Someone recommended this to me yesterday. Said I would cry a ton—but where are the tears now? Am I as hard as a rock now? Or maybe, I hyped myself way too much. The only thing I can feel right now is anger towards these people—especially the CEO, that damned asshat. Serves him right! Poor Doctor Ai, guess Shizhu’s going to be with him in another life. It’s nothing but pain.
“If love between you and me cannot last forever, then I’m sorry. I’ll have to let go.”
“No matter what he loves about you, there’s always a possibility of him finding a better replacement in someone else out there. The day when you begin looking back at the good old days, is the day that this relationship has ended.”
censored manhwa. read it due to its hype on tiktok. definitely love this. my kind of trope. triggers: non-con and dub-con, cheating, leukemia, emotional read, sad ending
Two man, Jiang Wenxu and Zhishu He have been in relationship for 14 years (if I'm not mistaken) since high school. Zhishu dropped from his medical uni and abandoned his parents to support his boyfriend's career. Jiang has anger issues, but he never lost his temper with Zhishu (until later on).
Moving forward, Jiang became successful in his business and always busy, while Zhishu stays at home. Jiang kept cheated on Zhishu and having affairs behind him for more than four years. Zhishu found out he had leukemia and kept this secret from Jiang.
At one time, I felt pity for Jiang when he tried to get Zhishu back because he really loves Zhishu. But he deserved that. I'm proud of Zhishu for being able to leave his boyfriend and stay strong despite he's hurting himself too because he loves Jiang so much. I wish this story is a bit longer and have a different ending because damn, that ending hurts.
"How does one person change?"
"He stopped coming home. The calls becoming less often. Sometimes when he returns at night, his clothes will reek of perfume."
"I thought to myself, why doesn't he love me anymore. Is it simply because I'm not good in bed compared to someone younger?"
"I'm already so useless, yet he's afraid I'm outside seducing people. How can that be possible when, my whole life has been spent with him and yet it's still not enough."
"He is well aware that I'm deathly afraid of pain, yet he still heartlessly slapped me."
"In that moment, I knew that he no longer loved me."
"The first time he raised his hands against me, I stayed. When he drunkenly called out Chen Zui's name while doing it with me, I stayed."
"When he was fooling around with his lover in France, I stayed. When he suspected me of having an affair, hit me and raped me, I can stay and not leave too."
"But tell me this Jiang Wenxu, without love, how much longer can I live on?"
I read this tragic angst induced Manhua at the suggestion of a dear friend of mine. They warned me of all the triggers and such, I still went into it.
This type of story is one you should be recommended to read when you are in the right mindset. It's art and wording is very melancholy - as that's fitting for the overall story. It's sad, it's cruel, it's anger inducing, it just makes you feel sorrow; majority of the story I was sniffling up until about 90% of the way, then I was completely bawling my eyes out (hiccups and all!).
It's not necessarily a happy ending, but our main character receives the love, calm, care, and affections from his doctor, who fell in love with him. All of that should've come from his lover; who should've been there for him and just was completely selfish and cruel.
Knowing that Jiang Wenxu is suffering and lonely after He Zhishu has passed away, it's the best outcome to be honest. An as cruel as that sounds, he was a physically and verbally abusive, manipulative, gaslighting piece of shit. He gets what he deserves.
Anyway, that's all, it was a very sad story. I cried a lot and may have traumatized myself a bit, but I'll recover.
Dr. Ai - you are a real one! He Zhishu - I'm so sorry you had to suffer so much, I love you! Jiang Wenxu - Keep suffering and waiting for Zhishu to 'return', you made him wait for your return all those years. So, now it's your turn.
I read the novel of this with the title "The Decade of Deep Love" or "最爱你的那十年" in Chinese. This is an angsty BL story. Some parts aren't well worded but I came here to cry and I did.
tw: cheating, non-consensual sex, depression, terminal disease, self-destructive behavior, use of drugs not intended of the situation
OK. This is so sad all the novel is the greastest "AMIGA, DATE CUENTA!". I somehow I get it that he couldn't love Ai the way of he deserved, but let that "happy" ending with that ungrateful bastard was ughhh....and then the extra was like....Oh, yeah, my boy Ai went to Russia, he had ice in his face, in his butt and in his earth because he was always alone, he never loved anyone else and never forget his first love. END. LIKE DUDEEEEEE WHAT FUCK?!
The fact that the protagonist had had to die was super sad, but the fact that my boy Ai, the BEST FUCKING BOY IN THE WORLD didn't have the chance to love again was cruel and depressing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
if you like reading tragedy, something that will really warm but also break your heart this book is for you. Although you know what the ending is going to be after reading the first chapter, you can't seem to let it go but at the same time the translation is done beautifully but the story is even better. It is disturbing to some level so not recommended to those with a frail mental constitution.I absolutely enjoyed and reading this through blurred eyes because i don't think anyone who reads this won't be moved to tears, so keep tissues with you when you read.
It'll leave you a scar after reading this. It got destroyed me emotionally. Its very painful that it feels like you're the one whose experiencing it. I cant move on from this specifically when I read the novel itself, it was very detailed that every words carved in my heart with a knife. The pain I've felt from reading it, its still there. I cried a river over this.💔😭 After reading it, i did keep looking for novels that it has happy ending just to console my soul.
For those who wants to read angsty novel this is for you.
I have read the manga and this was heart-wrenching. Found out there is a novel as well, so I will be reading that next. The novel is called The Decade of Deep Love. Read it too if you want to go over the pain again. 😂
Leí este manhua a inicios de año y no lo había encontrado en goodreads con el título en español. 🫠 De cualquier forma, no tengo mucho qué decir que otra persona no haya dicho ya sobre la historia. Es triste y muy frustrante; aún así, creo que es bastante disfrutable.
Man, I couldn’t stop crying at the fact that even at ZHH’s last breath, it was still WXJ — that good-for-nothing bastard. I hate how pathetically realistic it is: if you’ve ever been a victim of this type of man (a cheater, abusive, manipulative), it really does take time — sometimes years — to finally leave and heal. It’s not easy at all (sadly, I’m one of those people too, but luckily, I’ve escaped and survived!).
If fate had been kinder, and if ZYA had been given more time to pour all his love into ZHH, damn… :(
Me hizo derramar lagrimas desde el capitulo 1, es un libro muy lleno de emociones y explora relaciones del mismo sexo. Es una trama interesante. Me gusto mucho.
I read the manhua. I have NEVER genuinely cried so much before. Even after reading it, I can't stop thinking about it and whenever I think about it I get depressed and start to cry.
I appreciate the take on showcasing abuse as what it is. However throughout, I didn't like any of the characters. In my opinion the characters are the most meaningful in any tragic stories. I was unable to feel the emotions this story was attempting to convey; I was left empty at the end.