so quickly and then XLY fell so freaking hard
⚔️ Realistic for the most part. It does have a HE but there are consequences and it almost makes it bittersweet. But definitely a HE
⚔️ Complicated pain/jealousy of competing with memory of someone who has already died (reminds me of Given, Rebecca and another one I cannot think of right now!)
⚔️ Gangs and territory wars. A lot of violence, mentions of SA, suicide, and of course all the stuff that comes with triads- prostitution, murder, drug trafficking, gambling, torture, etc
⚔️ Fantastic writing. I was really able to visualize the fights with this author‘s writing, loved the foreshadowing, the character development, and mostly realistic plot. The translation I read was amazing IMO (although I’ve seen some gripes about it so take my opinion with a grain of salt)
⚔️ Humor- author did a wonderful job weaving funny moments throughout the brutality of gang violence and death
⚔️ Foreshadowing had me so stressed about betrayal!
⚔️ So.Many.Couples. FIVE couples and I loved them all. Vers couples too
⚔️ Lesbian and trans rep but LOTS of homophobia and transphobia (takes place in 80’s Hong Kong)
⚔️Side characters (almost all of them!) were engaging and I was never bored when the focus was on them
⚔️ Most satisfying extras, nothing left undone- all couples got the attention they deserved
⚔️ Most crescendoing ending I’ve read in a long time. I couldn’t put it down but also kept having to put it down because my heart needed a break from the fear and anticipation of coming events
⚔️ When the sacrifices don’t match your lover’s love language 💔It was somehow sad and funny when XLY misunderstood what he thought would make HC happy
⚔️ 🌶️🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ Spicy!
MILD spoilers for character not plot…
-HS was nothing like I thought he was going to be! The top! So refreshing that he knows what he wants, smart, willing to sacrifice, puts in all the effort and does not give up.
-XLY: He was hard to love at first but I ended up crying over him the most. His disconnect with how to love or be loved was so endearing and cute- watching him navigate his way in love and having a home life for the first time was everything. Finding out why he avoided relationships and sex was heartbreaking. Seeing him give everything to HC is just so special. And his subordinates were so supportive. I just loved their mafia family
-Xie Jia Hua and Lu Guang Ming: I LOVED THEM BOTH SO MUCH
April 7, 2026
I started reading this only because I wanted context for the adaptation. After all, the book is so long, and the adaptation has only 9 episodes, but I ended up absolutely loving it.
Both their development over the course of the book, especially Chusan's was crazy. I did not expect the last 40 or so chapters to be the way they did. I was completely taken aback by everything that happened.
The second couple was pretty irrelevant to me, and I do not care about them in the book any more than I do in the show. I loved Dongdong, Xiao Ma, and Chusan's family, though.
If I were not juggling this book with a thousand other things, I would probably finish this in half the time it took me to read it.
Both their development over the course of the book, especially Chusan's was crazy. I did not expect the last 40 or so chapters to be the way they did. I was completely taken aback by everything that happened.
The second couple was pretty irrelevant to me, and I do not care about them in the book any more than I do in the show. I loved Dongdong, Xiao Ma, and Chusan's family, though.
If I were not juggling this book with a thousand other things, I would probably finish this in half the time it took me to read it.
May 25, 2026
Questa novel è stata droga pura. Non riuscivo a staccarmi!
Mi è piaciuta davvero tanto, mi rendo conto che non è perfetta ma sinceramente non importa, i pregi per me sono tanti. I due protagonisti mi sono entrati nel cuore e soprattutto ho trovato scritto molto bene la loro relazione e la loro evoluzione, cambiano molto in confronto l’inizio e in positivo. Vederli crescere e vedere il loro amore intensificarsi è stato stupendo e verso la fine mi è scappata anche una lacrimuccia. In generale ci sono tanti personaggi interessanti, forse avrei voluto però qualcosina in più sulla seconda coppia ma va bene così. Bellissima l’atmosfera di kowloon negli anni 80/90. Mi è piaciuto vedere il punto di vista non solo dei criminali ma anche della polizia. Un bel mafia romance con anche un finale a mio parere coerente e soddisfacente! Assolutamente una delle letture più belle di quest’anno, la consiglio soprattutto se amate il genere.
Mi è piaciuta davvero tanto, mi rendo conto che non è perfetta ma sinceramente non importa, i pregi per me sono tanti. I due protagonisti mi sono entrati nel cuore e soprattutto ho trovato scritto molto bene la loro relazione e la loro evoluzione, cambiano molto in confronto l’inizio e in positivo. Vederli crescere e vedere il loro amore intensificarsi è stato stupendo e verso la fine mi è scappata anche una lacrimuccia. In generale ci sono tanti personaggi interessanti, forse avrei voluto però qualcosina in più sulla seconda coppia ma va bene così. Bellissima l’atmosfera di kowloon negli anni 80/90. Mi è piaciuto vedere il punto di vista non solo dei criminali ma anche della polizia. Un bel mafia romance con anche un finale a mio parere coerente e soddisfacente! Assolutamente una delle letture più belle di quest’anno, la consiglio soprattutto se amate il genere.
Did Not Finish
May 7, 2026One of the best read in 2026 BUT its too long I’m exhausted. ** Dnf 33 at chapter 53 **
June 15, 2026
10 million stars. I read the English translations from AShine21 (Wattpad) and Futile Devices Blog, as well as some of the original Mandarin text.
temporary review below; full, proper, worshipping reflections to come.
i Finally finished the ~1300 pages and 111 chapters that is 初三的六一儿童节 (Sammy’s Children’s Day) and i can now truly say this is one of my favourite stories ever.
on surface a romance set in 1990s Kowloon between triad boss Liuyi and the university student Chusan he captures to help him do business, the story also captures a developing Hong Kong struggling to clamp down on gang violence and internal corruption, with a volatile financial market susceptible to foreign manipulation. and with so many big players with their own motives, you can never tell which way the wind is going to blow.
despite the high tension, 蛇蝎点点 (SXDD, the author) brightens the mood with a lively cast of strong, fiercely loyal characters that make this book hilarious yet incredibly touching.
thank you so much YZ @wordwanderlust for pushing me to finish this. i’m so SO glad you loved it too🥹❤️ and you were spot on with your description that every single person is queer in this book LMFAOOOO happy pride month
temporary review below; full, proper, worshipping reflections to come.
i Finally finished the ~1300 pages and 111 chapters that is 初三的六一儿童节 (Sammy’s Children’s Day) and i can now truly say this is one of my favourite stories ever.
on surface a romance set in 1990s Kowloon between triad boss Liuyi and the university student Chusan he captures to help him do business, the story also captures a developing Hong Kong struggling to clamp down on gang violence and internal corruption, with a volatile financial market susceptible to foreign manipulation. and with so many big players with their own motives, you can never tell which way the wind is going to blow.
despite the high tension, 蛇蝎点点 (SXDD, the author) brightens the mood with a lively cast of strong, fiercely loyal characters that make this book hilarious yet incredibly touching.
thank you so much YZ @wordwanderlust for pushing me to finish this. i’m so SO glad you loved it too🥹❤️ and you were spot on with your description that every single person is queer in this book LMFAOOOO happy pride month
March 22, 2026
Sammy's Children' Day's
January 6, 2021
What a ride!
June 11, 2026
yo... yo me reía de esos rumores de las novelas chinas, pero simplemente wow, no estaba tan tensa desde hace tiempo como estos últimos 20 capitulos, nunca más este sufrimiento madre de dios santo, no puedo más, He Chu San, no eres el pj más gris de la novela por nada campeón hasta el final supongo
le he pillado cariño a todos en vdd
las novelas de fantasía deben ser un pedazo de viaje importante buf pelos
le he pillado cariño a todos en vdd
las novelas de fantasía deben ser un pedazo de viaje importante buf pelos
March 31, 2026
Really good. Although the end wasn't your typical happy ending, it did end on a good note.
April 7, 2026
3.75 I had stuff I loved about this book, and stuff in each "fourth" of it I didn't care so much for.
May 17, 2026
WHAT A RIDE!??!!! THIS IS SO GOOD. I DONT READ A GANGSTER TYPE OF NOVEL BUT THIS ONE IS SO GOOD. NO WORDS COZ I STILL WANT MORE FROM THEM.
May 23, 2026
Hacía tiempo que un danmei no me gustaba tantísimo :')
July 31, 2026
Larguísima.
Lloré, reí, me enoje y lloré un poco más. Me encantó pero de verdad que fue mucho texto
Lloré, reí, me enoje y lloré un poco más. Me encantó pero de verdad que fue mucho texto
May 10, 2026
The complex story lines, and the good vs evil twists were pretty well written. Even the side couples are very well written and provided a lot of the funny moment in the book. Very interesting to see how the TV adaptation will play out, and how may side couples will came out. I am so looking forward to see Jade Goddess, that most interesting character in the book. Their story line stands out the most for me.
August 8, 2026
I like this book just a little bit!👌(Forced myself to finish it..)
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