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碎玉投珠 [Sui Yu Tou Zhu] Crushing Jade and Casting Pearls
No one in the antique artefacts industry isn’t scheming. Both the Shou and Gong are extremely particular.
Take a step back and it’s brotherhood and friendship, take a step forward and it’s eyes for each other only. Another step forward and it’s a life together forever. To live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss happy ending.
Ding Han Bai: “Those in this industry love jade the most. Materials have ranks, humans also have ranks. Since I’m named Han Bai, I’m deserving of jade.”
Ji Shen Yu: “Shi-ge has always been exceptional.”
Ding Han Bai: “Since I’m exceptional, then am I deserving of being your husband?” (Gong is quite shameless, always forcing others to be nice to him)
Brash and troublesome young master; top quality gems specialist Gong X high EQ IQ beautiful; antique artefact manufacturing expert Shou.
Take a step back and it’s brotherhood and friendship, take a step forward and it’s eyes for each other only. Another step forward and it’s a life together forever. To live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss happy ending.
Ding Han Bai: “Those in this industry love jade the most. Materials have ranks, humans also have ranks. Since I’m named Han Bai, I’m deserving of jade.”
Ji Shen Yu: “Shi-ge has always been exceptional.”
Ding Han Bai: “Since I’m exceptional, then am I deserving of being your husband?” (Gong is quite shameless, always forcing others to be nice to him)
Brash and troublesome young master; top quality gems specialist Gong X high EQ IQ beautiful; antique artefact manufacturing expert Shou.
- GenresRomance
1073 pages, Web Novel
Published January 1, 2018
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December 25, 2021
★★★★☆ [4/5 stars]
I know nothing about antiques, carvings and such but because this novel has a great deal of focus about the subject, I actually learned a lot about it. The translator also provided some visuals of the different materials, antiques, etc that were mentioned.
This novel happened in an era when homosexual wasn't widely known or accepted. So you can already imagine when the couple came out to their family. They received literal corporal punishment. But what I loved about this couple (Ding Han Bai and Ji Shen Yu) is that they really fight for each other's love. There's no angsty break up. They might be at some point in time forcefully separated, but they never actually let go of each other.
Ding Han Bai was beaten bloody by his father, but he did not regret his 'mistakes' of having a relationship with Ji Shen Yu, and was then kicked out of the family. He actually became anxious that Ji Shen Yu might regret it after seeing how he was disowned by his family, and in the end, he might let go of him.
But the wonderful thing is Ji Shen Yu fought hard for him. He doesn't have the mentality of letting his love go in order for things to go back in place, in order for Ding Han Bai 'not to get hurt anymore than he already feel' (which was a common thing to do in this kind of situation). Even Ding Han Bai was willing to be disowned, and Ji Shen Yu respected that and didn't do something that would add to his lover's emotional burden, like breaking up. I've read only a few novels with couples who fought for their love like that. They accepted the guilt of letting their parents down, but it didn't necessarily mean they would sacrifice their own love and happiness for them. Selfish, yes, but most of the time, love is all about selfishness. That's the reason why their situation is emotional but not that angsty.
This novel is overall a decent read and can be considered as light. It's a short and heartwarming one and I think a lot of people would love and appreciate this. There are a lot of trigger warnings and the translator actually included it at the start of the chapters.
I know nothing about antiques, carvings and such but because this novel has a great deal of focus about the subject, I actually learned a lot about it. The translator also provided some visuals of the different materials, antiques, etc that were mentioned.
This novel happened in an era when homosexual wasn't widely known or accepted. So you can already imagine when the couple came out to their family. They received literal corporal punishment. But what I loved about this couple (Ding Han Bai and Ji Shen Yu) is that they really fight for each other's love. There's no angsty break up. They might be at some point in time forcefully separated, but they never actually let go of each other.
Ding Han Bai was beaten bloody by his father, but he did not regret his 'mistakes' of having a relationship with Ji Shen Yu, and was then kicked out of the family. He actually became anxious that Ji Shen Yu might regret it after seeing how he was disowned by his family, and in the end, he might let go of him.
But the wonderful thing is Ji Shen Yu fought hard for him. He doesn't have the mentality of letting his love go in order for things to go back in place, in order for Ding Han Bai 'not to get hurt anymore than he already feel' (which was a common thing to do in this kind of situation). Even Ding Han Bai was willing to be disowned, and Ji Shen Yu respected that and didn't do something that would add to his lover's emotional burden, like breaking up. I've read only a few novels with couples who fought for their love like that. They accepted the guilt of letting their parents down, but it didn't necessarily mean they would sacrifice their own love and happiness for them. Selfish, yes, but most of the time, love is all about selfishness. That's the reason why their situation is emotional but not that angsty.
This novel is overall a decent read and can be considered as light. It's a short and heartwarming one and I think a lot of people would love and appreciate this. There are a lot of trigger warnings and the translator actually included it at the start of the chapters.
December 25, 2023
por fin decidí terminar los libros que tenia empezados!
puedo decir que esta novela me gusto mucho, su trama fue algo nuevo para mi porque nunca había leído nada sobre cómo hacer jades o algo parecido al tema.
los personajes me gustaron mucho especialmente nuestros protagonistas, los amo mucho, y es que por la época en que se desarrolla la historia sabemos que han bai y ji shen yu no iban a tener muy fácil dar a conocer a los familiares su relación. me gusto mucho la forma en que se manejo el desarrollo de los sentimientos de cada uno por el otro, todo fue muy bonito de ver.
que vivan los novios!!!!
puedo decir que esta novela me gusto mucho, su trama fue algo nuevo para mi porque nunca había leído nada sobre cómo hacer jades o algo parecido al tema.
los personajes me gustaron mucho especialmente nuestros protagonistas, los amo mucho, y es que por la época en que se desarrolla la historia sabemos que han bai y ji shen yu no iban a tener muy fácil dar a conocer a los familiares su relación. me gusto mucho la forma en que se manejo el desarrollo de los sentimientos de cada uno por el otro, todo fue muy bonito de ver.
que vivan los novios!!!!
December 31, 2021
4.25 stars; this is one of the best danmei reads! SYTZ provided such a captivating glimpse into the gemstone carving and antique artefact industries while also sufficiently developing the plot, the characters, and their relationships to each other.
I absolutely loved the leads, Ding Han Bai and Ji Shen Yu. They both have such distinct personalities, traits, and talents which, when not clashing against each other, perfectly complement and mesh well with the other. Watching their relationship improve and progress was really fun to read.
Points were knocked off for: the (tiny) lack of character depth especially for the side/recurring characters, a handful of jarring and/or suddenly dark events in the plot, and the speedy wrap-up of the last conflicts in the story.
Overall, this was still such a light-hearted, almost poignant read. I definitely recommend this novel.
I absolutely loved the leads, Ding Han Bai and Ji Shen Yu. They both have such distinct personalities, traits, and talents which, when not clashing against each other, perfectly complement and mesh well with the other. Watching their relationship improve and progress was really fun to read.
Points were knocked off for: the (tiny) lack of character depth especially for the side/recurring characters, a handful of jarring and/or suddenly dark events in the plot, and the speedy wrap-up of the last conflicts in the story.
Overall, this was still such a light-hearted, almost poignant read. I definitely recommend this novel.
December 15, 2024
The story is ok, I did have to drag myself to finish it. Idk what about it makes it hard to read for me. Maybe it's the way the author made changes in scenes so abruptly with no transitions. Someone mentioned it was like the characters were teleporting, lol. I liked that I learned a lot from the craft~
May 2, 2021
3.5*
December 19, 2021
碎玉投珠是我最喜欢的耽美小说。北南大大的文笔是当然值得看的。我看过的耽美小说作者当中北南的文笔最强的，他写的一个字一个字就让人感动。
June 6, 2024
很适合在一个安静的时间段泡壶清茶读的故事。一开始不是很懂书名，但是看完小说觉得这书名很有寓意，起得太好了！虽然丁汉白是公认的晋江上四大骚攻，但是前期纪珍珠若有似无的撩功完全不输丁汉白好吗！！最后，比起丁汉白和纪珍珠的爱情线，我竟然更喜欢丁汉白的事业线！我宣布，我是丁汉白的事业粉！^_^
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