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It’s Not Easy Being Your Love Rival’s Big Brother
The 27-year-old Wei Han is a slightly fat, slightly chicken-livered, and slightly foolish, pure-hearted and besotted top, and his sweetheart who had been together with him for seven years, in the end, was stolen away by Qi ZhiFan one morning.
Deeply broken-hearted and in despair, he went overboard with binge eating, and ended up pathetically choking to death…
Luckily, he received a second chance, yet his timing, position, and destiny all got warped, and the him who returned to being twenty followed his remarried mother into the Qi family, turning into Qi ZhiFan’s non-blood-related older brother.
Well, Wei Han swore that this time, he must alter his dumped-as-cannon-fodder fate, and since he’s become his love rival’s big bro, he can definitely torment this scumbag little brother to death, restoring his position as the rightful top and quickly carry his bottom home!
However, why is the development of the plot spiraling further and further out of his control?
Why is Qi ZhiFan looking at him with a scorching, burning gaze, acting more and more questionable ( ⊙ o ⊙ ) eh?!
Thus, Wei Han was pushed down into an official bottom…
Deeply broken-hearted and in despair, he went overboard with binge eating, and ended up pathetically choking to death…
Luckily, he received a second chance, yet his timing, position, and destiny all got warped, and the him who returned to being twenty followed his remarried mother into the Qi family, turning into Qi ZhiFan’s non-blood-related older brother.
Well, Wei Han swore that this time, he must alter his dumped-as-cannon-fodder fate, and since he’s become his love rival’s big bro, he can definitely torment this scumbag little brother to death, restoring his position as the rightful top and quickly carry his bottom home!
However, why is the development of the plot spiraling further and further out of his control?
Why is Qi ZhiFan looking at him with a scorching, burning gaze, acting more and more questionable ( ⊙ o ⊙ ) eh?!
Thus, Wei Han was pushed down into an official bottom…
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Published January 1, 2015
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September 24, 2020
I often ask myself a question: why do i still continue reading low quality BL?..
Anyway...
It’s Not Easy Being Your Love Rival’s Big Brother by
精分柚子茶 (Jing Fen You Zi Cha)
Advice before reading this novel: Everytime they have s*x just imagine that they use lube by default and it is just not highlighted. That will make the process go more smoothly. 😊 What I have to say after reading this novel;
I liked the premise but not the characters.
Wei Han. Immature, lacking self respect, s*upid, always made me have the sense of Spanish shame. The most memorable thing about him: "Requesting his annual leave, Wei Han bought a ticket and took the train all the way back to his hometown in N City’s countryside" and left Qi Zhifan to deal with consequences alone.
Qi Zhifan. Rude, selfish, jealous, arrogant. The most memorable thing about him - calling his love interest ugly, fat and s*upid (also when in relationship with him). I wouldn't want my partner to call me ugly and s*upid - as a matter of fact I wouldn't want anyone to call me that (even though it was true).
The narrative was anticlimatic. Any conflict was solved with no real effort and very quickly. Some story lines were introduced for a reason known only to the author or left without closure. Though on the plus side there were few funny moments (no, i am not talking about the moments when MC was behaving like an imbecile).
In overall I would give it 1.5/5 stars. I cannot say that I liked it but I did finish it.
Anyway...
It’s Not Easy Being Your Love Rival’s Big Brother by
精分柚子茶 (Jing Fen You Zi Cha)
Advice before reading this novel: Everytime they have s*x just imagine that they use lube by default and it is just not highlighted. That will make the process go more smoothly. 😊 What I have to say after reading this novel;
I liked the premise but not the characters.
Wei Han. Immature, lacking self respect, s*upid, always made me have the sense of Spanish shame. The most memorable thing about him: "Requesting his annual leave, Wei Han bought a ticket and took the train all the way back to his hometown in N City’s countryside" and left Qi Zhifan to deal with consequences alone.
Qi Zhifan. Rude, selfish, jealous, arrogant. The most memorable thing about him - calling his love interest ugly, fat and s*upid (also when in relationship with him). I wouldn't want my partner to call me ugly and s*upid - as a matter of fact I wouldn't want anyone to call me that (even though it was true).
The narrative was anticlimatic. Any conflict was solved with no real effort and very quickly. Some story lines were introduced for a reason known only to the author or left without closure. Though on the plus side there were few funny moments (no, i am not talking about the moments when MC was behaving like an imbecile).
In overall I would give it 1.5/5 stars. I cannot say that I liked it but I did finish it.
March 31, 2020
BEWARE of SPOILER
In the previous life, Wei Han was a 27 years old plus size pushover pastry chef, who got dumped by his boyfriend. In his melancholy, he choked to death. He woke up to his 20 years old skinny self and vowed to not let his 'boyfriend' chance encounter with his love rival. It was a huge shocked to him because his mother was still alive and married to his love rival's father, making him and his love rival, step-brothers.
It's a fast pace story, fully translated, where we got to know the reason Qi Zihan (the love rival) was attached to Chu Chuanyao (the 'boyfriend') in the previous life. But of course, in this life, as explained in the summary, Qi Zihan's obsession was towards Wei Han. Qi Zihan was a refreshing tsundere as compare to clueless Wei Han, which made them a great couple.
In the previous life, Wei Han was a 27 years old plus size pushover pastry chef, who got dumped by his boyfriend. In his melancholy, he choked to death. He woke up to his 20 years old skinny self and vowed to not let his 'boyfriend' chance encounter with his love rival. It was a huge shocked to him because his mother was still alive and married to his love rival's father, making him and his love rival, step-brothers.
It's a fast pace story, fully translated, where we got to know the reason Qi Zihan (the love rival) was attached to Chu Chuanyao (the 'boyfriend') in the previous life. But of course, in this life, as explained in the summary, Qi Zihan's obsession was towards Wei Han. Qi Zihan was a refreshing tsundere as compare to clueless Wei Han, which made them a great couple.
January 8, 2021
Si me quedo sin trabajo, esta novela tiene la culpa jajaja
Hoy, solo diré que he llorado de risa jajajajajaja
Hoy, solo diré que he llorado de risa jajajajajaja
September 23, 2023
The premise was good, no so much for the novel and the translation.
September 26, 2020
It was an okay read. Read this a few months ago. The MC and ML aren't related. It's a rebirth story with the MC dying and coming back before things in his life had taken a bad turn. His body type is different so he doesn't have the self-image issues he had when readers first met him in the beginning chapters but it is still apparent later in the book. His love takes a turn as the blurb suggests. Ended okay, I wish there story had been a tad less angsty in the 2nd half of the book. I would have love to have seen more extras of MC in his original physical body pursue ML and succeed instead of the tiny glimpse.
September 5, 2021
É...ok. Muita vergonha alheia, a autora desistiu dos outros personagens que não fossem os protagonistas, mas eu gostei que eles adotaram uma criança, então para mim mereceu pelo menos duas estrelas.
October 4, 2023
Toxicidad con caramelos
Este libro prometía ser una lectura corta de trama simple, y lo cumplió, lo que no me esperaba es que de la mitad de la historia en adelante me estuviesen metiendo "te lo prohíbo", "te voy a castigar", celos sin sentido y la victima disculpándose; todo seguido de su escena de sexo.
Porque tratar como una posesión a tu pareja esta bien siempre que le siga una escena en la cama.
Wei Han es un chico simple y simple que muere y renace al más estilo danmei, eso si, sin explicación alguna hay cambios importantes en esta segunda vida que comienza cinco años antes de su muerte.
Por otro lado, Qi Zhifan es el estereotipo de tipo perfecto, y aquí aplicamos, cada vez con más descaro, el "puedo hacer lo que quiera porque soy guapo".
Resumiendo, la historia a penas tiene trama y la relación de los protagonistas no es de romance, es más bien una obsesión sin mucha base. A esto hay que sumarle el tópico de "libro BL, todos son gays", pero no penséis que hay parejas secundarias, no, cuanto mas se acerca el final más se nota el deus ex machina o directamente la falta total y completa de explicación a las acciones de los personajes.
Este libro prometía ser una lectura corta de trama simple, y lo cumplió, lo que no me esperaba es que de la mitad de la historia en adelante me estuviesen metiendo "te lo prohíbo", "te voy a castigar", celos sin sentido y la victima disculpándose; todo seguido de su escena de sexo.
Porque tratar como una posesión a tu pareja esta bien siempre que le siga una escena en la cama.
Wei Han es un chico simple y simple que muere y renace al más estilo danmei, eso si, sin explicación alguna hay cambios importantes en esta segunda vida que comienza cinco años antes de su muerte.
Por otro lado, Qi Zhifan es el estereotipo de tipo perfecto, y aquí aplicamos, cada vez con más descaro, el "puedo hacer lo que quiera porque soy guapo".
Resumiendo, la historia a penas tiene trama y la relación de los protagonistas no es de romance, es más bien una obsesión sin mucha base. A esto hay que sumarle el tópico de "libro BL, todos son gays", pero no penséis que hay parejas secundarias, no, cuanto mas se acerca el final más se nota el deus ex machina o directamente la falta total y completa de explicación a las acciones de los personajes.
June 22, 2022
2.5 rounded up because it wasn't bad. It wasn't great but it wasn't a bad way to while away a few days. I do wish that there was a bit more competition over Chu and more angst overall because this was quite fluffy.
Summary: Wei Han gets dumped by his long time boyfriend, Chu, for a beautiful guy, Qi Zhifan, with a poisonous tongue. Wei Han eats his feelings, accidentally dies and gets reborn a while before meeting Chu. His mom ends up marrying Qi Zhifan's father so Wei is now his big brother and he plans to get his revenge only Qi Zhifan is too smart and eventually he falls for the silly Wei Han and love ensues.
Summary: Wei Han gets dumped by his long time boyfriend, Chu, for a beautiful guy, Qi Zhifan, with a poisonous tongue. Wei Han eats his feelings, accidentally dies and gets reborn a while before meeting Chu. His mom ends up marrying Qi Zhifan's father so Wei is now his big brother and he plans to get his revenge only Qi Zhifan is too smart and eventually he falls for the silly Wei Han and love ensues.
March 15, 2022
pros: pretty unique and interesting rebirth concept, decent characters and side characters/couples, pretty funny at times, plot was overall also pretty solid
cons: .... so much second hand embarrassment especially at the start which made me almost drop the book, mc and the love interest both did very morally questionable things at times either bc they were jealous or tried to get revenge which didn’t sit right with me, the love interest just was unrealistically strong/unflawed/rich (at 18??), questionable mental age difference of 27 and 18
cons: .... so much second hand embarrassment especially at the start which made me almost drop the book, mc and the love interest both did very morally questionable things at times either bc they were jealous or tried to get revenge which didn’t sit right with me, the love interest just was unrealistically strong/unflawed/rich (at 18??), questionable mental age difference of 27 and 18
March 14, 2022
I mean, I like Qi ZhiFan but I don't find their relationship very healthy? At least not until the extras... Also I wanted to read the story of Six Hot ;-;
As a whole the story was rushed and months and even years would pass in a single sentence. The romance was kinda believable but many things weren't fleshed out.
All in all a entretaining and quick read but pretty meh.
As a whole the story was rushed and months and even years would pass in a single sentence. The romance was kinda believable but many things weren't fleshed out.
All in all a entretaining and quick read but pretty meh.
February 11, 2019
Stepbrothers (with no blood relationship) romance. The story was quite fast-paced, and the brothers got together pretty quickly. There weren't many problems besides ML's over-protectiveness and jealousy.
January 26, 2020
NOT A FAN OF ML
OVERALL NICE STORY
OVERALL NICE STORY
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May 2, 20233.5
December 28, 2023
I really need to stop reading whatever I stumble upon when I am bored or in a slump
September 15, 2018
Fan-translation is complete and can be fully found at https://www.novelupdates.com/series/i...
January 21, 2019
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ความรู้สึกก้ำกึ่งมาก จะว่าชอบก็ชอบไม่สุด จะว่าไม่สนุกก็ไม่ใช่
มันสนุกนะ แต่มันขาดๆเกินๆ บอกไม่ถูก
ถือว่าพอถูไถ ไม่ขัดใจ แต่ไม่ถึงกับว้าว
นายเอกตอนเริ่มเรื่องเป็นเชฟ เลิกกับแฟนหนุ่มที่คบกันมาเจ็ดปี เพราะแฟนจะไปคบกับพระเอก
เขาก็เลยประชดชีวิตกินแหลก เค้กติดคอตาย
มาฟื้นอีกทีเป็นตัวเองสมัยวัยรุ่น
แ���่นายเอกแต่งงานกับพ่อพระเอก นายเอกเลยกลายมาเป็นพี่ชายของพระเอก(ซึ่งช่วงแรกๆพระเอกนี่อีโก้สูง อีโม เอาแต่ใจ)
นายเอกพอเจอพระเอกก็ตั้งเป้าหมายในใจว่าจะแก้แค้น แต่นายเอกเป็นคนซื่อ + คนซวย ทำเลวไม่ขึ้น ทำอะไรก็พลาดให้พระเอกเห็นอยู่เรื่อย
ไปๆมาๆก็ค่อยๆรักกัน ฝ่าฟันปัญหาอุปสรรค์กันไป
พระเอกรู้ตัวก่อนว่าชอบนายเอก เลยเริ่มออกตัวรุก พอเขารู้ใจกันแล้วก็ไ่มีเรื่องผิดใจเพราะฝ่ายใดฝ่ายหนึ่งใจไม่มั่นคง (แต่ก็มีเรื่องเข้าใจผิดตามประสาอ่ะนะ หึงๆหวงๆกันไป)
ช่วงแรกใสๆ ช่วงหลังฮอทมาก น้องชายขยันกินพี่ชายเหลือเกิน
เราว่าคนนี้เขียนคาร์แรกเตอร์เด็กหนุ่มได้ดีนะ แต่นายเอกเรื่องนี้ไม่เด็กแล้วไง(ถึงจะย้อนกลับมาเกิดเป็นตัวเองตอนเอ๊าะๆก็เถอะ) แต่ความเป็นคนซื่อบางครั้งก็ไม่น่าจะขนาดนี้ ถ้าบอกว่าช่วงวัยสัก 14-15 นี่ยังพอไหว
แต่คิดซะว่ามันแฟนตาซี ก็โอเคอยู่
ความรู้สึกก้ำกึ่งมาก จะว่าชอบก็ชอบไม่สุด จะว่าไม่สนุกก็ไม่ใช่
มันสนุกนะ แต่มันขาดๆเกินๆ บอกไม่ถูก
ถือว่าพอถูไถ ไม่ขัดใจ แต่ไม่ถึงกับว้าว
นายเอกตอนเริ่มเรื่องเป็นเชฟ เลิกกับแฟนหนุ่มที่คบกันมาเจ็ดปี เพราะแฟนจะไปคบกับพระเอก
เขาก็เลยประชดชีวิตกินแหลก เค้กติดคอตาย
มาฟื้นอีกทีเป็นตัวเองสมัยวัยรุ่น
แ���่นายเอกแต่งงานกับพ่อพระเอก นายเอกเลยกลายมาเป็นพี่ชายของพระเอก(ซึ่งช่วงแรกๆพระเอกนี่อีโก้สูง อีโม เอาแต่ใจ)
นายเอกพอเจอพระเอกก็ตั้งเป้าหมายในใจว่าจะแก้แค้น แต่นายเอกเป็นคนซื่อ + คนซวย ทำเลวไม่ขึ้น ทำอะไรก็พลาดให้พระเอกเห็นอยู่เรื่อย
ไปๆมาๆก็ค่อยๆรักกัน ฝ่าฟันปัญหาอุปสรรค์กันไป
พระเอกรู้ตัวก่อนว่าชอบนายเอก เลยเริ่มออกตัวรุก พอเขารู้ใจกันแล้วก็ไ่มีเรื่องผิดใจเพราะฝ่ายใดฝ่ายหนึ่งใจไม่มั่นคง (แต่ก็มีเรื่องเข้าใจผิดตามประสาอ่ะนะ หึงๆหวงๆกันไป)
ช่วงแรกใสๆ ช่วงหลังฮอทมาก น้องชายขยันกินพี่ชายเหลือเกิน
เราว่าคนนี้เขียนคาร์แรกเตอร์เด็กหนุ่มได้ดีนะ แต่นายเอกเรื่องนี้ไม่เด็กแล้วไง(ถึงจะย้อนกลับมาเกิดเป็นตัวเองตอนเอ๊าะๆก็เถอะ) แต่ความเป็นคนซื่อบางครั้งก็ไม่น่าจะขนาดนี้ ถ้าบอกว่าช่วงวัยสัก 14-15 นี่ยังพอไหว
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August 13, 2025
Fluffy, a bit of smut and a little angst.
Great for a short read (half a day) but not that addictive. Plot was kinda meh and generic.
Feel that MC was really kinda dumb but at least not to the point of being annoying.
I think author tried to include too many characters that it became superficial.
Overall it's an okay read, but will probably not re-read.
Recommendation to read... since it's pretty short you can give it a try?
Great for a short read (half a day) but not that addictive. Plot was kinda meh and generic.
Feel that MC was really kinda dumb but at least not to the point of being annoying.
I think author tried to include too many characters that it became superficial.
Overall it's an okay read, but will probably not re-read.
Recommendation to read... since it's pretty short you can give it a try?
June 26, 2019
Similar premise to RWSB but I didnt like this one as much as RWSB. It was like a downgraded version of RWSB.
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